Of course they have locals, but if any of them were relying on the locals they'd be out of business in a heartbeat.
Happen to be i eat out alot so i have somewhat an idea in this restaurant business .
Each and every restaurant no matter how good or unique it is that doesn't have a strong local clientele can't succeed, so thats my point that the ch eateries has a strong local clientele + tons of visitors + singles = that they all doing very well , Much better then restaurants elswhere ,talking profit wise because they are much much more busy consistently always,
Basil as long i know that place when i ever i drove by it was packed and lines out the door ,i ate there once only because i don't like art and i don't understand to it
And so is izzyss both b&b and bab always full busy when ever i visit or pass by ,all of them are even busy mid day , but definitely that the locals patronize them more then in different neighborhoods ,thats what my observation is .