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I picked Olive Garden because I know that they have fast food, and it's pretty popular. What they don't have is that sit down casual niche, of deeply mediocre
by jfengel 3y ago
I picked Olive Garden because I know that they have fast food, and it's pretty popular.
What they don't have is that sit down casual niche, of deeply mediocre and inexpensive food. It's filled with trattorias and bistros, which make the food in house. It's slower and pricier and smaller portions, but the food is made with more care and they feel that deeply.
- tafda 3y ago" In a recent survey of French restaurants, more than a third fessed up that they serve industrially prepared, and often frozen, food. Fast-food outlets, mind you, weren't even included in that poll, which was conducted by Synhorcat, a French restaurant trade group. " https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/07/08/200106073/france-battles-scourge-of-ready-to-eat-meals-in-restaurants https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/07/08/200106073/fr...
- jfengel 3y agoOuch. I'd be interested in digging into that more deeply. I wonder which and where these are.