oh man, Long John Silver's, don't even get me started! that's what the truly uneducated swine from low-income areas put in their bodies.
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:31 (three years ago) link
you guys ever heard of Marilyn Hagerty, this dim-witted old coot from some midwestern shithole? anyway, she dines out at unsophisticated places like Red Lobster and seems to actually enjoy it! here's a hyperlink:
https://www.grandforksherald.com/lifestyle/4118985-marilyn-hagerty-we-felt-rewarded-red-lobster-server
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:34 (three years ago) link
I remember I had some scallop thing and the scallops were mini marshmallow size, who knew
― naked and sexually active alien (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:43 (three years ago) link
https://www.redlobster.com/docs/default-source/pdfs/Nutrition-NATIONAL-6-6-16.pdf
― James Gandolfini the Grey (PBKR), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:47 (three years ago) link
Mini marshmallow size scallops were probably bay scallops.
a.k.a. the best scallops
― sleeve, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:59 (three years ago) link
more of a Sizzler guy myself
― brimstead, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:03 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKJlAYQoCqY
― ABBA O RLY? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:05 (three years ago) link
Burrito is sleeping bag, right?
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
nope that's esby, he got banned or bored or something
I love da Sizz
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:09 (three years ago) link
the road of endless leads to the palace of wisdom
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:09 (three years ago) link
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, September 15, 2020 9:08 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
i've been assuming infinity symbol
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:12 (three years ago) link
I'm not sure if you are aware that road you are citing is the road of excess.
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:13 (three years ago) link
I support the burrito’s posts itt
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:15 (three years ago) link
you'll never know what is enough shrimp until you know what is more than enough shrimp.
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:16 (three years ago) link
for me, it's 118.
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― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:23 (three years ago) link
So many shrimp
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
i thought burrito is del griffith
did del griffith talk about boning on vacations a lot?
if so maybe infinity too
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
https://www.brainyquote.com/photos_tr/en/e/eleanorroosevelt/385439/eleanorroosevelt1-2x.jpg
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link
Many xps but cheddar bay biscuits are like southern drop biscuits plus garlic in the batter plus a shit ton of butter folded in.
They’re fantastic.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:37 (three years ago) link
only went to Red Lobster once years ago, don't remember much about it
I do like bread of any kind
― Dan S, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:41 (three years ago) link
-Gang Starr
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:42 (three years ago) link
bread kicks ass
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:43 (three years ago) link
bay minds
― bogo jumbo boba (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:48 (three years ago) link
and they are the best minds
― bogo jumbo boba (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:50 (three years ago) link
wasn't infinity Alex P@reene?
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:05 (three years ago) link
I don't know why that name always gets google proofed but I do it to honor Dr. Morbs.
People who wanna make Red Lobster a class thing are morons. There is plenty of great, cheap food. Red Lobster is not great, nor cheap food.
― James Gandolfini the Grey (PBKR), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:26 (three years ago) link
Lol seriously
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:27 (three years ago) link
Like you're paying $15-20 for a meal and a soft drink each, that doesn't exactly scream "budget restaurant"
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:29 (three years ago) link
cheddar bay biscuits do rule extremely hard
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:29 (three years ago) link
It's not good and it's not cheap but there is a class component around what's considered fancy and plenty of making fun of the rubes who think of Red Lobster as fancy.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:30 (three years ago) link
Rubes should be in air quotes there, of course.
hard to get out of red lobster for $15 a platewent last year took my daughter she loved it, a great version of a kid's idea of a fancy restaurant.I didn't think the food was bad.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:31 (three years ago) link
My dad chose Red Lobster every year for his birthday - it wasn't my favorite place but it was always edible. The offensive part with the Red Lobsters and Outbacks is the price, really.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:33 (three years ago) link
I will eat fried breaded shrimp anytime, and stuff like crab legs w butter is hard to mess upfish should be avoided they over cook it
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:35 (three years ago) link
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Tuesday, September 15, 2020 10:30 PM bookmarkflaglink
which keeps getting brought up itt when nobody is actually doing it.
shame on these hypothetical people waging class warfare.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:42 (three years ago) link
(if anything it's more a 'lol i am a foodie and am here to explain why u like is bad' thing in my social circle)
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:43 (three years ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, September 15, 2020 10:29 PM bookmarkflaglink
otfm
Next burrito is going to come along and tell us the burrito that defined a generation can be found at Chi Chi's.
― James Gandolfini the Grey (PBKR), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:45 (three years ago) link
omg there's gonna be another burrito
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:46 (three years ago) link
Taco John's has the best burritos, weirdly
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:51 (three years ago) link
My experience at Red Lobster was with a sister in Phoenix who had the burden of taking care of my dying father. It was an emotional moment for us
― Dan S, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:12 (three years ago) link
'our' father
― Dan S, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:13 (three years ago) link
when rhett & link put joe’s crab shack up against red lobster a few months back, red lobster came out on top purely on the strength of cheddar bay biscuits and key lime pie
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:15 (three years ago) link
Joe's Crab Shack is much worse and they make their employees do a stupid dance every hour. Every restaurant that forces people to dance or sing should be shut down.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:18 (three years ago) link
I worry about cold stone employees’ hands.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:19 (three years ago) link
Joe's Crab Shack is SHIT. fucking that dance shit was annoying, the meals were never filling (or great), the atmosphere was crap. I remember going there in my early 20s for my birthday with friends and for whatever dumb reason, my friends tried to get the waitstaff to sing the birthday song to me (which I hate and tell them not to do). thirty awkward minutes passed because they were so busy, they couldn't find enough "birthday singers" and kept coming by to apologize.
cos we were chatting and having an ok time I didn't mind at first but I started to get annoyed that I didn't want the song anyway but I didn't want to shit on my friends' good intentions, but also I was mad because everything was made more awkward that it was getting drawn out to be this stupid monumental thing rather than just getting it the fuck over with and leaving.
so finally I got aggravated and said "yo let's go to my house and drink". never hung out with any of those friends again, and the Crab Shack burnt down.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:24 (three years ago) link
(neither of the last two things happened but I learned from James Frey that it's ok to embellish)
(I am very squeamish w/rats also)
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:33 (three years ago) link
I definitely grew up looking down on Red Lobster but that was more because in New Orleans you can get much better seafood for much cheaper. Just seemed like a white middle-class suburban status thing. Can see why landlocked people might like it. Y'all are making me want to track one down for the biscuits, tho.
― Fetchboy, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:33 (three years ago) link
hell there are a ton of better seafood places in FL - I found a great peel shrimp place in Ocala, FL (the only nice thing I'll ever say about Ocala)
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:35 (three years ago) link
If you live next to seawater there are always a billion places better than the chains discussed in this thread.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:49 (three years ago) link
i eat my seafood straight out the ocean
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:54 (three years ago) link
I’m thinking way too hard about how I would deal with the rat situation described above. Yeah, walking right the fuck out is the correct move.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:54 (three years ago) link
This thread is actually making me miss restaurants even though it’s basically all stories about systemic labor issues, food poisoning, and rodentsThat’s how bad lockdown’s gotten for me I guess
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:57 (three years ago) link
cruising for new restaurants is one of the things I miss the most about dating.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 05:10 (three years ago) link
I like to pretend once this is all over that a bunch of new places are going to take over all the spots that have permanently closed since March, and I’ll get to try them out. Ha ha, ha, ha ha.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 05:20 (three years ago) link
Amazon Automats coast to coast
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 05:25 (three years ago) link
enjoy your "Amazon Ham 'n Cheese Classic" which will be thrown at Roger Clemens speed at your chest from the back of a truck
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 05:28 (three years ago) link
-Neanderthal's 1985
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 05:29 (three years ago) link
How have we gotten this far without
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVALgcE2JSI
― imago, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 06:00 (three years ago) link
Well! This thread blew up.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 09:51 (three years ago) link
Two of my great aunts ate at Red Lobster in suburban Chicago every Thursday for more than twenty years. When they died, their favorite waitress was mad that she didn't get anything in the will.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 10:18 (three years ago) link
I wouldn't eat a bug that crawled out from under my couch. I don't know why people eat the bugs that crawl around on the bottom of the ocean.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 12:15 (three years ago) link
I used to think that way, but then I remember that shrimp are delicious.
I also have eaten plenty of bugs.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 13:38 (three years ago) link
sea bugs are juicy (in an appetizing way)land bugs are crunchy (in a mostly not good way)
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 14:04 (three years ago) link
Texas Roadhouse locations are all actual portals to hell, icymi
― brimstead, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
crunchy land bugs are the good ones
I draw the line at gooey land bugs and critters - my friend lived with a woman from Zimbabwe for a while and she tried to introduce us to thesehttps://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/zimbabwe-favorite-snack-mopane-worms-article-1.1247669
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:08 (three years ago) link
good crunch: https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/chapulines-grasshopper-tacos-oaxaca
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
i would eat that
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:43 (three years ago) link
although "salt and vinegar potato chips, but a bit wetter" gave me pause
Local interest but nationally relevant.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/torrance-red-lobster-restaurant-among-locations-shuttering-across-country/3411895/
Red Lobster has struggled with a significant debt load, unfavorable lease terms, executive turnover and ill-advised strategies including an all-you-can-eat-shrimp promotion last fall that resulted in a significant loss for the company.
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 00:29 (one month ago) link
my friend used to go to the all you can eat shrimp promotion all the time and she'd order several plates worth and she'd save a few of each plate by putting them in a box, never had a problem with it. and then one day went to a different location and got told that she could only be given a box if she was done with her meal, not in advance to scoop some shrimp to save.
she said the waitress said they had an internal meeting about it and they all agreed this practice was an example of "shrimp hoarding". the friend ordered another plate of shrimp, and as she walked away, the waitress muttered "shrimp hoarder" under her breath.
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 00:38 (one month ago) link
homer.jpg
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 01:05 (one month ago) link
lol my thoughts too
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 01:06 (one month ago) link
I've never eaten in one. I've been to other Darden properties like Seasons 52 though.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 01:17 (one month ago) link
https://media.gq.com/photos/59f0c0b8f964810d9a9b8f2b/1:1/w_1333,h_1333,c_limit/2017_1025_GQ_GoodPlaceFood_tout.jpg
― jaymc, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 01:20 (one month ago) link
We had four locations close in Maryland
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 01:50 (one month ago) link
The Lobster was my dad's fancy birthday dinner meal of choice, I liked the tiny baked potatoes. Every other restaurant tries to fill you up with a 1 pound tater so they can save on the meat, not Red Lobster. You're getting a gallon of garlic butter delivered via frozen seafood alongside a 4 oz potato.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 03:39 (one month ago) link
Making Cheddar Bay biscuits at home just isn't the same.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 03:40 (one month ago) link
I agree, they only really taste right back home in Cheddar Bay
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 04:05 (one month ago) link
Cheddarpeake Bay.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 09:30 (one month ago) link
Makes me think of the Stewart O'Nan novel Last Night at the Lobster, about - you guessed it - the last night of a Red Lobster franchise. Wondering why it wasn't made into an indie flick years ago.
― henry s, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 15:33 (one month ago) link