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800 Maynard Ave S, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98134
800 Maynard Ave S, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98134
B. Their burgers are renowned as rocks in subterranean buns.
C. FUCK THE HARD ROCK CAFE. Now they've infiltrated this great town.
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Sadly, they may do well for awhile at least since they are at the heart of touristville by the Market. I don't see many locals going there except for the recent implants living in Belltown or Downtown. (And you all know you need to live in Seattle for at least 10 years before you can claim to be a local right?)
Kind of like my feelings with Planet Hollywood (especially the one @ Downtown Disney, Florida). Cool to look at/inside, mediocre meals/drinks that I could pay less for elsewhere/make at home.
@16: Thank you. I too am confused by this reaction.
Maybe having a job at all in this climate is the reason for their attitude.
I was always kinda proud that a rock 'n roll city like Seattle was too cool for a shitty chain restaurant based on a commercialized version of rock 'n roll.
@8 -i agree. anywhere else and it wouldn't stand a chance.
now, maybe they could get a little lovin if they sold Beer from the Pike Place brewery across the street. and coffee from a local roaster that isn't starbucks. and so on. the HR has so little to do with music, but i'll say this: when you've been traveling, and are sick from eating weird food, the HR is the one place you can count on in (Mexico City, Jakarta, insert your city here) that you can get a ceaser salad and a milkshake and not walk out sicker than you walked in. will i visit this one? of course not.
If they were good jobs I'd be inclined as to call bullshit on not hiring locally, but the food industry seems to be one of those industries where, if you work hard, you can always find a job.
Its Hooters with guitars. Tourists will go there and think it has a significant relationship to Seattle, though Hendrix's man purse is the only real ties it has to our city or our music scene. I'll forget its even there just like I did with the Fox Sports Bar.
Who gives a shit. There are hundreds of other places you could go. Even without the hard rock 1st and Pike is the most tourist ridden area of the city, and therefore the most annoying. Most locals dont ever go there.
It makes tourists happy, it brings in more money. Good for the city, and therefore good for you.
Stop whining. Seattle is a CITY. It cannot survive without shitty restaurants, tourists and East Siders paying astronomical prices and taxes for a more urban home. Sorry to tell you- but tiny venues, the hummus party you just had, and the shitty holga photos you took to sell as 'art' are not going to power this cities economy.
I was born and raised here. And I could not be more tired of grown ass adults crying over the fact that their city takes part in capitalism, including the ugly parts like corporate bullshit restaurants.
If you want to live somewhere that is never going to be affected by corporate greed- start a commune on the fucking moon.
I suspect on the slower nights these gadgets will eventually be modified and zany Hard Rock hijinks will ensue.
Hmmm... maybe I should fill out an application.
I guess that's what you get for not acting like an uppity asshole when you first walk into the restaurant..
And who says it takes 10 years to be a local. I've lived here for just over 5 years now and am more involved in the community than 90% of you so called "locals" out there.