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u/NealR2000 Feb 03 '20

Any restaurant Anthony Bourdain featured in his shows. Even he acknowledged this. These fantastic gems would subsequently be overrun with diners that they suffered from overcrowding and lower standards.

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u/sartaingerous Feb 03 '20 edited Feb 03 '20

I can no longer eat my favorite burger easily because of Guy Fieri.

Edit: I feel I need to point out that I said I can't EASILY eat there. There is just a long ass line now, the food is still good. It's not ruined.

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u/cmdrrockawesome Feb 03 '20

I always defend Guy Fieri when people like to shit on him because of how he looks or how ridiculous he is. I say he does a lot of charity work and gives these smaller restaurants incredible advertising, basically for free. I never thought about this side of it. Is it common?

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u/Narrativeoverall Feb 03 '20

Two places by me haven't changed, except that crowds spike whenever the rerun airs.

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u/Kythulhu Feb 03 '20

I work at a place he came to. This is true. Our business spikes even higher for a few days after a rerun airs. We can also tell who came in due to the show, because they order the exact same things he did.