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Originally Posted by
patrickBOOTH 
I don't understand why there are these big corporate chains in NYC. With so many good, private food establishments places like these don't even feel like options to me. Who are these people who go to them? Makes no sense.
Um, tourists? "New York is so much more awesome than Mason City. The Olive Garden in Times Square was *so* *cool.* We met these boys from Florida! There were people there from everywhere! It was so much better than the Olive Gardens here."
You may not be aware of this but there is an entire business built around this concept: Hard Rock Cafe.