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doublesuede t1_j6vbl3x wrote

Struck that this seems to be something that genuinely doesn’t exist in Pgh anymore. I really wish that somebody would take the plunge and add some night hours, they’d probably make bank as sole option. The main problem that all restauranteurs are facing right now seems to be staffing, though.

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burritoace t1_j6wd5e3 wrote

I think the profitability of these hours at places like this is probably vastly overestimated

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sprawn t1_j6y6hvs wrote

They stayed open in the past, not for the business, but more for the need to do various operations when there are no or few customers around: cleaning, accounting, prep work, inventory, stocking, repairs, etc… Over the last twenty years, everything has gotten more efficient, and these operations can be forced into "late" night (after 8pm) or early morning (about 5 to 7 am). No need to keep the place open all night any longer. This was all happening slowly prior to COVID.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j6x29s3 wrote

Nobody wants to work for shit pay and shit bosses when there's still a pandemic floating around that could kill them, and I don't blame them at all. Working in a restaurant sucks at the best of times. It's no surprise that people got out en masse.

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