Olive Garden

I have hope for you yet.

If the staff isn't all Mexican, its not good Mexican food.

Oh, yeah. That reminds me. My wife and I went to an "On The Border" at one point when we were out of town, and decided that we would never go to "On The Border" again. It wasn't like we had a terrible experience, but we both suspected that we had a representative experience. Bland, cheap food prepared without heart.

Yes, that is worst than the aforementioned midwestern tex-mex places.

Heh, if you walk in and yell, INS! and some people don't start running out the back door, leave. :)

Montana Mike's

I know a lot of people who love Applebees, and I don't get it.

I used to think Chili's was pretty disgusting, but they redid their menu and I think it's now decent for that kind of restaurant.

I like Buffalo Wild Wings... not the best wings ever, but it's just chicken. The sauces are good (better than Hooters, IMO), their fried pickles are much better than the thin slices elsewhere, and they carry the Boulevard seasonal on tap. But, I've been saving money lately by just walking in and buying a couple of bottles of Wild and Blazzin. :)

Yeah, I don't see how the food they serve could ever live up to the hype... I can't imagine the best fried chicken ever being considerably better than decent fried chicken.

Yes, sir.

I don't mind the wings at BWW - just don't care for the NASCAR/UFC/KU basketball crowd there.

I've only eaten at 3 maybe 4 different ones but I assume that's enough. The one we have here in town in bloody awful. My daughter likes boneless wings and BWW can't even figure out how to coat the whole wing in sauce. Truly staggering to me. Not to mention that they're often on the hard side and have very little meat in them.

We have a couple of all day wingfest contests here each winter... one is made up of home recipes and the other is restaurants and BWW hasn't even placed in the top 5 (top 5 get prizes) in the 4 years we've had the event. You'd think maybe a place named for their wings would have a half a clue how to make a non-shitty product. I swear Wendys is better than them.

Kind of surprised by some responses. Alot of these places are what they are. Like...I don't know how Olive Garden can be overrated.

It is what we thought it was.

I thought all women liked Olive Garden.

Zio's is much better at that price point for "Italian" food. Their Tomato Florentine soup is excellent, and their lasagna is pretty good.

Chick-fil-a owns

Try to go to an Olive Garden on a Friday night. The place is packed. The fact that there is a wait to dine there means its overrated.