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CyborgSage00x0 posted...

Neither do many of the other ethnic restaurants that still are far more prevalent than German ones. And to be fair, French restaurants aren't super prominent, either.

The points aren't meant to be taken in isolation. It's more the fact that it has *none* of the three things going for it that's the problem.

And French restaurants are absurdly common but, because they only have the culinary tradition but not national pride or cultural identity, they're not going to be as common as other places (namely Italian which hits all three). Plus they tend to exclusively be fine dining, which limits them.

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

Your 3rd point has more wight than the second (again, if we are to try and quantify "pride", I'd say it still doesn't make sense how much it's under-represented comparitively).

Again, Italian, Irish, Puerto Rican, Latino (which isn't even a nationality), etc, all have pride parades. Italians, Irish, Latinos, and Hispanics often signal their nationality with their flag colors (often in the form of car stickers, etc). People will have "Proud Italian" or note that they're Irish in their profiles. Meanwhile when you talk to somebody of German heritage, they often say something like, "Well, I'm not sure what my heritage is. I think I might have some German ancestry..." Conversely, Italians are often pretty openly Italian. They know their heritage and they tend to share it.

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

But that would just explain why historically there hasn't been more German restaurants. But now? When new food styles and fusions are constantly being invented, it seems weird that no one considers German restaurants more of a "niche" to tap into.

But then it wouldn't really be German food. Plus it's not like German places are super rare. They're already around as a niche. Hell, CT even has Austrian restaurants.

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

I'd argue English/Irish/Scottish style pub houses are far more common than German ones. He'll, we have a small handful here in Albuquerque (of all places), versus 0 German places. (There's also a joke to be made about how bland English food is).

But not real restaurants. And, tbh, even English-style pubs seem rarer than German places.
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