I think there are some people that are actually angry that others don't have kids, don't want kids, or can/want to go out to dinner sometimes without their kids. They seem to take it very personally. It's a little bit of "I can't enjoy myself, so you aren't allowed to either." |
What is also funny to me is I wonder how many of these people even want to take their kids to a sushi restaurant. My kids don't like sushi and I would think they are in the majority. So they are bellyaching over a restaurant that they probably wouldn't even go to if it didn't have that policy. I suggest spending a week in a third world country with starving diseased kids and then coming back and seeing if this still seems like a major issue. |
You clearly havent read the thread. Alot of kids like sushi. |
Ah - so the 5,000 people who signed the petition have kids desperate for sushi? Well they are in luck - another poster mentioning there is a kid friendly sushi restaurant opening as well. So now what's the problem? Oh right - people should not be allowed to have options. I think communists feel the same way... |
I don't understand the need for a petition. Personally, I don't care if they open a kid-free sushi place. If people want to eat in a restaruant without kids, whatever. If they have takeout, I'd get stuff from it from time to time (my son and I like sushi but DH does not, so not a place for a date night for me).
I do however, think it is an asinine business idea to open a restaurant like that in Del Ray, which is notoriously kid-friendly and full of families with young kids. It is equivalent to turning away revenue. But if the place can make it, that's fine. |
Thank you for being reasonable. Personally I don't like sushi so wouldn't go to this restaurant either but find it preposterous that people would petition and protest if others want to go. |
People are upset on principle bc a restaurant like this does not belong in family friendly Del Ray, regardless if they like Sushi or not. I dont see why this concept is so hard to understand. |
Disney's Victoria and Albert's restaurant has been doing this for years - nobody complains and the parents love it. |
What "principle?" Why doesn't a restaurant like this belong on Del Ray? Are parents not allowed to have a date night? Are people with children not allowed one establishment, out of thousands, that's strictly for grownups? Honestly, people who oppose this sound really bitter to me. I can't understand how in a sea of restaurants in Del Ray or across the area, why one place for grownups is that big of a deal. |
Go away. Your overbearing presence on this thread is annoying. You keep posting the same thing over and over. Talk about killing an already dead horse, geez |
Um, there are a lot of people posting against your repetitive bitterness, without a single rational explanation on why this is a "bad" or "upsetting" venture. Hopefully you can find some friends, family, or date to go out and enjoy an evening without the kids one in a while. I think you need it more than most. |
Actually its pretty clear that its the same poster that keeps repeating the same thing based on writing style. |
Nope! But I'll let you live with the delusion that you're not outnumbered |
I'd totally go!
There is no shortage of family-friendly places in the area. |
I do not personally know the owner, but as I saw in an article and as the OP said, the guy thinks there is a market in Del Ray for adult only dining and he is trying to exploit that market. There are a ton of family friendly places there and maybe this guy thinks it is an uphill battle to compete with all these places. Part of being a successful restauranteur sometimes is to be the unique choice - a novelty. Dude thinks he can make money. The market will tell him if he is right. Some food for thought.
I would patronize it on date nights - I would not be far from home. |