Pulatoni's

Pulatoni's is the dominating force of lower class dine-in restaurants in New Crunk City. It is in the running to be one of the largest privately-owned restaurant franchises on Earth alongside Pizza (Only Good). It attempts to be a classic affordable Italian restaurant, but instead is often rumored to be a giant trash heap of a restaurant. However, due to the influence of the restaurants CEO, Giorgio Pulatoni, the chain receives high praise from critics across the city.

## History

Not long after Giorgio Pulatoni rose to District Overseer of District 10, he started what he stated to be his "true passion", a restaurant that served his mothers home meals. Unfortunately, his mothers cooking has been universally regarded to be subpar by the general populous. Furthermore, Giorgio decided to furnish the restaurants from a large furniture manufacturer and supplier, Mario's Furniture Supply. Compounding on his mothers bad cooking, his brother Mario made some of the worst furniture known to mankind, often being made from shadily sourced scrap materials such as plywood, rebar, and plastic. Even though he saves the highest quality materials for his brother, the furniture of the restaurants creates an atmosphere that is mildly uncomfortable. The first Pulatoni's location was run out his buddy Marty's bodega in District 12, and was only successful because it was cheap and Giorgio had a lot of connections in the district.

Despite all this, the influence and wealth of Giorgio kept this restaurant afloat by bribing/threatening critics and artificially eliminating competition by lowering the prices of all their food. Furthermore, the rapid increase of District 12 has created a demand for restaurants like Pulatoni's. Giorgio soon realizes that his restaurants could easily be used for large amounts of money laundering, as the quantity and locations of all the Pulatoni's restaurants cannot be tracked by the NCC tax collectors and as such cannot deny that Giorgio's vast wealth was accumulated by his restaurant chain, as opposed to his other schemes. Today, a Pulatoni's restaurant is akin to Giorgio's protection and sign of loyalty. If you or your neighborhood have a Pulatoni's, it is safe to say you are within his influence.

## Dining Experience

The restaurant chain offers a variety of foods directly from the recipe book of Giorgio's mother, Paula Pulatoni. "It's gotta be Ma's recipe" is a store slogan for employees to discourage deviating from the recipes even a little. This management style, as well as the identical furnishings, makes the chain virtually identical across all franchise locations. Customers can enjoy dishes like baked ziti, eggplant parmesan, and the restaurants famous spaghetti and garloid. The latter is only available at select restaurants (depending on the frequency of health inspections).

The locations are furnished with the same tacky and uncomfortable seating and decorations. Restaurants with a sound system will often play Italian opera music or instrumental Italian classical pieces on loop, often going several months before the playlist is changed.

While in theory Pulatoni's is just an average restaurant, there are a couple unspoken rules regarding one's conduct while dining there. Typically, people who frequent a Pulatoni's location or know someone who does are aware of "the rules". The rules are simple, but trust me you don't wanna break them. Basically, you don't complain, you like the food, you don't send the food back, and no refunds. Each location has a bouncer that is actively listening in for any disparaging comments about the food, so believe me when I say just don't do it. You like the food, simple as that.