Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I guess I do this but it’s hard to find local places. I don’t eat out much anyway.
Also do places like Ledo’s count as local?
I count Ledo as local.
Ledo might be local, but I wouldn’t eat there by choice. I have been there with a sports team. It was terrible, and I wouldn’t care if it went out of business
They are very generous with local schools.
Their pizza is horrible.
Their crust is tasty but they haven't had a combination of toppings I have liked in a while.
Um, did you know you can customize your own toppings?
Anonymous wrote:Been doing that for many years. Minus the water only. Food is usually better.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I guess I do this but it’s hard to find local places. I don’t eat out much anyway.
Also do places like Ledo’s count as local?
I count Ledo as local.
Ledo might be local, but I wouldn’t eat there by choice. I have been there with a sports team. It was terrible, and I wouldn’t care if it went out of business
They are very generous with local schools.
Their pizza is horrible.
Their crust is tasty but they haven't had a combination of toppings I have liked in a while.
Anonymous wrote:I’m resolved to absolutely no fast food or Starbucks. Corporations can take care of themselves.
Local restaurants only, as much as we can, skipping add-ons like sodas (again, corporations) and desserts, which are all too often Sysco cheesecake and the like.
I’m favoring single-location restaurants, no restaurant groups unless they are like 3-5 restaurants all locally owned.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I guess I do this but it’s hard to find local places. I don’t eat out much anyway.
Also do places like Ledo’s count as local?
I count Ledo as local.
Ledo might be local, but I wouldn’t eat there by choice. I have been there with a sports team. It was terrible, and I wouldn’t care if it went out of business
They are very generous with local schools.
Their pizza is horrible.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No, we can no longer afford to go out to eat. Rich non feds will have to do that.
Many high level two income feds are rich and making $300-600K a year.
Show me a dual Fed household making $600k a year. I’ll wait.
This dude makes $10 million a year.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/31/tennessee-valley-authority-jeff-lyash-resigning-00201779
Meaningless. He’s not a rank and file Fed.
Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for area restaurant workers in general with the new administration. I hear they are horrible customers, from top to bottom.
Anonymous wrote:I’m resolved to absolutely no fast food or Starbucks. Corporations can take care of themselves.
Local restaurants only, as much as we can, skipping add-ons like sodas (again, corporations) and desserts, which are all too often Sysco cheesecake and the like.
I’m favoring single-location restaurants, no restaurant groups unless they are like 3-5 restaurants all locally owned.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I guess I do this but it’s hard to find local places. I don’t eat out much anyway.
Also do places like Ledo’s count as local?
I count Ledo as local.
Ledo might be local, but I wouldn’t eat there by choice. I have been there with a sports team. It was terrible, and I wouldn’t care if it went out of business
They are very generous with local schools.
Anonymous wrote:No, I'm sorry. I will take care of myself. Restaurants are not a special category that need my special protection.
I feel like I got convinced to view restaurants as having a special status during Covid. I wound up donating to mutual aid fundraisers to support servers and we did lots of takeout and tipped extra during Covid. Then all these businesses got Covid loans they never had to pay back. Meanwhile my family struggled in a variety of ways and no one ever cared. These restaurants I was encouraged to help opened for business long before my kids were back in school. No one helped us with childcare. We had to just figure it out.
So others can figure it out. I'll do what works for me and my family.
Good luck.