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> At a certain size, cities seem to tip from "there's always somewhere quality to eat" to "there are more people than places." Nope. There's always somewhere q
by thaumasiotes 3y ago
> At a certain size, cities seem to tip from "there's always somewhere quality to eat" to "there are more people than places."
Nope. There's always somewhere quality to eat. It's just as true in NYC as it is everywhere else.
The reservations described in the article are just there to provide a certain Fine Dining Experience. If you don't want that, go to different restaurants. They are not in short supply.
- mattgreenrocks 3y agoThere's a weird status component where a restaurant needs a certain amount of unavailability to really be considered nice to some demographics. At some point, it's mostly fashion, rather than being about the food.
- thrill 3y agoWhat's next - universities competing on their low acceptance rate?
- ethbr1 3y agoI live in a t10 US metro by size, and we don't have the reservation scramble I've seen in other cities, even at fine dining restaurants. So it doesn't feel like something inherent to the fine dining enterprise, but rather present or not in certain cities.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoI didn't say it was inherent to the fine dining enterprise. I said it was an intentional experience provided for the benefit of the customers.
- ethbr1 3y agoSo you're saying it's driven by city culture, where a certain type of person in that city expects difficult to reserve restaurants?
- thaumasiotes 3y agoYou see the sibling comment by mattgreenrocks, right?
- ethbr1 3y agoYes, but it's not demographic-specific, because it doesn't happen in all cities. And all large cities have all demographics.
- thaumasiotes 3y ago> And all large cities have all demographics. This is just a misunderstanding on your part of what "demographic" means.
- ethbr1 3y agoDoes your definition of demographic include "the demographic of people who only eat at restaurants that are constantly booked and one has to fight to get a table at"? In which case, sure, you're right: that doesn't exist in all large cities.