Has TGI Friday's lost their mind?

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

And what precisely is wrong with Connecticut?? Connecticut is in New England, after all...

I still hold to my position that they are both current dietary staples - whether beans on toast predated spaghetti on toast or not.

-- aephi alum, whose British mother never served her either one

ETA: There's a great little store called UK Gourmet that sells a number of food items that are hard to find outside the UK, including sweets, very good bangers, and many different varieties of cheese. It's in Connecticut too.

There's a store in MA called British Delights where I go squeal like a schoolgirl every few months But good to know about the other one in the area. There's nothing wrong with CT...it's a pahkin' lot!

EDIT: That website is an eyesore but it's making me drool. They have way more stuff than British Delights, at least fresh food wise. Sausages, sausage rolls, steak and kidney pie, bacon, and all the sweets in the world. I'm only two hours away...I think I'll be popping in for a visit

[Glitter650]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THIS. I'm meeting my family this coming up weekend in Atlanta, and my sister has already given us her "list" of places to eat--PF Changs and the Cheesecake Factory. WTF? I can eat that stuff anywhere! Granted, they live in one of the worst cities on the planet, so maybe it's exciting.

That is part of the reason why San Francisco is great, the only chain "casual dining" restaurants within city limits are Chevy's and the cheesecake factory. We have no PF changs, Chilis, Friday's, or any of that OH WAIT I LIE, we have 1 Olive Garden too.

I did try fried pickles for the first time last night, and I have to say, I thought they were pretty tasty.

[valkyrie]

Originally Posted by EE-BO

On the other hand, I have relatives with small children who eat nothing but fast food and refuse anything else. It is surreal to sit down to an amazing homemade 12 hours-in-the-making Thanksgiving dinner made by my mother (who is an incredible cook), and then watch a relative sneak out to get Taco Bell for her children who won't touch it. One of these children at age 12 weighed more than I did in college.

Wow.

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by AEPhiSierra

i am a huge mac and cheese fan so i actually went to fridays for lunch today to give them a try. they aren't bad at all!! they're basically fried bites with mac and cheese in the middle. and the string bean fries are pretty good too - my coworkers actually liked them a lot.

My school actually serves mac n cheese like this...it's not bad at all, though it takessome time getting used to

[Dionysus]

I tried it earlier today. It wasn't bad, but nothing I would make a special trip there to eat.

[jadis96]

Had lunch with my cousin at fridays the other day. we tried the potato dippers (can't remember the name) they were actually pretty good. not to greasy (that is what I was worried about) and the stuff to dip them in was a queso type sauce that was very good. Of course we both got salads so we could eat that, but still it was worth it since it was on sale too.