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Yeah you're right, when you're dealing with the zits-and-tats crowd, you're options are kind of limited. I'm assuming that these places with the punk managers were chain-type places, where the manager probably gets down on his knees and thanks God if all his people actually show up to work on Friday night.

I'm assuming that these places with the punk managers were chain-type places, where the manager probably gets down on his knees and thanks God if all his people actually show up to work on Friday night.

One was a Friendly's (I think I'm spelling that right), which I believe is a national chain, even though I'd never run across one before. The other was a local place... not a Mom and Pop... they had hired managers.

As I said before, our area is growing so rapidly, and the food industry is lagging. Aside from some pretty good family-style locally owned-and-operated places, all we have are chain-types, and most of them are the moderate price places... Lone Star, Ruby Tuesday's, Appleby's, etc. The menus are all about the same... blah.

There are some ethnic places opening up, but it's weird... we have an Indian restaurant, but not an Italian. Wouldn't you think Italian would be a better business bet? If I had the money and the knowhow, I'd open up an Olive Garden here. Or one of the Mexican chains even.