[king_jester]

> Restaurants are a reflection of what the population wants, not the driver. In order for there to be more vegetarian choices in a restaurant there has to be more demand for those items. Restaurants that don't do that go out of business.

This isn't true. A restaurant isn't some optimal menu allocating machine, you can be profitable enough to continue operating even if you would be even more profitable by changing the menu to offer different or more inclusive options.

[JoeAltmaier]

There's a lot of things going on in a restaurant other than food. Music, ambiance, friends, service. You can put up with ordinary food if these things are right.

But all that doesn't make up for unpalatable food. Our local vegan restaurant makes food I can't eat. Its just too strange. A Reuben that has neither sauerkraut nor beef, nor even proper bread. Pasta that is like glue and tomato paste. Drinks I can't pronounce.