On 2013-09-13 10:52:23 +0000, jmcquown said:

> On 9/12/2013 9:23 PM, gtr wrote:
>> On 2013-09-12 19:32:37 +0000, merryb said:
>>
>>> You must be craving a sandwich! Our local Blimpie's shut down about 2
>>> months ago- there is a note on their window saying they were evicted
>>> or ? along those lines.
>>
> (snippage)
>
>> Jersey Mike's Subs have been opened three stores our here in the past
>> few years. I think I like the sandwich better, but the selection of
>> options seems more limited.
>>
> Sometimes limited is better. Places that start out with a good
> business model often seem to screw things up when they start trying to
> make and sell everything under the sun. If you do a few things well
> and it works, stick with that.

Agreed: And it's key to expansion, I think.

There was a place in Garden Grove run by a Korean woman that spoke no
English. She made dumplings; either pan-fried or steamed. She also had
big bags of them in a freezer that you could get to-go. Anna's Mandu.
Oh jeez it was great. It only lasted about 3 years. I think she had tea
and canned ice tea.

It was in a tiny strip center next to a store that sold local
kimchi.You walked in and there was nothing but big glass-doored coolers
with unlabeled gallon jars of kimchi: just kimchi. Now THAT's a
specialty store.

I never saw any customers In Anna's but us. She had a young Mexican
girl who worked there in the back. She also didn't speak any English
either, and I *know* she didn't speak any Korean. We saw her come back
from lunch one day with a big greasy burger bag.

It reminded me once when I went to a Mexican restaurant with NO ONE in
it. A pizza delivery guy showed up with two pizzas and went into the
kitchen. Me and my friend left. If they won't eat their food--I won't
either!