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post #51 of 248
9/10/07 at 5:34pm
Any restaurant that requires Macromedia Flash is no establishment that I would ever want to contribute.
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post #52 of 248
9/10/07 at 5:35pm
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Originally Posted by Raspberry Leper
Who eats more than one steak? I have never, not once, eaten a steak and thought,"Gee, I wish I could have another steak."
Because it's all you can fucking eat. That's why. You gotta make two trips on principle alone.
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post #53 of 248
9/10/07 at 5:37pm
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post #54 of 248
9/10/07 at 5:37pm
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Originally Posted by gravedigger
In dyna's defense, that Blondie is pretty good.
That and their sizzling apple pie is pretty tasty...
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post #55 of 248
9/10/07 at 5:38pm
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Originally Posted by dynamotv
Because it's all you can fucking eat. That's why. You gotta make two trips on principle alone.
Two trips?
I gotta fucking go get it myself?

When they bring the $12 rolls can't they also bring the steak?
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post #56 of 248
9/10/07 at 5:40pm
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Originally Posted by Raspberry Leper
Two trips?
I gotta fucking go get it myself?

When they bring the $12 rolls can't they also bring the steak?
Unless you're in a Hoveround. Then they bring it out to you. That's just the kind of place Ryan's is.
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post #57 of 248
9/10/07 at 5:42pm
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Originally Posted by dynamotv
Unless you're in a Hoveround. Then they bring it out to you. That's just the kind of place Ryan's is.
Aye, there's the rub.
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post #58 of 248
9/10/07 at 5:43pm
Dear Al Qaeda,

I see your point now.

Yours,

Devin
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post #59 of 248
9/10/07 at 5:44pm
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Don't know if this counts as casual dining, but damn if it isn't a great idea.....

www.movietavern.com

These are actually local to me. Best idea ever.
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post #60 of 248
9/10/07 at 5:49pm
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Originally Posted by BobClark
I just wanted to point out that this is the single most boring post I have ever read on this site.
Just wait until you read my "I love Walmart and other Big Box Stores" thread.
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post #61 of 248
9/10/07 at 5:51pm
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Originally Posted by dynamotv
Just wait until you read my "I love Walmart and other Big Box Stores" thread.
"K-mart is awesome and here is why:"
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post #62 of 248
9/10/07 at 5:53pm
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Fuck K-Mart. Target is where all the cool people shop.
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post #63 of 248
9/10/07 at 5:57pm
Target has the hottest moms of all the big box stores. They're the runt MILFs of the Crate & Barrel crowd.
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post #64 of 248
9/10/07 at 5:58pm
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Originally Posted by devincf
Dear Al Qaeda,

I see your point now.

Yours,

Devin
Dear Devin,

Anyone who doesn't like Southwestern Eggrolls gets the next jihad.

-Al Q.
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post #65 of 248
9/10/07 at 7:30pm
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Originally Posted by Guttenberg Fan Club
I hear good things about Outback, though the service is said to be too friendly.
Wasn't too impressed with the steak -- and in Alberta that's a mortal sin.

Until I moved to the coast, I really enjoyed Red Lobster. Now, apparently, that's also a mortal sin.

Olive Garden was alright and Red Robin had their day decades back ...
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post #66 of 248
9/10/07 at 8:07pm
Applebee's happy hour is great, what with their half-off appetizer menu. Why pay $6.99 for an exploding asshole when you can wait until 10 o'clock and get it for $3.50?
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post #67 of 248
9/10/07 at 8:23pm
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Yeah their newest promotion is choose three appetizers for a meal. Talk about a colon blow waiting to happen.
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post #68 of 248
9/10/07 at 10:37pm
Frankly I'd be more interested in hearing people's worst "casual dining" experiences. Food poisoning? Racist Denny's?

I was extremely unimpressed by my one Applebee's visit, but stuff like Ponderosa is far worse.
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post #69 of 248
9/10/07 at 10:38pm
Oh Ponderosa....

Back in Michigan, when my family's budget was stretched super thin (as in we ate onion soup, which was a onion in a pot of boiling water) Ponderosa was a special occasion....I'm so glad I'm not that poor anymore....
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post #70 of 248
9/10/07 at 10:56pm
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I ate at Chef Lee's Chinese Buffet in Shreveport LA one time and I swear I ate only 2 pounds of food but shat 4 pounds shortly after. How does that happen?
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post #71 of 248
9/10/07 at 11:14pm
Did you shit out your taste and that's why you haunt Applebees?
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post #72 of 248
9/10/07 at 11:37pm
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Originally Posted by stump
Did you shit out your taste and that's why you haunt Applebees?
That's when I started going to Ryan's Steak Buffet.
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post #73 of 248
9/10/07 at 11:41pm
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I guess "haunt" would be the wrong word. I eat there about 2 times a week. You can't deny that they have the best deserts in the pantheon of casual dining restaurants though.
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post #74 of 248
9/11/07 at 12:00am
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Originally Posted by Guttenberg Fan Club
I hear good things about Outback, though the service is said to be too friendly.
Jesus Christ, Gutt, I'm going to fucking mail you rep for that. I'll send it along with some shorts in time for winter, just to show my appreciation.
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post #75 of 248
9/11/07 at 12:18am
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Originally Posted by dynamotv
I ate at Chef Lee's Chinese Buffet in Shreveport LA one time and I swear I ate only 2 pounds of food but shat 4 pounds shortly after. How does that happen?
You're not seeing double in weight, but double in volume. That's because all the gas from that garbage causes your feces to foam up like a fucking meringue.
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post #76 of 248
9/11/07 at 12:22am
The Golden Corrall in my town killed someone with e-coli. Dead as a doornail. They re-opened two weeks later and are still packed day in and day out. My guess is the regulars think that third layer of fat will save them from any pesky bacteria.
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post #77 of 248
9/11/07 at 12:34am
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Originally Posted by JudgeSmails
The Golden Corrall in my town killed someone with e-coli. Dead as a doornail. They re-opened two weeks later and are still packed day in and day out. My guess is the regulars think that third layer of fat will save them from any pesky bacteria.
The Chinese Restaurant in my hometown growing up had cat size rats running around in the kitchen. Place gets closed down for a month and just like Golden Coral, busy as ever when it re-opened.
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post #78 of 248
9/11/07 at 1:08am
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Can greasy spoons be considered casual dining? If so, there's a place around here called Old South Pancake House that is pretty unremarkable save for their awesome German Pancakes. It's like a hot lemon merengue pie for breakfast. Don't think that description did it justice.
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post #79 of 248
9/11/07 at 8:24am
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Originally Posted by Chris Wood
Frankly I'd be more interested in hearing people's worst "casual dining" experiences. Food poisoning? Racist Denny's?

I was extremely unimpressed by my one Applebee's visit, but stuff like Ponderosa is far worse.
I tended bar for a Ruby Tuesday for 3 years. The food was mostly non-original and non-offensive, good ribs and good wings. My "worst" experiences mostly lie with the "guests" that patronized our fair establishment. Eep.
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post #80 of 248
9/11/07 at 11:22am
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Originally Posted by dynamotv
I guess "haunt" would be the wrong word. I eat there about 2 times a week. You can't deny that they have the best deserts in the pantheon of casual dining restaurants though.
Two times a week at Applebee's is fucking crazy to me, and, as cheap as it may be compared to Tokyo Cafe or whatever, it's still way more expensive than cooking something at home and just kind of lamer than eating something at a comparably-priced local place.

When I posed those questions above, I wasn't talking about substituting expensive options for those "casual dining" chains. Are there no casual dining places near you that aren't chain restaurants? Because that's kind of what I was talking about in my post. It's nuts that your idea of casual dining seems to revolve solely around chain restaurants.
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post #81 of 248
9/11/07 at 11:30am
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Originally Posted by dynamotv
You can't deny that they have the best deserts in the pantheon of casual dining restaurants though.
I just re-read this statement and I have to ask - what the hell does that even mean? "Best desserts in the pantheon of casual dining restaurants?" That's like "best seat on the Titanic" or "sexiest priest." The situation completely undermines the use of ranking the thing in the first place.

This thread is sadder than the 500 favorite foods thread. Learn to cook or go to good restaurants. Jesus.
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post #82 of 248
9/11/07 at 11:40am
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Originally Posted by MissZooey
"sexiest priest."
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post #83 of 248
9/11/07 at 11:43am
Okay, yeah. You're right. Scratch that example. How about "best Michael Bolton impersonator"?
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post #84 of 248
9/11/07 at 11:45am
dynamotv becomes a worse person with every post in this thread.
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post #85 of 248
9/11/07 at 11:50am
You just want two steaks, don't you Brad?
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post #86 of 248
9/11/07 at 11:51am
Eating two pounds of deep fat fried chocolate cake every week kills brain cells.
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post #87 of 248
9/11/07 at 11:52am
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Originally Posted by MissZooey
Okay, yeah. You're right. Scratch that example. How about "best Michael Bolton impersonator"?
http://golden-song.com/michael.html
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post #88 of 248
9/11/07 at 11:55am
I give up. Freaks, every last one of you. Go rank your Michael Boltons and your priests and your crappy riblet platters! See if I care!
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post #89 of 248
9/11/07 at 11:57am
5 internet dollars to a photoshopper that can show MissZooey a Michael Bolton impersonator dressed as a priest eating at Bennigans.
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post #90 of 248
9/11/07 at 11:59am
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller
You just want two steaks, don't you Brad?
Steak should never, EVER be "all you can eat".

ONE. That is the number of steaks you can eat.
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post #91 of 248
9/11/07 at 12:00pm
Ha! I haven't posted my picture in Chewervision!

THWARTED!
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post #92 of 248
9/11/07 at 12:00pm
Make it Flingers instead of Bennigans and I'll throw in 10 rape dollars.
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post #93 of 248
9/11/07 at 12:01pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller
5 internet dollars to a photoshopper that can show MissZooey a Michael Bolton impersonator dressed as a priest eating at Bennigans.
Bonus points if he's ordering "Time Love and Tenders". Proofread your damn site, Faux Bolton.
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post #94 of 248
9/11/07 at 12:04pm
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Originally Posted by MissZooey
Ha! I haven't posted my picture in Chewervision!

THWARTED!

Your picture is not needed. Father Fake Bolton rolls solo when he wants to spend between $9 and $12 on an average meal.
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post #95 of 248
9/11/07 at 12:09pm
I re-read the post. You're right.

I WANT TO SEE THIS. NOW.
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post #96 of 248
9/11/07 at 1:00pm
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Originally Posted by sunwukong
Until I moved to the coast, I really enjoyed Red Lobster. Now, apparently, that's also a mortal sin.
I'll say this about Red Lobster, they have god-awful seafood, but I'll eat the fuck out of some cheese biscuits (not the former CHUD regular).
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post #97 of 248
9/11/07 at 1:36pm
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Originally Posted by Guttenberg Fan Club
I'll say this about Red Lobster, they have god-awful seafood, but I'll eat the fuck out of some cheese biscuits (not the former CHUD regular).
I'd eat the fuck out of both of them.
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post #98 of 248
9/11/07 at 1:55pm
Ah, Red Lobster's cheese biscuits are quite delicious. I think RL and Outback have the best pre-dining bread.
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post #99 of 248
9/11/07 at 2:28pm
My favorite place is a locally-owned Japanese Steakhouse/Sushi Bar/Teppanyaki Grill. The same people own a Thai and Sushi place that gets alot of my business. Ditto for a couple of Hawaiin joints. There is also a great locally-owned Italian place that is pretty upscale and usually requires reservations. Other than that, most of the other locally-owned places around here tend to order their food pre-portioned (and sometimes pre-cooked) from the same big distributors that service school and hospital cafeterias. Given the choice between a ribeye at Outback and sit-down "re-thermed" hospital meal at a local eatery, the chain will probably win out.
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post #100 of 248
9/11/07 at 2:31pm
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Originally Posted by jonvoight's car
Other than that, most of the other locally-owned places around here tend to order their food pre-portioned (and sometimes pre-cooked) from the same big distributors that service school and hospital cafeterias. Given the choice between a ribeye at Outback and sit-down "re-thermed" hospital meal at a local eatery, the chain will probably win out.
Where in the hell do you live?
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