[mmooss]

> you quickly learn the sad fact that quality is just not that important to your success.

Doesn't that depend on your audience? Also, what do you mean by quality?

Where I live, the best food can lead to big success. New tiny restaurants open, they have great food, eventually they open their big successor (or their second restaurant, third restaurant, etc.).

[lotsofpulp]

In my experience, the landlord catches onto the restaurant’s success and starts increasing rents and usually that means cuts in quality.

[PaulRobinson]

Might well be why McDonald’s is more of a real estate company than it is a food company: https://www.wallstreetsurvivor.com/mcdonalds-beyond-the-burg...

[anitil]

I believe this is called something like the 'Michelin Curse' but my google is not returning hits for that phrase, though the sentiment seems roughly correct [0]

[0] https://www.wsj.com/style/michelin-star-removal-giglio-resta...

[mmooss]

Interesting; thanks.