“How many times have you been trying to go to dinner with four or five people and you can’t decide because everyone wants something different?” Ringo asked me. “A lot of little authentic ethnic restaurants in Minnesota are, to be perfectly frank, in places suburbanites aren’t comfortable, or aren’t comfortable parking... [Too many insane quotes to post, just read it.]
No! NO!!!!!! What a fucking asshole! Even though I have some unresolved issues with the local foods movement, it’s a hell of a lot better than Sysco or U.S. Foods. Is this really what suburbanites want? Really? Are you people so daft? Do you really think that “ketchup is a spice”? Good lord.
Tags: lol, minnesota, restaurants, what
there was a seinfeld episode about this.
As a suburbanite who dines frequently with other suburbanites, I can tell you–no. There are many of us who are aware of local foods, interesting spices (and who don’t count ketchup as a spice), and if some restaurateur would figure that out, they’d do well in the suburbs. Sure, there are idiots in the suburbs. There are idiots everywhere. But the old-school classification of us as people who only want mac ‘n’ cheese is a bit dated and a whole lot wrong.