Small Chain Restaurant

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Having the entrance on the side gives an illusion of isolation - you have to know your way around to find us! Not for tourists! - even though it's easily accessible from the busy street.

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The management wanted booths, but couldn't get any that suited the color scheme. Enclosed bar has laminate flooring - looks like wood, easier to clean.

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The landscaped entrance faces the side road to create an atmosphere of peace.

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The side facing the main road is buffered from traffic noise by trees.

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The business relies on the prominently placed sign to draw business from all directions.

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Theoretically customers could wait for tables out here. In reality these are probably make-out benches.

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Not only is the roof sound in and of itself, the mansard has a floor so that customers with AL will see ceilings in live mode.

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What community lot is complete without chess?

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The drapes and the enclosure keep the pop music on the speakers in the dining area from interfering with patrons watching The Game on the overhead TV.

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Plenty of seating for large outings, but room to maneuver around smustle outbreaks.

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Wait for the arrival of your party or for the hostess to seat you. Or, you know, make out, if you're an exhibitionist.

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When building Land Grant University, I mentally reserved the space across from the College Bluff Shopping Center and Big Box store for more "nice" (i.e. bland and reliable) places than other off campus venues, ones where students could safely take their parents, no funk allowed. The space in question can accommodate a number of combinations of lots with frontages and depths of three or less. The Small Chain Restaurant was specifically designed for the corner 2x3 space directly across from the Big Box store, but would not look out of place on similar corners in the business districts of most residential suburbs and middle-class districts.

The Small Chain is meant to represent one of those regional chains that seem like nothing special to people from outside the region, but which provide a sense of both identity and continuity to people traveling around within their own geographic region. This turned out to be surprisingly easy to do with only University and Night Life and no custom content. It's clean, it's moderately attractive, and you can feed the whole outing here without breaking the budget or fearing food poisoning. The pastel faux-Federal windows and door give it a bit of an East Coast vibe to my eyes. Or you could fix it up with driftwood and nets for a seaside town, some winebottle candles for that Mediterranean feel, or what have you. And wouldn't it be pleasant making out by the fountain? I'm sure nobody's looking.

Lot Size: 2x3
Lot Price (furnished): $90,672

Additional Credits:
Thanks to AGS and to the people on the Creator Feedback thread - especially Joandsarah, who told me how to hang the signs on the column, and I hope I don't have to do anything that finicky again for a long time.

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