Lessons learned from the restaurant across the street

Hijacking this thread but...<p>"Plentiful for the cost" is an oxymoron to "great restaurant"<p>Okay maybe that's a little bit flippant but seriously, judging a restaurant based on quantity of food for cost is apparently a very American thing and one of the reasons food is so bad here in general<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0767920562" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0767920562</a> had a chapter on how different cultures think about food. Having lived in a different one for several years that valued flavor over quantity I wish there was some way to influence America's culture more in that direction. It might also help our obesity issues. I'd much rather have a small scoop of unique and delicious ice cream than the tubs that some of the most popular American chains dish out

Relevant: <a href="http://xkcd.com/993/" rel="nofollow">http://xkcd.com/993/</a>

Corner of Williams and Saratoga in San Jose!<p>I've thought about visiting that restaurant, but always wondered if it would be a disaster. I guess it's time to pay a visit...

This isn't an entirely unique scenario, as there are other establishments not unlike this one that, once they achieved critical mass in awareness, simply gained intolerably long waits.<p>This could be viewed as either an inability or unwillingness to scale. ("Inability" could be inherent in the effort, as in there is just not a feasible means to scale effectively.)