Re: Is Dominic's In LSL Still Open?
Russ: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
And you're right, Russ, in terms of economics. Potential businesses have to do their market research and know what they're doing. Sure, many of us grew up in a time when everything 'in the neighborhood' was mom & pop and one traveled 'downtown' to go to, say, a major department store (don't want to mention names; don't want to be accused of advertising...). Small town America (where we live in rural NY) still lends itself to this type of business; our nearest market town has been successful for years now keeping out all major chains in the downtown area with the exception of a well-known coffee chain that was allowed in only because a bookstore of long (forever?) standing wanted it in its own space.
Carlent, your place in NH looks exactly like that--a small town with locally owned businesses (presumably others besides your restaurant). TV doesn't seem to lend itself to small town mom & pop business, sadly; this is reality, not judgment or arrogance. There is what I believe to be a privately owned Italian restaurant in the Publix plaza on 466 which we patronize often; otherwise, for other small places like this, we have to get into the car and drive, not necessarily very far, but no golf cart because they're not part of TV commercial property. It's the way it is, and as consumers it's OUR money and hence OUR choice where to spend it.
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