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Originally Posted by Bill14564
It isn't the quantity of the customer base, it's the quality.
- For every one complement a restaurant might get there will be five others waiting to disparage it (see recent posts on Chophouse and Thanksgiving dinner)
- Nothing will ever be as good as it was in the place where the customers came from (see any posts on pizza or nearly any other ethnic food)
- The high rent in the bubble combined with the frugality of the residents makes the bubble inhospitable to high-end establishments
A restaurant needs customers in order to survive. If they can't attract customers because of unending criticism of quality, authenticity, or price then they won't survive here.
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Very true, you live in a fricken* rural farmland FL. . . on a fixed salary for many. . .
Although the customer base pays the bills, the staff attracts the customers, and the staff in rural FL with better wages paid in Orlando with bigger tips and prices, and top class staff isn't here. Class C cooks and wait staff work here in rural FL. . . there's a lot more herding of Cats than over in Orlando, one hour away, with a better night life and a singles lifestyle available, which doesn't exist here, and for the most part, wasn't really good location to raise a family, until recently. .
So if you want good restaurants, you need to pay up when you go out, recognize that you are in rural retirement frickin* Florida, not in the city of working and business wagers. . . otherwise, they won't exist when you want them. . or not, your choice. . . but be realistic about where you live, and the competition for staff.. .