Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 06:40     Subject: Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
During lockdown, there were restaurants that remained open, held in person meeting, as nd protested. I made a list. I have not returned to any of them. I feel like many restaurant and gym owners were the most vocal in complaining and fed into the lies tromp was spreading. I blame them in part for where we are now. Gyms and restaurants.
I will seek out businesses owned by the Nepali refugee community instead.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 06:28     Subject: Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
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Anonymous wrote:Contractors who do home renovations and the like should also be worried. My husband and I (not feds or contractors) just decided to hold off indefinitely on a kitchen remodel because we are cutting spending in anticipation of what is to come.


True.

Lots of trumpers in construction. We are also holding off on a major project. Might never get done at this point.


We've cancelled all plans to do any work to our house or yard. Also stopping all eating out of any sort, to try to save an emergency fund.

Private industry staff in the DC area will have to step up to save the restaurants.


Private industries are seeing cuts too. Its no one's responsibility but the owner's to save their restaurants. If they price themselves out of the market that's on them. We cut back as the prices went up and quality went down. I'm not paying more than $20 for a meal for a sit down except a rare occasion out and I'm not spending $15-20 for fast food.


We had people saying this for years on DCUM in response to inflation and endless posts by people who said they'd stopped eating out. And yet at the same time endless posts also wondering how restaurants are still packed and busy. I don't know what the real situation is but I've learned to stop paying much attention to what people say on DCUM about what's going on. I'm sorry for the fed employees whose future just became massively uncertain but these posters wishing for an economic crash won't be getting what they wish for. Just do what you need to do for yourself and your family.


This is different. The DC area has always been insulated from economic downturns. Not this time. It will hit everyone hard like we’ve never seen. Buckle up.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 06:17     Subject: Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
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Anonymous wrote:Should say many of those types of places have an in house pastry chef or partner with a local bakery so don’t skip dessert.


OP here. I think you’d be surprised. Even at nice local places like Italian or French. I have to ask about dessert ingredients due to allergies, and many times someone will offer to “bring me the label.”


Sysco is a distributor. They sell products from small businesses. I know. My family owns a bakery that sells to Sysco and other distributors. Don’t skip dessert.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 04:36     Subject: Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
We will still eat out when it fits our schedule or needs but I’m not going out of my way to support or prop up the restaurant industry. The quality of food, service, ambience, experience has been demolished since Covid. I’m tired of sitting at a table, being directed to a QR code to order and pay, having to go scout my silverware because when they bring the food it’s just the food, never being offered refill, and then still getting hit with a 20% service charge. It’s ridiculous.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 23:38     Subject: Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
Nope, sorry.

I’ll not spend a penny that I don’t have to for the next 4 years. I’ll let Trump voters hold the economy up. Oh, wait, they don’t have any money.

Anyway, let it all burn to the ground. Let them eat the cake.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 23:22     Subject: Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
Anonymous wrote:No. I went all in to help restaurants during the pandemic. Not this time. Isn’t everyone supposed to pick themselves up by their own bootstraps?


Same. We ordered out a lot more than we normally did. Then the restaurants jacked up their prices and added “service fees.” Many are also MAGA owned, so they can figure it out themselves.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 21:30     Subject: Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
I'm spending my money at small businesses and locally owned ethnic restaurants. I figure the red leaning folks can prop up the big businesses and other food options.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 21:24     Subject: Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
Anonymous wrote:Yeah, not eating at MAGA-t restaurants. F them. They’re f’d already if all the undocumented immigrants are deported.

Will deportation only impact the bad MAGA restaurants? The good guys will be okay?
Good to know.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 21:19     Subject: Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
Yeah, not eating at MAGA-t restaurants. F them. They’re f’d already if all the undocumented immigrants are deported.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 21:19     Subject: Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Contractors who do home renovations and the like should also be worried. My husband and I (not feds or contractors) just decided to hold off indefinitely on a kitchen remodel because we are cutting spending in anticipation of what is to come.


True.

Lots of trumpers in construction. We are also holding off on a major project. Might never get done at this point.


We've cancelled all plans to do any work to our house or yard. Also stopping all eating out of any sort, to try to save an emergency fund.

Private industry staff in the DC area will have to step up to save the restaurants.


Private industries are seeing cuts too. Its no one's responsibility but the owner's to save their restaurants. If they price themselves out of the market that's on them. We cut back as the prices went up and quality went down. I'm not paying more than $20 for a meal for a sit down except a rare occasion out and I'm not spending $15-20 for fast food.


We had people saying this for years on DCUM in response to inflation and endless posts by people who said they'd stopped eating out. And yet at the same time endless posts also wondering how restaurants are still packed and busy. I don't know what the real situation is but I've learned to stop paying much attention to what people say on DCUM about what's going on. I'm sorry for the fed employees whose future just became massively uncertain but these posters wishing for an economic crash won't be getting what they wish for. Just do what you need to do for yourself and your family.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 21:16     Subject: Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Should say many of those types of places have an in house pastry chef or partner with a local bakery so don’t skip dessert.


OP here. I think you’d be surprised. Even at nice local places like Italian or French. I have to ask about dessert ingredients due to allergies, and many times someone will offer to “bring me the label.”

Yes, I think most places buy these from distributors or Costco.

I was in a group that planned a high end benefit dinner. Two different caterers suggested serving slices of Costco chocolate cake with some raspberry sauce on it. We went with a local baker.

Anyway, I like your idea but how is it linked to tariffs?


anyone? higher cost of ingredients perhaps? labor too? anything else?
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 20:03     Subject: Re:Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
“We go high” failed miserably.

Dems need to start taking a page from the GOP playbook. “I got mine (well, at least for now) — screw everyone else.”
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 19:53     Subject: Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
Anonymous wrote:Can't afford to because I'm worried about my own job and a regional recession. All these R-voting "small business owners" will get what they voted for, unfortunately for all of us.


Yup.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 19:44     Subject: Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
I felt completely taken advantage of by restaurants during covid. The time when even if your order was 1. completely wrong 2. inedible due to not being cooked correctly 3. Cold or missing things you were not allowed to complain and instead were supposed to be ever grateful that a restaurant cooked for you at all.

So no, We will use the restaurants when and where we want to.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 18:27     Subject: Are you committed to helping restaurants during Trump’s tariff fallout?
Anonymous wrote:People are compiling lists of MAGA ones

I plan to avoid those and support local ones I know are not maga


Where can I find this list so I can avoid MAGA?