Red Lobster: A Good Value or Ghetto?

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Okay okay, the mermaid FAP ;) but! can we really wait until the ice freezes over before we go to Red Lobster? I don't think so!

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 28 July 2003 02:31 (twenty years ago) link

Well obviously no! I want to go now!

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 28 July 2003 02:38 (twenty years ago) link

I think I am busy the day of this FAP, sorry.

― Paul Eater (eater), Monday, 28 July 2003 02:40 (twenty years ago) link

Surprise surprise you are too good for us yet again! see if you get your cds now.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 28 July 2003 02:42 (twenty years ago) link

Who wants your lobster-smelling CDs anyway?!

― Paul Eater (eater), Monday, 28 July 2003 02:48 (twenty years ago) link

Haha it's not even real lobster dude, I mean come on, Red Lobster.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 28 July 2003 02:58 (twenty years ago) link

Why, do you have another date with phil or something?

We should totally go to a Jersey Red Lobster.

― rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 28 July 2003 03:18 (twenty years ago) link

But the brand-new Times Sq. Red Lobster needs our support!

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:54 (twenty years ago) link

Yeah, especially if Tad is going to pay for me.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:56 (twenty years ago) link

i walked in the general vicinity this morning and forgot to check out whether it's open or not ... i'll tie a string to my finger so i remember to do so on my way home tonight

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:56 (twenty years ago) link

It opened last week!

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 28 July 2003 16:16 (twenty years ago) link

five months pass...

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 04:59 (twenty years ago) link

I used to eat there all the time when we lived in Ohio, but I always got the chicken, which I guess was kind of missing the point. I don't know, it was pretty good. People who ate there seemed to act like it was kind of "fancy" to frequent Red Lobster.

― Fatal Beret (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 05:02 (twenty years ago) link

FACT:Mrs Nordic has worked in both Olive Garden AND Steak N Shake. She's something of a service industry veteran, but her charm hasn't suffered for it.

― Fatal Beret (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 05:03 (twenty years ago) link

my mom told me that she and dad have started eating at the lobster ... and that they like it!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 05:04 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.tackymail.com/assets/images/lobster.jpg

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 05:29 (twenty years ago) link

Look out! Here it comes!

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 05:29 (twenty years ago) link

do you like patrick swayze, colin?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 05:30 (twenty years ago) link

monsta lobsta!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 05:30 (twenty years ago) link

I don't mind Patrick Swayze, he's OK I guess. But you might need to explain that one as I'm a bit slow.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 05:32 (twenty years ago) link

why i love new york city again

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 05:36 (twenty years ago) link

Red Lobster ain't ghetto. Captain D's, on the other hand....

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 18:13 (twenty years ago) link

The Red Lobster by my parents' house in NJ is attached to a MOTEL. Sweeeeeeet.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Tuesday, 13 January 2004 18:46 (twenty years ago) link

eleven months pass...

So I went to one with my parents in Oceanside over the weekend. It was *much* better than I remembered and had been expecting due to the posts on this thread. Maybe it was just this one? No more endless salad. Menu was well designed. Decent wine too.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 21:18 (nineteen years ago) link

the one in times square.. i got sick from the all you can eat shrimp scampi special

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 21:21 (nineteen years ago) link

one year passes...

lobster rita!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 17:15 (seventeen years ago) link

http://espndeportes-att.espn.go.com/2003/photos2006/0627/a_thomas_isiah_ht.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 17:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I can't think of Red Lobster now without being reminded of the "Guess Hoes Coming To Dinner" episode of Boondocks anymore. DAMN GRANDDAD.

― got yourself a fish biscuit! (nickalicious), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 17:33 (seventeen years ago) link

http://static.flickr.com/50/143142650_8392969c8b_m.jpg

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 17:35 (seventeen years ago) link

Pardon me I believbe I ordered the LARGE margarita.

― got yourself a fish biscuit! (nickalicious), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 17:37 (seventeen years ago) link

One of my students admitted to working in Red Lobster. When I frowned patronizingly, he got defensive. "Everything is fresh, bro! We throw everything out of the freezer after four days."

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 17:42 (seventeen years ago) link

One of my dumbass cousins was sexually harassed while working as a Red Lobster waitress. Low standards all around, it seems.

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 18:16 (seventeen years ago) link

I think the last time I ate at Red Lobster was in 1998 in Kearny, Nebraska. For some reason it sounded good for lunch, and we swore we'd eat there if we saw a sign for one on the freeway. We did, and it was all we hoped for and more in the middle of a cross country move.

When I went to the bathroom, there were nautical charts of my small, rural Michigan hometown over the urinal and it freaked me out.

I can't imagine ever going to one again, being the anti-chain-restaurant snob that I am nowadays. Other than fast food in limited quantities, that is.

― joygoat (joygoat), Thursday, 12 October 2006 02:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Does Beefsteak Charlies still exist? lol "You're Gonna Get Spoiled" I ate there a couple times in college, truly bad, but "all you can eat" so you had to do it.

― timmy tannin (pompous), Thursday, 12 October 2006 02:52 (seventeen years ago) link

FACT: Most of the waiters/waitresses I have seen at Red Lobster have been gender-ambiguous

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 12 October 2006 03:16 (seventeen years ago) link

sadly the best new england clam chowder available where i live is at red lobster

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 12 October 2006 03:48 (seventeen years ago) link

One of my students admitted to working in Red Lobster. When I frowned patronizingly, he got defensive. "Everything is fresh, bro! We throw everything out of the freezer after four days."
-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (soto.alfre...) (webmail), October 11th, 2006. (Alfred Soto)

I hate to burst your bubble, but that's common. three star restaurants have frozen food they lie about. the restaurant I work at now (although it's not nearly three stars) does. fact: restaurants LIE about that shit. NOBODY CHECKS.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Thursday, 12 October 2006 04:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Would somebody please give me a cogent argument for pirating music?

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Thursday, 12 October 2006 05:24 (seventeen years ago) link

you two.

i have never been to a Red Lobster, but, conceptually, they're one of the greatest things America has to offer. fucking seafood restaurants not just in, but all over the middle western states??? kudos, united states of america. kudos.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 12 October 2006 05:32 (seventeen years ago) link

I ended up eating in one of these in Orlando a couple of times (working just off the Chain Restautant Mecca of I-Drive), so greasy and so oily, everything slathered in it. Frozen fish restaurants, as gbx points out, crazy concept from a crazy country.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 12 October 2006 05:59 (seventeen years ago) link

I have never been to one but recent commercials touting orgies of shrimp are tempting me.

― . . .and a soda on the side (Molly Jones), Thursday, 12 October 2006 12:50 (seventeen years ago) link

I can not even look at a Red Lobster without launching into
"Andrae, If we continue to fight in front of my colleagues at Red Lobster, we're gonna have to break up."

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 12 October 2006 13:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Fact: I have never been to a Red Lobster!

joygoat, what rural Michigan town are we talking about, here??

― Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 12 October 2006 13:30 (seventeen years ago) link

lfam, nice try. please to think longer next time. how do i shot zinger?

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Thursday, 12 October 2006 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link

anyways, anecdotal evidence about frozen food in fancy restaurants: a friend of a friend of mine works in this real fancy seafood place in downtown Charlotte. his restaurant serves most of the celebrities that for whatever reason come through the city.

a couple months ago, they were serving some fish that the wait staff was instructed to explain is super rare and can only be caught one day the entire year in a several-hour window of time. the fish is shipped in absolutely fresh and served right then. super rare L@@K. well, they served that fish for about 2 weeks. only one shipment of it ever came in. you piece it together.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Thursday, 12 October 2006 17:37 (seventeen years ago) link

I hate to burst your bubble, but that's common. regular americans have downloaded music they lie about. i do it now (although i'm not just a regular american) does. fact: people LIE about that shit. NOBODY CHECKS.

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Thursday, 12 October 2006 18:47 (seventeen years ago) link

i figured you would have learned your lesson

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Thursday, 12 October 2006 18:48 (seventeen years ago) link

oops poor editing

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Thursday, 12 October 2006 18:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh man, every small-town family to thread who thinks that Red Lobster is a "fancy" restaurant. It, along with Olive Garden, were originally owned by some division of General Mills (Cheerios!) before they were spun off.

There are two types of people I've met from small midwestern towns: those that are skeptical of almost all seafood, and those that think Red Lobster is a fancy eating destination. Somehow I'm pretty sure the two are linked.

Of course, the younger generation is losing this what with their MTV and fancy college towns with crappy sushi places.

― mike h. (mike h.), Friday, 13 October 2006 12:41 (seventeen years ago) link

I kind of like the Olive Garden. I just don't confuse it with Italilan food.

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 13 October 2006 12:43 (seventeen years ago) link

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