Where one door closes, another opens

The parking lot of the suburban restaurant was jammed at noontime. Traffic on the retail strip fronting the eatery was fairly heavy with holiday shoppers but other restaurants in the neighborhood were having an ordinary lunchtime. Not here, though. Patrons had to wait for a lunch table and lined up to do so. What was the attraction at this particular place on this weekday a full 10 days before Christmas? More

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