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richwicks says

I don't know why McDonald's exists. Ignorance is why they exist.

Because they have good shitters.

richwicks says

Mom and Pop place HOLE IN THE WALL is the best possible food you can get.

Especially for:
BBQ like brisket and pulled port
Breakfast like omelets, hash browns, eggs benedict
BLTs, Reubens, and the like
Meatloaf
Local seafood like blue crab dishes, she-crab soup, or fresh caught croaker. In Minnesota, every hole in the wall has great walleye.

komputodo says

richwicks says

I don't know why McDonald's exists. Ignorance is why they exist.

Because they have good shitters.

If you eat a Big Mac you NEED a good shitter.

HeadSet says

richwicks says

Mom and Pop place HOLE IN THE WALL is the best possible food you can get.

Especially for:
BBQ like brisket and pulled port
Breakfast like omelets, hash browns, eggs benedict
BLTs, Reubens, and the like
Meatloaf
Local seafood like blue crab dishes, she-crab soup, or fresh caught croaker. In Minnesota, every hole in the wall has great walleye.

Little holes in the wall are often excellent. They survive EXCLUSIVELY on the quality and enjoyability of their food.

Holes in the wall that don't make good food, they don't last long.

The best food I've ever had were in shady neighborhoods that were struggling to survive. The evil reverse of this is that "once they make it", I am no longer a customer, but I hope they do well. When I pay for food, I don't want to pay much for rent, or anything for advertising.

richwicks says

I don't know why McDonald's exists. Ignorance is why they exist.

Real estate is why they exist. Second is speed of service. Third is marketing. Quality of food is last.

The only part of the market they nail is breakfast in my opinion. I don't drink coffee anymore, but when I did theirs sucked, so they aren't an overall success with breakfast. Even with decent breakfast food I haven't had MD in maybe 5 years.

We only do the lunch/dinner chains with kids along because they're somewhat picky and we know what we'll get. The hole in the wall places sometimes make kids stuff weird, even for me if I was a kid.

I love the hold in the wall places though. Anything non-franchise I'm good with usually. Once you have more than 5 locations though, you're corporate and all your processes make the food bland. It's likely all the same suppliers if in the same region anyway with a chain versus a mom and pop place. It's just how it's cooked. People are morons though and don't understand the food industry. Everyone in our small town wants new restaurants. There's no god damn demand.

Although I think a small taco place would do well in our town. Been thinking about opening one. I know I can get the liquor license. Make it mostly takeout but have a small 300-400 sq ft space and maybe some outdoor space to eat. No one wants to work though. So would be a stupid endeavor now and who knows what disease will shut the economy down next....

Al_Sharpton_for_President says

Regarding restaurants, quite a few just dress up Sysco food.

There are restaurants that don't?

GNLusedtobeWineHorr says

You need MSG for good health?

No but nutritional yeast (non-fortified) provides great health benefits despite the naturally occurring msg. It's not concentrated msg like yeast extract. Also:

Nutritional yeast receives its umami flavor from naturally occurring MSG and there are many misperceptions about the safety of MSG. However, MSG is generally recognized as safe by the FDA and there are many foods that have naturally occurring MSG, such as cheese and tomatoes

HeadSet says

Flavor enhancer. You can even buy a bottle of "Accent" granulized msg to shake on your food like salt.

I add a bit of that to my 100% made-from-scratch Ramen. (except I buy dry noodles)

komputodo says

richwicks says

I don't know why McDonald's exists. Ignorance is why they exist.

Because they have good shitters.

Lol, so McDonald's is a public bathroom that also serves food.

McD's is a real estate holding company that sells frankenfood to pay the property tax and acquire more great intersection locations.