Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread

[herb]

Btw, whatever happened with Ice Cream House?
They were supposed to open near there.
Google says permanently closed.

they've been working on that building for forever

[S209]

Cheapest fleishig place to buy bulk/catering from besides Poppers Plus?

[herb]

Best kugel in town? Menachems?

[Sam 77]

Best kugel in town? Menachems?

IMHO yes

[Euclid]

CBN reporting that the Seared chef is leaving?

[S209]

CBN reporting that the Seared chef is leaving?

What’s CBN?

[MHP]

What’s CBN?

A WhatsApp Status

[MHP]

Wow I was driving by that corner and there was nothing to eat, I was starving, what a genius idea 

List:

?Crunch Time?
4Corners
Pizza on Wheels
Bun
Flysh
*Dips*

Glatt Gourmet

[yuneeq]

List:

?Crunch Time?
4Corners
Pizza on Wheels
Bun
Flysh
*Dips*

Glatt Gourmet

Restaurants close together often lift each other up, but this list isn’t exciting, diverse, and even close enough to accomplish that

[pointer]

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yitzy-tesser-546aa1302_reflecting-on-the-closure-of-seared-restaurant-activity-7273208949150003200-v45K

[YesThatsMe]

ועל כל פשעים תכסה ריביות נמוכות

As WB says, "It's when the tide goes out, you see who's swimming naked"

Businesses need to deliver real value and a great customer experience to survive in the long run.

It might be sad, but it's capitalism, and the alternative is the USSR.

Time bump this one.

[Mordyk]

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yitzy-tesser-546aa1302_reflecting-on-the-closure-of-seared-restaurant-activity-7273208949150003200-v45K

Hard Disagree.

It is very sad and I feel terrible for the owners and Hashem should help they should recoup what they lost.  Everyone deserves success.   

But here is my take. The receipt represented what seared thought the consumer will pay.   $28 or $38 for a bottled water (besides the other expensive items, water was just the most understandably overpriced).   That's what the receipt showed. It doesn't matter if it was a vendor treating their team...  They put in their POS system to charge that.  The consumers, that do spend loads of money elsewhere, felt that this was way ridiculous and inflated prices for no reason.  Therefore the backlash.   And I think most still gave it a chance but weren't wowed enough to make it a success. Don't blame the downfall on the person that shard the receipt.

Either way I feel bad and wish nothing but future successes to the owners and people that lost money here.

[yuneeq]

Hard Disagree.

It is very sad and I feel terrible for the owners and Hashem should help they should recoup what they lost.  Everyone deserves success.   

But here is my take. The receipt represented what seared thought the consumer will pay.   $28 or $38 for a bottled water (besides the other expensive items, water was just the most understandably overpriced).   That's what the receipt showed. It doesn't matter if it was a vendor treating their team...  They put in their POS system to charge that.  The consumers, that do spend loads of money elsewhere, felt that this was way ridiculous and inflated prices for no reason.  Therefore the backlash.   And I think most still gave it a chance but weren't wowed enough to make it a success. Don't blame the downfall on the person that shard the receipt.

Either way I feel bad and wish nothing but future successes to the owners and people that lost money here.

Well said. The constant negative messaging against the public is getting way out of hand. A 6k Barnea receipt would not cause this issue. After opening - the menu pricing was more expensive than anywhere I've been, and the value just wasn't there. Example - no free bread. You want bread, you can get a small bagel for $25. One of the apps I ordered was 35% more than similar places, but half the serving size. Makes no sense to spend more than the highest end Manhattan restaurant when the food is not at that level.

I hope the owners recover from this loss.

[Dan]

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yitzy-tesser-546aa1302_reflecting-on-the-closure-of-seared-restaurant-activity-7273208949150003200-v45K

Lol, someone shared the prices, so they went out of business?
That's quite the leap.

I've seen RC receipts going around and they seem to be doing just fine, even after threatening diners with arrest.

[Alexsei]

Lol, someone shared the prices, so they went out of business?
That's quite the leap.

I've seen RC receipts going around and they seem to be doing just fine, even after threatening diners with arrest.

Restaurants threatening diners with Arrest for sharing their receipts? Did I read right?

[yuneeq]

Restaurants threatening diners with Arrest for sharing their receipts? Did I read right?

No, 2 separate things. They threatened diners (Dan & JJ) with arrest. And diners shared massive receipts. And they are still doing fine.

[Alexsei]

No, 2 separate things. They threatened diners (Dan & JJ) with arrest. And diners shared massive receipts. And they are still doing fine.

Arrest for what crime ?

[shulem92]

Arrest for what crime ?

hence why there was no arrest
https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=20953.msg2875626#msg2875626

[aygart]

  Everyone deserves success.   

Why?

[aygart]

He is making it as if the total was the issue and that is not at all the case. People took issue with the individual line items.