A lot has changed in one millennium alone, especially considering the rise of Equestria as many have come to know so to speak of: even with its reconciliations, there were certain events that couldn't be avoided no matter what came before, during, and after as is; of course, such aspects were common knowledge in and out of the homeland, even the sheer scale and magnitude was rather variable.

One of these aspects was the culinary arts, once a rudimentary skill in the art of survival now a building block in the road of progress; no matter how many differences were between themselves and each other, they'd all shared but only one commonality either way: life cannot continue for so long without the need and urge to consume, be if plant, meat, and/or other miscellaneous substance as is.

Likewise, the restaurant business still has a responsibility to uphold the most basic of standards for its denizens, a trait caught lacking: in this case, one restaurant in particular was on the verge of closing until new management had swooped in to save their hides; of course, this didn't mean that they were able to rise, at least not since the recent uptick in population from another part of Equestria.

An entry for the A Thousand Words Contest III in the Comedy category.