Has anyone ever noticed that locally-owned food stores, restaurants, and the like always seem to have superior quality (on average, at least, or maybe it's just me) than those you can find almost anywhere? For instance, I personally find the burgers and fries at The Burger House to be far superior to those at McDonald's or Burger King.
Why is it that these places go national with relatively OK food while the places with amazing food is geographically restricted? I guess the most logical answer would be because the national and worldwide chains use cheaper stuff to sell at lower prices. That does make sense, but still, if you made the best possible product with superior ingredients like the spice that they use at the Burger House, wouldn't that mean that they would make a considerable amount of money with their craft?
Actually, now that I think about it, there's a growing chain called Five Guys that started as a local place in Washington, D.C. that's now spread as far out as St. Louis, my hometown. Maybe the trend is catching on, or perhaps they're just a fluke that got lucky. I don't know, but I sure hope it's the former, not the latter.
Or heck, even if McDonald's burgers just one day started tasting as good as Burger House burgers, I'd be happy.
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