re: Is Panera Bread in BR Open Yet?

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why is everyone so mad? god forbid every restaurant in any given city isn't a mom and pop store

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There's a place called Doumar's where I live. It was on Triple D, and apparently it's where the waffle cone was invented.

Last year they opened a Cook Out chain across the street, and a bunch of locals got upset, saying they were gonna put Doumars out of business. There was an effort to block it, but it failed.

A Chick fil a was built a couple of blocks down, and same sort of story.

Anytime I drive down that road, all 3 places are doing good business.

I knew they weren't going out of business, because the bulk of their business is people who've been going there forever. The food isn't that good, but it's a unique place and people enjoy it.

Markets aren't some fix pie like people think.