"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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On Jan 27, 12:52?am, "<RJ>" > wrote:
> While viviting Detroit for the holidays,
> my nephew took me to "The Ham Place".
>
> It's a tiny cinder-block "diner",
> inside a counter and about 20 stools.
>
> They have FOUR items on the menu.... that's it.
>
> Breakfast; ?Ham and eggs of your choice.
> Lunch; ? ?Ham Sammich ?( about 2" thick, on rye )
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Pea soup with ham
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Bean soup with ham.
>
> The ham is superb, the portions are generous, the prices are fair.
>
> The place is packed with customers
> from morning 'til closing time at 3pm.
>
> What a simple business plan !
> Pick one thing, do it well, and charge a fair price.
> I wish more eaterys were like that.

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There are plenty of such eaterys... NYC is famous for its street
venders... there's a guy near where I live that runs his one man
operation eatery from a trailer, he nets $200,000/yr selling nothing
but hotdogs, fries, and soft drinks. His trailer is permanently set
up on blocks. There is no inside service, all take out from a
window. There are a few outdoor tables... for bathrooms there are two
port-a-potties. He's been there a lotta years, always a line.


Ah, dirty water dogs n hot sausages. Seems the dumpier the place is, the
more people online for it.
One of the best ever hot dog stands was Grace's-on the access road between
the LIE and Sunrise highway(cant remember the name of the road now). So many
people stopped there-probably the last decent food between the Hamptons and
NYC-the town issued summonses for the traffic jams they caused.
Grace's finally closed down and opened in a building down the street, but
they were never the same. The building's empty now.