Post #581037 by telescopes on Sun, Mar 20, 2011 4:55 PM

On 2011-03-20 12:18, Bongo Bungalow wrote:

I'm just feeling happy with life as it is today I guess.

No doubt. We get to make great drink and experience lots of poly pop.

But hey, I'm in Southern California. When I was in St. Louis, there was nothing but Mexican Restaurants, mostly from El Torito, inc. The Margarita was it in terms of a mixed drink.

I had been chasing the exotics since 1982 and for the most part, the mid-west is a DESERT - this coming from someone who now lives in a desert.

People who go to Mexican joints tend not to go to 3 and 4 Diamond Restaurants. Steak Houses are expensive - they aren't cheap. But they do have a good clientele, many of whom only show up twice a year or less.

But my thought is that if you drop it down a notch, i.e. Don the Beachcombers, you might possibly start to bring in some of the crowd who up untill now only have had the nice Mexican or Asian restaurant as a choice to experience something exotic. (In the midwest we don't say Asian - we say Chinese or even Oriental).

The Luau that opened up a few years ago in Beverly Hills was just too expensive. Hell, as much as I love TV, it is too far away and a bit expensive. But I would go to DTB if it were closer to me. The prices are right, the food is great tasting, and the drinks are spot on. And the decor - it's what were looking for.

Why is it that Mexican or Asian are the only alternatives we have to something "foreign"? What I would give for a Samoan or Hawaiian Steak and/or Seafood House.

I think there is a niche for something like this.