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For one of the most egregious offenders of this, may I present a relatively new ice cream joint near me in DTLA called "Little Damage".
It's a soft serve ice cream spot that makes their cones black through activated charcoal which adds to the whole goth-ish vibe of the place and the whole design of the place, as well as the look of the food, is done with Instagram in mind. Just look at all of the shots in that link.
They charge SEVEN DOLLARS for a soft serve ice cream cone and the place routinely has an insane line, it's been this busy ever since Buzzfeed did a piece on it.
/Smh Missing out on the best foodsI live by the five second rule and you couldn't pay me to eat food made under those conditions.
For one of the most egregious offenders of this, may I present a relatively new ice cream joint near me in DTLA called "Little Damage".
It's a soft serve ice cream spot that makes their cones black through activated charcoal which adds to the whole goth-ish vibe of the place and the whole design of the place, as well as the look of the food, is done with Instagram in mind. Just look at all of the shots in that link.
They charge SEVEN DOLLARS for a soft serve ice cream cone and the place routinely has an insane line, it's been this busy ever since Buzzfeed did a piece on it.
The quality of the food is the reason why you go back there.Here I thought restaurants were about the quality of the food.
Lol. The Japanese people around here are nuts about selfies/photos. We'll watch them spend 30 minutes of their meal just taking pictures of it. "Here, you pretend you're taking a bite... no no don't actually take one. Ok now, its my turn to pretend to take a bite." I take my kids to a lot of pools too, and there's always three or four groups around who spend literally hours just photographing themselves.
so glad i was slightly too old to get sucked into instagram. it guiding my life decisions and tastes seems like a major tail wagging the dog scenario.
Agreed! This is nothing new, atmosphere and novelty has always been important for restaurants. Same thing with the aesthetics of food presentation. If you plate something that looks awesome I'm probably going to enjoy the experience and food more, even if I never post a damn thing to Instagram.
There's really nothing particularly newsworthy here. The article title should be something like: restaurants continue to try to be unique, just like they've always done.
S'ok. We can go eat at the places with great food in peace while everyone else takes photos of the floor in their fave restaurant toilet.
So this won't go out of style until instagrammers have kids and that generation thinks it's lame as hell right?
Thing is, it's always been this way. Restaurants, coffee shops, etc. always tried to have good looking designs / architecture. It's just that now people use Instagram to show it to the world.
I'm sure the author is preparing their scathing self reflective piece entitled "Online news sites bend over backwards changing how they write and title stories to get more clicks". Any day now.
Visuals/aesthetics to make a place stand out is now a new thing. It's something that has been in the "real world" for decades before any social media even existed to begin with.I feel like the title should be "How Instagram is affecting restaurant design in San Francisco" since this doesn't seem to be affecting the real world yet
Corny as hell photos, damn.
The restaurant design is irrelevant imo anyway. What's more annoying are places that have harder to eat food because the food is presumably meant to look better in photos. Enormous sandwiches or burgers come to mind.
As long as they serve avocado toast they should be fine.
Tell me, Jeff Albertson. Did it hurt, when you fell from heaven? 😍 😍 😍
Yeah, really. I wouldn't eat there, based on that.While I get why this is a thing, I don't get why the example posted is a thing. It's a painting of a bottle, it's not anything particularly interesting
Here I thought restaurants were about the quality of the food.
The last plate of food I Grammed was a fresh plate of chicken & waffles.
i also clapped after I finished it....and thanked the chef
Can't we just wipe out millennials?
All of them, each and every one.
This is an alternative that I'm willing to consider, even though I am one as well.Can't we just wipe out millennials?
All of them, each and every one.
God, I fucking hate what the internet has become. I know I sound like a bitter old man, but fuck off with this.
Can we burn it all down and start over?
how much did you tip tho
:lolDon't worry grandpa, you can still go to Applebeesbefore Instagram millennials finish killing off that brand.
:lol
(Too bad Applebee's is terrible. Any other suggestions?)
Can't we just wipe out millennials?
All of them, each and every one.
Now we're getting somewhere!Ruby Tuesdays? Chilis? Dennys?
Here I thought restaurants were about the quality of the food.
Nah, man.
Street vendors = Godtier food. Fuck this instagram restaurant design, spend that money on the food instead.
As if that is not a perfect photo for instagram.
If the surroundings look ghastly, chances are the food quality will be just as bad.
,Street vendors = Godtier food. Fuck this instagram restaurant design, spend that money on the food instead.