Denny's food is just bland and lame and crappy. so many of these other places on this list are totally GROSS gross
― go haim on em (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, March 10, 2010 7:20 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark
otm
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 11 March 2010 02:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Red Lobster was our special occasion spot as a kid, which always sucked for me because I didn't learn to appreciate seafood until I was a senior in high school working at a good seafood spot. And then I just learned to hate Red Lobster for reasons other than being a picky eating little bastard.
Denny's grosses me out way more than IHOP which grosses me out way way more than Waffle House. I'll rep for eggs, bacon & hash browns at WH any time.
― FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT! (milo z), Thursday, 11 March 2010 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
still feel guilty for rolling into Friday's and Chili's in high school 30 deep after a school event, making them put together a big table and splitting checks.
― FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT! FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT! (milo z), Thursday, 11 March 2010 02:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i actually have no beef with the waffle house
― go haim on em (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 March 2010 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link
horrible confession: denny's makes a good soyburger. loaded with salt and grease, of course, and i don't eat it anymore. but it's good.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 11 March 2010 03:00 (fourteen years ago) link
cracks me up how Ruby Tuesday is trailing so far behind Friday's and Applebee's, still can't really tell any of them apart and file them in the same place in my brain no matter how many times i've been to each
― some dude, Thursday, 11 March 2010 03:08 (fourteen years ago) link
i confused rt with one of those fake 50's diner ones but i think that's 'red robin'. according to the website there is 4 total in my state
― they want a fapz (tremendoid), Thursday, 11 March 2010 03:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I'll stan for Denny's b/c I used to hang out there w/ my friends late night in high school & have many fond sentimental memories of coffee & smoking but it's always basically been a joke how vile most of their food is. I remember that anything deep fried usually had a subtle green hue. Maybe that was just the fluorescent lamps, but still..
― Man or Austro-Hungarian? (Pillbox), Thursday, 11 March 2010 03:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah when I was in college the local Denny's was the only place open to go drink coffee at in the middle of the night but I don't think I ever actually ate anything there. I was at one last summer and it was pretty awful.
I have never been to an Olive Garden but the idea of unlimited breadsticks appeals to the carb fiend within.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:49 (fourteen years ago) link
stevie d - I'll be back sometime in the summer, dunno when as I haven't booked my tickets...I'll try to let you guys know when I do get back
― but actually it is impossible to have a penis on the body of a mermaid (dyao), Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:53 (fourteen years ago) link
olive garden breadsticks are kinda gross - really soft and pliable and almost kind of mealy. I like the unlimited butter biscuits at red lobster better. xp
Long Poop Silver's
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:08 (fourteen years ago) link
gotta say the great thing abt growing up in the state w/ the most 24-hr diners per capita was that i could avoid dennys & its ilk--late-night high school eats/hanging out was always possible at weird/fun greek-owned places
― max, Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah in high school we were all about the diners. Long Island probably has almost as many as Jersey. Upstate New York? Not so big on diners. :(
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I used to have sort of this romanticized idea of Denny's from road trips as a kid, until my car broke down in the middle of Oklahoma a few years ago and I was stuck at one of those comfort inn type hotels for three days. The only thing close enough to walk to was a Denny's. So, I figure I had eight or nine straight meals there. Never again.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Man, the Denny's near where I grew up was totally the post-football game go smoke cigarettes spot in high school.
I remember coming back from school one Christmas, going out to a party, and having like four different people come tell me that Denny's had stopped allowing smoking.
This was considered big news in my home town back then.
― Clerk all KNOWIN (B.L.A.M.), Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
ditto for us and Perkins
did anyone ever explain what the hell Claim Jumpers was
― we call him black Nev coz he's black & his names Neville (HI DERE), Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
What is the best one for being vegan at?
― Leigh Bowery Sidibe (Stevie D), Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Ruby Tuesday has a salad bar, some of the other ones might too.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
What about for hot food? (I secretly don't really like salad)
― Leigh Bowery Sidibe (Stevie D), Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
you should probably just bring a bag of trail mix or something
― iatee, Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Claim Jumpers, by the way, is a
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
My old boss took us to Claim Jumper's once, so much worse than most of the other choice for two main reasons:
1. Way, way, way more expensive than yr standard Applebees/Chilis shit but almost exactly the same2. Ridiculous portion sizes even compared to other American chains
― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, March 2, 2010 6:22 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I not only know what one is, I know exactly WHERE one is.
If a sufficient number of people respond to this post - meaning 10 separate individuals - I will go to the Claim Jumper, photodocument, and post about it here.
OR
We could do an LA FAP at a Claim Jumper.
Just sayin'.
― Clerk all KNOWIN (B.L.A.M.), Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link
post response one: you should go
Also, I still cannot stop reading this as "Clam Jumpers"
― Leigh Bowery Sidibe (Stevie D), Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
has anyone ever been to a Clam Jumpers?
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
go to Claim Jumpers.
Stuckey's ruled
― gelatinous rube (brownie), Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
The "Clam Jumper" joke was one with GREAT staying power among several of my friends who have come out to visit us here in the Golden State. It still comes up from time to time.
― Clerk all KNOWIN (B.L.A.M.), Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
GREAT staying power
unlike their food amirite
― gelatinous rube (brownie), Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.poisonappleshirts.com/ohsofat/061609claimmark.jpg
^^^LOVES Clam Jumpers
― Don't delay, we cannot do this forever. (Matt P), Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
is that dude eating a penguin burger
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
imo this thread just jumped the clam
― iatee, Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
dude is creepy
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
none of these places mean anything to me now that chili's has reformulated its chicken fingers but before i could not play so aloof. ruby tuesday's is just a graveyard with self-serve pudding though
― A B C, Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
the worst is going to one of these in a brand new super wal-mart dress barn asphalt colony and looking out the window at big piles of dirt while you eat your buffalo bbq sliders.
― Don't delay, we cannot do this forever. (Matt P), Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
dudes, the count is at two.
― Clerk all KNOWIN (B.L.A.M.), Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Denny's makes a great milkshakethat alone should've kept it from losing (winning?) this poll
― salsa sharkshavin (salsa shark), Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
these are all the same restaurant
― mark roflr (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, March 2, 2010 3:40 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark
― Don't delay, we cannot do this forever. (Matt P), Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I've eaten at all these chains, and the only one I will never go back to is Claim Jumpers.
― Jaq, Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
gross food, uncivilized portions, other?
― Religious Embolism (WmC), Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
every time you came back from the bathroom, someone else would be in your chair eating your meal
― we call him black Nev coz he's black & his names Neville (HI DERE), Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^ I lol'd
― Leigh Bowery Sidibe (Stevie D), Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Upstate New York? Not so big on diners. :(
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:29 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
not true ime?
― harbl, Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Well there weren't any in Geneva sadly.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.cardcow.com/images/set199/card00406_fr.jpg
http://www.cardcow.com/backs/images/set199/card00406_bk.jpg
― gabourey weaver (get bent), Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
would absolutely eat at Roscoe's
― we call him black Nev coz he's black & his names Neville (HI DERE), Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
it's just "roscoe" cuz the town is called roscoe
― gabourey weaver (get bent), Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I LOVE THE ROSCOE DINER!!!! I used to stop there every time I did the drive from Long Island to the Finger Lakes. :D
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 11 March 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Ample Parking
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 11 March 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Was actually going to mention it earlier but I didn't think anyone would know it.