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I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I Killed It

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Re: I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I Killed It

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Post by nradov »

elvinyung wrote: post #126
nradov wrote: post #74

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Right I've seen hipsters in the Bay Area lined up for hours just to eat ramen noodles ! What's wrong with these people? Even great noodles aren't much better than average noodles. I really can't understand it.

Well, have you had great noodles? A crash course on Japanese culture: kodawari . It's a singular, artisanal obsession with making a single thing perfect. In Japan, there are restaurants dedicated to making only one thing, only yakitori or tempura or soba or a myriad other things or, of course, ramen. With such dedication, you elevate such trivial things, even such an extremely unremarkable thing like ramen, into a hi…

I'm not dismissive of Japanese culture, I'm dismissive of hipsters.

Re: I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I Killed It

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Post by swrobel »

navinsylvester wrote: post #345
trynewideas wrote: post #292

It's a "dead dove do not eat" feeling, but I kind of hoped I'd open the HN comments on this one and _not_ see a bunch of engineering solutions. They all miss the point of the story, which is crushingly relevant to startups: If you build a company with people you like and love, and circumstances outside of your control force it to scale in a hurry, those people you like and love are going to get hurt in the process. T…

Bang on. Right chord. I think this article is a great advise to people running startups. The review is akin to raising outside money.

Except startups solicit the money. It isn't foisted on them like this review.

Re: I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I Killed It

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Post by choot »

There is a simple way to solve this problem.

A special startup can he inacted to solve this frequent problem.

We'll not use any special card or ID. Showing ID for a burger seems invasive and special loyality card, we can forget to carry it.

Blue accounts are loyal customers.

Green ones are tourist/one timers.

1. Use colored money concept.

2. If a customer sends money from their mobile wallet more than X times, their account is colored for this particular merchant.

If merchant has set a rule, if payment is > X times / Y dollars, then apply 50% discount for A duration/B payments.

3. Anyone not confirming with app, doesn't qualify for any discount.

Cash + app will also be supported.

Now simply adjust the prices to reach the demand you can keep up with.

Re: I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I Killed It

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Post by happymellon »

astrodust wrote: post #101
hnaccy wrote: post #91

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Provide a locals only card that gives reduced pricing, could even have a locals only day once a week.

Ten minutes later a "locals only" card goes on eBay.

But then the local doesn't get the discount burger, and the out of towner gets to use it once.

Presumably it would also expire, so it would be that locals loss rather than the restaurants.

Re: I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I Killed It

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Post by stephen_g »

jacquesm wrote: post #246
andybak wrote: post #54

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> they devour that which they visit and leave it devastated. Not disagreeing but the "they" is "us". You're not in a traffic jam, you are the traffic jam.

I'd rather not go see the great barrier reef.

It's not tourism that's killing the reef, it's runoff from mining and agriculture in the area, warming sea temperatures and ocean acidification...

Re: I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I Killed It

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Post by fapjacks »

clubm8 wrote: post #375
fapjacks wrote: post #336

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That's how it works where I live. You show your driver's license, you get the local discount.

Vegas?

No, but I have a very good friend in Vegas who says it's similar there.

Re: I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I Killed It

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Post by paulie_a »

monksy wrote: post #271
121789 wrote: post #266

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Oh please, the Au Cheval wait has been ridiculous for at least 5 years now. If you have friends and you drink, it’s very easy to plan to hang at one of the bars that’re close by for a couple of hours.

I'm pretty sure that's the only reason that the Lonewolf exists. I've never heard of a time where you can get into Au Chavel without a wait for the time that I've lived here. (About 5+ish years)

I have gone there when the place was half empty and told there would be a 20 minute wait, which turned into 40. The hostess told me I needed to download an app to check in for a table. I can go further but I am surprised that place is actually still in business, it has terrible customer service and mediocre over salted food.

Re: I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I Killed It

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Post by aichi »

If it is true local restaurant or pub you should have locals coming regularly. It means they have reservations for whole year on same time at some day. This is true for Prague pub called U Zlateho Tygra. That pub is in city center and in every turist book. Locals have booked tables all the days for whole year. Tourists can sit if locals don't appear or between 3 and 6pm before locals come.

Re: I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I Killed It

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Post by elvinyung »

nradov wrote: post #381
elvinyung wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, have you had great noodles? A crash course on Japanese culture: kodawari . It's a singular, artisanal obsession with making a single thing perfect. In Japan, there are restaurants dedicated to making only one thing, only yakitori or tempura or soba or a myriad other things or, of course, ramen. With such dedication, you elevate such trivial things, even such an extremely unremarkable thing like ramen, into a hi…

I'm not dismissive of Japanese culture, I'm dismissive of hipsters.

I just hope you understand that you're not just doing that.

> Even great noodles aren't much better than average noodles. I really can't understand it.

I have no reason to be mad at this, I have literally no reason to be emotionally connected to this, but... it still disappoints me a little bit on the inside to read this.

Re: I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I Killed It

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Post by clubm8 »

fapjacks wrote: post #386
clubm8 wrote: post #375

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Vegas?

No, but I have a very good friend in Vegas who says it's similar there.

> No, but I have a very good friend in Vegas who says it's similar there.

Also the strip is where the tourists are, and isn't technically the city of Las Vegas.

A lot of the behaviors people engage in on the strip would get you thrown out of a place that's more locals oriented. They don't take shit off strip.

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