Hunger for novelty is being blamed for the closure of another top eatery – Knightsbridge’s Racine – but the statistics suggest the majority of us troop to the same places every time we eat out. Perhaps it’s only because we fancy the staff …
Ah, those fickle millennials and their inability to eat anywhere more than once, lest the intervening week has turned the hottest seat in town into the place your mum wants to go because that nice AA Gill liked it. It’s killing the restaurant industry. At least, that’s the cry that goes up every time one of the old guard is taken off the menu for good.
It happened last month when Knightsbridge favourite Racine announced it had served its last steak tartare. Food television executive Melanie Jappy lamented: “Here’s a thought: how about going to good established restaurants once a week rather than chasing the new ones – then they might not close.” Guardian restaurant critic Marina O’Loughlin recited her mantra minted for just such an occasion: “Use ’em or lose ’em”. The message seems to be that if we don’t support established venues, their days are numbered.
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