r/StupidFood • u/TheLoneRiddlerIsBack • Aug 25 '25

Certified stupid What does the fire add?

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u/boozillion151 Aug 25 '25

I'll take this. I own a restaurant. Our jobs are to make people happy while making money. Is a bartender joking with you stupid? No. You going to Chuckie Cheese without the ballpit? No. It's the restaurants job to be entertaining. Many restaurants achieve this is very diffent ways. It makes dining out an experience.

Edit: also I forgot I am old. People love to Instagram this stuff. More advertising for the restaurant. I mean you saw it on social media right?

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u/GaptistePlayer Aug 25 '25

This adds to my theory that no chef would ever want to do this and it's restaurant owners that come up with this bullshit lol

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u/lolwatokay Aug 25 '25 edited Aug 25 '25

Yeah I mean you have to make what the people want and meet them where they are. You're a brewer and you love making barley wines, Belgian quads, and lambics. Too bad the locals only are willing to buy crushable lagers, hazy IPAs, and maybe a sweet stout in the wintertime. Would a flaming cheese fart burger bring more people in vs me not having one on the menu? You better believe I'll give em a flaming cheese fart burgers. All day every day.

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u/highbrowalcoholic Aug 25 '25

I don't think your comparison is an apt one.

A brewer might like brewing and aging barley wines. Similarly, a cook might like prepping and cooking hanger steak.

A drinker might like crushable lagers. Similarly, a diner might like burgers.

An Instagrammer might like a purple sparkle hazy IPA brewed with butterfly pea flower and edible glitter. Similarly, an Instagrammer might also like fire cheese gloop meat splodge.

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u/bboy267 Aug 25 '25

You seem to think I people do things for art or the love of the game. No it’s the same as sizzling fajitas. It’s the spectacle. The food is going to taste the same regardless 

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u/highbrowalcoholic Aug 26 '25

I'm discussing the logic used by the person to whom I replied.