Anonymous
03/06/2025 10:10
Subject: Why is the quality of meals at a restaurant getting worse?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Where are you dining? I have not notices this, but I generally am dining at top tier restaurants.
It’s so sad though that the only option is a “top tier” place. Anywhere else in the world, you walk in to a no name place and food is fresh.
They don’t have Costco, Sysco, and Gordon Foods
And many have better consumer protections and farming practices. Foods will get even worse here under the new administration. Dirty water, more pesticides and pollution, no climate policy, FDA and regulations being gutted will allow companies to feed us even more garbage.
+1 It's going to get far far worse.
You are weak and incapable of driving your own preferences.
Anonymous
03/06/2025 10:09
Subject: Re:Why is the quality of meals at a restaurant getting worse?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Everyone in retail or service industries seems high these days.
Hate to break it to you, friend, but restaurant workers being high is an old trope/standard, for a reason. If you want to know where to find droogs in a new city, servers on smoke break are your best bet.
A trope is a falsehood. This ain’t no trope and has never been. But speed and coke are one thing, pot and other stuff are another.
Anonymous
03/05/2025 17:46
Subject: Why is the quality of meals at a restaurant getting worse?
A lot of good points on here, but another one worth considering:
The DC dining scene is driven heavily by hot spot trends. Slick interior design and a hipster chef with a bit of clout from a food truck or a pop up can make a hot restaurant that is pretty mid.
They food style is always some pseudo ethnic option that allows them to flavor bomb their guests so heavily that they can completely circumvent complexity.
The chef hierarchy used to be very different. Long careers as line cooks and sues chefs used to be a pre-requisite for even considering opening a fine dining spot.
As such, very few head chefs are classically trained and even fewer staff cooks have experience in legit kitchens. So now food is inconsistent and poorly prepared at many “hot” restaurants. Real good restaurants still nail it, but hot damn you are going to pay for it.
The DC dining scene is driven heavily by hot spot trends. Slick interior design and a hipster chef with a bit of clout from a food truck or a pop up can make a hot restaurant that is pretty mid.
They food style is always some pseudo ethnic option that allows them to flavor bomb their guests so heavily that they can completely circumvent complexity.
The chef hierarchy used to be very different. Long careers as line cooks and sues chefs used to be a pre-requisite for even considering opening a fine dining spot.
As such, very few head chefs are classically trained and even fewer staff cooks have experience in legit kitchens. So now food is inconsistent and poorly prepared at many “hot” restaurants. Real good restaurants still nail it, but hot damn you are going to pay for it.
Anonymous
03/05/2025 17:10
Subject: Why is the quality of meals at a restaurant getting worse?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Where are you dining? I have not notices this, but I generally am dining at top tier restaurants.
It’s so sad though that the only option is a “top tier” place. Anywhere else in the world, you walk in to a no name place and food is fresh.
They don’t have Costco, Sysco, and Gordon Foods
And many have better consumer protections and farming practices. Foods will get even worse here under the new administration. Dirty water, more pesticides and pollution, no climate policy, FDA and regulations being gutted will allow companies to feed us even more garbage.
+1 It's going to get far far worse.
Anonymous
03/05/2025 16:35
Subject: Why is the quality of meals at a restaurant getting worse?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You answered your own question op.
Yes, cheaper ingredients brings down food quality. It's not a new concept.
What about the service going down? Is it labor shortage .
It’s entitled gen Z employees. They have $10/hr plus a 25% tip, and want to stand in the back socializing with their coworkers and flipping through the phone. Dont ask for anything, they don’t care. And don’t be a cheapskate and tip under 20%- they deserve your money
I'm not seeing any of that.
Anonymous
03/05/2025 16:32
Subject: Why is the quality of meals at a restaurant getting worse?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You answered your own question op.
Yes, cheaper ingredients brings down food quality. It's not a new concept.
What about the service going down? Is it labor shortage .
That and not have the profit margin to hire enough labor. So you have overworked cranky labor. In any case, we will be losing restaurants faster than in COVID now with not government bail out this time.
Anonymous
03/05/2025 16:28
Subject: Why is the quality of meals at a restaurant getting worse?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Where are you dining? I have not notices this, but I generally am dining at top tier restaurants.
It’s so sad though that the only option is a “top tier” place. Anywhere else in the world, you walk in to a no name place and food is fresh.
They don’t have Costco, Sysco, and Gordon Foods
And many have better consumer protections and farming practices. Foods will get even worse here under the new administration. Dirty water, more pesticides and pollution, no climate policy, FDA and regulations being gutted will allow companies to feed us even more garbage.
Anonymous
03/05/2025 12:15
Subject: Why is the quality of meals at a restaurant getting worse?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Where are you dining? I have not notices this, but I generally am dining at top tier restaurants.
It’s so sad though that the only option is a “top tier” place. Anywhere else in the world, you walk in to a no name place and food is fresh.
They don’t have Costco, Sysco, and Gordon Foods
Anonymous
03/04/2025 21:33
Subject: Why is the quality of meals at a restaurant getting worse?
Anonymous wrote:Where are you dining? I have not notices this, but I generally am dining at top tier restaurants.
Names for the top tier restaurants ?