Busy NYC Restaurant Solves Major Mystery by Reviewing Old Surveillance

Re:Busy NYC Restaurant Solves Major Mystery by Reviewing Old... by bhouston on Saturday July 12, 2014 @10:51AM (#8024676)

There is obviously some truth to this, but the number seem made up (+50% of people talking pictures of their food seems funny, but doesn't seem realistic.)

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Re:Busy NYC Restaurant Solves Major Mystery by Reviewing Old... by potatolicious on Saturday July 12, 2014 @10:56AM (#8024695)

My gut feel is that this is a heavily tourist restaurant in NYC (maybe in a heavily tourist area like Times Square or Rockefeller Center).

A few giveaways: lots of people taking pictures of food. Lots of people taking pictures of each other. Requests for WiFi (international tourists who don't have data plans). Requests to take group pics.

Smells like Times Square :P

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Re:Busy NYC Restaurant Solves Major Mystery by Reviewing Old... by samstave on Saturday July 12, 2014 @10:57AM (#8024697)

They mentioned it was on July 3rd. Thats a holiday weekend, perhaps the % of patrons that weekend was exceedingly tourist and thus were more likely to "document" their NYC holiday vacation than patrons in, say, mid november.

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Re:Busy NYC Restaurant Solves Major Mystery by Reviewing Old... by busterarm on Saturday July 12, 2014 @10:57AM (#8024703)

For an NYC restaurant? Popular with foodies? It sure seems accurate to me.

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