Comments on: Ninfa’s Just Means Restaurant http://swamplot.com/ninfas-just-means-restaurant/2008-11-07/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: snooty http://swamplot.com/ninfas-just-means-restaurant/2008-11-07/#comment-11910 snooty Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:06:49 +0000 http://swamplot.com/ninfas-just-means-restaurant/2008-11-07/#comment-11910 After eating at Ninfa's for over twenty years, we finally quit about 3-4 years ago. It's not the same--lousy food, nothing special. There is way too much good Tex-Mex in this city to settle for Ninfa's. After eating at Ninfa’s for over twenty years, we finally quit about 3-4 years ago. It’s not the same–lousy food, nothing special.

There is way too much good Tex-Mex in this city to settle for Ninfa’s.

]]> By: EMME http://swamplot.com/ninfas-just-means-restaurant/2008-11-07/#comment-11802 EMME Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:03:48 +0000 http://swamplot.com/ninfas-just-means-restaurant/2008-11-07/#comment-11802 Like Ninfa's but more upscale...isn't that El Tiempo? Like Ninfa’s but more upscale…isn’t that El Tiempo?

]]> By: kjb434 http://swamplot.com/ninfas-just-means-restaurant/2008-11-07/#comment-11795 kjb434 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:27:28 +0000 http://swamplot.com/ninfas-just-means-restaurant/2008-11-07/#comment-11795 The only Ninfa's I'll go to is the one on Navigation because even though it is owned by Legacy it still retains a lot of the charm. I've never had a bad experience at original location. Also one big question: Why can't a great restaurant (or business) be highly profitable and provide good service? Ninfa's was doing quite well before they sold. That was the reason they sold it. They had money rolling in from franchise rights and original restaurant was still popular. Legacy new it was a great place and had a loyal following. Keep the service and the much of the original staff and not much has changed there. Legacy is actually investing in the original location without destroying it. While I don't like the fact that the franchises didn't keep the same feel and food of the original, you can't blame the family for make the deals. If it wasn't for the crappy franchises, I would have never know about the original restaurant on Navigation. The only Ninfa’s I’ll go to is the one on Navigation because even though it is owned by Legacy it still retains a lot of the charm.

I’ve never had a bad experience at original location.

Also one big question:

Why can’t a great restaurant (or business) be highly profitable and provide good service?

Ninfa’s was doing quite well before they sold. That was the reason they sold it. They had money rolling in from franchise rights and original restaurant was still popular. Legacy new it was a great place and had a loyal following. Keep the service and the much of the original staff and not much has changed there. Legacy is actually investing in the original location without destroying it.

While I don’t like the fact that the franchises didn’t keep the same feel and food of the original, you can’t blame the family for make the deals. If it wasn’t for the crappy franchises, I would have never know about the original restaurant on Navigation.

]]> By: Brad http://swamplot.com/ninfas-just-means-restaurant/2008-11-07/#comment-11794 Brad Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:14:40 +0000 http://swamplot.com/ninfas-just-means-restaurant/2008-11-07/#comment-11794 Oh, boy... more places to get mediocre Tex-Mex. I'll pass. Oh, boy… more places to get mediocre Tex-Mex. I’ll pass.

]]> By: Matt http://swamplot.com/ninfas-just-means-restaurant/2008-11-07/#comment-11793 Matt Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:47:44 +0000 http://swamplot.com/ninfas-just-means-restaurant/2008-11-07/#comment-11793 Reality is that without Mama Ninfa herself none of the Ninfa's are anything but a memory at this point. A pleasant memory but still just a memory. Ninfa didn't believe in putting profit over pleasing her customers -all of whom through the years became friends and family to her. Reality is that without Mama Ninfa herself none of the Ninfa’s are anything but a memory at this point. A pleasant memory but still just a memory. Ninfa didn’t believe in putting profit over pleasing her customers -all of whom through the years became friends and family to her.

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