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On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:59:39 -0800, Tim May
<timcmay@removethis.got.net> wrote:

>In article <d9a0p3hjkd5ma7tkhkrs40v8lj5uh8ne48@4ax.com>, JXStern
><JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote:
>
>> Visited my ex-favorite Islands again today, first time in a couple of
>> months.  I've lost track, but I believe they've boosted prices yet
>> another 5% since then - and introduced some smaller lunch menu items
>> you can do at a lower price, I suppose hoping to still make a buck on
>> the drinks, or that you'll come with a bigger spender or two.
>> 
>> Anybody have any poop on how their business is going?
>
>I know that it's one of my handful of "destination" places when I visit
>my brother in Manhattan Beach.  Regretfully, we don't have the Islands
>chain in Northern California, at least not yet.
>
>I like the dark lighting, the booths (at some of the locations, such as
>one on Pico), the massive baskets of fries, the various kinds of
>burgers.

They cut back the quantity of fries by about 1/3.

Yes, the formula is still good, but they are really pushing to find
the price limit on the product.  Islands is practically the inventor
of the "six dollar burger" that Carls makes fun of, only the six
dollar burger is now eight or nine.  Given the low zoot environment,
that seems high. OK, it's high zoot compared to Carl's.

If you're on Pico, a block west is Bossa Nova Brazilian restaurant.
Go there instead.  Save a couple of bucks, get better food.

J.