this is what someone told me on Sat afternoon. She was at seerings on Friday night and the bartender told her that Sat night was the last night for them to be open.Seerings?
More Restaurant Closings???
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As someone who just visits the area, it seems to me that there has been tremendous growth in the Destin area since we first started to visit 5 years ago. From the distance it seems that the developers and restaurateurs have put the cart before the horse. Although it seems as if the Emerald Coast is going to continue to grow in population, and i plan on being one of them, it takes time fo all the people to get there. There has just been to much development for not enough people. We have been through the same thing in Omaha. We had a ton of restaurants open at the same time in concentrated areas, and now many have or are closing. I would think the old standards on 30A will continue to succeed unless they forget how to have good food and good service, all the things that bring my family there in the first place.
Increasing overhead costs; staffing issues (due to low wages, unaffordable housing and increasing cost of living); and an economy going into recession...the perfect storm that will take out many businesses in tourist areas.
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I just wish someone would have spoken up and given us all fair warning on this economic meltdown!
You might be on to something there. A lot of locals were surprised at the high number of new restaurants which opened in the last 5 years or so. As if new businesses opening was tied to the real estate boom. Many were bound to fail as the pie got spread thin.
But I won't be surprised if we have the same number of restaurants open as close in the near future , many of which are in the works now.
I like how in many populated places such as New Orleans, bad restaurants generally are not tolerated and don't survive. The locals won't put up with bad food or service. However, tourist areas often have bad restaurants which are able to survive because of the understandable ignorance of new visitors every week. Maybe our forum here can serve that purpose a bit, and help make everyone have to be better, while the weak perish.
