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Old 10-18-2013, 10:25 AM
 
Location: Atlanta (Finally on 4-1-17)
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Not to mention the fact, all these people who only eat in "chef-driven" (???) restaurants must have a LOT more disposable income to throw around than the rest of us. Some of the arrogant comments about those "embarrassing" American tourists in Paris suggest this is really a discussion about class, and not food.

Don't you love the smugness? Of course it's about class. How dare you think I would eat at a "low class chain". The nerve of you.

You don't need to eat at a "fancy joint" in order to teach your children to be gentleman. JUST TEACH THEM MANNERS AT HOME!

Not to mention, let kids be kids. They don't need "fancy food".


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Old 10-18-2013, 10:32 AM
 
Location: Sweet Home...CHICAGO
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Don't you love the smugness? Of course it's about class. How dare you think I would eat at a "low class chain". The nerve of you.
Do you mean economic class or having class as in being cultured and sophisticated?
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Old 10-18-2013, 10:39 AM
 
Location: Atlanta (Finally on 4-1-17)
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Do you mean economic class or having class as in being cultured and sophisticated?
It can be both. The classiest people I know don't "display" it. It's just there, it's apart of who they are. It's natural not manufactured.

Some of the people in this thread sound like the "wanna be" crowd that go to all of the new and trendy spots and eat sushi.........they think that's being cultured and sophisticated.


Classy people don't even use the word "classy".


"Refined tastes" are the words I like to use
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Old 10-18-2013, 10:45 AM
 
Location: Sweet Home...CHICAGO
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It can be both. The classiest people I know don't "display" it. It's just there, it's apart of who they are. It's natural not manufactured.

Some of the people in this thread sound like the "wanna be" crowd that go to all of the new and trendy spots and eat sushi.........they think that's being cultured and sophisticated.


Classy people don't even use the word "classy".


"Refined tastes" are the words I like to use
I agree but people don't know the difference. I don't use the word classy either, but rather "refined" or "cultured." People automatically assume having money makes one "refined" because they may be able to afford to eat at or go certain places or do certain things, but they have no culture or etiquette.

I live in Buckhead but I don't eat at the expensive restaurants there (or anywhere) because I've just never been into the fine-dining thing. There is a certain pretentiousness about it that I'm not into.
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Old 10-18-2013, 10:49 AM
 
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Not to mention the fact, all these people who only eat in "chef-driven" (???) restaurants must have a LOT more disposable income to throw around than the rest of us. Some of the arrogant comments about those "embarrassing" American tourists in Paris suggest this is really a discussion about class, and not food.
This is another stereotype.


Local restaurants are not automatically more expensive than chains and chain can be pretty pricey.

There are plenty of cheap local places. Then you have expensive chains like Ruth Chris or PF Chang.
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Old 10-18-2013, 10:55 AM
 
Location: Kirkwood
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There are plenty of cheap local places. Then you have expensive chains like Ruth Chris or PF Chang.
You can get better food for cheaper on Buford Hwy.
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Old 10-18-2013, 10:56 AM
 
Location: Ono Island, Orange Beach, AL
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Knowing Hello, Thank You, and Goodbye goes a long way.
Sure does! Generally, if you pull those off I've found the other speaker will switch to English if they are fluent.
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Old 10-18-2013, 11:01 AM
 
Location: Atlanta (Finally on 4-1-17)
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This is another stereotype.


Local restaurants are not automatically more expensive than chains and chain can be pretty pricey.

There are plenty of cheap local places. Then you have expensive chains like Ruth Chris or PF Chang.

I really think people that say "I don't eat at chains" are lying or simply don't know. Even well known chef's often times have a "restaurant group".


Here in Columbus, Ohio we have a gentleman by the name of Camron Mitchell, known for his concepts. He sold his "group" to another company for about $90 million. People would not think of his establishments as a chain but that's what there were. The different was, each place had a unique food concept. Nevertheless, it was one big chain of different concepts.

Unless the patron knows the details of the establishment, they don't know if it's apart of a chain or not.
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Old 10-18-2013, 11:03 AM
 
Location: Sweet Home...CHICAGO
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Unless the patron knows the details of the establishment, they don't know if it's apart of a chain or not.
So true. Many (if not most) of the restaurants here that people think are non-chain are part of a restaurant group. Unless it's a straight-up mom-and-pop, you have no way of knowing.
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Old 10-18-2013, 11:05 AM
 
Location: Savannah GA
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Don't you love the smugness? Of course it's about class. How dare you think I would eat at a "low class chain". The nerve of you.

You don't need to eat at a "fancy joint" in order to teach your children to be gentleman. JUST TEACH THEM MANNERS AT HOME!

Not to mention, let kids be kids. They don't need "fancy food".


See post for further explanation


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