Is Lulu's Taking Customers Away from Other Restaurants?

Inside Lulu's restaurant in Palm Springs, California.

Just about everyone is glad that Lulu's is doing well, except, possibly, the restaurants around it. It's the first time in nearly a decade that the tenant of the building in which it resides has been able to get a consistent crowd.

The all-day happy hours don't hurt, either. You can eat at the bar and get in and out for less than $12 a person with tax and tip.  But is that business coming from somewhere else? The crowds in the uptown restaurants have thinned out. Azul and others have lost some of their bustle.

Is there a take-business-away from-Peter-to-pay-Paul syndrome going on?