Comment by hakfoo
2 years ago
I believe there is some market for consistency when your market is explicitly travelers.
This is probably why so many motels have chain restaurants in the parking lot: if you've just spent 7 hours in the car getting there, or are primarily staying there on the way to get somewhere else, convenient and predictable trumps good.
I could see that in the '80s and '90s, but today it takes 30 seconds of looking at my phone to figure out where all the good food is hiding any time I visit a new area.