― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike h. (mike h.), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:49 (eighteen years ago) link
Country fried steak & eggs w/sausage gravy. Awesome.
― shookout (shookout), Friday, 16 September 2005 02:00 (eighteen years ago) link
IHOP gets points for just putting the damn pitcher of coffee on your table, allowing you to serve yourself. However, last time I was there, the A/C wasn't working. The hostess just gave me a menu to fan myself.
Also, at IHOP and Denny's, there's the odd chance that you might get seated at an actual table. Fuck that, bring on the booths. Denny's does have those U-shaped booths than can fool a drunk into thinking that he's been seated at the Peppermint Lounge or somewhere.
I've told this story before, but I'll tell it again. A friend and I were at the Perkins off Riverside in Minneapolis. We both had the raspberry pie, and it was sooo good. The waiter came by and asked how it was, and my friend replied, "My God, it's orgasmic!"
Without missing a beat, the waiter responded with "That's great! I'll bring over some more napkins."
And THAT, my friends, is what you call a snappy comeback.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 16 September 2005 03:36 (eighteen years ago) link
waffle house CRUSHES all opponents, but the last time i was at a denny's (in the middle of the night while drunk SHOCKAH), my glob of greasy melted crap was darned tasty.
― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 16 September 2005 04:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Friday, 16 September 2005 04:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 16 September 2005 04:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 16 September 2005 16:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― O'so Krispie (Ex Leon), Friday, 16 September 2005 16:52 (eighteen years ago) link
i imagine that the Best IHOP Ever might be pretty great, but by and large they seem medicore at best. Waffle House has more personality, as a chain, but i have had far fewer WH experiences.
― carly (carly), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link
The IHOP has good coffee, good OJ, and I like their variety of pancakes. I'm biased though...IHOP is one of my favorite chains, everything smells so good and looks so good. I suppose they'll get bombed out of business now that I said that.
But I've never been to Waffle House so I don't know.
― simian (dymaxia), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― simian (dymaxia), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link
I would probably like Waffle House more though, if I had been there more than once. They seem to be KEEPIN IT REAL.
― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:31 (eighteen years ago) link
WHAt ABOUT EMBER'S? ALWAYS FORGOTTEN...
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link
but you totally order so much stuff, if memory serves correctly!
my vote goes to waffle house.
― ai lien (kold_krush), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:38 (eighteen years ago) link
I like Embers fine but it's no Perkins.
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link
Are there still Happy Chefs out there? I miss seeing those square boxy buildings with the marquee bulbs lining the edges.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link
one tired morning at IHOP a few months ago i reached for the maple syrup to pour on my pancakes, only to realize too late i had mistakenly grabbed the coffee. i had actually taken a bite before realizing what happened.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:53 (eighteen years ago) link
I've got a "not-sweet-yams-but-MASHED-CARROTS!" story I could share, but I'll wait for the Luby's/Picadilly's thread.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 16 September 2005 18:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― ai lien (kold_krush), Friday, 16 September 2005 18:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 16 September 2005 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― ai lien (kold_krush), Friday, 16 September 2005 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah, old IHOPs are about as easy to spot as former Pizza Hut's. Once, I was driving at dusk down Markham without my glasses, and was just amazed by how blue the sky looked. It took me a second to really focus before I realized that I was looking at the high roof of an IHOP.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 16 September 2005 18:14 (eighteen years ago) link
I've never heard of Waffle House.
― youn, Friday, 16 September 2005 18:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Friday, 16 September 2005 18:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― ai lien (kold_krush), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
why i love where i live: i can get blintzes around the corner!
― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 17 September 2005 04:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 17 September 2005 04:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― scrimhaw1837 (son_of_scrimshaw), Saturday, 17 September 2005 04:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 17 September 2005 04:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― jxnx (jxnx), Saturday, 17 September 2005 05:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― shookout (shookout), Saturday, 17 September 2005 05:38 (eighteen years ago) link