A growing number of towns across America are banning or limiting chain restaurants in their downtown areas. They say corporate restaurants dilute a community’s character, make it less attractive to newcomers and threaten local businesses with unfair competition. Boise has no such regulations, but an influx of chain restaurants downtown has people talking. In this installment of Edible Idaho, correspondent Guy Hand explains.
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Rachael Daigle’s Boise Weekly article on chains
John Berryhill’s Berryhill & Co.
Andrae Bopp’s Andrae’s Restaurant
The Institute for Local Self Reliance
Towns that have regulated chains
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Guy Hand is a writer, public radio producer and photographer specializing in food and agriculture.
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