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Vent: the Dunwoody lunch spot costs $9 more than the one off Buford Hwy and somehow tastes worse
I have been driving past the shiny new spot near Perimeter for months, but the $8 banh mi from the little place on Buford Highway beats the $17 version there every single time, so what makes a cheap counter spot outshine a fancy one?
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aliceharris8d ago
Honestly the rent is what gets you. That little counter on Buford Hwy probably pays a fraction of what the Perimeter spot pays per square foot, so they don't need to charge you $17 to break even. The fancy place has to cover that lease plus payroll for like triple the staff. But here's the thing, the cheap spot also just cooks the same food over and over all day. When you make one thing a thousand times a week you get really good at it, and when you're trying to do a banh mi plus a poke bowl plus a smoothie, none of it ends up great.
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