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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by BigBen
I'm going to have to agree with my non-vowel friend here. When did it become okay to sacrifice service with gimmick?
I am not saying that the service at this particular establishment is bad (how would I know, one way or another?) but that instead of genuinely improving the experience, they walked down the "Gimmick" road. I give this place a year before they:
1. go in another direction
2. go out of business
3. become so famous that they turn into a cultural landmark, and everyone stands outside the restaurant for hours waiting to get in.
What is that Deli in New York with the fucking huge sandwiches that is on TV all the time? That is the way to work the gimmick angle.
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we have lots of delis but maybe you are thinking of Carnigie Deli or Stage, both make huge 2.5 lb sandwhiches. Of course there's still Katz in the Lower Eastside made famouse by Meg Ryan's orgasmic meal.
In a city with thousands of restaurants where you can eat at a different restaurant every day for your whole life and never eat at the same two, gimmick sometimes is enough to get people to come inside... there's a hotel that just offered the $10,000 martini a few months back, martini comes with a diamond engagement ring. Do lots of people get engaged there? Not really, but they did get press, and I did hear of one buyer. Buyer meets first beforehand to pickstones etc.
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