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Cotton_Eye_Joe
10/01/23 7:20:37 PM
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They are all pretty bad

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lilORANG
10/01/23 7:21:32 PM
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Chili's comes to mind.


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Cotton_Eye_Joe
10/01/23 7:23:00 PM
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lilORANG posted...
Chili's comes to mind.
I didn't think they were still around.

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hexa
10/01/23 7:23:22 PM
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lilORANG posted...
Chili's comes to mind.

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UnsteadyOwl
10/01/23 7:25:50 PM
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Chili's was my first thought when I read the topic title.

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The_Popo
10/01/23 7:26:05 PM
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lilORANG posted...
Chili's comes to mind.


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archizzy
10/01/23 7:31:07 PM
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I gave up eating out in 2017 and even when I did still eat out I hadn't been to an Applebee's since the early 90's in high school and that has to be the worst.

I thought stuff like Texas Roadhouse was decently edible in my area and 20+ years ago I was in a TGI Friday's and it was passable but Applebee's is downright garbage.

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ForsakenHermit
10/01/23 7:33:06 PM
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Olive Garden

The breadsticks are really good. The rest of the menu is dog food tier.

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LeoRavus
10/01/23 7:34:47 PM
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A tie between Applebee's and Red Lobster.

It's sad when a seafood restaurant is only praised for its biscuits because the seafood sucks.

"My meal was $35. Man those were some good biscuits!"

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ForsakenHermit
10/01/23 7:36:10 PM
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LeoRavus posted...
A tie between Applebee's and Red Lobster.

It's sad when a seafood restaurant is only praised for its biscuits because the seafood sucks.
They have good shrimp dishes at Red Lobster. I'm not into most lobster dishes so can't comment there.

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B18Champ
10/01/23 7:38:19 PM
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Olive Garden. Pasta never tastes good at restaurants and I don't want to spend $50 for noodles with ketchup

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tankboy
10/01/23 7:40:57 PM
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I loved Ruby Tuesday in the 2000s, but now I've never seen one that's not so sad I feel bad for the employees.
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TheHoldSteady
10/01/23 7:41:25 PM
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Applebee's has a giant ass menu which is by itself a red flag for restaurants, but all their food is also flavorless and microwaved

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invertedlegdrop
10/01/23 7:47:02 PM
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Applebees is the only on that list that i felt disgusted after I ate there...

Chilis and TGIF Fridays suck too...

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NoxObscuras
10/01/23 7:48:26 PM
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Cotton_Eye_Joe posted...
They are all pretty bad
Disagree. Red Robin, BJ's, TGI Friday's and Cheesecake Factory all have tasty food.

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Paragon21XX
10/01/23 7:50:22 PM
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NoxObscuras posted...
Disagree. Red Robin [...] have tasty food.
As tasteless as Subway as far as I'm concerned.

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Giacomo_Hawkins
10/01/23 7:56:58 PM
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I've eaten at all of those except BJ's. Is it national?

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radical_rhino
10/01/23 7:58:45 PM
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Chilis

And Cheesecake Factory isnt casual.

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Bass
10/01/23 7:59:30 PM
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Giacomo_Hawkins posted...
I've eaten at all of those except BJ's. Is it national?
Never heard of it. It's not in my area I don't think.

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Cephalopods
10/01/23 8:04:27 PM
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I came in to vote for Friendly's but it's not on there
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MorbidEngel
10/01/23 8:05:50 PM
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Does Friendly's still exist? I've not seen a single one here in NJ in years. EDIT: Wow, there's 7 in north NJ but they're very spread out; closest one is 10 minutes away but the rest are all 35 minutes or more away. Somehow there's more of them than Arby's, which there's two and the closest is an hour away)

Also I've never had a bad time with Chili's? Last time I had them was back in May when my brother, I and a friend or ours ate at one at a mall before seeing the Mario Bros. movie. I forget what I got but I remember it being good.

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masticatingman
10/01/23 8:09:27 PM
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Lmao at even putting Texas Roadhouse on here.

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TheHoldSteady
10/01/23 8:13:52 PM
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MorbidEngel posted...
Does Friendly's still exist? I've not seen a single one here in NJ in years. EDIT: Wow, there's 7 in north NJ but they're very spread out; closest one is 10 minutes away but the rest are all 35 minutes or more away. Somehow there's more of them than Arby's, which there's two and the closest is an hour away)

Friendly's is still around, but a lot more thinly spread than their heyday. I still see them scattered around whenever I travel to Maryland

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ForsakenHermit
10/01/23 8:14:08 PM
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MorbidEngel posted...
Does Friendly's still exist? I've not seen a single one here in NJ in years. EDIT: Wow, there's 7 in north NJ but they're very spread out; closest one is 10 minutes away but the rest are all 35 minutes or more away. Somehow there's more of them than Arby's, which there's two and the closest is an hour away)

Also I've never had a bad time with Chili's? Last time I had them was back in May when my brother, I and a friend or ours ate at one at a mall before seeing the Mario Bros. movie. I forget what I got but I remember it being good.
Friendly's closed many locations in the northeast a few years ago. The one near me became a Tully's Tenders.

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Joelypoely
10/01/23 8:15:48 PM
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Of those I've only ever been to TGI Friday's (one in England).

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lilORANG
10/01/23 8:16:08 PM
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I've only ever heard of Friendly's bc my wife tried to buy a Freddy's gift card online and apparently didn't read very closely >_>

They do use the same font and color scheme in her defense.

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foreverzero212
10/01/23 8:16:36 PM
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Applebees embraces that they're trash and makes it part of the gimmick.

Ruby Tuesday is like an Applebees that takes themselves serious and sadly doesn't know that they're trash.

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Silver_Patron
10/01/23 8:17:01 PM
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Applebees

I have no idea how theyre so popular. Their food is awful.

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LeoRavus
10/01/23 8:17:17 PM
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My local Friendly's closed probably 20 years ago. It was always packed so not sure what's up with that.

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NoxObscuras
10/01/23 8:18:08 PM
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Paragon21XX posted...
As tasteless as Subway as far as I'm concerned.
That's not been my experience with them. Their burgers and chicken are decent and their steak fries are damn good. But to each their own

Giacomo_Hawkins posted...
I've eaten at all of those except BJ's. Is it national?

Bass posted...
Never heard of it. It's not in my area I don't think.
BJ's has locations in only 30 states, so it makes sense some people haven't heard of it. Here's a map that roughly shows their locations

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/7/1/AAQgjdAAE4-z.jpg

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hyperpowder
10/01/23 8:19:14 PM
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Its TGI FridayS

Might be the blandest food known to man. At least Chilis has somewhat decent menu items like its chicken and Salsa

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Reimu
10/01/23 8:19:27 PM
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Applebees is the worst.

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Giacomo_Hawkins
10/01/23 8:23:39 PM
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NoxObscuras posted...
BJ's has locations in only 30 states, so it makes sense some people haven't heard of it. Here's a map that roughly shows their locations

Neat map, thank you for finding it. So they are around, just not in my hometown and now that I'm in DC I'm spoiled for choice and haven't been to any of the restaurants in the poll for over a decade.

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GTA1984
10/01/23 8:28:17 PM
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I have never heard of BJ's and we don't have Ruby Tuesday around here anymore but I never ate at any of them. I know there was a Ruby Tuesday around here that was pretty popular because it was haunted.

The only ones I have ever ate at were Texas Roadhouse, Olive Garden, and Applebees. Of those three I am going to say Texas Roadhouse. I have only eaten there once but honestly I wasn't that impressed. First of all it is pretty much all booths which I hate. I personally always like to get a table as I like to sit in a position where I am most comfortable and a booth usually doesn't provide that. Second the steak I ate was okay but nothing special. They are supposed to be opening a bigger one in town so I may give it another shot, I just hope they have tables as an option.

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MistyKnight
10/01/23 8:29:30 PM
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Fuck all yall

Applebee's is awesome for the maple butter blondie alone

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Jiek_Fafn
10/01/23 8:58:24 PM
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Most of those places are at worst okayish or overpriced for what it is. Applebee's is the one exception that's outright bad. Like the quality is often worse than fast food.

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Cotton_Eye_Joe
10/01/23 9:56:48 PM
#38:


Silver_Patron posted...
Applebees

I have no idea how theyre so popular. Their food is awful.
Because they were decent 20 years ago.

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MrToothHasYou
10/01/23 10:36:31 PM
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Applebees is pretty bad, but of the ones listed the worst experience Ive had was at a Ruby Tuesdays. It was my first time getting food poisoning.

Overall though Id say Chilis is the worst major chain. My high school friends and I used to do a yearly dinner there and it became something of a running gag that they would invariably get my order wrong every time. Sometimes it was just the wrong side or wrong drink but on two different years they brought me completely incorrect entrees. And this was in the height of their popularity. I can only shudder to think how bad it must be to eat there now.

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VideoboysaysCube
10/01/23 10:42:58 PM
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I've avoided all these places for many years now so I don't know. The only one I've been to semi-recently is Olive Garden and found that it was a far cry from what I remember it being many years ago.

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PeteyParker
10/01/23 10:50:14 PM
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NoxObscuras posted...
That's not been my experience with them. Their burgers and chicken are decent and their steak fries are damn good. But to each their own

BJ's has locations in only 30 states, so it makes sense some people haven't heard of it. Here's a map that roughly shows their locations

Literally never heard of it despite apparently being in my state. The only business Im familiar with that has that name is the BJs Wholesale Club.


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xlr_big-coop
10/02/23 12:03:03 AM
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The local buffalo wild wings dropped in quality hard. We couldn't finish our burgers and the wings were disgustingly dry.

Cheesecake factory would be alright if it weren't so expensive and if the quality didn't shift so hard between locations.

Ended up voting for olive garden as they kill any flavor with all the cheese and oil, they don't know how to balance the flavors at all.

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bobbaaay
10/02/23 12:28:22 AM
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Cheesecake Factory > Red Robin > Red Lobster > Texas Roadhouse > Ruby Tuesday > Olive Garden > TGI Friday's > Buffalo Wild Wings > Applebee's

But the only ones I'd even pay money to go to are Cheesecake Factory and Red Robin.
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Arcanine2009
10/02/23 12:37:47 AM
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NoxObscuras posted...
That's not been my experience with them. Their burgers and chicken are decent and their steak fries are damn good. But to each their own

BJ's has locations in only 30 states, so it makes sense some people haven't heard of it. Here's a map that roughly shows their locations

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/7/1/AAQgjdAAE4-z.jpg
BJs is alright. At least they have a decent gluten free/sensitive option.

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hyperskate65
10/02/23 1:05:25 AM
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I'm so glad Texas Roadhouse is the lowest votes. They're legitimately good for a chain IMO. Easily the best on this list.

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AldousIsDead
10/02/23 1:08:21 AM
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On the list: Red Robin.

Not on the list: Chili's.

Surprised by the Applebee's hate, I'd pick it before several others on that list.

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IfGodCouldDie
10/02/23 1:08:50 AM
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I've delivered to Applebee's, Red Robin, Olive Garden, Red Lobster and Cheesecake Factory out of those the only one I'll never set foot in again is Olive Garden because their kitchens were consistently fucking disgusting. All of them were night drops too so they were that gross after cleaning up for the night.

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Nightmare_Luna
10/02/23 1:13:06 AM
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chili's and applebees

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