theres a few tim hortons in nyc. i like dunkin more. coffee is better.
― max, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 01:41 (fourteen years ago) link
they have tim horton's in NY and OH, surprised they are not in NJ
― harbl, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 01:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i miss the indian buffet places i would go to in philly. they weren't very good, but i liked them anyway. my stomach didn't always like them though.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 01:41 (fourteen years ago) link
there is a place in ohio called TEE-JAYE'S and it is sad but they're open 24 hours. they have something called a "barnbuster"
― harbl, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, barnyard buster sorry
― harbl, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 01:43 (fourteen years ago) link
THE BARNYARD BUSTER®Two biscuits, two eggs, country fries, all on one plate covered with country sausage gravy.
http://www.barnyardbuster.com/images/barnyard-buster.jpg
― harbl, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 01:44 (fourteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/3320831245_b42bd93182.jpg
― noted schloar (dyao), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 01:45 (fourteen years ago) link
shocking that a steakhouse isn't veggie-friendly. you should yelp that!
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, March 2, 2010 6:42 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol sorry I mildly denigrated your favorite restaurant. It wasn't surprising to me that Outback isn't veggie-friendly and I've only ever been there with in-laws because that's where they wanted to go, but since I'm vegetarian that's kind of part of how I assess restaurants. Weird right?
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 01:49 (fourteen years ago) link
When he daughter got her grad degree, they all planned to go to her favorite sushi place for a nice meal, but her mom called them on her cell from the "Pigs' Trough," saying she'd already started eating there & everyone should come join her.
:( sad story. at Golden Corral you can buy take out by the pound.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 3 March 2010 01:58 (fourteen years ago) link
we need a more thorough poll here.
Of the list, I say Chili's in a walk, though I've never heard of Claim Jumpers.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Denny's was the first food I ate on American soil - had been delayed for over a day, had had about 4 hours sleep and it was the only place open. Had been eating plane food & Burger King for like two days so just wanted something vaguely decent. Dennys was not the place to go.
Although it did have some menu items "designed" by Sum41, like these:http://www.dennys.com/en/menu.aspx?menuid=10&parentid=255
and a completely spaced-out-mom waitress.Haven't been to any others, tbh if I want cheap crappy food I'd rather go to McDs or Burger King.
― Not the real Village People, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link
dennys is a given in this so i'll say fridays, they seem determined to be the worst at their particular niche. claim jumper is probably the one i'd eat at first, the food is nowhere near as shitty as fridays or applebees. they used to have a good sized 4-beer sampler for 5.00, since they got rid of it no reason to go tbh
Golden Corral pwnz all. Really, buffets are a grossness class unto themselves.
good god yeah i ate there in orl not knowing any better, now gc ads are starting to trickle into california against all logic. the race to the bottom between them and hometown buffet will be bloody
― they want a fapz (tremendoid), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:23 (fourteen years ago) link
whut about this place?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrabba%27s_Italian_Grill
Been there once or twice. In between Romano's and Olive Garden on the Italian chain restaurant quality scale imo.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:23 (fourteen years ago) link
what about buca di beppo
― harbl, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:24 (fourteen years ago) link
how does golden corral compare to old country buffet
― noted schloar (dyao), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I signed my dad up for the ocb mailing list and he gets so excited about getting free breakfast coupons and stuff
― noted schloar (dyao), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
lol too cute
― harbl, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
maggiano's > bucca di beppo > macaroni grill > carraba's > olive garden.would never choose to go to maggiano's though because it's way overpriced.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh man, I've eaten at Outback twice and both times I feel disgusting sick because it's just oil dipped in grease dipped in lard dipped in an American flag
― ksh kale (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link
i think they rub butter on the steaks i aint bullshittin
― ksh kale (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link
anyone who gets a steak at a chain is insane imo
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Cheesecake Factory is more than respectable -- they have bars, which are charming in a generic sort of way, and they know drinks and can mix them well. It's their portions that disgust me.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Once at a Dennys my dad ordered a Lumberjack Slam or whatever, and when he went to pour syrup over his pancakes a big river of dead ants came out instead.
Their patty melt is pretty good, though.
― the jaws of impermanence and soul death (reddening), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link
omg @ dead ants
ughhh. but...four meals for the price of two, so. should bring my own tupperware next time.
― rahni, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link
A student who works for Friday's sez they basically buy their own brand's frozen potato skins, pizzas, and Monte Christos from the local grocery and microwave them.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:33 (fourteen years ago) link
wow alfred that they can mix drinks at cheesecake factory is kind of amazing to me (i have never been to one; my gf has threatened to take me because her work goes there a lot for lunch)
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
tho I remember when in the eighties Friday's billed itself as "The American Bistro," boasted a menu several pages long, cooked their own food, and Sam from Casablanca played "La Marseillaise."
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
that is a testament to the quality of TGI friday's frozen grocery store foods xpost
― harbl, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
haha
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Are we polling chain steakhouses next? Cuz I totally rep for Fleming's or Morton's.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:36 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm sorry whiney but you voluntarily eat subway
― HOOM gang (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh hell yes they do, according to my sister, six-year Steakback Outhouse employee. They do at Applebee's too, according to my mom, who worked there.
― How to Make an American Quit (Abbott), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I go to Macaroni Grille once in a while when it's someone's birthday at work; totally acceptable, and occasionally more than that (e.g. their lasagna).
I'll agree with whoever said upthread that the quality of generic American chain restaurant food has deteriorated in twenty years.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I think frying a steak in butter is acceptable tbh
― noted schloar (dyao), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:44 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i missed how butter + steak constituted a terrorist act
― HOOM gang (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
i was kind of on a mission to try every one of these chain restaurants, but chili's was the first, and it has seriously put me off the others.
― just1n3, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I put a teaspoon of butter on steaks after removing them from the broiler, but, yeah, it's not frying.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i'd like a clarification--steaks can be topped with butter but maybe this is more like one of those pumps at a movie theater concession with a steak under it?
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:49 (fourteen years ago) link
oh this stuff:
http://www.kanokorn.com/images/louAnna-1.jpg
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:49 (fourteen years ago) link
or this:
http://www.kanokorn.com/images/SuperKist-SM.jpg
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:50 (fourteen years ago) link
buttery toppingesque quasicondiment
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:50 (fourteen years ago) link
lol @ buttery topping
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:51 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm sorry whiney but you voluntarily eat subway― HOOM gang (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, March 2, 2010 9:40 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― HOOM gang (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, March 2, 2010 9:40 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
cute zing, but if you can't see the difference between a twice-fried onion dripping acrid grease clear through a piece of wax paper vs. some wheat bread and vegetables than you're either a dipshit or weigh 400 pounds.
― ksh kale (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:53 (fourteen years ago) link
forgot to mention that the bread is loaded with HFCS tho
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:56 (fourteen years ago) link
― ksh kale (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, March 2, 2010 8:53 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
it was just a cute zing :-)
― HOOM gang (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:57 (fourteen years ago) link
red lobster; i don't f around w/budget seafoodi've never seen a claim jumpers before but i'm all about ridiculously huge portions; sounds like a great late night "so drunk and so hungry" place
― hobbes, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 03:00 (fourteen years ago) link
there's this place called "sizzler" that's pretty fucked up too; i don't know if it exists anymore. the biggest problem with all of these places = screaming babies
― hobbes, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link
he biggest problem with all of these places = screaming babies
do they come with buttery toppings?
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 March 2010 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link
TGI Pukeday.
― SeekAltRoute, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 03:09 (fourteen years ago) link