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> These are just slightly glorified fast food. In Europe, In my opinion it's a drinking culture thing. These places also served alcohol which is more tightly
by timewizard 2y ago
> These are just slightly glorified fast food. In Europe,
In my opinion it's a drinking culture thing. These places also served alcohol which is more tightly distributed than it would be in Europe. There's less of a reason for them to exist there.
I also think that's the reason for their decline. The day drinking crowd simply aged out of the business lunch segment. It was inevitable. COVID probably accelerated it some but the writing was on the wall.
> Proper restaurants
Yea, which is why I think it's about the drinks, these restaurants all used a common major supplier (Sysco) that makes restaurant ready foods that are mostly just microwave and serve. It was never about the quality of the food.
- anovikov 2y agoIndeed, in Europe it's totally normal to drink during the day, or well, near constantly. Probably a lot more so than in the US.
- tonyedgecombe 2y agoI think that's changed over recent decades, millennials and later seem much more health conscious than previous generations.
- anovikov 2y agoWhy? Their lives seem to be also a lot more useless than those of previous generations. Why care about them and not allow oneself little pleasures? As if some great achievements were waiting for them with only booze getting in the way. Is it just simply because they are a lot more neurotic because of all that shit on the internet?
- dagw 2y agoIndeed, in Europe... In some parts of Europe. In other parts it is very much frowned upon. Then there is the generational shift, even in countries where it used to be the norm to drink at lunch, people under 30-40 just aren't drinking like that any more, and might very well frown upon people that do.
- ghaff 2y agoIt used to be more common in the US. The “two martini lunch” was a staple. Today, I can’t remember the last time I had alcohol at lunch in a work setting.