Last Days for "SPOTS"

"Spots" a popular eatery along Dillingham Ave.in Honolulu will be serving their last plate lunches this weekend and next week. The restaurant will be closing its doors for good on August 23 after being in business for 13 years.

Yesterday my friend and I went to Spots for what may be our last lunch at the eatery. The place was crowded and our order was slower to process than it ever has been. Everyone is going there for a last plate lunch or two if they can bear the wait. The food is good. I had garlic chicken with rice and a small green salad.

Eating places are one of the most mortal types of small business. Their success is probably determined a lot through word of mouth by their regular customers. Spots, like so many other small businesses through the years, have been negatively impacted by Hawaii's poor business climate, increasing lease rents, higher fuel costs, minimum wage laws, increased state regulation and higher taxes. It gets to the point where owners just give up and throw in the towel.

How long do we have to wait before another Spots closes because of these mitigating factors? Time to reduce taxes and regulations.



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