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elaich

"The Ranger" > wrote in news:EpudnX_
andwidth:

> "[..] What was it that made you decide to break-up with an old
> favorite restaurant?"

This happened to a very popular restaurant in my town. Mornings, it was
hard to get a seat in there. The owners were aging, and sold it to some
Chinese guy. It only took him 6 months to run it into the ground.

A group of former employees who had worked there for years got up the funds
to buy it, and return it to it's former glory. Too late - the reputation
had been ruined. Even though they went back to doing things exactly like
they had been done there for decades, nobody would give it a chance. The
restaurant is right next to a freeway exit, but can't compete for the
travel business with the McDonald's, Burger King and Taco Bell that are
right there as well. They depended on the local business, and that had been
ruined.