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ThunderySleep t1_jdoqjy2 wrote

Reply to comment by FruityRogelio in Shake Shack is coming to NH! by AlexTheTolerable

> 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.

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FruityRogelio t1_jdosbog wrote

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

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ThunderySleep t1_jdox1zc wrote

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.

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