Even restaurants aren't immune from the zombie plague. The economic crisis metaphor, that is:
Many of the undead are part of familiar chains that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this year: Friendly’s, Chevys, Sbarro, Perkins. The zombie restaurants, barely bringing in enough cash to cover basic expenses, always seem to be one sizzling fajita or glazed chicken skewer away from a merciful end, but somehow keep hanging on...
And:
“There’s a lot of walking dead,” said Bob Goldin, executive vice president for Technomic, a consulting firm that works with restaurant companies. “A lot of chains, they hang in there and they’re hard to kill off.”
Heaving yourself up from the grave isn't always bad, it seems:
one midprice chain that everyone thought was dead and buried — Bennigan’s — is now coming back from the crypt.
(thanks to Jesse Walker)
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