The best comparison in the US would be Starbucks. It's obviously selling something different, but the "brand" is about supplying an above-shit, below-high-quality product and service.
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Starbucks is actually not a bad comparison at all. The closest I could think of in terms of “real” restaurants might be somewhere like Red Lobster or perhaps Melting Pot (which I’ve still never been allowed to go to). But even those are generally in parking lots of strip malls.
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I don't think I have ever seen a Melting Pot.
Red Lobster is somewhat famous among sociologists for being a particularly striking example of a place that is perceived as "basic fast casual" by "middle class" diners while also serving as a long-estsblished "special occasion" destination among the less fortunate.
Starbucks (and Dunkin's) are among that limited category here that exist and thrive in both shopping centre parking lots and the closest we get to "High Streets".
The only other places I can think of that do that are real franchised "fast food" outlets of the McDonalds genre.Last edited by ursus arctos; 22-01-2023, 16:39.
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I went to a Red Lobster once. It wasn’t bad. Not Applebees or Cracker Barrel or Olive Garden or Sizzler bad. But it's not something I'd choose to repeat. I can't think of any reason to go, now I know what it's like. At least Applebees and Olive Garden - terrible though they are - have cheeziness value, and are sometimes in places which don't have other dining options.
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Originally posted by 3 Colours Red View Post
If Nena had actually taken their singer's real first name, they'd be called Gabriele.
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Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View PostI never knew that Sade were a band rather than a soloist. Alice Cooper were a band named after a singer's stage name and Gillan were from a surname but I'm not sure I know of many bands that took the singer's real first name.
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In the excellent book Map Addict by Mike Parker, the author describes his experience of visiting Midsummer Boulevard in Milton Keynes at dawn on the summer solstice day to test the story behind it. He gets harrassed by some highly suspicious commercial security guard (or copper, can't remember which) whose suspicion is only increased by his explanation, as if he thinks Parker (with his rucsac) is a member of some Wiccan organisation's paramilitary wing.
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Here's a quiz for you. What are these? (will put the answer up later today if no-one knows - as I wouldn't have until 3 minutes ago)
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