Torchy's Damn Good Tacos

Why should I support local restaurants when all they do is bring unwanted austinites parking, and crowding, my neighborhood? 505 El Paso St. too be exact, has become host to Torchy’s Tacos customers who have nowhere else to park but my already crowded street. So, my question is, why should my fellow neighbors put up with these obnoxious customers-who are often tourists- and their careless parking jobs? Although my patience is stronger than some of my other neighbors, who have resorted to putting cones in front of their houses and signs that say “Torchy’s Tacos customers beware”, it is hard to avoid calling the business and complaining when there is a car blocking your driveway. So, I decided to look into how local businesses benefit their community, particularly local restaurants, and here is what I found out; if a businesses is purely local than all of it’s employees would be local as well. Meaning that, even the constructing the businesses would be a local affair, and everything the businesses sells would have been bought locally, as well as providing multiple jobs, so that all of the profit comes back to the community. So when Torchy’s construction began, local accountants, local advertisers, local architects, construction companies, and local Torchy’s employees were hired, just to name a few. This is why local restaurants, such as Torchy’s Tacos, and local businesses should be supported in our city as job opportunities instead of a way to blow of steam yelling at a Torchy’s ‘Damn Good Tacos’ employee because a car that is parked a few inches to far over the curb than it should be.  

--Marbles:)