Let's face it
It's tough for anyone "new" to make a go of it with real estate and equipment prices so high now. Imagine the flexibility of someone that owned the LP for thirty years. Probably no mortgage payment, most things paid off. Now, compare his pricing power to someone that just bought seriously expensive property there, new construction, new equipment.
Some things that we've taken for granted all these years we just can't anymore. Some folks have to adjust, and go back to the old days when eating out was more a luxury than a habit. Obviously, the business owners will have to adjust to that reality as well.
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