Name something you aint had to eat in a long time, but like to eat.

[Vaquero]

Wonder if they will survive the shutdown.

Hope so.

Surely the carryout is keeping them afloat.

 

[TxStetson]

Steak fingers from Buddy's in Andrews.

Buddy's is really good, but I have gotten where I prefer the steak fingers at Syd & Sam's in Odessa more. The original Keith's Hamburger Station in Odessa has pretty good steak fingers too, but the new one out on 191 is only OK.

 

[candcallen]

Real Mexican food.

Which I have yet to find in texas.

 

[robertc1024]

Real Mexican food.

Which I have yet to find in texas.

You're not looking very hard then. They're not as popular as Tex Mex, but they're around.

 

[oldag]

Surely the carryout is keeping them afloat.

The restaurant owners I have talked to are getting killed despite carry out.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Fixed expenses don’t change if the lights are on and the doors are open.

I’m a little surprised at the number and wide cross-section of businesses in the same financial shape as their employees: paycheck to paycheck with little reserves or retained earnings.

 

[SQLGeek]

I’m a little surprised at the number and wide cross-section of businesses in the same financial shape as their employees: paycheck to paycheck with little reserves or retained earnings.

I'm not. Financial habits in this country are pretty awful. That doesn't magically change because somebody opens a business.

 

[oldag]

Fixed expenses don’t change if the lights are on and the doors are open.

I’m a little surprised at the number and wide cross-section of businesses in the same financial shape as their employees: paycheck to paycheck with little reserves or retained earnings.

Most small business owners (not all) only have a couple of months expenses in reserve. Most are not all that profitable.

 

[Axxe55]

Most small business owners (not all) only have a couple of months expenses in reserve. Most are not all that profitable.

Restaurants are some the worst to make a profit or stay in business. I read somewhere some years ago, that the failure rate in a years time is almost 70%.

How to make a million dollars in the restaurant business? Spend five million!

 

[oldag]

Restaurants are some the worst to make a profit or stay in business. I read somewhere some years ago, that the failure rate in a years time is almost 70%.

How to make a million dollars in the restaurant business? Spend five million!

That 70% failure rate used to be quoted as the failure rate for all small businesses during the first five years of operation.

 

[Axxe55]

That 70% failure rate used to be quoted as the failure rate for all small businesses during the first five years of operation.

IIRC, that 70% figure was for restaurants failing within the first years of opening. I believe that small restaurants have a higher faulure rate than other small business'.

I think it has to do with that their profit margins are so small, that making a profit to keep afloat is very difficult.

 

[Whistler]

Profits margins are razor thin, bad staff will wreck you, same with bars.

Shrimp po'boy from Mr. Charburger (been out of business many years)

 

[FireInTheWire]

I chased king salmon outta Juneau Alaska one summer. Talk about freash tasting fish. I could go for that again. Also, the fresh crab caught off the back of the boat. What a awesome memory

 

[Gilbertc13]

Boston pizza. No good pizza in TX...


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[FireInTheWire]

Boston pizza. No good pizza in TX...


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We've started making homemade just for that reason

 

[Gilbertc13]

We've started making homemade just for that reason

My mom sent a bottle of tap water to use for the dough. That’s the biggest difference. Closest I’ve found is papa Murphy’s


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[FireInTheWire]

My mom sent a bottle of tap water to use for the dough. That’s the biggest difference. Closest I’ve found is papa Murphy’sPro

I've never thought about the water. I guess it's the subtle differences that make all the difference

 

[baboon]

Boston pizza. No good pizza in TX...


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Growing up outside Chicago, I hear your pain! Russo N.Y. is about the best I found.
https://nypizzeria.com

A Marrco's recently opened by the house. Both the sauce & sausage seem weak to my now Texas taste. I'll give them 1 more shot @ their thin crust.

 

[Curtis@1964]

A Storms Special (burger, fries, and a Coke) from Storms Drive-In in Lampasas.

 

[Junkyard36]

Fideo and European Goulash.

Nom Nom Nom!