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**Arexytece** · 11-07-2011, 06:19 PM

As I stated above, the most obvious issue is the fact that 90% of ALL Food Service venues fail in the first year in NYC for various reasons, and he has already done the normally proscribed behavior now that the weather has chased most of the Tourists back home. You are correct that the Protesters would flock to his business if he made them welcome, but - as I also stated above - His menu http://newyork.milkstreetcafe.com/Ou...ftyMilkSt.aspx is aimed at the Wall Street managerials and the Yuppies, not the Hourly Workers, so price is certainly an issue.

So.....

It is the tourists which have left, but they haven't. They are flocking to that area in record numbers.

It is his prices, which are comparable to other like resturants in the area.

It is his customer service for which there is no evidence it has been a problem.

It is the normal decline in a resturant doomed to fail within its first year.

But......it is not, by any stretch of the imagination a by-product of the OWS?

Is that your position?

11-07-2011, 06:19 PM	#29
Arexytece Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 402 Senior Member	As I stated above, the most obvious issue is the fact that 90% of ALL Food Service venues fail in the first year in NYC for various reasons, and he has already done the normally proscribed behavior now that the weather has chased most of the Tourists back home. You are correct that the Protesters would flock to his business if he made them welcome, but - as I also stated above - His menu http://newyork.milkstreetcafe.com/Ou...ftyMilkSt.aspx is aimed at the Wall Street managerials and the Yuppies, not the Hourly Workers, so price is certainly an issue. So..... It is the tourists which have left, but they haven't. They are flocking to that area in record numbers. It is his prices, which are comparable to other like resturants in the area. It is his customer service for which there is no evidence it has been a problem. It is the normal decline in a resturant doomed to fail within its first year. But......it is not, by any stretch of the imagination a by-product of the OWS? Is that your position?
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