Anyone had a crappy meal at a cheap joint lately?

[Diomedes]

I went to dinner with my girlfriend and her parents over the weekend in Hiawatha, KS.....very small town about 2 hours north of KC.  I had never been there before but apparently there's only 1 resturant in this town so that's where we went for dinner.  We walk in the front door and it was just a tiny little bar full of farmers and thier child-brides.

your girlfriend?  ha.  pics please.

child-brides, funny, not least because it's true I'm sure

i have more than enough options in the northeast/middle atlantic where i dont have to go to god forsaken kansas or south carolina to eat

true.  not funny like Sassy, just a simple fact.

[Diomedes]

Another simple fact:  Chuckie's Chicken in Hollins Market Baltimore Maryland is farging great fried chicken.

Better than Mama's Food Shop or Sylvia's.

[Sgt PSN]

My g/f's parents and some friends of theirs made a trip down to our neck of the woods today so the plan was to meet up with them for lunch.  I never thought to ask before we left and so as we were heading out, I asked my g/f what resturant we were meeting them at.  She didn't answer she just gave me that "please don't be angry" look. 

Farging Crapplebee's.  I knew it before she said anything. 

It's not so much the food I hate as the entire concept or theme of the resturant.  The food is half way decent but I just hate everything else about that place.  Long story short, ate lunch and it wasn't bad.  When asked if we wanted desert, 3 of the elders ordered and I saw strawberry cheesecake on the menu so I ordered a slice.....or so I thought.

Deserts come out and one by one they are passed out to the geriatrics around me.  Then the waitress sticks a glass (basically the size of like 3 shot glasses) in front of me and half of it is full of whip cream and the rest is just a red and white swirl....like a partly used tampon. 

I looked at it and said "what the hell is that?" and the lady said it was a strawberry cheesecake "shooter".  So I asked what was in the cup and she said cheesecake and strawberries. 

Apparently, they take a slice of cheesecake and shove it in an over grown shot glass and cover it with whip cream.  But when I asked if I could just have a slice of cheesecake with some strawberries on top, she said no. 

Cheesecake in a farging cup.  WTF is that all about?  And why are they trying to charge me 3 farging bucks for it?  I sent it back and told the waitress the next time she brings a shot glass to my table there better be some farging bourbon in it.

Farging Applebee's.  Bunch of icehole clowns. 

[Sgt PSN]

I'm not done ranting.  Thought I was, but I'm not. 

What is the farging point of stuffing cheesecake in a cup?  Seriously?  What does that accomplish?  This is why I hate Applebee's and other resturants of their ilk.  They take normal food and do something completely stupid to it like shoving it inside a god damned shot glass and pass it off like it's some sort of brilliant, new, revolutionary idea.  And what's worse is that people just lap the shtein up like it's some sort of brilliant, new, revolutionary idea. 

I can't wait until they start serving margaritas on a farging plate or something stupid like that.  I can just see a table full of idiots at Applebee's sucking their drinks off a plate through a straw.  Maybe Starbucks can start serving coffee in a farging bowl and you eat it with a spoon like it's soup or something.  Ohh, maybe I can go into Dunkin Donuts and get an "Extreme Boston Creme" donut.  It's just like a regular Boston Creme donut except it's square and costs $12. 

FARG!  I farging hate Crapplebees!  Die you farging pinko commie farging bastiches and quit ruining my farging food!

[ice grillin you]

i hate applebees as much as you sarge but i think its all because of the food...the "concept" as you say is no different than any other chain but somehow applebees makes fridays or bennigans food seem like a real restaurant...to me its the worst chain in the world exactly because the food is atrocious...i must say tho that i havent been there in close to ten years so maybe its changed

on semi related note i ate at hooters tonight and i feel dirty for it...what a farging ship wreck that place is...on a positive note tho they now have liquor there

[PhillyPhreak54]

I like Applebees nacho plate. That's it.

Of all the chain's, I really only go to Chili's.

[Geowhizzer]

Went to Outbacks last night with the wife.  May not be "cheap" in price, but it's not great fare, either.

I had a steak (Outback special or something like that) - just sirloin, and it wasn't too bad.

My wife had the baby back ribs, and they were the fattiest, most grisley ribs I've ever seen.  My wife's a pretty small eater, anyways, but she barely got through half of the ribs and asked me if I wanted to try.  I got through one and that was enough to me.

The heart-clogging Aussie cheese fried were pretty good.  The side salad sucked.

Fortunately we had been given a gift card for the meal, so we got out without paying a cent of our own.

[ice grillin you]

I like Applebees nacho plate. That's it.

Of all the chain's, I really only go to Chili's.

chilis is definitely the best chain out there

el nino FTW

[Sgt PSN]

on semi related note i ate at hooters tonight and i feel dirty for it...what a farging ship wreck that place is...on a positive note tho they now have liquor there

Hooters gets a pass because they've got scantily clad women prancing around the place.  The food sucks something awful but they don't even try and hide it or dance around it, so I appreciate that.  It's a sports bar with slutty looking waitresses.  Nothing wrong with that.  And the fact that they sell liquor now makes it even better.  For me, Hooters is like a touristy thing to do.  If I'm in a town/city I've never been to, I check out a local Hooters.  So far, Pensacola is by far the best one I've been to. 

[ice grillin you]

hooters in miami or new orleans might be good but go to hooters in rockville or laurel md and youll wish they werent scantily clad...in fact youll wish you had a dood for a waitress

[Sgt PSN]

Went to Outbacks last night with the wife.  May not be "cheap" in price, but it's not great fare, either.

Outback is ok.  The only thing I've ever ordered there (been there maybe 10 times in my life) is the Alice Springs Chicken.  Chicken with bacon and melted cheese on top of it can't bad no matter who makes it.  

I like Applebees nacho plate. That's it.

Of all the chain's, I really only go to Chili's.

chilis is definitely the best chain out there

el nino FTW

Chilis is decent too but imo has gone downhill over the years.  They were a little more "unique" back in the day but now they're almost like a mexican verion of Applebee's.  

[SunMo]

hooters in miami or new orleans might be good but go to hooters in rockville or laurel md and youll wish they werent scantily clad...in fact youll wish you had a dood for a waitress

or frederick virginia at midnight

[Geowhizzer]

hooters in miami or new orleans might be good but go to hooters in rockville or laurel md and youll wish they werent scantily clad...in fact youll wish you had a dood for a waitress

or frederick virginia at midnight

Went to the one in Ft. Myers a few weeks ago.  Mehs all around.

[Rome]

hooters in miami or new orleans might be good but go to hooters in rockville or laurel md and youll wish they werent scantily clad...in fact youll wish you had a dood for a waitress

The original Hooters in Clearwater has some of the hottest looking broads I've ever seen.    But you're right about certain areas having better looking women.  The ones in Atlantic City were ghastly looking.

[Sgt PSN]

hooters in miami or new orleans might be good but go to hooters in rockville or laurel md and youll wish they werent scantily clad...in fact youll wish you had a dood for a waitress

Hmm, Miami or New Orleans vs Rockville or Laurel.  You definitely gotta use some common sense when deciding whether or not you should go to Hooters.  Take Sauderton for example.  If they had a Hooters, I wouldn't go there.