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If your goal is promoting edible Caribbean food, I'd look at another model than the The Olive Garden of Mexican food.
That's not the point. The point is that there aren't any "upscale" West Indian restaurants that sprinkle thyme and basil over everything. And there are no West Indian restaurants with slick ergonomic furniture, hot waitresses with bad attitudes, and a steady diet of Eurotrash music thumping in the background. If you want West Indian food, you've got to go deep into the Boroughs, which many people are not willing to do.
That's not the point. The point is that there aren't any "upscale" West Indian restaurants that sprinkle thyme and basil over everything. And there are no West Indian restaurants with slick ergonomic furniture, hot waitresses with bad attitudes, and a steady diet of Eurotrash music thumping in the background. If you want West Indian food, you've got to go deep into the Boroughs, which many people are not willing to do.
That's not the point. The point is that there aren't any "upscale" West Indian restaurants that sprinkle thyme and basil over everything. And there are no West Indian restaurants with slick ergonomic furniture, hot waitresses with bad attitudes, and a steady diet of Eurotrash music thumping in the background. If you want West Indian food, you've got to go deep into the Boroughs, which many people are not willing to do.
There are definitely some west indian restaurants in manhattan and elsewhere that are trying for upscale with varying degrees of success. Also, you don't actually have to go to crown heights or flatbush for west indian food since there are a lot of west indian people that have to go into the city or downtown brooklyn to work and these people need to eat--hence, west indian restaurants dotting the landscape.
There are definitely some west indian restaurants in manhattan and elsewhere that are trying for upscale with varying degrees of success. Also, you don't actually have to go to crown heights or flatbush for west indian food since there are a lot of west indian people that have to go into the city or downtown brooklyn to work and these people need to eat--hence, west indian restaurants dotting the landscape.
Compare the number of West Indian restaurants to the number of Thai and sushi spots in the city. West Indian is not a "cool" dish yet among the SWPL crowd.
Not all hipsters are necessarily foodies. This is a subculture who thrives drinking the urine, I mean beer called PBR.
Yeah, for the most part, to hipsters, "soul food" is the #1 cuisine. Now, if you were to serve them some salted, boiled cabbage and okra with a few dashes of Louisiana Hot Sauce and a side of dry cornbread and told them it was "OG hood soul food, yo," they'd eat it and tell you it was the most amazing dish they'd ever had.
Yeah, for the most part, to hipsters, "soul food" is the #1 cuisine. Now, if you were to serve them some salted, boiled cabbage and okra with a few dashes of Louisiana Hot Sauce and a side of dry cornbread and told them it was "OG hood soul food, yo," they'd eat it and tell you it was the most amazing dish they'd ever had.
esp if it is vegan soul food.
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