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Proof-Variation7005 t1_ivylyvz wrote

Reply to comment by appslap in Looking for best Korean BBQ in the Providence area by whatsaphoto

Smaller towns that are overwhelmingly white are probably not the best place for ethnic food places

In theory, it’d be a wide open market but, in practice, anything more out of the box than your garden variety Americanized Chinese food place is going to struggle, even if they’re really good.

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appslap t1_ivym6j9 wrote

Agreed and understand that but even Providence doesn’t have a “real” Korean bbq.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_ivyrwwh wrote

Right now, sure. There's been a few that have come and gone. Mama Kims had a good run as a food truck and then tried a storefront and it failed. Lekker was around. Already that's 2 places in the last 5ish years than a town like Westerly has had in the last 200 years.

It's also still a weird time for restaurants anyway. COVID took out so many of them. Others are still reeling from it. I bet it's probably slowed/stalled a lot of potential new places.

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