But now you don't get a chance to see each other. Like I tell my employees all the time, customers can always go somewhere else. There are so many places to go, and I go eat at other places to see how they do. Now I don't mind competition and I don't have the attitude that I don't want anybody else to open up a business near me. I think there is room enough for all of us.
Competition helps, in fact.
Competition makes us sharper. And I always tell my employees, most of which are family, to always smile, be courteous and thank the customers for their business. I get a lot of tourists coming through, from Florida, New York, from all over. It's not just downtown. You are seeing more and more people coming into town and looking for places to eat, but they want quality.