think it is def a going with the enemy you know thing, particularly for out-of-towners passing through. hmm maybe Aunt Putsy's Country Kitchen is awesome...but maybe it's awful and plus they'll bludgeon me and put me in their meat cooler...better play it safe and get the QUESADILLA EXPLOSION SALAD at Outback. I know that's about the only time I eat at chain restaurants now, on road trips.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 15:37 (fourteen years ago) link
red lobster why bcuz u should hot have seafood in iowa
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 15:40 (fourteen years ago) link
QUESADILLA EXPLOSION SALAD at Outback
Chili's, dude, sounds like you're out of touch with the menu at your No. 1 favorite U.S. restaurant
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
but the fact that their sign and menus were in Papyrus sort of turned me off.Most elitist post itt
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I was going off the other day about a new local mom and pop place that seemed alright in most ways but their logo is in Algerian. Not even regular Algerian, they stretched the letters out vertically. I can't get past places that put a lot of effort into everything but their menu / logo, like it's totally an afterthought.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Sorry, but to me the premise of this thread is akin to asking which, amongnst a variety of ways to die, is the most lethal.
― La religion est une fatigante solution de paresse (Michael White), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Red Lobster are racist fascist pigs.
― Earth Dye (u s steel), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
crustaceanist
― he often deploys multiple browsers and constantly replies to himself (velko), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
How so u s steel?
― How to Make an American Quit (Abbott), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
If there is any of these restaurants I associate w/racism, it is Denny's, tho I suppose that is as timely as associating Jack in the Box w/E. Coli.
― How to Make an American Quit (Abbott), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
They sent hundreds of thousands of lobsters to concentration camps in cattle cars.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I believe at that point one may refer to them as lobster cars.
― La religion est une fatigante solution de paresse (Michael White), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought Cracker Barrel was the notorious political "baddie" among this bad bunch- superfundamentalist and hardline, I seem to recall some pretty horrible policies about HIV positive employees being fired and a nasty stink/protest in retaliation.
― twice boiled cabbage is death, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 19:23 (fourteen years ago) link
The only one of these I have a distinct memory of eating in is Denny's. I guess they can get kind of gross at times, depending on the place, time of day, etc.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link
"We got paid off by Cracker Barrel!"
http://www.famu.edu/headlines/UserFiles/Image/Cracker_Barrel.web.jpg
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Holy shit, A) your'e in south Jersey / B) you don't like Pat's??
― This object perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay. (Stevie D), Tuesday, March 2, 2010 11:31 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I'm from SJ and I also think Pat's sux and is kinda expensive. I'd rather go to Joe's or Mama Ciconte's any day. Scotto's in Woodbury is pretty good too ($6.99 large pizza special!).
Most authentic food on rt 45 imo is a Sicilian Deli hoagie.
― I gave'em anything that popped into my cabeza. (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:41 (fourteen years ago) link
^^ I am going to keep these in mind when I return home for the summer
― noted schloar (dyao), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:51 (fourteen years ago) link
have always wanted to visit that sicilian hoagie shack, but it looked like a money laundering front so I'd always get the too-salty cheap hoagie from shoprite instead. :/ (I suppose all good hoagie shacks look like money laundering fronts tho)
― noted schloar (dyao), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:52 (fourteen years ago) link
true. doesn't help that it is next to a tattoo parlor.
― I gave'em anything that popped into my cabeza. (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Guys can we have a SJFAP? We can all get pampered at Hello, Gorgeous! and then pop by Heritages for some sodas and then GO TO THE COLONIAL ON 45!
― This object perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay. (Stevie D), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
NO SBARRO NO CREDIBILITY
― Jonsi's on a vacation far away (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
that's really stretching the definition of restaurant. which is their slogan, iirc.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 01:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Also I am usually not v pretentious/elitist but will willingly/sort of embarassingly admit I am a snob and a half when it comes to Comic Sans and Papyrus. Mostly I just don't get why other people don't get it.
― This object perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay. (Stevie D), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 01:44 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm not the pampering kind but wouldn't mind stopping by the 'lo. good flapjacks.
― I gave'em anything that popped into my cabeza. (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 01:48 (fourteen years ago) link
sounds good, if I'm back in time
― noted schloar (dyao), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 01:52 (fourteen years ago) link
when i was stuck in stockton, ca a year ago for work, i ended up eating @ Macaroni Grill a LOT. the food was surprisingly pretty good, and it was one of the few good restaurants in what was otherwise a foodie's hell.
― Jonsi's on a vacation far away (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 01:54 (fourteen years ago) link
do they actually grill the macaroni?
― Garden of "Eden" (get bent), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 01:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Say, when "dyao" get back? (ha ha!) No, they don't grill the macaroni. They just want people to know it's basically an Italian-ish Chili's or Applebees
― This object perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay. (Stevie D), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 02:51 (fourteen years ago) link
these places (like denny's) have gotten worse over the years, right? I mean I remember eating at IHOP as a kid (and Denny's, and the unfortunately named Sambos) and they were alright, for the 70's/80's. And I don't think this is just because my tastes have gotten refined; I'm pretty sure these places have gotten much worse. The last time I ate at IHOP it was barely edible.
― akm, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 18:05 (fourteen years ago) link
IHOP has always been known as I-SLOP in my neck of the woods.
― Jonsi's on a vacation far away (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link
def. gone down a notch or two: ihop, chili's, sizzler
― they want a fapz (tremendoid), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4632991n?source=search_video
― alimosina, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Denny's is like the nastiest place on the face of the Earth
― we call him black Nev coz he's black & his names Neville (HI DERE), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd imagine K-Lo's kitchen takes the cake, so to speak.
― The Magnificent Colin Firth (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
kitchen? is that what you call it?
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
― we call him black Nev coz he's black & his names Neville (HI DERE), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
i'd so much rather go to denny's than any of these. ruby tuesday chilis applebees can rot in hell
― Don't delay, we cannot do this forever. (Matt P), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link
i chose Applebee's mostly for selling something called a "wonton taco"
― richie aprile (rockapads), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:12 (fourteen years ago) link
The nastiest food experience I've ever had was in a Denny's; it involved oil and vinegar carafes that had a thin film of dead gnats floating on top of the liquid inside them and undercooked food served on unclean plates with unclean silverware and water served in unclean glasses. It was beyond vile.
xp: woah that is compelling evidence tho
― we call him black Nev coz he's black & his names Neville (HI DERE), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't know what Dennys considers coffee these days, but what I used to drink there late nights was better than Starbucks.
― The Magnificent Colin Firth (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link
i wanna heart Denny's simply b/c of their Nannerpuss and Paulie Walnuts ads.
― Jonsi's on a vacation far away (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
wonton tacos:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q--bapvYnos/RvtwhMK60AI/AAAAAAAACOg/l0ukqP_mtW8/s400/Tuna+Taco+23082007498.jpg
― The Magnificent Colin Firth (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf is that
― we call him black Nev coz he's black & his names Neville (HI DERE), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
do not wont
― go haim on em (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
needs cilantro
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
it looks like an overstuffed fish taco.
― Jonsi's on a vacation far away (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
when i was a little kid i wanted to go to red lobster so bad bcuz i had seen and ad for this like ten kinds of shrimp served ten different ways type deal & one of the ways was with lemon and garlic and theyd toss the shrimp as it glistened it seemed like the most fukken delicious thing ud ever taste. but my mom wouldnt take me cuz she thought these type a places were gross & unhealthy but i still think red lobster mb tastes p good.
havent eaten @ any of the places so i cant judge
― Lamp, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
The ever-present lemon hovering the Red Lobster shrimp looks tasty.
― The Magnificent Colin Firth (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Red Lobster: A Good Value or Ghetto?
― Jonsi's on a vacation far away (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
when I was a kid, Red Lobster was where lower middle class people celebrated high school graduations and took people on first dates. I imagine it is like Applebee's or any of these other casual dining places today.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link