Traveling with teens means eating all the tiktok famous things like

- Chocolate covered strawberries at the borough market
- Honey truffle and parmesan pork ciabatta from the Black Pig
- Cucumber salad, garlic green beans and soup dumplings at Din Tai Fung 
- crème brûlée donut, dubai chocolate, lavender haze lemonade, etc 

Note to self: if I ever open a restaurant, figure out how to go viral on tiktok

One restaurant owner created a simple formula for how to stand out as a new business 

Food, service, design: pick 2 

from Is the Restaurant Good? Or Does It Just Look Good?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/dining/restaurant-ambience-vibes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“Restaurateurs are finding that ambience and branding matter as much — and to many diners, more — than the food they serve.”

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This is why mediocre food spots with vibey interiors go viral while mom-and-pop gems stay hidden