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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTop U.S. Chef Introducing a Cheap and Healthy Fast Food Chain
Source: Care2
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Last year, Choi made a splash when he called out the culinary world for allowing good food to become a classist issue, inevitably creating desolate food communities. Now, hes taking action himself along with notable San Francisco restaurateur Daniel Patterson to fill the gaps with restaurants of his own.
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Indeed, it seems unfair to declare that people living in lower income neighborhoods wouldnt want healthier dining alternatives when such alternatives rarely exist to prove otherwise.
To compete with current fast food giants like McDonalds and Burger King, cost is essential. After all, giving people who live near the poverty line access to better food is useless if they cant afford to eat the food regularly. For that reason, Locol aims to price each of its items between $2 and $6.
Although the Locol team has yet to reveal a complete menu, Choi said it would feature multicultural cuisine that mimics the current appetite of the American populace. That means tacos, falafels, rice bowls, salads, and, yes, hamburgers. Healthier hamburgers, though: the beef will be mixed with tofu and Chois colleague, Chad Robertson, is currently developing a whole grain fermented bun just for the restaurant chain.
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whistler162
(11,155 posts)"the beef will be mixed with tofu and Chois colleague, Chad Robertson,"
Shudder... though a very limited market supply.
louis-t
(23,297 posts)didn't catch that.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)louis-t
(23,297 posts)dilby
(2,273 posts)a pricing menu that he is suggesting. Even in high end restaurants chefs are barely making enough money to live. I would also like to see his menu to determine what he considers healthy affordable food. I have a feeling the food will be 10% protein, 20% veggies and 70% carbs but the carbs will be brown rice or whole grain bread or pasta so people will believe it's good for them.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)Wegmans(Hot, Asian, Soup, and Salad buffets).
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Or will the first ones open in San Fran and other trendy locales?
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)Here are a few: Bayview,the Tenderloin,Vistacion Valley,Western Addition, Treasure Island, Sunnydale, and Chinatown -- but there's already plenty of cheap, nutritious fast food in Chinatown.
Logical
(22,457 posts)KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)Bloomberg thought the answer to obesity was to limit the size of those $5 a piece soft drinks at movie theaters. To him $12 each for tickets and $5 for the soda were cheap.
This idea seems similar. I work on a farm that donates a lot to local food banks and soup kitchens. The clients there MAY go to McDonalds once in a while to get something off the Dollar Menu. Perhaps to people who have restaurants full of people spending $50 each for dinner, the assumption is that low income families spend $5 each on dinner. They really seem to have no idea how little money other people have.
There ARE healthy fast food restaurants and their core customers are young working adults with above average disposable income -- Chipotle, Baja Fresh, Jason's Deli, Panera, and, Noodles and Company are examples.
A better aid for low income Americans is the "Good and Cheap" SNAP cookbook produced this year by a Canadian nutritionist. Her goal was to offer great meals on $4 per day:
https://8b862ca0073972f0472b704e2c0c21d0480f50d3.googledrive.com/host/0Bxd6wdCBD_2tdUdtM0d4WTJmclU/good-and-cheap.pdf
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)That said, I live in a mid-sized English city so I may have to wait a while to try out their burgers.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)But, I'd skip the tofu in the burgers. Instead, use something else, like oats to bulk them up. I"m not sure who he thinks will be patronizing his restaurant, but if he makes the food too strange, it won't sell well.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth