Things fast food places do that make you mad. Which one makes the most mistakes?

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

What's wrong with the Waffle House?

As I said in my earlier post, it's nasty. And the one I went to was fairly new! It was greasy and flavorless, and just un-special. In general, I don't eat at chain restaurants very often. In case you're wondering, I also hate Applebee's.

I guess I'm spoiled living in a city with a lot of great restaurants. My bf and I love to go out for brunch on the weekends. There are hardly any IHOPs left in the Seattle area, and I'm not talking about Denny's either. I'm talking about REAL, independently operated restaurants...French restaurants are some of our favorites, but for traditional American brunch, this is my fav: http://www.brownbagcafes.com/menu/breakfast.jpg. And local restaurant Salty's is legendary for brunch: http://www.saltys.com/food_wine/best_brunch.asp. I swear my bf's parents come all the way from Chicago to visit us just for brunch at Salty's.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

I thought he might spit in my food. I made parmesan-crusted chicken instead.

lol lol I totally forgot about that. Yeah, good idea, because he did say he was a spitter.

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

As I said in my earlier post, it's nasty. And the one I went to was fairly new! It was greasy and flavorless, and just un-special. In general, I don't eat at chain restaurants very often. In case you're wondering, I also hate Applebee's.

I guess I'm spoiled living in a city with a lot of great restaurants. My bf and I love to go out for brunch on the weekends. There are hardly any IHOPs left in the Seattle area, and I'm not talking about Denny's either. I'm talking about REAL, independently operated restaurants...French restaurants are some of our favorites, but for traditional American brunch, this is my fav: http://www.brownbagcafes.com/menu/breakfast.jpg. And local restaurant Salty's is legendary for brunch: http://www.saltys.com/food_wine/best_brunch.asp. I swear my bf's parents come all the way from Chicago to visit us just for brunch at Salty's.

Wow. The Waffle house I go to isn't greasy at all. I don't like the environment, because the people there are kind of gross looking (I always get my food to go) but the food is good. I agree with you about Applebees and Denny's. I don't like Applebees' food and Denny's just has a really gross atmosphere.

[cheerfulgreek]

Do you guys like buffet foods? I only eat the salads from those kinds of places.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Do you guys like buffet foods? I only eat the salads from those kinds of places.

No way. I used to like shoney's as a kid. Then it became gross. Not a specific incident, just the quality of the food slipped way down. That was the only buffet style place i ever even remotely liked.

The only good cafeteria style places are actual cafeterias, and they are only so good to begin with. That is why it's called "cafeteria food."

Buffet restaurant food is just knock-off cafeteria food. It's even lower.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Do you guys like buffet foods? I only eat the salads from those kinds of places.

I don't go to buffet restaurants, unless it's in a special case (such as the Moonlite BBQ in Kentucky). The brunch buffet I linked to above is at an upscale seafood restaurant and their brunch is seriously gourmet.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Do you guys like buffet foods? I only eat the salads from those kinds of places.

Buffets should be banned!

and

"All you can EAT!" A regional/state thing?

As I said there, some buffets are good, others are not.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Buffets should be banned!

and

"All you can EAT!" A regional/state thing?

As I said there, some buffets are good, others are not.

As soon as I saw Ponderosa I was immediately grossed out. Yeah, there are some good ones and some bad ones. As long as the lettuce and other veggies look/are fresh, I'll just eat the salads.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

As soon as I saw Ponderosa I was immediately grossed out.

Don’t even get me started on Ponderosa.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Don’t even get me started on Ponderosa.

lol go ahead and start. I have a feeling you're going to type something that's going to make me laugh really hard.

I'll start. When I was in highschool back in Mn. I had this teacher who said Ponderosa goes right through him, like about 15 minutes after eating it.

[indygphib]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

In general, I don't eat at chain restaurants very often. In case you're wondering, I also hate Applebee's.

I guess I'm spoiled living in a city with a lot of great restaurants.

Sigh. I wish I lived in a city with a lot of great, independently-owned restaurants. Indianapolis's unofficial motto is, "Restaurant Chain Capital of the United States". Everyone here gets so excited when a new restaurant opens, but 99 percent of the time it's a part of a stinkin' chain. It really sucks that no one has the cojones to open up an original restaurant.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

I guess I'm spoiled living in a city with a lot of great restaurants.

I felt the same way living in Boston - no matter the price range, no matter the type of food, I was guaranteed the opportunity to eat at a top-rate restaurant.

That's one thing I really miss living here in CT. There are some excellent restaurants in the area (the Max's family of restaurants, the Vito's restaurants, Roscoe's Big Dog, etc.), but there's not nearly the selection that there was in Boston.

(On a slightly unrelated note, I consider myself an expert on the Boston restaurant scene, so if anyone on the board has any questions about visiting Boston, I'm always willing to give suggestions)

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Fawn Liebowitz

Sometimes the children are accompanied by nasty looking adults .

This is one thing I cannot stand in any setting. Nasty looking people are so repulsive. Like, especially people who have cuts on their hands or fingers while they eat in front of other people. I never understood why they don't use bandaids. That's so gross.

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

Buffet restaurant food is just knock-off cafeteria food. It's even lower.

Wow. I always thought cafe food was disgusting. What kind of buffets were you going to? Seriously, I'm just curious.

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

IThe brunch buffet I linked to above is at an upscale seafood restaurant and their brunch is seriously gourmet.

Seafood is just so hard to keep fresh.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Wow. I always thought cafe food was disgusting. What kind of buffets were you going to? Seriously, I'm just curious.

Mostly it was only Shoney's which at one point was ok/good.