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In reply to the discussion: San Francisco restaurant closes and leaves angry note: "we don't give a f*** about gluten-free" [View all]Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)all he needs to do is switch to kombu from crystalized MSG and the hipsters will eat it up. Kombu is chocked full of MSG but the hipsters would be all like, "OMG! The unami from this kombu is amazing!"
He's been operating in a outlier neighborhood who's clientele (likely the Hall of Justice, Costco employees, auto and motorcycle shop employees and a smattering of small businesses) had no problem with the food. Now he's being invaded by the google glass twitter fuck gentrifiers who are taking up his tables and squeezing out the regulars who loved the food.
Telling the whiners to get the fuck out won't hurt his business. It will open up tables to his traditional non-whining clientele. And make them happy that they don't have to compete with the whiners.