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When I was in Seattle there is this pizza place in a suburban neighborhood that only open for 3 hours 4 days a week from 2:00 to 5:00. All of the workers were the same ones every day and they all three looked no nonsense but friendly enough when you ordered .
The pizza was really good and the calzones were fantastic, so I would go there often, but I almost never saw another customer in the place even though they had at least twenty tables with four chairs at each table set up in two giant dining rooms.
And they were in and out of the way spot with a very small sign. And I think at the most I ever saw one table taken up when I went there and that was only once.
And I never waited in line.
It just seemed like a really odd disposition for a pizza place that obviously needed to pay for a pretty high overhead considering how much space it took up.
Just as a counterpoint. I don't know what americna nightlife is. But, in the UK, if there was a pizza/takeout place that inly opened after 12 until 5, it would be a great business idea. Chances are, there'll be a fuck ton of drunk people using it.
American nightlife is pretty dead compared to UK/Europe, But this was actually 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Odd hours.
Oh yeah, that definitely is weirder. It's like outside of busy hours. And before tea/dinner.
American nightlife is pretty dead compared to UK/Europe
Not in a college town! I've seen entire restaurants sustained primarily drunks trying to sober up a bit and get some food in their bellies at bar time before stumbling home
I guess I'm thinking more of the nightclubs and weird art exhibitions and whatnot, every EU country I was in had events starting at 11 and going to 5am, which is pretty rare across the states even in larger cities. Or maybe it just seems like there were fewer events because they're so spread out geographically.
I feel like I'm Italy or Ireland, someone was always telling me there was a warehouse rave two blocks down or punk show that started at two am.
Huh I had no clue! I figured nightlife just meant bars and clubs but that sounds like Europe knows how to do nightlife far better!
There was this pizza store nearby that had insanely cheap pizza. It costed less than half of their competitors. It wasn't great, but it wasn't bad. The price made me think it wasn't a legitimate business.
Yeah I didn't even say this but the price of like a full-size calzone like a huge one I think was $5 base and I was like what the heck is going on here
I've often thought about what I would do if I won the lottery, and this is it- I'd start a few businesses, not really caring if they are profitable, but just to have access to the stuff I want at a known place and time. Sure you could just own the equipment to make really good pizza anytime, but leaving it dormant most of the time would seem like a waste. Rather make it into a business, even if it doesn't cover the cost, it would at least reduce it somewhat...
I guess if you like serving people that would be fun, since you know if any customer was rude, you could just tell them to get the f*** out.