[sarcasm]

I won't even consider eating at a chain restaurant - family owned is the way to go.

[sydney smith]

Oh, the effects of affluence. In the '60's and '70's the ethnics couldn't wait finally 'make it'. The minute they had enough $$ to get out of the ethnic neighborhoods they fled to 'the country'. Now 'the country' is the 'burbs'. That was the end of the ethnic neighborhoods and they deteriorated as minorities moved in and we were left with blocks of old folks interspersed with poor minorities. This clearly resulted in a loss of identity for those 2nd and 3rd generation Italian-Americans, Irish-Americans, etc. They are now searching, in vain, for something that will tell them who they are. Like restaurants. And ethnic food---made in restaurants. Kind of sad this article, in my opinion.