Grossest American Chain Restaurant

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

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

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..

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.

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

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

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

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. :(

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.

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.

ditto for us and Perkins

did anyone ever explain what the hell Claim Jumpers was

What is the best one for being vegan at?

Ruby Tuesday has a salad bar, some of the other ones might too.

What about for hot food? (I secretly don't really like salad)

you should probably just bring a bag of trail mix or something

Claim Jumpers, by the way, is a

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 same
2. 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

did anyone ever explain what the hell Claim Jumpers was

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'.

post response one: you should go

Also, I still cannot stop reading this as "Clam Jumpers"

has anyone ever been to a Clam Jumpers?

go to Claim Jumpers.

Stuckey's ruled

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.

GREAT staying power

unlike their food amirite

http://www.poisonappleshirts.com/ohsofat/061609claimmark.jpg

^^^LOVES Clam Jumpers

is that dude eating a penguin burger

imo this thread just jumped the clam

dude is creepy

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

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.

dudes, the count is at two.

Just sayin'.

Denny's makes a great milkshake
that alone should've kept it from losing (winning?) this poll

these are all the same restaurant

― mark roflr (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, March 2, 2010 3:40 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

I've eaten at all these chains, and the only one I will never go back to is Claim Jumpers.

gross food, uncivilized portions, other?

every time you came back from the bathroom, someone else would be in your chair eating your meal

^^^ I lol'd

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?

Well there weren't any in Geneva sadly.

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would absolutely eat at Roscoe's

it's just "roscoe" cuz the town is called roscoe

I LOVE THE ROSCOE DINER!!!! I used to stop there every time I did the drive from Long Island to the Finger Lakes. :D

Ample Parking

Was actually going to mention it earlier but I didn't think anyone would know it.

Thought I'd posted, maybe to the wrong thread.

I'm still flustered by the fact that there is a subset of chains that are "fancy," especially for people who live in rural areas without a lot of restaurants. A lot of friends have relatives from small towns who always had to eat at Olive Garden or Red Lobster when they went to the big city. Now the fancy place of choice seems to be Macaroni Grill.

would still eat there regardless, although I am now sad that meeting a jovially friendly owner named Roscoe is off the table

it's a great diner, but it's probably better-known for its ubiquitous bumper stickers than its food. (xxpost)

would still eat there regardless, although I am now sad that meeting a jovially friendly owner named Roscoe is off the table

there's still roscoe's chicken & waffles in l.a.

been there, would go again