Red, you such a whining vag. You get the iggy button, super douche, you've earned it.

Longhorn does everything really well. Most places have a few things they are good at but Longhorn aces everything. Ribs, ribeye, hamburger, chicken sandwich, chicken tenders (best you will ever have), seafood, bread, etc. It's all delicious and reasonably priced. If you don't want a big tab at most sit down places, just get water. Saves stomach space as well as money.

I'm so glad that you changed your name from Sfeihcs to Sfeihc.

Be fair, though, JA's is way better than Texas Roadhouse.

J. Gilbert's is a better version of JA's though (and owned by the same people, I think).

Never been to any of them.

The best salmon I have ever had was at JA's BTW. 100% better than Bristol's and McCormick and Schmick's.

I don't know why ppl dog on Outback. I think their steaks are delicious even compared to many 25 dollar+ places. Many people refuse to acknowledge that many chain restaurants indeed have good food.

I think that keeping the quality high at a given location of a restaurant must be one of the most difficult tasks in business. When a new place opens, everyone is trying to do their best at a new job and everyone wants to make a good first impression. But when you are working your 500th shift after a couple of years doing the same routine tasks, the work has to lose its shine a bit.

As a manager, can you keep the dishwasher on his toes month after month? Cause if the dishes aren't clean, the whole place can go down hill. There are 10 million things that can go wrong in a restaurant and you have to really work at it to keep just a few of them from ruining your business.

I've been to Texas roadhouse twice in my life. The first time I asked for the baby-backs with the sauce on the side and two sides. I received boiled ribs that were not smoked and tasted like an old shoe, microwaved rice and instant mashed potatoes.
The second time I ordered a prime cut of steak, (either ribeye or kc strip can't remember). I ordered it rare with a baked potato. What was placed on my table was likely a two-dollar arm steak from Aldi's that was pre-cooked and smothered with old bay or some shit.
At least the potato was ok.

Anyone that loves Texas Roadhouse has a generic palate and enjoys the whole 'line dance' bullshit and throwing peanuts on the floor. **** Texas roadhouse.
"OH WOWS! TEXAS ROADHOUSE IS SO GUD!!! CAN I GOEZ TO FAMUS DAVEZ NEXT FOR REAL KC BARBEECUEZ? THEY HAZ RIBZ!"

Elmers used to be my hangover stop on Saturday mornings. I don't remember if the food was great, but biscuits and gravy with strawberry pancakes made me feel better.

I didn't mind the Black Angus back in the day, but now that I have a little better taste in food, my opinion may have changed.

I've yet to get a meal at Longhorn that is edible.

What, no Chili's?

That is odd. The one here in Omaha is about the best thing I have ever eaten. it blows all of the local steak joints with the exception of the Drover, out of the water. They are consistently great in my opinion.

That's Kelso's. They've been in the Northland for a long time. Pretty good pizza.

I just spent ten days in France and Spain and the amount of obese people (like, Walmart fat) I saw in that time? THREE. Out of tens of thousands of people.
We eat too much in this country. And walk too little. It was a big eye-opener.

Yes, couple that with what im sure is a ridiculously high worker turnover and i imagine its very hard to run a successful resterarunt chain.

Your Roadhouse muyst really suck. Here they do not dance. The potatoes are real (complete with lumps), and the food is above average.

It's hard to believe they don't dance since that's a big part of their schtick. They even have a national line dancing competition. Maybe you just haven't been there at the right time or something. :shrug:

A national chain that I think is very good is Carrabba's Italian Grill. Far superior to Macaroni Grill AFAIC.

I do like Bob Evans. The Chicken Fried Chicken or Chicken Fried Steak is a heart attack, but a good one. J. Alexanders is so damn expensive for what you get. Never heard of the others. One bad one I found out about is Longhorn Steakhouse. Nowhere near Texas Roadhouse.

Is that the same Black Angus that is in KC? I have only heard of it and Bob Evans.

Not really a restaraunt, but last week we had a chance to eat at a Jason's Deli. Wow, I agree with all the good things that have been posted about them.

Awesome.

I agree, Cheddars is awesome.

The Gumbo at Jasons Deli is outstanding. Very tasty.

This. I was surprised with the quality of their food after being to other italian chains like Macaroni Grill.

And I'm not sure if its a chain or not, but Cascone's (near 95th & Metcalf in OP) is vastly overrated.

Same here in Illinois. Have never seen any dancing.....lol.

I take my father in law to Bob Evans once in a while. He's almost 90 and has to watch his sodium pretty close. The food there is geared towards old folks. Bland as shit. I never add salt at the table, but have to when I'm there or something as simple as chicken pot pie is completely tasteless.

Yeah, can't wait to go back.

I will try that next time. I had the New Yorker (3/4 pound of corned beef and pastrami on Rye with a bowl of Brocolli Cheese soup. )Wow, too much food, but I managed. :D

Everyone stop what you are doing and figure out where the nearest First Watch is.

Drive there right now and order the Bubba's Benny.

You're welcome.

It looks like about three hundred miles, are they really that good? :D

No. save a few hundred miles and about $5. Go to Waffle House. Order a double hashbrownv all the way with two eggs on top.
thats hashbrowns topped with sauteed onions, jalpenos, mushrooms, cheese, and chili.

I admit that I'm a fan of Waffle House. We almost always eat there when we're traveling and driving through the night. The kids like it; we like it.

Fayetteville is even classy and has a Waffle House downtown in our entertainment district:
http://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/201...ickson-street/

The hilarity of the above is that the space is the bottom floor of a multimillion dollar highrise condominium complex that's one of the most expensive places on Dickson Street. The space should probably house a super high end restaurant or boutique. But it has a Waffle House, which is both hilarious and awesome.

The Texas Roadhouse here is a good place to see extremely disgusting, obese people crowd in to booths and be obnoxiously loud.

I think the food is ok though.

I like Old Chicago.

I don't eat there that often though, mainly drink.

Here's the entire list broken down by restaurant type:

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That sounds really good. I love Wafflehouse, and don't care for waffles.

I must be living under a rock because I haven't heard of any of them either. Must be a coastal bias thing.