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I have not seen any of the stores I mention with lines going out door, and NYC rent is super high. I have a hard time fathoming how any of them are making profits high enough to justify even being here.
Sure, there is lots of people in NYC, but you can only charge so much for a crappy deli sandwich or potato chips, or slice of pizza before your customers decide be better to spend that money at a French place or Steakhouse.
I think that what may be happening with many of those that you mention are that they're owner operated and don't have to make any income in excess of paying salaries. A businessman may look at a pizza shop or a bodega and not see a financial benefit or profit after expenses while an owner/operator is content with making the salary, which is often not very much if calculated hourly.
I think that what may be happening with many of those that you mention are that they're owner operated and don't have to make any income in excess of paying salaries. A businessman may look at a pizza shop or a bodega and not see a financial benefit or profit after expenses while an owner/operator is content with making the salary, which is often not very much if calculated hourly.
Some of those places are not owner operated. Some places the owners do man the cash register, but they have other workers doing other tasks. Most likely those workers are underpaid illegals though.
Ehh... I'd be happy if Wawa expanded up this way. They have better coffee and breakfast sandwiches than Dunkin. Not to say it's fabulous or the best, but it's a step up from Dunkin, even if it's a glorified gas station. It's funny when I mention this to a lot of New Englanders. They get up in arms and defensive about Dunkin.
Also when travelling around rural parts of the US, I often see the only option for anything to eat is Subway. I find that to be depressing. One small town after another, Dollar Generals and Subways.
I don't think Wawa coffee is good at all.
I think my go to now, outside of Dunkin (Which is equally as defended in NJ than MA, just fyi) would probably be QuickCheck. Wawa coffee is meh. Im a sucker for their Chicken Parm.
Agreed. Oregon and Washington have too many Starbucks locations for how many great independent coffee roasters the two states have.
It's kind of a different niche, IMO. I go to Starbucks, Peet's, and Panera all the time and I did it when living in Seattle too. They're typically open pretty late, and reliably have Wi-Fi and outlets (excluding some in "core" neighborhoods that don't want people hanging out too long), so they're good places to hang out and do work in the evening. I wouldn't go to those places to take in neighborhood atmosphere, or host a meetup there.
nail salons used to do very well,every woman wants to have their toe nails painted .
Ick, not me! I've never had a manicure or pedicure and no desire ever to. One of my daughters got a manicure once and said that was enough. The other likes long nails and has fake ones which have to be replaced/repainted regularly at a Vietnamese nail salon, which they mostly are around here. It is an utter waste of money as far as I am concerned but she has a job making a decent amount so it's her choice. Hoping she grows out of the phase soon (she's 19).
Restaurants I swear there must be a gov't program to start stupid little places to eat that I don't want to go to.
The government of Thailand actually has a program like this, to start Thai restaurants in foreign countries.
And yes, my city of Chicago has too many Thai restaurants.
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