Because ILX loves food threads and this almost qualifies.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link
sad I'll miss Endless Shrimp this year
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 23:52 (four years ago) link
cheesy biscuits
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 23:55 (four years ago) link
bad memories of this place
brought a date there, unfortunately forgot my other girl Brenda worked there
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 23:57 (four years ago) link
Good heavens, what won't the proletariat consume? There are not enough sighs in the world to express my contempt.
― the burrito that defined a generation, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 23:57 (four years ago) link
― ABBA O RLY? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:04 (four years ago) link
we don't have any of these in my province. would definitely give it a bash otherwise
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:05 (four years ago) link
the world of north american fast-casual is so near yet so far
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:06 (four years ago) link
a friend in high school would make me go here for lunch. He'd only order a coke with the intention of making a meal of the cheesy biscuits. So I'd have to order something expensive to try and make it worth our server's time.
― bogo jumbo boba (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:10 (four years ago) link
I went once, sometime in the late '80s. What's the attraction to "cheddar biscuits"? Who care about bread?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:18 (four years ago) link
they're only about 10% bread, the rest butter and cheese
ordered the biscuits from grubhub or something a while ago but they don't travel well, they all kind of globbed together into a lukewarm (resultant) paste
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:24 (four years ago) link
Trash.
― James Gandolfini the Grey (PBKR), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:26 (four years ago) link
sorry for outsourcing humor but I found this to be amusing and believe it to be relevant to the thread topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXrFKksZeRo
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:27 (four years ago) link
Long John Silver's with pretensions.
― James Gandolfini the Grey (PBKR), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:28 (four years ago) link
oh man, Long John Silver's, don't even get me started! that's what the truly uneducated swine from low-income areas put in their bodies.
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:31 (four years ago) link
you guys ever heard of Marilyn Hagerty, this dim-witted old coot from some midwestern shithole? anyway, she dines out at unsophisticated places like Red Lobster and seems to actually enjoy it! here's a hyperlink:
https://www.grandforksherald.com/lifestyle/4118985-marilyn-hagerty-we-felt-rewarded-red-lobster-server
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:34 (four years ago) link
I remember I had some scallop thing and the scallops were mini marshmallow size, who knew
― naked and sexually active alien (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:43 (four years ago) link
https://www.redlobster.com/docs/default-source/pdfs/Nutrition-NATIONAL-6-6-16.pdf
― James Gandolfini the Grey (PBKR), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:47 (four years ago) link
Mini marshmallow size scallops were probably bay scallops.
a.k.a. the best scallops
― sleeve, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 00:59 (four years ago) link
more of a Sizzler guy myself
― brimstead, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:03 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKJlAYQoCqY
― ABBA O RLY? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:05 (four years ago) link
Burrito is sleeping bag, right?
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:08 (four years ago) link
nope that's esby, he got banned or bored or something
I love da Sizz
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:09 (four years ago) link
the road of endless leads to the palace of wisdom
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:09 (four years ago) link
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, September 15, 2020 9:08 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
i've been assuming infinity symbol
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:12 (four years ago) link
I'm not sure if you are aware that road you are citing is the road of excess.
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:13 (four years ago) link
I support the burrito’s posts itt
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:15 (four years ago) link
you'll never know what is enough shrimp until you know what is more than enough shrimp.
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:16 (four years ago) link
for me, it's 118.
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― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:23 (four years ago) link
So many shrimp
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:25 (four years ago) link
i thought burrito is del griffith
did del griffith talk about boning on vacations a lot?
if so maybe infinity too
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:30 (four years ago) link
https://www.brainyquote.com/photos_tr/en/e/eleanorroosevelt/385439/eleanorroosevelt1-2x.jpg
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:32 (four years ago) link
Many xps but cheddar bay biscuits are like southern drop biscuits plus garlic in the batter plus a shit ton of butter folded in.
They’re fantastic.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:37 (four years ago) link
only went to Red Lobster once years ago, don't remember much about it
I do like bread of any kind
― Dan S, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:41 (four years ago) link
-Gang Starr
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:42 (four years ago) link
bread kicks ass
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:43 (four years ago) link
bay minds
― bogo jumbo boba (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:48 (four years ago) link
and they are the best minds
― bogo jumbo boba (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 01:50 (four years ago) link
wasn't infinity Alex P@reene?
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:05 (four years ago) link
I don't know why that name always gets google proofed but I do it to honor Dr. Morbs.
People who wanna make Red Lobster a class thing are morons. There is plenty of great, cheap food. Red Lobster is not great, nor cheap food.
― James Gandolfini the Grey (PBKR), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:26 (four years ago) link
Lol seriously
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:27 (four years ago) link
Like you're paying $15-20 for a meal and a soft drink each, that doesn't exactly scream "budget restaurant"
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:29 (four years ago) link
cheddar bay biscuits do rule extremely hard
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:29 (four years ago) link
It's not good and it's not cheap but there is a class component around what's considered fancy and plenty of making fun of the rubes who think of Red Lobster as fancy.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:30 (four years ago) link
Rubes should be in air quotes there, of course.
hard to get out of red lobster for $15 a platewent last year took my daughter she loved it, a great version of a kid's idea of a fancy restaurant.I didn't think the food was bad.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 02:31 (four years ago) link
My first serving job was at a Pappadeaux where they'd send you home if your shirt or apron wasn't properly dry-cleaned and pressed with heavy starch and everyone I worked with still has waitmares about that place but we still felt lucky compared to the neighboring Joe's Crab Shack where they had to dance like trained monkeys. (Also we made twice as much money on a given night.)
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:32 (four years ago) link
lol I showed up to my waiter job half the time with a soiled shirt, but I worked at a dump. never woulda survived at Pappadeaux's.
the dancing at Joe's was just what you'd expect - people moving awkwardly while squinting as if to say "ok this is good enough, right? Nobody I know sees me?"
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:34 (four years ago) link
wasn't it to distract people from how long it took to get their food half the time
Yeah, it was a chance to let the kitchen catch up supposedly.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:35 (four years ago) link
I like the word waitmare, haven't seen it before
― Dan S, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:42 (four years ago) link
I’ve never been to a Joe’s it sounds horrible though. Just came back to post these tweets re: “rubes” and the interpreted nonsense about classism that someone decided to carry over from the old RL thread:
“My parents would NEVER let me eat this garbage growing up.” Yeah? My parents worked 16 hour days and tried their best and sometimes generic brand pizza rolls were the damn move for dinner.— Josh Scherer (@MythicalChef) August 9, 2020
And that’s fine. You can advocate for a better food system—check my lower back for proof that I do—while not denigrating the foods that bring poor folks convenience, joy, and sustenance.— Josh Scherer (@MythicalChef) August 9, 2020
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:44 (four years ago) link
xp - Nothing like being in the weeds on a pitch black patio that’s two miles long and looking down to realize you’re not wearing pants, then waking up when you remember it’s been 15 years since you waited tables.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:48 (four years ago) link
I got laid off by my restaurant (Chevy's Fresh Mex, which now has only one location in FL) in 2003. I have still had waitmares since I left that place. sometimes something as innocuous as being weeded, sometimes getting into a fistfight with the busboy who is also Henry Winkler, and sometimes at the same time as I work my current job, waiting tables on weekends.
then a few years ago, weirdly, I finally got "fired" from Chevy's in my dream, for mouthing off or something.
the dreams....stopped.
and then....
I started dreaming I was working at Best Buy now. on weekends, in the Media dept.
Best Buy is where I worked after I left Chevy's.
somehow I hate those dreams more. that job was boring as fuck and paid $7 an hour. and made you wear ugly blue and khakis.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 03:59 (four years ago) link
I have some decent memories of Chevy's happy hour
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:02 (four years ago) link
and the lunchtime $5 fajitas!!!
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:04 (four years ago) link
I had to leave town for a few days for a family thing and didn’t have the guts to ask my manager for time off so I just never showed up at Corky’s Barbecue again. Corky’s is pretty decent food though, get the pulled pork and save room for apple cobbler.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:17 (four years ago) link
you're probably still on the schedule
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:18 (four years ago) link
Texas Roadhouse was a couple of stops after Pappadeaux, they made me work on New Year's Eve even though I was violently ill from food poisoning. I get why they didn't believe me to start with but I think they might have sent me home when I was running from trashcan (to puke) to table to bathroom (to try to not shit myself).
I worked a couple more shifts then decided that was really fucked up and never went back.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:27 (four years ago) link
I even lasted at Chevy's through a rat infestation.
i'm talking mutant sized, Rat Fink rats, that kept coming down the pipes onto the soda fountain after hours.
well....and on one unfortunate occasion, during hours. and climbed up on the seat next to a customer.
she screamed "RAT! RAT!", and apparently a bunch of tables up and walked out (I wasn't there). the weirdest part of that story to me wasn't that part, but who in the fuck would STAY after that? apparently some people needed another margarita.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:32 (four years ago) link
(I am very squeamish w/rats also)
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:33 (four years ago) link
I definitely grew up looking down on Red Lobster but that was more because in New Orleans you can get much better seafood for much cheaper. Just seemed like a white middle-class suburban status thing. Can see why landlocked people might like it. Y'all are making me want to track one down for the biscuits, tho.
― Fetchboy, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:33 (four years ago) link
hell there are a ton of better seafood places in FL - I found a great peel shrimp place in Ocala, FL (the only nice thing I'll ever say about Ocala)
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:35 (four years ago) link
If you live next to seawater there are always a billion places better than the chains discussed in this thread.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:49 (four years ago) link
i eat my seafood straight out the ocean
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:54 (four years ago) link
I’m thinking way too hard about how I would deal with the rat situation described above. Yeah, walking right the fuck out is the correct move.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:54 (four years ago) link
This thread is actually making me miss restaurants even though it’s basically all stories about systemic labor issues, food poisoning, and rodentsThat’s how bad lockdown’s gotten for me I guess
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:57 (four years ago) link
cruising for new restaurants is one of the things I miss the most about dating.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 05:10 (four years ago) link
I like to pretend once this is all over that a bunch of new places are going to take over all the spots that have permanently closed since March, and I’ll get to try them out. Ha ha, ha, ha ha.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 05:20 (four years ago) link
Amazon Automats coast to coast
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 05:25 (four years ago) link
enjoy your "Amazon Ham 'n Cheese Classic" which will be thrown at Roger Clemens speed at your chest from the back of a truck
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 05:28 (four years ago) link
-Neanderthal's 1985
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 05:29 (four years ago) link
How have we gotten this far without
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVALgcE2JSI
― imago, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 06:00 (four years ago) link
Well! This thread blew up.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 09:51 (four years ago) link
Two of my great aunts ate at Red Lobster in suburban Chicago every Thursday for more than twenty years. When they died, their favorite waitress was mad that she didn't get anything in the will.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 10:18 (four years ago) link
I wouldn't eat a bug that crawled out from under my couch. I don't know why people eat the bugs that crawl around on the bottom of the ocean.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 12:15 (four years ago) link
I used to think that way, but then I remember that shrimp are delicious.
I also have eaten plenty of bugs.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 13:38 (four years ago) link
sea bugs are juicy (in an appetizing way)land bugs are crunchy (in a mostly not good way)
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 14:04 (four years ago) link
Texas Roadhouse locations are all actual portals to hell, icymi
― brimstead, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:04 (four years ago) link
crunchy land bugs are the good ones
I draw the line at gooey land bugs and critters - my friend lived with a woman from Zimbabwe for a while and she tried to introduce us to thesehttps://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/zimbabwe-favorite-snack-mopane-worms-article-1.1247669
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link
good crunch: https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/chapulines-grasshopper-tacos-oaxaca
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
i would eat that
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
although "salt and vinegar potato chips, but a bit wetter" gave me pause
Local interest but nationally relevant.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/torrance-red-lobster-restaurant-among-locations-shuttering-across-country/3411895/
Red Lobster has struggled with a significant debt load, unfavorable lease terms, executive turnover and ill-advised strategies including an all-you-can-eat-shrimp promotion last fall that resulted in a significant loss for the company.
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 00:29 (seven months ago) link
my friend used to go to the all you can eat shrimp promotion all the time and she'd order several plates worth and she'd save a few of each plate by putting them in a box, never had a problem with it. and then one day went to a different location and got told that she could only be given a box if she was done with her meal, not in advance to scoop some shrimp to save.
she said the waitress said they had an internal meeting about it and they all agreed this practice was an example of "shrimp hoarding". the friend ordered another plate of shrimp, and as she walked away, the waitress muttered "shrimp hoarder" under her breath.
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 00:38 (seven months ago) link
homer.jpg
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 01:05 (seven months ago) link
lol my thoughts too
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 01:06 (seven months ago) link
I've never eaten in one. I've been to other Darden properties like Seasons 52 though.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 01:17 (seven months ago) link
https://media.gq.com/photos/59f0c0b8f964810d9a9b8f2b/1:1/w_1333,h_1333,c_limit/2017_1025_GQ_GoodPlaceFood_tout.jpg
― jaymc, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 01:20 (seven months ago) link
We had four locations close in Maryland
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 01:50 (seven months ago) link
The Lobster was my dad's fancy birthday dinner meal of choice, I liked the tiny baked potatoes. Every other restaurant tries to fill you up with a 1 pound tater so they can save on the meat, not Red Lobster. You're getting a gallon of garlic butter delivered via frozen seafood alongside a 4 oz potato.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 03:39 (seven months ago) link
Making Cheddar Bay biscuits at home just isn't the same.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 03:40 (seven months ago) link
I agree, they only really taste right back home in Cheddar Bay
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 04:05 (seven months ago) link
Cheddarpeake Bay.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 09:30 (seven months ago) link
Makes me think of the Stewart O'Nan novel Last Night at the Lobster, about - you guessed it - the last night of a Red Lobster franchise. Wondering why it wasn't made into an indie flick years ago.
― henry s, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 15:33 (seven months ago) link
https://www.yahoo.com/news/red-lobster-dishwasher-rescues-one-170348341.html
touching story of survival (not pictured: the normie lobsters being boiled alive)
― omar little, Friday, 19 July 2024 19:49 (five months ago) link