Originally Posted by
Green Dragon
And perhaps I missed it, but has anyone mentioned the sanitary angle? If it's a chain restaurant, people know (or at least believe) they are being held to a certain franchise standard. That may turn some people away from the local places.
I can't speak for elsewhere, but here in the UK, there's a
Scores on the Doors scheme, where local authority hygiene ratings are prominently displayed on restaurants. I'm perenially surprised at how poorly some of the chain places do...