Comments on: Put your money where your mouth is

By: SAL

SAL — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:43:37 +0000

I think it’s great that they’re buying locally. It’s means a lot of the money we spend there goes right back into our local economy. I know it’s a little unreasonable to only go to local stores for all products but I think it’s important to support some and to support the use of local resources by chains such as Silver Diner. Hopefully some other chains around here will do the same because I for one am not that big of a fan of Silver Diner so I’d rather support the local economy somewhere else.

By: jill

jill — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:06:50 +0000

it doesn’t really matter to me where my food comes from, when the service is still horrible, and your facility is dirty. a northern virginia native, i was very dissapointed to see the silver diner construction at the entrance to my neighborhood last year.. in northern virginia, silver diners come a dime a dozen. i was baffled by the amount of traffic that the restauarant brought in, so after many many months of avoiding the restaurant at all costs, i did finally go there with family (that happened to be staying at the hotel next door). to no surprise, the food is still tasteless and cold, service is still lacking and the restaurant is dirty. i’d rather go to boychiks, jimmys, bakers crust, etc. for breakfast.

By: james

james — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:44:28 +0000

Costs are higher for local food, blackbeered, because the guys who bring food in from California and other places do volume business, and Silver Diner apparently is now going to the local farms where they don’t do volume business.

I’m not a cheeseburger, milkshake and pancake guy so I won’t be going to Silver Diner, but it’s good that they are supporting Virginia companies. The more commerce we keep in state, the more we help our economy.

By: SFS

SFS — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:22:37 +0000

This is something to be proud of…I hope his business increases revenue because there are people who want this out there! This owner is making that bet and should be rewarded with more people frequenting his restaurant. Why wouldn’t people want more locally provided food…steps like this are a start to us repairing our local economies, OURSELVES….not by waiting on artificial “stimulus” to save us all….I think a good start is by supporting the businesses we live and work around……the efficiencies will increase over time, once more and more people start adopting this philosophy

By: khs

khs — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:00:23 +0000

I’ve never been to the Silver Dollar, but I would consider going now. I so appreciate knowing where my food comes from – and knowing that my dollars are supporting local vendors. Hope more local restaurants follow suit!

By: dhg

dhg — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:34:13 +0000

Massive volume and mass production processes can often offset any transportation costs.It can be less expensive to use produce from Chili than from a hundred miles away.

Plus you are not just getting local products and circulating your money in the local economy,you are being spared some of those large corporate farms mass production processes including heavy use of chemicals and fertilizers.

By: Blackbeered

Blackbeered — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:05:28 +0000

With transportation and distribution costs comprising ~ 50% of foods’ wholesale costs, I find it troubling that the owner states his costs are rising by dealing locally.

Can Virginia farmers be that inefficient?