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> Most restaurants are mediocre or worse. Without knowing you and what you look for in food, and in eating out, your expectations of service, your enjoyment of
by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
> Most restaurants are mediocre or worse.
Without knowing you and what you look for in food, and in eating out, your expectations of service, your enjoyment of the aesthetic, your appreciation of arbitrary culture, it’s very hard to give this statement any weight. There are more restaurants on my block in SF than my home town, and of much higher quality. If you find the MAJORITY of restaurants to be mediocre or worse, that reveals a value system incompatible with mine. I’m just looking for a new place to eat, not the next Michelin star restaurant. Abundance of choice is my problem that random choice solves neatly.
- ghaff 7y agoSF is of course much better than the norm. But I don't look for Michelin dining experiences. I'm very happy with a good ethnic restaurant of some sort. But yes--I do find if I walk into the random restaurant on a street I expect to be unimpressed, even in SF. And the fact that it's somewhere I haven't tried before isn't really a big plus in my book unless it's also good. I am at least somewhat picky however.
- SomeOldThrow 7y ago> I do find if I walk into the random restaurant on a street I expect to be unimpressed, even in SF. My sincere condolences.