This past weekend, some friends of mine were talking about
the high turnover of restaurants downtown. Some places seemed to only last a
few scant months while others disappeared shockingly after a few days, like a
kidnapping victim in a new country. And then we cracked the code. Correction: I cracked the code. To be a successful
lunch establishment, you only have to pass one test and that test has only one
rule: can you eat it one handed? Soups, salads, bottomless pasta bowls are all
well and good, but they fail the test. And the beauty of the one-handed rule?
It frees up your other hand to receive congratulatory high-fives. Yes!
