From a letter to the editor in the Philadelphia Inquirer, in response to an article about the increase of chain restaurants: I am sickened by the presence of these places...I especially hate the way they try and pretend to be authentic by slapping a bunch of junk to the walls. My feelings exactly.
Posted on July 11, 2006
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