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Re:The Thrill of Losing Money by Investing in a Manhattan Re... by SolaceQuantum on Saturday September 17, 2016 @06:54PM (#12522951)
Xianfoods is far from an example you want. It is a large space that is relatively clean and has a strong brand in its area in an absolutely prime location for its food.

You'll more likely want one of the tens of hole in the wall spots around xianfoods that have no website, no name, not even a Yelp or a Google map indicator. Things that serve steamed buns out on the street or shops that are little more that hallways to order food and leave.

Re:The Thrill of Losing Money by Investing in a Manhattan Re... by kafkaesq on Saturday September 17, 2016 @07:12PM (#12523021)
But that't the whole point - Xi'an foods started as exactly the kind of a no-name, hole-in-the-wall like you describe.

How'd they get to where they are now? Because they get food, they get what what people really want, and they found a culinary niche that until that point had been widely ignored.

That's how they made their "brand".