Why Restaurants Are So Fucked

Re:Why Restaurants Are So Fucked by Schweigi on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:27AM (#23049194)

I would argue Berlin has some of the cheapest food in Europe. Though to be honest the food quality of the 2.5 EUR Döners is usually questionable and I'm not sure how they can turn any profit or actually live from it.

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Re:Why Restaurants Are So Fucked by dimatura on Saturday May 02, 2020 @02:34AM (#23049819)

While on a work trip to Berlin, I walked into a random lebanese place in Neukolln to get a quick bite. Looked at the price of a shawarma - 2 euros - and thought, damn, this is going to be awful. But I was in a hurry and got one (actually two, in case they were tiny) anyway. Not only were they not tiny, to this day the best shawarma I've had.

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Re:Why Restaurants Are So Fucked by jdietrich on Saturday May 02, 2020 @03:35AM (#23050104)

Commercial rents are still insanely low in Berlin. Low fixed costs and high turnover make a low-margin business viable, hence the proliferation of food trucks in Tier 1 US cities.

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