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Originally Posted by Groves
It's not only plausible, but true. There are some good documentaries on the subject.
One thing I'll add is the rise of the chain.
Back when travelers were searching for good grub (being away from their home kitchen and all) it wasn't uncommon to get stung by a place that had not only unappetizing food, but unhealthy.
Unhealthy as in sickness and death, not as in 6packs going to 2packs.
The rise of the chain restaurant was fueled by the wary public eager for a place they knew and trusted (not to give them botulism, for instance.)
Golden arches. Plaster Shoney's man. They're not simply marketing "I'm a restaurant", but "I won't have you hurling like Bob's Unknown-to-you Restaurant over there".
We bit on it. Local dives suffered.
On another note, sometimes another way to say "suffered" is "became uncrowded enough to finally eat there regularly", which is a good thing.
Moral of the story: Find people who know good food when they eat it, and find out where they eat.
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Of course, there's also the possibility that some restaurants serve good food and provide good service so they grow into a chain. I would love to open a Free State Brewery, for example.