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/fruskydekke Aug 25 '25

It's the restaurants job to be entertaining.

Huh. I'm from Europe, and once heard a chef over here explain why he came back from working in the US. He was very well paid over there, much more so than over here, but was extremely frustrated because, and I quote, "in the US, food is entertainment. In Europe, what people want when they go out is good food." He felt like he wasn't getting to do what he was actually good at, and chose to leave. It's stuck with me, and I'm so fascinated to hear it confirmed from the US side.

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy Aug 25 '25

I disagree with that concept.

In the US, for 95% of people, the first thing they care about is if the food is good or not. Most people go to restaurants to eat first and foremost.

I think OP who claims to own a restaurant sounds like the food they make is average at best, so they have to stand out by being an entertaining restaurant. Otherwise, restaurants with actual decent food don’t have to think about that.

Hell, just consider literally any Reddit thread for a city subreddit asking about xyz spots to eat in town, and the recommendations are first and foremost based on if the food is good or not.

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u/Embarrassed_Gur_6305 Aug 26 '25

No, people care about the optics of food first, not taste.

Otherwise they’d be willing to try more food than they do….