Comment on Why you can't get a restaurant reservationparentComments−ethbr12yI live in a t10 US metro by size, and we don't have the reservation scramble I've seen in other cities, even at fine dining restaurants.So it doesn't feel like something inherent to the fine dining enterprise, but rather present or not in certain cities.−thaumasiotes2yI didn't say it was inherent to the fine dining enterprise. I said it was an intentional experience provided for the benefit of the customers.−ethbr12ySo you're saying it's driven by city culture, where a certain type of person in that city expects difficult to reserve restaurants?−thaumasiotes2yYou see the sibling comment by mattgreenrocks, right?−ethbr12yYes, but it's not demographic-specific, because it doesn't happen in all cities.And all large cities have all demographics.−thaumasiotes2yAnd all large cities have all demographics.This is just a misunderstanding on your part of what "demographic" means.−ethbr12yDoes your definition of demographic include "the demographic of people who only eat at restaurants that are constantly booked and one has to fight to get a table at"?In which case, sure, you're right: that doesn't exist in all large cities.
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I live in a t10 US metro by size, and we don't have the reservation scramble I've seen in other cities, even at fine dining restaurants.
So it doesn't feel like something inherent to the fine dining enterprise, but rather present or not in certain cities.
I didn't say it was inherent to the fine dining enterprise. I said it was an intentional experience provided for the benefit of the customers.
So you're saying it's driven by city culture, where a certain type of person in that city expects difficult to reserve restaurants?
You see the sibling comment by mattgreenrocks, right?
Yes, but it's not demographic-specific, because it doesn't happen in all cities.
And all large cities have all demographics.
This is just a misunderstanding on your part of what "demographic" means.
Does your definition of demographic include "the demographic of people who only eat at restaurants that are constantly booked and one has to fight to get a table at"?
In which case, sure, you're right: that doesn't exist in all large cities.