New mall is opening, what kind of food is secondary to what is really important
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I saw this on one of the Bet Shemesh Email lists today:
Have your say and eat it! Choose today what food will be served in the Dolev
Mall
Y&G Surveys, designers of consumer and public opinion surveys, invite you to
rate your food preferences:
Which eatery would you be interested in having in the new mall on Nachal
Dolev? (Rank between 1 ? 5, where 1 is of greatest importance.)
Coffee Shop
Burger
Pizza
Pita, Felafel
Ice Cream Parlor / Fresh Juices / Crepes
Now I am as excited as the next guy for havine some new places to eat in Ramat Bet Shemesh, but they are asking the wrong questions or focusing on thewrong things. In my 7 years so far living here I have seen many retaurants come and go and have never been excited about any of them besides Aroma and now Hashamen for great Shwarma.
Lets take an example. Asking us if we want another pizza place in this community, well if it will be anything like the existing 4-5 places we have I would say no, don’t bother. But what if it was a Pizza Hut or Sbarraos with a Mehadrin Hechsher? Or even a branch of Giant Pizza from Modiin? Well then I would be excited and welcome it. What if it was a Pizza Place with a choice of 15 different toppings, a full salad bar and perhaps some pasta dishes or Heaven Forbid Eggplant Parmajan and Cheese Fries? Well then I say who cares what the name is, bring it on!
Now if I had to choose one place I would like, I would have to say a coffee place, A mehadrin version of Aroma with a bit of a different meny would be most welcomed. But will it have the speed and cleanliness of Aroma?
Another falafel place I don’t think is needed and the falafel in town is pretty good. Another burger place is also not something I think is so needed. A separate ice cream store can also just be combined with a great coffee shop or deluxe pizza venue.
How about asking us for our own ideas? Not sure if it would succeed or not, but an American style fast Chinese place would be great, something like they have in Malcha Mall or Center 1.
In anycase I think what people in this community in the Dolev area is looking for is:
- Mehadrin Hechsher
- Cleanliness
- Speed of order
- More options on the menu
- Unique menu
- Free Delivery
What type of food being served is secondary.
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6 Comments
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
I’d settle for a pizza place that isn’t run by either (alleged(?)) arsonists or stalkers who hassle you if you order from the arsonists
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:55 pm
I would vote for a sit down with not less than medium atmosphere (similar to Muscat) over a fast-food.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:25 pm
A salad and soup bar would be great
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:15 pm
I’d appreciate nutritious food, not fat-filled hi-carb junk. Restaurant goers kvetch that they can’t figure why they’re fat. Look in the mirror, pizza and felafel, burger diners. How about an organic eatery? Yummy salads with home made dressings, genuine fruit juices without water and chemical additives,wheatgrass juice, carrot juice, sushi with succulent salmon or avocado – mango filler even, wraps, real fruit salads with nuts and raisins mixed in.
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:49 pm
RBS (and BS for that matter) is definitely missing a quality sit-down restaurant with a recognized badatz hechsher, good food, good service and ambiance. The setting’s definitely befitting – must be a great view from up there, no?
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:46 am
I agree with Yocheved. There are so many people who are health conscious in the community and who care about wholesome food. There are many who exercise, who buy quality health food, and have visitors from chul who are used to having access to wholesome eating. The caring mothers in this town would rather take their kids out to a place that serves their children quality healthy food than junk. Also I agree with the posters that said that if the restaurant ownership is not careful to be clean and caring about their clientele it won’t work. Of course, the hecsher must be a good one, but everyone knows that ultimately the one running the restaurant is the one to trust and that is the true hechsher-and I would hope that the owner would respect the tznius in the community when hiring workers.