Here is a new article I was reading
The restaurant recession has arrived
...I concur with the article. I have noticed that many of the restaurants that I frequent have been slowing down. Less customers at tables lately. The only restaurants that seem to be the same as they always been I noticed are Chipotle and Qdoba. The article states that Chipotle has reported swift declines lately, but the location near me seems to always be the same in foot traffic when I go in there...Maybe a small decline if any. I guess other locations are doing worse.
I went into IHOP last night with my family...(My son loves their cinnabon French toast so we go there once a month). There were only 6 other tables with customers at them in the restaurant at dinner time on a Thursday night. Granted it's a Breakfast place, but every other time we have gone in the past, I can easily count at least 15 other tables in there.
Went to On The Border for Lunch a couple of days ago. Great Chicken Fajitas there. They are now running a $7.99 Lunch special on Wednesdays to get people in there. I ordered the $7.99 chicken fajitas...A LOT of food...great value. Anyway, I only counted 32 other customers in there, and it's a big restaurant, and it was 12:45 in the afternoon during lunch hour. ...The waitress told me because of the special Wednesday is usually their busiest day of the week on par with Friday lunch. She said the day before was nearly dead in there.
The article states:
"So what’s keeping consumers away from restaurants?
One factor is pressure on discretionary income from the rising costs of staples such as rent, medicine and education. Then there’s the steady rise in the cost of eating out, which has come just as grocery bills are getting cheaper."
Does anyone here book any DJ gigs at restaurants/bars any more? As in currently (In the last 30 days?)
The restaurant recession has arrived
...I concur with the article. I have noticed that many of the restaurants that I frequent have been slowing down. Less customers at tables lately. The only restaurants that seem to be the same as they always been I noticed are Chipotle and Qdoba. The article states that Chipotle has reported swift declines lately, but the location near me seems to always be the same in foot traffic when I go in there...Maybe a small decline if any. I guess other locations are doing worse.
I went into IHOP last night with my family...(My son loves their cinnabon French toast so we go there once a month). There were only 6 other tables with customers at them in the restaurant at dinner time on a Thursday night. Granted it's a Breakfast place, but every other time we have gone in the past, I can easily count at least 15 other tables in there.
Went to On The Border for Lunch a couple of days ago. Great Chicken Fajitas there. They are now running a $7.99 Lunch special on Wednesdays to get people in there. I ordered the $7.99 chicken fajitas...A LOT of food...great value. Anyway, I only counted 32 other customers in there, and it's a big restaurant, and it was 12:45 in the afternoon during lunch hour. ...The waitress told me because of the special Wednesday is usually their busiest day of the week on par with Friday lunch. She said the day before was nearly dead in there.
The article states:
"So what’s keeping consumers away from restaurants?
One factor is pressure on discretionary income from the rising costs of staples such as rent, medicine and education. Then there’s the steady rise in the cost of eating out, which has come just as grocery bills are getting cheaper."
Does anyone here book any DJ gigs at restaurants/bars any more? As in currently (In the last 30 days?)