It is sad,Phoenix and surrounding areas have one of the highest resteraunt failures in the country.I saw an article last fall and they said 7 out of 10 new resteraunts in the Phoenix area will be gone within 9-12 months after opening .I have seen doing service calls resteraunts that have closed up after only 3 months,it's really bad around here.I think it will get worse ,alot worse, before it gets better and yes I think Phoenix will take about 1-2 years longer to rebound thatn alot of other states.I had thoughs of opening up a BBQ place at one time,but not now,not for awhile.Catering is the way to go I think for now.I am looking into that and getting things together to go that route first,that good advice was from Brent Walton and several others who did that same thing.