I live in Salt Lake City and as I drive around I am constantly vexed with one question. How do some of these restaurants stay in business when other restaurants turn over so much? Case in point- the Olympian on 7th East and 21st South.
I've never heard anyone talk about it. Never been there. Never heard anything about it. I imagine the food to be your standard chicken fried steak with frozen veggies and a baked potato. The most expensive thing on the menu is probably $12.95. But, it's a sit-down restaurant which requires quite a bit of business to stay afloat. This place has survived trendy restaurants, the recession and I fully expect it will outlive me.
There are dozens of restaurants like this around Salt Lake (don't get me wrong, there are a lot of good restaurants too). On 21st South and 21st East there are three Chinese restaurants next to each other. They have been in business forever, yet I've never heard anyone talk about them.
All these restaurants are from the same vintage, late 60s or 70s. The don't have enough character to be really cool, but they've withstood the test of time.
Have you heard of any of these mystery spots?
My x-bf would be flabbergasted. He couldn't get enough of that place. Perfect post-shred meals I guess. But he did say that when he and his buddies would drop in it was usually them and a sprinkling of really old people, sometimes a couple of cowboys.
ReplyDeleteyeah, that is a very good question. i've wondered that myself. this post may be the first advertising they've ever had. i think i will pay them a visit.
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