FruityRogelio t1_jdk11fg wrote on March 24, 2023 at 11:15 PM

I get it, because I'm pretty stoked about concord Popeyes. Which, for those uninitiated, half of their traditional charm is they will fuck up your order. Which probably won't be seen as part of the charm around here.

But there are so many people around here. Some with money, some with taste. Some with culture, some just bored. Wtf is everything 'new' to new Hampshire just am infiltration of strip mall bullshit that kinda sucks and costs too much for what it is but we heard about it?

Lumpyyyyy t1_jdk5ijt wrote on March 24, 2023 at 11:48 PM

Are you having a stroke?

FruityRogelio t1_jdk5vvo wrote on March 24, 2023 at 11:51 PM

Indeed I am.

Aggravating-Job6465 t1_jdkzcwp wrote on March 25, 2023 at 3:50 AM

I remember waiting in line for the Peabody sonic back in 07(maybe 08) as just a youngin it was 2 hours long.

ThunderySleep t1_jdoqjy2 wrote on March 26, 2023 at 12:19 AM

> tf is everything 'new' to new Hampshire just am infiltration of strip mall bullshit

What's the alternative though? There's not a big city in NH so it's not going to get a lot of the upscale chains. If something that's not a chain opens here, it's not a recognized brand "coming to NH", it's just a new business in NH. As for strip malls, it's a rural state, so most of your brick and mortar consumer businesses open in strip malls.

FruityRogelio t1_jdosbog wrote on March 26, 2023 at 12:33 AM

I was more talking about alternatives to chains in general. One of the best restaurants in concord, for instance, is situated exactly in a strip mall. An og strip mall from the dawn of strip malls. Kathmandu bazaar is an ethnic grocery with a food counter. Place is amazing. I want more of that. Not FoodCorp's latest territorial infiltration, if that makes sense. This state is devoid of really worthwhile food. I drive an hour an half routinely to try shit because maybe there's Caribbean in Claremont. Getting giddy for new fast food is icky, imo. That said, I am stoked for popeyes

ThunderySleep t1_jdox1zc wrote on March 26, 2023 at 1:09 AM

If it's not a chain, then it's not "Thing you've heard of is coming to New Hampshire!", it's just "New thing opens!".

And I'm with you on the state's food situation. You can find good food, but you have to look a little harder for it. The big offense to me is how much people will overpraise the completely unremarkable stuff.

rochvegas5 t1_jdlztnd wrote on March 25, 2023 at 11:46 AM

There was a Popeyes in Plaistow many decades ago