Applebee's is overrated!

PeppyGPhiB · #1 09-26-2007, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Dionysus

I'll choose TGI Friday's over both.

I'll see your TGI Friday's and raise you Red Robin (west coast chain).

nittanyalum · #2 09-26-2007, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

...raise you Red Robin (west coast chain).

ooooo, BEST burgers....

mulattogyrl · #3 09-26-2007, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by nittanyalum

ooooo, BEST burgers....

You know, I've heard good things about them too. I'll have to try the one in my area.

scbelle · #4 09-26-2007, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

I'll see your TGI Friday's and raise you Red Robin (west coast chain).

Fo sho! I heart Red Robin. It's now in a couple of places back home, so I'm quite excited about it, since I thought I'd have to move back to CO to eat there again.

Drolefille · #5 09-26-2007, 03:58 AM

They're not that west coast anymore!! They've expanded a bunch in the Midwest and have been advertising on TV everywhere around here, even though I think the current closest one is at SIUE.

RU OX Alum · #6 09-26-2007, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

I'll see your TGI Friday's and raise you Red Robin (west coast chain).

they have red robin here

they needed help and i knew some people there so worked there for lik three months

they are the worst, absolute worst, out of all chain restuarants. Worse even than Red, Hot, and Blue (corporate owned, east coast chain) in terms of, well in terms of attidude. Why work at a restuarant if you hate the service industry so much?????

yeah, i don't like chain restaurants, and am about to be spoiled because there is a steak house at the bottom level of the building where my loft is, a cuban steak hous ride beside it around the corner. I mean, I can walk pretty much anywhere to get pretty much whatever type of food I want and don't have to wait around with a bunch of highschoolers trying to look adult by taking their date to olive garden.

CrimsonTide4 · #7 09-26-2007, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

I'll see your TGI Friday's and raise you Red Robin (west coast chain).

We have them in Charlotte. They're in Ohio as well. Join their birthday club and you can get a free burger. Still have not eaten there though.

MysticCat · #8 09-26-2007, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4

Still have not eaten there [Red Robin] though.

It's eh. Not bad, but not great.

Red Robin, Applebee's, TGIFridays . . . except for the kid friendly factor, I don't see much reason to eat at any of them, and I can think of lots of reasons to stay away.

Of the chains, Chilis and Red, Hot and Blue are about the only ones that I can get even half-way excited about going to.

AlphaFrog · #9 09-26-2007, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

Of the chains, Chilis and Red, Hot and Blue are about the only ones that I can get even half-way excited about going to.

What's Red, Hot, and Blue?? I don't think we have that this far south.

Dionysus · #10 09-26-2007, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

What's Red, Hot, and Blue?? I don't think we have that this far south.

Never heard of it either.

We have red robin, also. I never tried it yet, I heard good things about it.

MysticCat · #11 09-26-2007, 11:50 AM

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What's Red, Hot, and Blue?? I don't think we have that this far south.

There are some in the Triangle, but I don't think there's one in Charlotte yet. It started in Arlington, VA. Lee Atwater was one of the original investors (but I like it anyway -- he was a good musician). It's a ribs/barbecue (Memphis-style) place; the music that plays is all blues and R&B.

Red, Hot and Blue.

RU OX Alum · #12 09-26-2007, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

There are some in the Triangle, but I don't think there's one in Charlotte yet. It started in Arlington, VA. Lee Atwater was one of the original investors (but I like it anyway -- he was a good musician). It's a ribs/barbecue (Memphis-style) place; the music that plays is all blues and R&B.

Red, Hot and Blue.

when they opted to buy back the franchise i worked at, they were re-tooling their brand to be more of a "southern casual dining establishment"

lovelyivy84 · #13 09-26-2007, 12:33 PM

Anyone do California Pizza Kitchen? The pizza is absolutely mediocre at best (for NYC) but they have good salads and some nice drinks.

MysticCat · #14 09-26-2007, 12:44 PM

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when they opted to buy back the franchise i worked at, they were re-tooling their brand to be more of a "southern casual dining establishment"

Yeah, but they still have the ribs, the onion loaves and the blues music, which is all I ever care about there.

I'm just finding it interesting that people are gushing over Red Robin's burgers; I found them average at best. But I'll admit that I'm a little weird when it comes to burgers; I know most people like really thick burgers, but I don't.

APhi Sailorgirl · #15 09-26-2007, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

There are some in the Triangle, but I don't think there's one in Charlotte yet. It started in Arlington, VA. Lee Atwater was one of the original investors (but I like it anyway -- he was a good musician). It's a ribs/barbecue (Memphis-style) place; the music that plays is all blues and R&B.

Red, Hot and Blue.

There is one only a few minutes from my parent's house in MD. Let me tell you that for about the last 10+ years I have refused to eat in that restaurant or the one in Williamsburg (which is the closest to me now). I have never had good food there and I won't go into detail about the time we waited an hour+ for a large table to become available instead of them pushing two tables together when my Great Grandmother and Grandparents were with us.