T-Bones, Patrick's & Lyons Den

[Bumble2249]

Originally Posted by VitaBene

Sorry, but eat local means different things to different people. You probably should refrain some from disparaging other restaurants when you obviously are in the business locally.

Which restaurant do you work at?

Any wise restaurateur incorporates

Sorry but I don't work at any restaurant. Eat local, shop local, support local business owners. Does that make sense? Maybe I'm out of line and I'm sure you'll let me know, but like to eat at locally owned establishments. Just like I would shop at my local grocer rather than the big box store.


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[BroadHopper]

In my mind a local business is owned by local natives. The Lyons Den owners may live locally but they are not local natives. My 2 cents.

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

In my mind a local business is owned by local natives. The Lyons Den owners may live locally but they are not local natives. My 2 cents.

If you put a little more thought into it, you might be able to come up with even more specific qualifications.

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by Bumble2249

Sorry but I don't work at any restaurant. Eat local, shop local, support local business owners. Does that make sense? Maybe I'm out of line and I'm sure you'll let me know, but like to eat at locally owned establishments. Just like I would shop at my local grocer rather than the big box store.

IMO, I think the whole "local" thing is a bit of scam or misdirection sometimes. I've seen plenty of "local" business owners run a skeleton crew, and then take their profits to buy a nice place in Naples, where they spend the majority of the earnings from the business.

The employees of a "big box store" are locals, and are usually spending their paycheck in the local community. It's not like these stores are siphoning money out of the community, and in many cases they are able to create MORE jobs and availability of products or services than similar local businesses could.

There is this perception that local business means everything is staying within the community, when frequently that is not really the case.

When it comes to eating, I'm generally not a fan of large franchised outlets in general. But, I'm not making my decisions based on a misconception of where the profits are going.

[Bumble2249]

Originally Posted by brk-lnt

IMO, I think the whole "local" thing is a bit of scam or misdirection sometimes. I've seen plenty of "local" business owners run a skeleton crew, and then take their profits to buy a nice place in Naples, where they spend the majority of the earnings from the business.



The employees of a "big box store" are locals, and are usually spending their paycheck in the local community. It's not like these stores are siphoning money out of the community, and in many cases they are able to create MORE jobs and availability of products or services than similar local businesses could.



There is this perception that local business means everything is staying within the community, when frequently that is not really the case.



When it comes to eating, I'm generally not a fan of large franchised outlets in general. But, I'm not making my decisions based on a misconception of where the profits are going.

Yeah it's a constant debate over the big box vs the small town guy. I get that. But I have witnessed many times the big guys come into a small community and put multiple business's out of business. As I'm sure you have seen as well. Maybe I'm just that guy who enjoys supporting the business that's owned and run by a local family rather than the big conglomerate that even though their sales pitch to the community might be that of more jobs, they still take their profit and shuttle it back to the big home office and it goes from there.

[Chaselady]

I really don't care who owns a business. If the food is "outstanding" and is offered by a family from somewhere else, I don't care. I go out to have a good dinner. If a local can't provide it, and an outsider does, guess where I will leave my money?

[Bumble2249]

Originally Posted by Chaselady

I really don't care who owns a business. If the food is "outstanding" and is offered by a family from somewhere else, I don't care. I go out to have a good dinner. If a local can't provide it, and an outsider does, guess where I will leave my money?

That's an awesome way of thinking...

[fpartri497]

when I go out to dinner or any other meal at a restrauint, I don't give a hoot who owns It as long as the food & service are good,