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It's often hard to even tell what is a chain restaurant-- unless it's
something obvious like Copeland's or something you seen on TV all the time
(TGIF, Olive Garden). There's also a big difference between a local chain
(Dunn Brothers) and a national chain (Staryucks). Then there's the
difference between locally owned/operated franchises and truly national
chain stores. After a while it becomes to much to keep track of which is
which.
And oddly enough, the chains also provide variety that we might not
otherwise have, even if the versions of extra-regional food they're
serving are a bit toned-down for a local crowd. Is there anywhere to get
decent Southwestern food downtown that is comletely local? How about
Cajun? How about Italian?
What's more important is that if we continue to try to make downtown a
destination for more than office work (i.e. our sports stadiums and
convention stuff, even the nightclubs, theaters, music venues), then there
is a sizable group who might just be more likely to spend money downtown
if they know they can go there and get passable food without having to
guess about the quality of a local one-off restaurant.
So who knows. I think the balance will work itself out: many of us city
kids don't often choose to eat at chains any more than necessary. And
either way, the City will always have plenty of excellent one-off
restaurants in non-downtown areas.
What I'd like to see is more truly vegetarian-friendly restaurants
downtown-- although probably not Good Earth. :)
- -Michael Libby (Cleveland/North Mpls),
who recommends 13 Moons in downtown (Robbinsdale) for an excellent
locally-owned restaurant experience. At least I assume it's local. Like I
said, it gets so hard to tell.
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