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One time me and my friends went to I believe Applebee’s in order to take advantage of their infinite appetizers promotion and that’s when we discovered you really can’t eat that many plates of appetizers in one sitting because most of them are like just incredibly fried starchy plates designed to fill you up
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back when i routinely flew from Charlotte to Omaha i would often get blitzed at the airport Applebee's bar during my layover that's my Applebees story
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Mar 6, 2020 21:06
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Zippy the Bummer posted:back when i routinely flew from Charlotte to Omaha i would often get blitzed at the airport Applebee's bar during my layover 
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Mar 6, 2020 22:27
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Bust Rodd posted:One time me and my friends went to I believe Applebee’s in order to take advantage of their infinite appetizers promotion and that’s when we discovered you really can’t eat that many plates of appetizers in one sitting because most of them are like just incredibly fried starchy plates designed to fill you up Yeah that seems like how most of these types of restaurants do it. I hate to be the guy to poo poo on Applebee's et al but I can't stand those types of restaurants. They represent the absolute worst of generic suburban hellscapes to me. Just filling me with existential terror. I would rather go to Burger King or McDonald's, some place where at least They're honest about the lovely fast food they're offering
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Mar 8, 2020 05:29
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Every so often I go to Red Robin with a buddy of mine and it’s always disappointing in some way. If the food manages to be on point, the beer is flat. If the beer is decent the fries have been sandbagged since Tuesday. Most times the service is lousy. I haven’t been to Chili’s/Applebee’s in I don’t know how many years now. I’ll hit Denny’s when I’m on long road trips, though. Otherwise I’d rather just cook at home.
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Mar 8, 2020 05:57
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tgif is of the same quality as lower-medium tier microwave food
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Mar 8, 2020 12:52
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Chili's is maybe a 6 month go-to, partially because we have a four year old and partially because my wife loves to buy poor quality poo poo at the nearby Christmas Shop. About four years ago I mowed my neighbors lawn when they went on vacation for a couple of weeks. To show their appreciation, they gave me...an Olive Garden gift card. We have one in our area and short of getting there at 4pm, it's always busy with an hour+ wait. We've yet to spend a time on that $50 G/C. The last time I went there was about 5 years ago with my parents after my nephew's 8th grade graduation. Apparently on the basis of that, for Christmas this year, one of the gifts my mother gave our family was...another $50 Olive Garden G/C. 
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Mar 8, 2020 16:07
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BIG-DICK-BUTT-gently caress posted:Yeah that seems like how most of these types of restaurants do it. Millennials, as always, are being blamed for killing chain restaurants like Applebee's. It's almost like they don't want to eat frozen foods and would rather have decent quality stuff and support local businesses. Which they of course aren't being praised for. I went to Chilis once last year for maybe the second time ever. It was drat near impossible to find a decent meal (with a shared appetizer) under 2,000 calories. I went over the menu for about 15 minutes adding mains and sides up to create a combination of an actual meal that worked. Some of the salads were above 1,000. edit: 
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Mar 8, 2020 22:01
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Lol how is something called a "Quesadilla Explosion Salad" real
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Mar 8, 2020 23:55
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:Lol how is something called a "Quesadilla Explosion Salad" real 
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Mar 9, 2020 01:36
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My work sent me to a lovely town in New Mexico for a week and the best they had was an Applebee’s so I ate there every day in between drinking alone in my Super 8 motel room, trying and failing to stave off the incredible depression being there put me in Don’t recommend, but it did give me a load of empathy for the people who have to live in these places
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Mar 9, 2020 18:21
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Probably gonna go to Chili's again some time this week you guys and gals. I will keep you updated
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Mar 9, 2020 19:11
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I usually just get an appetizer platter for my entree at these sorts of places. It's the best way to avoid disappointment.
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Mar 9, 2020 22:08
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Cheesus posted:Chili's is maybe a 6 month go-to, partially because we have a four year old and partially because my wife loves to buy poor quality poo poo at the nearby Christmas Shop. I’ve been to Olive Garden precisely once in the last 15 years and it’s because my boss picked it as a place to have lunch and it was even blander and shittier than I remembered/imagined.
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Mar 9, 2020 23:08
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dads friend steve posted:My work sent me to a lovely town in New Mexico for a week and the best they had was an Applebee’s so I ate there every day in between drinking alone in my Super 8 motel room, trying and failing to stave off the incredible depression being there put me in I live in NM, so I'm trying to guess where you were for fun. Google Maps open with a search for Applebees... Was it Gallup? Feel like Roswell or Las Cruces would have earned a name drop, while Gallup is just a place I try to forget about.
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Mar 9, 2020 23:31
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Pham Nuwen posted:I live in NM, so I'm trying to guess where you were for fun. Google Maps open with a search for Applebees... Was it Gallup? Feel like Roswell or Las Cruces would have earned a name drop, while Gallup is just a place I try to forget about. I’m trying to not be a huge dick to NM because I actually did feel bad about how much I didn’t like it there E: but yeah it was Roswell. The people there were really nice fwiw dads friend steve fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Mar 9, 2020 |
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Mar 9, 2020 23:53
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dads friend steve posted:I’m trying to not be a huge dick to NM because I actually did feel bad about how much I didn’t like it there Roswell was my backup guess, seems like a place that might be ok to live but being a stranger there for work would suck because you don't know anybody and there's nothing to do for miles and miles, once you've exhausted all the UFO-related tourism poo poo. Albuquerque has loving good restaurants but places like Red Robin are always stupidly packed too. The only time I've waited an hour for a table in this town was at loving PF Chang's (friends picked the place).
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Mar 10, 2020 00:30
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Applebees appetizers are fine. Olive Garden Soup, Salad, and Breadsticks is also fine. Used strategically, they can feed two people for less than your average fast food order. Go in peace and wisdom thrifty lovers of mediocre food.
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Mar 10, 2020 00:36
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OG bread sticks are way too salty. I mean, I still jam a dozen down my fat fuckin craw and take just as many home to snack on, but they're still too salty.
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Mar 10, 2020 01:09
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no. if there's nothing better in your area that's better than tgif/chili's/applebee's then you're hosed. there's usually so many more interesting options at a similar price point that i just don't see the point where i live.
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Mar 10, 2020 04:18
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Pham Nuwen posted:Albuquerque has loving good restaurants but places like Red Robin are always stupidly packed too. The only time I've waited an hour for a table in this town was at loving PF Chang's (friends picked the place). I was in ABQ for like 3 months for work a couple years back, and my coworker and I ate at a different place every night pretty much and had only one bad meal (yo, gently caress Twisters, poo poo was bland as hell but still managed to give me the shits) the entire time. I have no idea how someone could go there and go to like TGI Fridays.
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Mar 10, 2020 05:20
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bird with big dick posted:I’ve been to Olive Garden precisely once in the last 15 years and it’s because my boss picked it as a place to have lunch and it was even blander and shittier than I remembered/imagined. I went to one for the first time in about 10 years sometime last year. Yup. Terrible. They had a never ending pasta thing and I got a plate of noodles with literally a few tablespoons or so of alfredo on the center of it. I looked at the dude like... come on man. But I knew his plight so I just ate part of it and that's that. Maybe I'll go there in 10 years and try it again if they haven't failed miserably. Mr. Prokosch posted:Olive Garden Soup, Salad, and Breadsticks is also fine. This was the only thing that was decent. Pennywise the Frown fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Mar 10, 2020 |
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Mar 10, 2020 05:59
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Dannywilson posted:I was in ABQ for like 3 months for work a couple years back, and my coworker and I ate at a different place every night pretty much and had only one bad meal (yo, gently caress Twisters, poo poo was bland as hell but still managed to give me the shits) the entire time. I have no idea how someone could go there and go to like TGI Fridays. Twisters is what I get when I'm hungover and want a breakfast burrito but don't want to go all the way to Golden Pride. I've only ever had the carne adovada breakfast burrito and it was good; I hear the burgers aren't great. If we could get a good barbecue place and an Ethiopian restaurant in town, I'd be pretty loving set. Pennywise the Frown posted:I went to one for the first time in about 10 years sometime last year. Yup. Terrible. They had a never ending pasta thing and I got a plate of noodles with literally a few tablespoons or so of alfredo on the center of it. I looked at the dude like... come on man. But I knew his plight so I just ate part of it and that's that. Maybe I'll go there in 10 years and try it again if they haven't failed miserably. I also went to an OG recently for the first time in years (man, my wife's friends are not to be trusted to pick restaurants) and IMO never ending pasta is a trap. Everyone else got that, I went with chicken marsala, and for the same price I think I got the better deal. Unless you add meats at additional cost, it's just loving noodles and boring sauce; how much of that do you really want to eat? Edit: the breadsticks are pretty acceptable as salty sauce-conveyances, though.
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Pham Nuwen posted:If we could get a good barbecue place and an Ethiopian restaurant in town, I'd be pretty loving set. I mean Rudy's isn't terrible, esp if you go on Sundays and get the prime rib special, but yeah they are chain.
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Mar 10, 2020 23:22
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Twisters gets such wildly different reviews.
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Mar 10, 2020 23:23
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When I was young I used to go to these all the time. I had friends. Now I am alone. There is no reason to eat great in the neighborhood, or be somewhere where I am like family with my fellow diners, and I've never had a baby, so no need to bring it back.
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Mar 10, 2020 23:33
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1982 Subaru Brat posted:Denny's is better than Applebee's. I will not be taking questions Whoa. Get a grip dude.
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Mar 11, 2020 04:12
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Denny's is great. When I was living in Seattle, a bunch of my friends were living away from their families, as I was, and we'd go there every Thanksgiving to have whatever the hell sort of turkey dinner slop they had. It was a tradition.
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Mar 11, 2020 04:51
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Ms derps flipped out once at a Chili's cause they didn't have Reubens so we ended up at Denny's.
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Mar 11, 2020 05:42
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It's insane the amount of salt these places put in their food. I'm not opposed to sodium or anything but like 4000 mg in a single plate seems excessive. Anyways no I don't go to any of these places op
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Mar 11, 2020 05:46
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Jenny Agutter posted:It's insane the amount of salt these places put in their food. I'm not opposed to sodium or anything but like 4000 mg in a single plate seems excessive. Anyways no I don't go to any of these places op 500-4000mg in a SALAD is what scares the gently caress outta me.
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Mar 11, 2020 07:02
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I've spent most of my life living somewhere that has local places that serve food that tastes a lot like Applebee's and its cousins, so I've never really been offended by the food. I just would rather not go to one of them.
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Mar 11, 2020 07:47
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Dannywilson posted:500-4000mg in a SALAD is what scares the gently caress outta me. Salad literally means salt 
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Mar 11, 2020 15:13
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Who What Now posted:OG bread sticks are way too salty. I mean, I still jam a dozen down my fat fuckin craw and take just as many home to snack on, but they're still too salty. If breadsticks are what you're there for just dehumanize yourself and face to Fazoli's assuming you have one nearby.
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Mar 19, 2020 18:01
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I don't eat at any of these regularly but I'll take Friday's over the other two, most times.
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Mar 20, 2020 03:56
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In my college town there was an applebees that had an afternoon happy hour, it was like 1-4 or something. And it was cheap, I think apps were half off, and pitchers of non terrible beer (they had pnw micros) for like 5 or 6 bucks. My friends and I liked to climb at a gym that was pretty close to that place, so we'd often go climb for an hour or two around noon, then hit up applebees and just get a shitload of salty fried poo poo and a couple pitchers. Came out to be like 10 bucks a head after tax and tip most nights which you can't really beat for food + beer. That was about a decade ago now though. I did eat an applebees once like 2 years ago, we got a coupon in the mail for like 5 bucks off their 2 for 20 deal and I was like "I had fond memories of this back when I was in college lets give it a shot" and it was uh, p mediocre. She got some sort of pan seared fish fillet thing that was edible but dry, I got a burger that was overcooked and way too sweet (had bbq sauce that was super sugary). The only good part was the app. ArbitraryC fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Mar 20, 2020 |
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Mar 20, 2020 18:46
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I do miss having a chain seafood restaurant like Red Lobster or Joe's Crab Shack nearby. Seafood restaurants here in Seattle are expensive as poo poo and paying like 50 bucks for a single lobster tail is robbery.
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Mar 21, 2020 09:12
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Enjoying the current Cheesecake Factory memes
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Mar 26, 2020 07:13
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Covid-19 is going to kill these chains. No one is going to get takeout from Applebee's lol.
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Mar 26, 2020 12:47
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Covid-19 is going to kill these chains. No one is going to get takeout from Applebee's lol. And here I was thinking that in the post COVID-19 hellscape, well capitalized corporate chains like TGI McChiliBees are the only ones that can withstand the storm and will be all that’s left to take over the vacant real estate from all the good restaurants that are about to die.
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