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lonememe t1_j9bwqal wrote

Oh that’s cool. TikTok fucking ruined my favorite Japanese restaurant (DOMO) to the point where the owner just closed it forever. Fuck TikTok assholes forever for that one.

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runawaycluetrain t1_j9byt94 wrote

What happened exactly?

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lonememe t1_j9c079v wrote

https://www.westword.com/restaurants/domo-temporary-closure-13558800

That was the temporary closure. You can google the permanent one but the main article is behind a paywall.

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runawaycluetrain t1_j9c15h7 wrote

Thanks, I’m sorry that happened.. it never occurred to me that too much business could be a bad thing, but I suppose there were a lot of people there not for the food, but to video themselves.

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limejuiceroyale t1_j9cvvyh wrote

Why did they close though? I'm no tik tok fan but it sounds like they got a lot of business, were overwhelmed but couldn't they just limit the customer base? It kind of seems like the owner was just ready to retire. He could have kept it at 20 people or whatever he felt comfortable serving at a time

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Catsdrinkingbeer t1_j9deb1z wrote

I think this is less, "tik tok made this close" and more, "this guy was clearly moving away from this part of his business and this excelerated the inevitable."

There's another westword article from September where its made a little more clear the owner was focused on other things. When it became more popular it probably made him realize where he wanted to prioritize his time.

Plenty of restaurants have exploded because of social media and most of them have not closed down because of it.

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