Current Events > Millennials are killing chains like Buffalo Wild Wings and Applebee's

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eating bww if there's a pluckers around then you're fucking up
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Does Applebees still offer half price appetizers after 10 pm? I remember years ago me and my friends would go see a movie, smoke and then hit up Applebees afterwards and pig out for like 15 bucks a guy...alcoholic drinks included. And the restaurant was packed with a young crowd.

TGI Fridays is garbage. And so is Olive Garden. My girlfriend used to waitress at a Friday's and let me in on all their dirty little secrets. In short, never order the Jack Daniel's sauce. I've never eaten there since.

BWW I'm surprised to hear about because the one by me is packed every Saturday night.

I actually find myself eating out more and more due to time constraints and rising cost of groceries.
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Fridays is the worst restaurant I've ever been to in my entire life. Never again. Olive Garden is also crap - I mean, it's not like anything is 'bad' but nothing is special there.

Fridays was one of only TWO TIMES I ever not tipped due to how OVERWHELMINGLY bad the service was - from...EVERYONE involved. - And the place wasn't even busy. Usually if a place is busy, I understand commotion or long wait times, and am ok with it.

I really don't let anything effect the tip unless I get yelled at by the waiter or they COMPLETELY ignore my demands the entire time.

I had asked my Fridays waiter for something...(forget what) but after like 10 minutes of him disappearing I finally spot him dancing with another worker. I was like "fuckin really?"
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The worst restaurant I've ever been to is Longhorn Steakhouse
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- Chilli's is underrated ITT. It's not great by any stretch, but it's the best of the chains mentioned ITT. Still the food is very average and you're better off eating at a nice local place.

- BWW was a good place to hang out for sports a few years ago with cheap beer and wings. As others have touched on their prices are just too high now for the quality of food.

- Applebees and Olive Garden are shit. No one will miss them when they're gone.
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Millennials can cook?!
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YookaLaylee posted...

The worst restaurant I've ever been to is Longhorn Steakhouse

Can confirm, they somehow manage to fuck up ribeye which I didn't think was possible.
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I always felt like Olove Garden got a bad rap. It's not the best of the best but there are legit things on the menu. Braised Beef and Tortellini is great, risotto balls also great, and I had this one sausage dish once that I was impressed with but I think it was a limited-time thing.

You can do better, sure, but it's not like I'd keep driving if it was the only restsurant t this exit and I was in the panhandle of Florida with stomach rumbling and who knows how many miles to the next exit.
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the only place in the article that's acceptable to eat at is outback
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NFL Red Zone is killing Buffalo Wild Wings. Their whole thing is you can watch multiple games at once, but now you can do it at home.
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LightHawKnight posted...

Millennials can cook?!

Likely they can being able to cook is a hipster thing these days.
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ReignFury posted...

Those milennial bastards also killed Blockbuster by not indulging in their super hip and relevant business model

You mean DVDs dying Red Box and NetFlix being far more convienent? How dare they.

Though in an ironic twist of fate smaller video stores seem to have made a come back.
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BilalPowell posted...

NFL Red Zone is killing Buffalo Wild Wings. Their whole thing is you can watch multiple games at once, but now you can do it at home.

The Redzone is awesome even if you have NFL Ticket. If I'm not watching the Raiders I'm watching Redzone.
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*shakes fist* millenials!!!
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How is wanting to be more responsible by saving money and eating food you make yourself a bad thing? While I wouldn't wish for the servers at those restaurants to lose their livelyhoods, of course, it's ridiculous to get mad at millennials for it.

It's like blaming millennials for preferring to use Netflix or other streaming services for Blockbuster going out of business, which I'm sure SOMEBODY tried to pin on young people. But that's the thing. Everybody hates on young people for being different but that's how societal norms changed. It's that simple, but people tend to forget they weren't carbon copies of their parents. Millennials are growing up with new and different services, products, cultures and circumstances.

They're geared towards technology and whatever else is breaking ground. Casual dining restaurants aren't a good alternative to cooking at home or, when in a pinch, eating fast food. Services like Blue Apron, that ship out all the ingredients necessary for a meal for you to cook yourself, have the right idea.

Hopefully this makes them go delivery. BWW and Applebees are among my favorite restaurants.
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NinjaBreakfast posted...

*shakes fist* millenials!!!

You millenials! You blew it up! Damn you! Damn you all to heeeeeelllllllll

EichiroNobunaga posted...

It's like blaming millennials for preferring to use Netflix or other streaming services for Blockbuster going out of business, which I'm sure SOMEBODY tried to pin on young people. But that's the thing. Everybody hates on young people for being different but that's how societal norms changed. It's that simple, but people tend to forget they weren't carbon copies of their parents. Millennials are growing up with new and different services, products, cultures and circumstances.They're geared towards technology and whatever else is breaking ground. Casual dining restaurants aren't a good alternative to cooking at home or, when in a pinch, eating fast food. Services like Blue Apron, that ship out all the ingredients necessary for a meal for you to cook yourself, have the right idea.

Yep. And conversely, I get to deal with computer illiterate baby boomers at my work. Hiring a computer illiterate for a desk job is like hiring a truck driver who refuses to learn what all those doohickeys mean on the dashboard.

TheVipaGTS posted...

Bleuets posted...

I Like Toast posted...

Don't charge more than local places for lower quality. And stop calling "boneless" wings, wings. They're oversized chicken nuggets

No, no they are not. Completely different.

they're basically a chicken tender in bite size pieces...that isn't a wing...wing meat has a different flavor.

Still delicious though
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Kanaya413 posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

Bleuets posted...

I Like Toast posted...

Don't charge more than local places for lower quality. And stop calling "boneless" wings, wings. They're oversized chicken nuggets

No, no they are not. Completely different.

they're basically a chicken tender in bite size pieces...that isn't a wing...wing meat has a different flavor.

Still delicious though

Wings are just a vector for delivering hot sauce anyway.
If McDonalds had a "hellfire and agony" sauce, I'd get McNuggets far more often.

The B-Dubs around me always seem to be busy, but can't say the same for all the other casual dining chains.
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YookaLaylee posted...

DoctorVader posted...

Damn, some of you are so cringy with your hate of these places. Same with when it comes to fast food like McDonalds. Like, we get it, you don't like it lol. But some do because it's not that serious.

Regardless, I posted this in the last topic. This isn't necessarily about income.

DoctorVader posted...

This is not an income issue. Shit like Chipotle, Burger joints and whatnot are not significantly cheaper than these casual restaurants. Even with cooking at home. Organic stuff is what's gaining the most traction, which is usually more expensive. And stuff like delivery fees and still having to tip puts the cost pretty near it, if not higher sometimes.

It's more about speed, convenience and trends. If income was a larger factor, McDonalds, Burger King, Wendys, and Taco Bell wouldn't be facing the same declines.

I heard that Burger King and Taco Bell have actually seen increasing sales in recent years

Thank God I love taco bell
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they are semi expensive, require tips, and the food ain't much better than semi decent fast food
but millennials doe
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Boneless wings are for cultured people who don't like chewing on bones for scraps of meat.
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creativerealms posted...

LightHawKnight posted...

Millennials can cook?!

Likely they can being able to cook is a hipster thing these days.

I don't get it. Just go on r/GifRecipes and follow the instructions. I made those mozerella stuffed meatballs for a party and everyone thought I was Gordon fucking Ramsey. I literally used storebrand sauce.

TheVipaGTS posted...

Zero_Destroyer posted...

sktgamer_13dude posted...

Also lol at all the edgelords itt. "Olive Garden isn't real food."

lol stay angry

i was raised on good italian food so I feel qualified in saying Olive Garden is bland garbage

i don't understand the point in saying that though. Of course it isn't authentic top of the line Italian Food. But some people like the taste. it doesn't mean they won't like your homecooked food better....Its like I can go make a great chicken sandwich from scratch. hand breaded, fried, assembled.....Much better than McDonalds...it doesn't mean there isn't a spot for a nice McChicken every now and then.

But it doesn't cost you $15 to buy a McChicken that you can make better for less.
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AugustAdoulin posted...

Boneless wings are for cultured people who don't like chewing on bones for scraps of meat.

More meat but less flavor. My guess is bone-in tastes better because of something pertaining to marrow.

B-dubs used to be good when it was smaller 10 years ago.

But now, since it got big and chainey, their food sucks and is overpriced.

They just got too big without trying to improve their food.

And yuck, Applebees? You mean, meals that have already been cooked that are just heated up and served to you like hospital food? no thanks.

Leanaunfurled posted...

I don't care too much about large, plastic chains, to be honest. More interested in local places and food trucks/stands.

I love food trucks/stands
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Guilty, I suppose. BWW is way overpriced. Cost me 50 bucks for 2 beers, a burger and a small sample platter. All of it was bland except the wings. Applebee's isn't that good either. From the things I've tried both places, aside BWW's wings, I can make it better myself - and only because I've never tried making wings cuz I'm not a wings guy.

There's just no reason to go there when I can make it better myself, or get it elsewhere for the same price or cheaper and better.

Step it up.
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DragonMaster525 posted...

But it doesn't cost you $15 to buy a McChicken that you can make better for less.

$15 for a McChicken?
Where the hell is that, Australia?

pauIie posted...

Guilty, I suppose. BWW is way overpriced. Cost me 50 bucks for 2 beers, a burger and a small sample platter. All of it was bland except the wings. Applebee's isn't that good either. From the things I've tried both places, aside BWW's wings, I can make it better myself - and only because I've never tried making wings cuz I'm not a wings guy.

There's just no reason to go there when I can make it better myself, or get it elsewhere for the same price or cheaper and better.

Step it up.

Yeah I went there for a Redskins/Cowboys game this past fall and the BBQ wings were just covered in sauce, and just the fried bread/skin with little chicken meat on the actual wings. Fries were soggy. The mixed drinks we got were 80% mixer/20% booze.

And it was around $45 bucks for that crap.

But back in 2010-ish, BWW used to be very good. Quality wings, food, etc.

Millennials caused the Black Plague
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I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country, but in Seattle everyone is expected to have a 1-2 dozen non-chain restaurants for every occasion. If you ever suggested going to applebees you would be laughed by all the yuppies.

Whereas my parents living in a rural area, basically every non-chain restaurant they go to is because I introduced them to it.
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Cooking at home is fun, especially with how easy it is to learn new recipes via the internet. I very rarely have the desire to go out to restaurants.
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Lots of shade thrown at Olive Garden ITT. I agree that it's really bland food. We used to have a Johnny Carino's here but it shut down over a year ago and I hear they're closing all over the place. That was a MUCH better Italian joint. Their food was excellent
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If you live in an urban area, chances are that you can get local joints which serve better food at same or lower prices than the chains. There's no appeal to Friday's or Applebees or BWW. They have no character. It's just a mass-marketed, bland, manufactured experience.
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KILBOTz posted...

I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country, but in Seattle everyone is expected to have a 1-2 dozen non-chain restaurants for every occasion. If you ever suggested going to applebees you would be laughed by all the yuppies.

Whereas my parents living in a rural area, basically every non-chain restaurant they go to is because I introduced them to it.

Sometimes I don't trust local restaurants though. I always get the feeling they're low budget and dirty. :/ Maybe that is just around Ohio though.
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AugustAdoulin posted...

KILBOTz posted...

I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country, but in Seattle everyone is expected to have a 1-2 dozen non-chain restaurants for every occasion. If you ever suggested going to applebees you would be laughed by all the yuppies.

Whereas my parents living in a rural area, basically every non-chain restaurant they go to is because I introduced them to it.

Sometimes I don't trust local restaurants though. I always get the feeling they're low budget and dirty. :/ Maybe that is just around Ohio though.

Well you like boneless wings, so your tastes are questionable to begin with
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GOOMFalse posted...

AugustAdoulin posted...

KILBOTz posted...

I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country, but in Seattle everyone is expected to have a 1-2 dozen non-chain restaurants for every occasion. If you ever suggested going to applebees you would be laughed by all the yuppies.

Whereas my parents living in a rural area, basically every non-chain restaurant they go to is because I introduced them to it.

Sometimes I don't trust local restaurants though. I always get the feeling they're low budget and dirty. :/ Maybe that is just around Ohio though.

Well you like boneless wings, so your tastes are questionable to begin with

I don't like chewing on bones! You might but I don't! I like that pure white meat chicken. >:U
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AugustAdoulin posted...

KILBOTz posted...

I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country, but in Seattle everyone is expected to have a 1-2 dozen non-chain restaurants for every occasion. If you ever suggested going to applebees you would be laughed by all the yuppies.

Whereas my parents living in a rural area, basically every non-chain restaurant they go to is because I introduced them to it.

Sometimes I don't trust local restaurants though. I always get the feeling they're low budget and dirty. :/ Maybe that is just around Ohio though.

That happens everywhere. you always have an expeditionary force first before you take a date there in case it is gross.

also white women LOVE food trucks in seattle.
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Millennial a really do have thin skin.

There are a ton of comments so far whining about "what's wrong with wanting to eat healthier and cheaper" or "why do they blame millenials for everything".

The article doesn't say anything bad about millenials nor is it at all meant to be negative. Businesses have always kept an eye on trends and tried to adjust and adapt. There's nothing wrong with saying X age group doesn't like service A, instead they prefer service B.