Poll: How Many Chances Do You Give a New Restaurant?

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By Ian Froeb in Polls

Thu., Sep. 4 2008 @ 2:00PM

All right, I haven't done one of these in a while. In this week's review of Tower Tacos, I ponder the risks a new restaurant takes. Now, it's part of my job to give a restaurant more than one chance. But I imagine most, probably all, of you who read this blog dine on your own dime. So I'm curious: How many chances do you give a new restaurant before deciding it's not worth the money?

Results in a week.

- Ian Froeb

Tags: new restaurants

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Dave says:

It's generally two times, unless the restaurant is quite pricey (we just don't go out to enough fine meals to risk another dog), or something was really wrong/gross/offensive.

Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 4 2008 @ 2:19PM

Bonnie says:

Sometimes just one. I don't make enough money to keep giving a place numerous chances.

Posted On: Friday, Sep. 5 2008 @ 7:52AM

merritt says:

I don't make enough money to go out too often, and even if I love a place I don't always go back again and again. There's so many places to try!

Posted On: Friday, Sep. 5 2008 @ 10:58AM

agatha says:

I think more than ever it is inexcusable for restaurants - be it casual to fine dining - to deliver sloppy service and poor food. Who has the time or the money to continue to give places third or fourth chances?

In addition, to Merritt's point, there are so many places to try. Resturants need to really go out of their way to wow the customer with good service and good food...shouldn't be that hard, but seems to be for many places in St. Louis.

Posted On: Friday, Sep. 5 2008 @ 12:20PM