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Post by MoHawk on Mar 11, 2008 12:41:22 GMT -6
Let's limit this to national chains. God knows there are plenty of hole in the wall joints that are completely AWFUL, so let's just stick to chains that we've all been to or at least heard of. My LEAST favorite chain restaurant on the face of the planet is:  Awful food. Worse service. The waitress talent is 9.9 times out of 10 lacking. And they charge an arm and a leg to boot for their shitty food and service. f**k. This. Place. |
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Post by Gumbyhawk on Mar 11, 2008 12:44:12 GMT -6
Let's limit this to national chains. God knows there are plenty of hole in the wall joints that are completely AWFUL, so let's just stick to chains that we've all been to or at least heard of. My LEAST favorite chain restaurant on the face of the planet is: Awful food. Worse service. The waitress talent is 9.9 times out of 10 lacking. And they charge an arm and a leg to boot for their shitty food and service. f**k. This. Place. Hooters. For the same reasons mentioned. Also, they often don't even have the game on that you want to watch. |
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Post by Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Heywood) on Mar 11, 2008 12:46:26 GMT -6
Carlos O'Kelly's (especially the Lames location).
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Post by bucketochicken on Mar 11, 2008 12:50:43 GMT -6
Easy. Applebee's. This place sucks out loud. Shitty food. Shitty service. Shitty "decor." Shitty everything. In fact, any/all of those tacky soulless strip-mall shitboxes - Applebee's, Texas Roadhouse, Chili's, Chevy's, Chi-Chi's, Outback (mancott!), Chipotle, Perkins, the O.G., etc - they all suck. Crappy food for mindless consumer white people with no taste and no tastebuds.
I will give a pass to Red Lobster, but that's really only because of those evil Cheddar Bay Biscuit thingies. The seafood itself is nothing special, but when you live as far away from any major bodies of salt water as most of us do, beggars can't always be choosers.
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Post by Gumbyhawk on Mar 11, 2008 12:58:14 GMT -6
Easy. Applebee's. This place sucks out loud. Shitty food. Shitty service. Shitty "decor." Shitty everything. In fact, any/all of those tacky soulless strip-mall shitboxes - Applebee's, Texas Roadhouse, Chili's, Chevy's, Chi-Chi's, Outback (mancott!), Chipotle, Perkins, the O.G., etc - they all suck. Crappy food for mindless consumer white people with no taste and no tastebuds. I will give a pass to Red Lobster, but that's really only because of those evil Cheddar Bay Biscuit thingies. The seafood itself is nothing special, but when you live as far away from any major bodies of salt water as most of us do, beggars can't always be choosers. Not always. Some of the above-mentioned places aren't too bad if all you are looking for is a place to eat because you don't feel like cooking. |
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Post by Iowafan1 on Mar 11, 2008 12:58:56 GMT -6
I have to agree with Bucket on Applebees. They are the worst chain restaurant HANDS DOWN!!! They sucked so bad here in Memphis that they all went out of business a few months ago. On the other hand, I totally disagree with Bucket on Red Lobster, Chili's and Outback! I could live in any of those joints!
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Post by Saggitariutt Jefferspin (ith) on Mar 11, 2008 13:07:00 GMT -6
BW3 is a guilty pleasure of mine...parmesean garlic wings. The bartender knows us by first name, so he gives us good service.
Mine has to be Boston's in West Des Moines. I have been there twice, and received ridiculous service. People I have spoken to have said the same thing. How they stay open, I have no idea. Admittedly, it's been a while since I've been, so maybe they got better help.
Stukatt, you wanna do some wings tonight?
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Post by Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Heywood) on Mar 11, 2008 13:12:44 GMT -6
Mine has to be Boston's in West Des Moines. I think Boston's in general (along with COK's) is terrible. I have eaten at the WDM and IC restaurant and both suck. |
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Post by NotMyKid on Mar 11, 2008 13:18:41 GMT -6
Let's limit this to national chains. God knows there are plenty of hole in the wall joints that are completely AWFUL, so let's just stick to chains that we've all been to or at least heard of. My LEAST favorite chain restaurant on the face of the planet is: Awful food. Worse service. The waitress talent is 9.9 times out of 10 lacking. And they charge an arm and a leg to boot for their shitty food and service. f**k. This. Place. I have to agree. A guy that I used to work with loved going there. It's total BS that they charge extra for ranch and celery. and the prices are way to high for how shitty the food is. As far as hooters goes I can handle the average food at least I have something to look at while I eat my crappy wings.  |
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Post by bucketochicken on Mar 11, 2008 13:19:51 GMT -6
Not always. Some of the above-mentioned places aren't too bad if all you are looking for is a place to eat because you don't feel like cooking. While I still won't stop at an Applebee's, you're right - some of the above places will suffice in an emergency, like when you're travelling and there just isn't anything else. Generally speaking though, those places are pretty poopy. |
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Post by Gumbyhawk on Mar 11, 2008 13:37:20 GMT -6
Let's limit this to national chains. God knows there are plenty of hole in the wall joints that are completely AWFUL, so let's just stick to chains that we've all been to or at least heard of. My LEAST favorite chain restaurant on the face of the planet is: Awful food. Worse service. The waitress talent is 9.9 times out of 10 lacking. And they charge an arm and a leg to boot for their shitty food and service. f**k. This. Place. I have to agree. A guy that I used to work with loved going there. It's total BS that they charge extra for ranch and celery. and the prices are way to high for how shitty the food is. As far as hooters goes I can handle the average food at least I have something to look at while I eat my crappy wings. And that was sort of my point. Most Hooters' that I have been to have one... MAYBE two hotties. The rest of the girls are chubby and really shouldn't be wearing clothes like that out in public. |
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Post by Iowafan1 on Mar 11, 2008 13:42:07 GMT -6
I have to agree. A guy that I used to work with loved going there. It's total BS that they charge extra for ranch and celery. and the prices are way to high for how shitty the food is. As far as hooters goes I can handle the average food at least I have something to look at while I eat my crappy wings. And that was sort of my point. Most Hooters' that I have been to have one... MAYBE two hotties. The rest of the girls are chubby and really shouldn't be wearing clothes like that out in public. Hey Gumby.....Which Hooter's did you see chubby chicks at? Please reply. I need to make plans. |
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Post by drakebulldog on Mar 11, 2008 13:49:35 GMT -6
And that was sort of my point. Most Hooters' that I have been to have one... MAYBE two hotties. The rest of the girls are chubby and really shouldn't be wearing clothes like that out in public. Hey Gumby.....Which Hooter's did you see chubby chicks at? Please reply. I need to make plans. Every Hooters I've been to, always has the gratuitous "fat chick." I think it's a law or something.  |
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Post by Gumbyhawk on Mar 11, 2008 13:55:33 GMT -6
And that was sort of my point. Most Hooters' that I have been to have one... MAYBE two hotties. The rest of the girls are chubby and really shouldn't be wearing clothes like that out in public. Hey Gumby.....Which Hooter's did you see chubby chicks at? Please reply. I need to make plans. Lincoln, NE mostly. Not even open anymore. Even the Bugeaters get tired of looking at fat thighs after a while. |
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Post by MoHawk on Mar 11, 2008 14:11:27 GMT -6
Chili's, Applebee's, Olive Garden, Lonestar Steakhouse, Outback (MANCOTT!!!!) and all those others are basically the same place...just different kinds of food.
I think I'm the only person on the planet that doesn't like Red Lobster...but that's mainly because I don't like seafood. If it doesn't have that "fishy" taste, I can stomach it, but other than that...I'll get a hamburger at Red Lobster whenever I can't get out of going. However, Mr. O'Chicken hit the nail on the head. Those cheddar biscuits are FUCKING AMAZING. I will usually just eat those as my meal.
Avoiding seafood is proving to be a little difficult to do lately as the kindergarten teacher is Catholic...which means no meat on Fridays. We did chinese last Friday...and we're going to some dive I've never been to before in Moberly that apparently has great seafood. Hopefully they have the "turf" to go along with their "surf" otherwise I'm up "shit creek without a paddle"
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Post by Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Heywood) on Mar 11, 2008 14:12:34 GMT -6
I'm right there with you on Red Lobster MOHawk.
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Post by MoHawk on Mar 11, 2008 14:13:24 GMT -6
I'm right there with you on Red Lobster MOHawk. Yeah. I have a saying. "If it's from the sea, it's not for me." |
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Post by germaine on Mar 11, 2008 14:46:21 GMT -6
Chili's, Applebee's, Olive Garden, Lonestar Steakhouse, Outback (MANCOTT!!!!) and all those others are basically the same place...just different kinds of food. I think I'm the only person on the planet that doesn't like Red Lobster...but that's mainly because I don't like seafood. If it doesn't have that "fishy" taste, I can stomach it, but other than that...I'll get a hamburger at Red Lobster whenever I can't get out of going. However, Mr. O'Chicken hit the nail on the head. Those cheddar biscuits are FUCKING AMAZING. I will usually just eat those as my meal. Avoiding seafood is proving to be a little difficult to do lately as the kindergarten teacher is Catholic...which means no meat on Fridays. We did chinese last Friday...and we're going to some dive I've never been to before in Moberly that apparently has great seafood. Hopefully they have the "turf" to go along with their "surf" otherwise I'm up "shit creek without a paddle" I despise seafood (though I force myself to have a bite of someone else's if I'm on vacation and they have something local...still don't like it, though). But I enjoy Red Lobster on occasion (not my first choice) because of the cajun chicken linguine. Delicious. I don't care if it was frozen and reheated. |
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Post by Gumbyhawk on Mar 11, 2008 14:58:01 GMT -6
Chili's, Applebee's, Olive Garden, Lonestar Steakhouse, Outback (MANCOTT!!!!) and all those others are basically the same place...just different kinds of food. I think I'm the only person on the planet that doesn't like Red Lobster...but that's mainly because I don't like seafood. If it doesn't have that "fishy" taste, I can stomach it, but other than that...I'll get a hamburger at Red Lobster whenever I can't get out of going. However, Mr. O'Chicken hit the nail on the head. Those cheddar biscuits are FUCKING AMAZING. I will usually just eat those as my meal. Avoiding seafood is proving to be a little difficult to do lately as the kindergarten teacher is Catholic...which means no meat on Fridays. We did chinese last Friday...and we're going to some dive I've never been to before in Moberly that apparently has great seafood. Hopefully they have the "turf" to go along with their "surf" otherwise I'm up "shit creek without a paddle" Long John Silver's in Moberly?  Not much else to choose from, is there? |
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Post by MoHawk on Mar 11, 2008 15:00:39 GMT -6
Nah. Some place called Lula's or something like that. One of our board ops lives there, and she says its actually really good. Local dive restaurants in small towns tend to be pretty good, so I'm optimistic.
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Post by Gumbyhawk on Mar 11, 2008 15:05:55 GMT -6
I'd also like to add to the list:
PF Chang's!!
My former boss freaking loved this place and talked about it constantly. So one day, for an office lunch, we all went there.
OVER-rated!!
The stupid little wraps that you make on your own with lettuce and whatever meat that is has GOT to be the most over-priced POS "appetizer" ever. Holy shit was I glad I didn't pay for it.
Service was "fine"... nothing special. Same with the food. Might have been dressier looking, but no better than a $5 all-you-can Chinese buffett, IMO.
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Post by bucketochicken on Mar 11, 2008 15:09:29 GMT -6
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Post by MoHawk on Mar 11, 2008 15:21:31 GMT -6
Sounds like I'll enjoy it. Thanks for doing that leg work Buck. Sounds like the people who didn't enjoy it probably came from Columbia and weren't expecting the "small town atmosphere" as I'll kindly call it...
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Post by bucketochicken on Mar 11, 2008 15:22:40 GMT -6
Yeah, that was my impression, more or less.
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Post by idrinkthereforeiam on Mar 11, 2008 15:22:59 GMT -6
Arby's on Hickman Road in Waukee.
I spent $8 on 2 for $4 ArbyQs on Saturday.
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