Wasn’t that when Empress Pavilion closed down?
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Yeah I’ve got to imagine the hardest hit places will be high-end Japanese. Of course, America has seafood. We can start our own seafood market to replace Toyosu. Or start eating more hamburgers. USA USA!
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Now with all the chaos and Stock Market crashing with no end in sight, it might make some diners cut back or think twice about dining out…
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I think high-end Japanese may do fine as anyone who can afford to eat there will still have plenty of money.
Or if they don’t, the tariffs are toast.
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If these tariffs hold, I think it’s game over for a lot of restaurants. The long term of a new global trade order is tbd but the short term is gonna be very painful. Prices up and then who eats the cost? Especially when consumers likely to pull back? Stagflation is a bitch…
That said, I’m not convinced the tariffs hold.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/dining/middle-class-restaurant.html
I liked this article and this particular point (didn’t read the research mentioned).
I feel like it’s getting harder to find appealing places to stop in and spontaneously sit for food after a hang/meetup with someone and not feel like it might be an imposition or be awkward. (Something special, not fast-casual or Chipotle or office-lunch kind of places). Similarly, more special restaurants are also not inclusive for typical group hangs. Sure, for special occasions. But not everything is a special occasion …
Yeah, there’s tacos everywhere, but it doesn’t have the seating to stop and chat.
I mean on this front, grabbing a slice at Purgatory Pizza was actually perfect. No line, quick bite, still get to sit down, casual enough to be a spontaneous add-onto another hang.
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