<![CDATA[A restaurant in my neighborhood went out of business recently. It now stands abandoned. A sad sight, really. The reason for its demise was not the surroundings; the neighborhood is actually quite nice. The corner the empty building stands on today had been a good one for many years, previous to the recent management, in terms of customer draw. Indeed, there’s another restaurant just up the street that’s going great guns. The problem was the food. It wasn’t just bad; it was abysmal. Nobody liked the place, because puking on your Pumas in a restaurant, even one with such a nice atmosphere, is not a popular pastime, at least for most folks. So they tell me, anyway.]]>