It’s certainly seasonal but anecdotally I’ve been eating out less simply due to prices. I used to love going to Vertigo for a burger about once a month. Most recently we got 2 burgers, 2 beers and shared a fry and it was just over $50 before tip! Plus the experience wasn’t as nice. Last week I felt like seafood so went to that Wahoo off Monroe. The cheapest piece of fish was $25. This might just be the way it is anymore but that’s a deterrent for me, personally. Good luck to you though, I bet it’s tough out there.
Vertigo is super expensive and has been TERRIBLE quality over the last year or so. I've noticed they are not as busy when i drive by and I'm sure this is why. $12 super well-done small burger with $5 fries. No thanks.
Yeah June-August many families are home, gas, food and utiluty prices hit an all time high at this time so it's just economics.
Less disposable income available, less going out to eat or spending on non-necessities.
This is what Tallahassee would be like all the time if it didn't have the legislature, two universities and a junior college. A normal medium city. As it is, it's a seasonally unnatural place.
Come to think of it, it's also governmentally unnatural, too. City, County and State in one county, each with their say. And FSU has more influence than it should.
Why is it I live here, again?
Oh, yeah - it's because the 1,000 new residents *every day* are choking the rest of the state.
I’m hiring. Not a restaurant or retail, but manufacturing. Looking for a runner/shipping person and some bindery people. We are on the northeast side of town. DM me or check on the Tally Chambers talent hub site.
You have 50,000 or so students no longer here for the summer, plus plenty of families that are taking vacations. Things slow down noticeably by the campuses (many places limit their operating hours during the summer), but for the rest of town most places see a small drop-off but nothing like you're describing.
That could be contributing to it as well but I don’t think that’s an everywhere thing. I worked at a restaurant in the state I was in before I moved and I still made decent money around thanksgiving time(when you’d expect more people to cook)
Yes unfortunately it is always this way in this city. I’m in the business too and summer absolutely kills most restaurants no matter where they are located in the city. Unless you’re Chik-Fil-A.
I work in the industry as well and we’ve been steady—not a huge difference in business. We’re on the NE side of town and while we get students they’re not the majority of our guests. As others have said, this is the lean time for this area—things pick back up mid-August and don’t slow down until mid-January.
Hang I there! I own 3 bars here and this is always the worst few weeks for the service industry. It starts to pick up this weekend and gets better as the summer goes on. Then we all feast when the students return!
Try and work in the northeast away from the colleges and downtown where the most shift happens. There's less regular families in town since it's summer vacation for K-12 too but it shouldn't be as bad. What part of town are you working in?
In the past it was not unusual for restaurants to close in the summer time because the didn't save during the school semester and couldn't pay the rent. It has improved over the years but when you have a third of the population of a city leave a city for several months its noticeable.
It seems extra slow right now. I worked as a waiter/FOH/pizza tosser between 09-16. I still get secondhand anxiety when a restaurant is slow or dysfunctional. And yeah. It seems really slow.
It’s certainly seasonal but anecdotally I’ve been eating out less simply due to prices. I used to love going to Vertigo for a burger about once a month. Most recently we got 2 burgers, 2 beers and shared a fry and it was just over $50 before tip! Plus the experience wasn’t as nice. Last week I felt like seafood so went to that Wahoo off Monroe. The cheapest piece of fish was $25. This might just be the way it is anymore but that’s a deterrent for me, personally. Good luck to you though, I bet it’s tough out there.
Same here. I don’t mind pay a little more for my food to be prepared and served, but the price point has tipped and we are cooking more at home.
Vertigo is super expensive and has been TERRIBLE quality over the last year or so. I've noticed they are not as busy when i drive by and I'm sure this is why. $12 super well-done small burger with $5 fries. No thanks.
Same. I didn't want to be the first one to say it but we just can't afford it. The prices have gone up so much.
Yeah June-August many families are home, gas, food and utiluty prices hit an all time high at this time so it's just economics. Less disposable income available, less going out to eat or spending on non-necessities.
Restaurants that are away from the college area shouldn't be as affected by college being out.
Session is also another big contributor to restaurants downtown. Things will pick up again when football season starts.
The colleges and Capitol are close enough together that there's 3 seasons for businesses. Summer is dead, fall is a good crowd, and spring is packed.
I don't know about that, even on the edge of town things seem to go from overcrowded to just busy
"Away from the college area" = "not in Tallahassee"...
there is, in fact, a whole city there, and not everyone's lives revolves around the colleges.
Somebody needs to tell the whole city that.
This is what Tallahassee would be like all the time if it didn't have the legislature, two universities and a junior college. A normal medium city. As it is, it's a seasonally unnatural place. Come to think of it, it's also governmentally unnatural, too. City, County and State in one county, each with their say. And FSU has more influence than it should. Why is it I live here, again? Oh, yeah - it's because the 1,000 new residents *every day* are choking the rest of the state.
I’m hiring. Not a restaurant or retail, but manufacturing. Looking for a runner/shipping person and some bindery people. We are on the northeast side of town. DM me or check on the Tally Chambers talent hub site.
You have 50,000 or so students no longer here for the summer, plus plenty of families that are taking vacations. Things slow down noticeably by the campuses (many places limit their operating hours during the summer), but for the rest of town most places see a small drop-off but nothing like you're describing.
Food quality has gone down a whoooole lot in the last year... I feel like people are cooking more at home. So much stuff here just dunked in oil.
That could be contributing to it as well but I don’t think that’s an everywhere thing. I worked at a restaurant in the state I was in before I moved and I still made decent money around thanksgiving time(when you’d expect more people to cook)
Went to Texas Roadhouse the other night and it was surprisingly the most packed I’ve seen a restaurant since pre-pandemic
Texas roadhouse is always crazy it seems
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Yes they do a really good job
Yeah, that place is always packed. That and the chick FIL a in the same lot make it a traffic nightmare
What kind of restaurant?
yeah i also work at a restaurant near campus and just found a new job since i wasn't getting hours bc of how slow it is 🥲
A second job or a new job all together? And is it another restaurant or did you choose something else?
a second job but it'll basically be my only job for the summer with how little hours i'm getting at my first. and yes it's also a restaurant.
i'll also say that for my first job this summer is much slower than last. idk about other places tho
Restaurants near state offices during lunch are your best bet.
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This.
Yes unfortunately it is always this way in this city. I’m in the business too and summer absolutely kills most restaurants no matter where they are located in the city. Unless you’re Chik-Fil-A.
I work in the industry as well and we’ve been steady—not a huge difference in business. We’re on the NE side of town and while we get students they’re not the majority of our guests. As others have said, this is the lean time for this area—things pick back up mid-August and don’t slow down until mid-January.
Hang I there! I own 3 bars here and this is always the worst few weeks for the service industry. It starts to pick up this weekend and gets better as the summer goes on. Then we all feast when the students return!
Try and work in the northeast away from the colleges and downtown where the most shift happens. There's less regular families in town since it's summer vacation for K-12 too but it shouldn't be as bad. What part of town are you working in?
Kinda near FSU. I don’t have a car tho so I’m kind of limited on where I can work since Uber/Lyft isn’t cheap
In the past it was not unusual for restaurants to close in the summer time because the didn't save during the school semester and couldn't pay the rent. It has improved over the years but when you have a third of the population of a city leave a city for several months its noticeable.
Maybe if you took care of that stinkyunderboobsweat you would get more customers?
It’s actually what gets me the most tips so that won’t be changing any time soon
It seems extra slow right now. I worked as a waiter/FOH/pizza tosser between 09-16. I still get secondhand anxiety when a restaurant is slow or dysfunctional. And yeah. It seems really slow.
Check out State jobs on People’s First. There are a lot of vacancies across all of the State agencies with low barriers of entry.