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#292504 - 12/23/04 04:46 PM
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Do you all have one or a couple favorites?
I like Carrabbas and my wife loves PF Changs.
And you?
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#292505 - 12/23/04 04:49 PM
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I love Carrabbas. I take my girlfriend there a good bit. That place is hard to beat but it is overpriced. But still good...and they give you a ton of food. Other people I have met dont like it. I dont get the pasta or anything...i get the Pollo Rosa Maria or the Chicken Marsala. those are great
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#292506 - 12/23/04 04:51 PM
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I love the Chicken Bryan and the Fiorucci Salad, they just rock. Do you have PF Changs there? The have the best quality chicken of any restaurant I have ever been.
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#292508 - 12/23/04 05:01 PM
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I have never heard of those two restaurants.
My favorite is IHOP. I love eggs, bacon and sausage to go with my pancakes!
I never heard of those either...I like Olive Garden
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#292509 - 12/23/04 05:04 PM
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Outback Steakhouse. Bacon Cheese Fries (Aussie Fries). MMMMMMM!
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#292510 - 12/23/04 05:04 PM
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We don't have any of those here but Olive Garden and PF Changs are only 3 hours away!
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#292511 - 12/23/04 05:08 PM
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Grizzly's is awesome. They have great grizzly skins!
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#292512 - 12/23/04 05:08 PM
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We have some great chain restaurants here: PF Changs, Claim Jumper, Outback, Macaroni Grill (they sing opera to you there), and of course the staples like TGI Fridays, Chilis and Applebees. (Actually we just started getting Applebees within the last few years).
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#292513 - 12/23/04 05:11 PM
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Carrabba's is upscale Italian. P.F. Chang's is oriental fusion cuisine. I have seen Carraba's in smaller towns, but Changs is a mostly upscale suburban phenomenon.
My favorite chain is Romano's Macaroni Grill - great bread, who needs appetizers? Another favorite is Charleston's. Fantastic spinach/artichoke dip and chicken tenders and lots of fresh fish daily.
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#292514 - 12/23/04 05:11 PM
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I love Chilis and the Olive Garden. Another favorite is the Golden Corral.
Last edited by LadyLuck; 12/23/04 05:27 PM.
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#292515 - 12/23/04 05:13 PM
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Rafferty's Marinated Rib-eye.....yum
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#292516 - 12/23/04 05:16 PM
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My absolute favorite is Olive Garden. The breadsticks are fantastic!!!!
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#292517 - 12/23/04 05:20 PM
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My family loves the Old Country Buffet, unfortunately the nearest one is 2 1/2 hours away. We also like the Prime Sirloin Buffet which is similar but only an hour away. Buffets are best for our family since everyone seems to like something different and agreeing on where we want to eat is sometimes difficult.
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#292518 - 12/23/04 05:21 PM
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Favorites include Applebees, Cheesecake Factory, Outback, Claim Jumper.
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#292519 - 12/23/04 05:25 PM
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What is Claim Jumper?
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#292520 - 12/23/04 05:28 PM
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Olive Garden
Zio's (part of the Mazzio's family) The Wedding Cake is to die for and their artichoke spinach dip with flat bread is hand's down the best of anyones.
Applebee's
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#292521 - 12/23/04 05:29 PM
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Good around restaurant with a western gold mining feel. Huge portions. Moderately priced.
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#292522 - 12/23/04 05:33 PM
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IN Columbia SC we have California Dreaming: It has the best thick cut Prime Rib in the world. Their house salad has a hot honey bacon mustard base dressing and is delicious!!
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#292523 - 12/23/04 05:34 PM
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IN Columbia SC we have California Dreaming: It has the best thick cut Prime Rib in the world. Their house salad has a hot honey bacon mustard base dressing and is delicious!!
That sounds great!
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#292524 - 12/23/04 05:36 PM
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For Prime Rib you can't beat Lawry's. I don't know if that counts as a chain because I only know of two locations. It is the same company as the seasoning salt but don't be misled by the inexpensiveness of the salt. You pretty much need to take out a second mortgage on your house to eat there.
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#292525 - 12/23/04 05:37 PM
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How funny to have a restaurant named California Dreaming. I am here in California, and can't imagine that we have food good enough to name a restaurant after! Hahaha!
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#292528 - 12/23/04 07:58 PM
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I use to go to a chain restaurant...but had to stop...I kept breaking my teeth.
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#292529 - 12/23/04 07:58 PM
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Olive Garden - not only the breadsticks but Lambrusco wine! mmhmm - good~
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#292531 - 12/23/04 08:07 PM
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Do you all have one or a couple favorites?
I like Carrabbas and my wife loves PF Changs.
And you?
Mark, I work next to both of these and have never been to either one.
I think we are ordering PF Chang's tonite because we are open later.
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#292533 - 12/23/04 08:31 PM
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Do you all have one or a couple favorites?
I like Carrabbas and my wife loves PF Changs.
And you?
Mark, I work next to both of these and have never been to either one.
I think we are ordering PF Chang's tonite because we are open later.
Let us know what you think of the food.
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#292534 - 12/23/04 09:06 PM
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OMG, hands down- CHEESECAKE FACTORY. The food is great, and cheesecake is to die for. Too bad there aren't any around me. 
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#292535 - 12/23/04 10:45 PM
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Mortons, Texas Roadhouse, Outback
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#292537 - 12/24/04 12:07 AM
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Do you all have one or a couple favorites?
I like Carrabbas and my wife loves PF Changs.
And you?
Mark, I work next to both of these and have never been to either one.
I think we are ordering PF Chang's tonite because we are open later.
Let us know what you think of the food.
mark, food was good.
i had the honey chicken or something like that. they give you a good helping too for your money.
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#292538 - 12/24/04 01:22 PM
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Ew, I hate Olive Garden & Outback!! Icky mediocre food.
PF Chang's is good (as is their lower priced faster paced sister, Pei Wei.) I always get the honey chicken myself. And the lettuce wraps of course. (They are owned by the Brinker Chain - same as Chili's and Corner Bakery and a bunch of others.)
I don't think Fogo di Chao is a chain, though, although I'm not sure. It's a chiarrascuria - Brazilian, all meat all the time. And actually there's a better one (IMHO) in Dallas - Texas de Brazil. Meat on a stick, mmmm. AND they have fried plantains and great cheese biscuits on the table at all times.
I think my favorite chain is the Pappas lines - Pappadeaux, in particular, but I also like Pappacitos and the Pappas Steak House.
Joe's Crab Shack is fun too, esp when I was pg - they make GREAT Key Lime pie.
Cheddars is good for inexpensive all-American food - they do a great burger and their CFS is very good, I'm told.
Oh, and Cafe Brazil for brunch!!! They're wonderful.
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#292540 - 12/24/04 01:59 PM
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Went to Olive Garden once, will never go back, I agree that they don't sell Italian food, don't understand what's to like. Had decent meals at Chilis and Appelbees,but don't go to chains very often. Last time at Chilis probably 5 years ago.
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#292541 - 12/24/04 02:16 PM
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Carrabbas and Outback are my favorites and I'm wanting to try PF Changs. I think they are building one or have built on in Louisville.
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#292543 - 12/24/04 03:03 PM
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TGI Fridays.......Jack Daniels Steak; mmmm 
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#292545 - 12/24/04 03:44 PM
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I'll have to agree with the Texas Roadhouse!!
The SaltGrass is pretty good too!
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#292546 - 12/24/04 05:20 PM
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I am surprised the nobody has picked Mickey D's, BK or Taco Hell??? LOL!!!
I love BK! I only have it once a year on while on our vacation road trip on the Maine Turnpike. It is always a treat to eat some junk food! 
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#292547 - 12/24/04 06:37 PM
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#292549 - 12/24/04 06:58 PM
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Is Maggiano's Little Italy a chain? Excellent.
Someone mentioned Corner Bakery, one of my favorite breakfast nooks.
For Fast Food or Semi-Fast Food:
Z Pizza
Daphne's Greek Cafe
In & Out Burger
The original Tommy's
Togos (Subway blows)
La Salsa (similar to Rubio's except the food is good)
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#292555 - 12/27/04 06:40 PM
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Is Johnny Carino's any good? We're getting one here but it hasn't opened yet. Just wondering if it's worth trying.
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#292556 - 12/27/04 07:10 PM
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Johnny Carino's is only an hour away from us and worth the drive. Give it a try! I highly recommend the lasagna.
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#292557 - 12/27/04 08:57 PM
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I don't think Fogo di Chao is a chain, though, although I'm not sure. It's a chiarrascuria - Brazilian, all meat all the time. And actually there's a better one (IMHO) in Dallas - Texas de Brazil.
I think my favorite chain is the Pappas lines - Pappadeaux, in particular, but I also like Pappacitos and the Pappas Steak House.
ExGovtBabe: There is another place in Dallas that is on my favorites list. THE TRAILDUST! Not exactly top shelf, but the food is good and resonable and I have always had a good time there. I like Pappadeaux as well, but if I want a really good cajun meal I go to Cafe Margaux (spelling) It's not to far from Pappadeaux if I remember, but I do remember the food was outstanding.
I never heard of Texas de Brazil, but I'll be looking for it on my next trip to the big D. I get down there about every other year.
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#292558 - 12/27/04 09:05 PM
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Anyone have a Quiznos close by...a bit pricey for subs but GREAT subs nontheless!!
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#292559 - 12/27/04 09:18 PM
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I love Quiznos, but those rats on their commercials freaked my wife out so much she won't eat there, lolol.
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#292561 - 12/27/04 09:25 PM
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For what Quiznos charges, you would expect their sandwiches to be better. I'd rather buy a Togo's sandwich and toast it if I want the Quiznos experience.
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#292562 - 12/27/04 09:47 PM
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I like both the Macaroni Grill and Carrabas. One of my favorites is "The Melting Pot". Wonderful fondue!
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#292563 - 12/27/04 09:52 PM
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#292565 - 12/27/04 10:03 PM
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Anyone know of a place in northern cali that serves fondue? I've been looking all over - i love fondue. I went to the melting pot in SC and in southern cali.
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#292566 - 12/27/04 11:38 PM
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I think there's a Melting Pot in Sacramento.
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#292567 - 12/27/04 11:56 PM
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Ah thanks, I will check out sac and see if I can find one listed. Can't wait if there is.
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#292568 - 12/28/04 10:11 AM
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I guess my favorite places to eat would be Ryans,Gormet Buffet (a chinese resturant with a huge buffet),TGIFridays, Applebees,and then probably for a quick high calorie meal good ole McDonalds. I love their Chicken Selects.
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#292569 - 12/29/04 01:19 AM
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Po Folks (or whatever they are called now) and Old Country Buffet!
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#292572 - 12/29/04 02:25 PM
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Going back to childhood, I loved Casa Bonita in Denver. The food isn't phenomenal, but some of my great childhood memories were spent at Black Bart's Cave and watching the "cliff divers" while eating as many sopapillas as I could.
Are you serious? Does this place really exist???
Casa Bonita was in one of the main story lines on a South Park episode I saw a couple months ago. I thought they, of course, made it all up. That's pretty funny that it really exists.
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#292573 - 12/29/04 03:46 PM
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RE: Maggiano's: Won't eat there because one of the asst mgrs at NorthPark (Dallas) was extremely rude to me at a Jr. League function.
RE: Johnny Carino's: the food is pretty good but the service (N TX) was terrible so I haven't been back.
RE: TrailDust - keep meaning to try this, will have to make more of an effort in 2005.
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#292575 - 12/29/04 09:53 PM
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Cracker Barrel....Just good grub!
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#292576 - 12/29/04 09:55 PM
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Cracker Barrel was me. Didn't realize I wasn't signed in....
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#292577 - 12/29/04 11:00 PM
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What is a Cracker Barrel? I have friends that rave about it but have never seen one. What kind of food is it?
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#292578 - 12/29/04 11:18 PM
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It is a barrel about three fall with a bunch of crackers in it.
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#292579 - 12/29/04 11:22 PM
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Golden Corral is pretty good. I don't know if it is a chain, but I know it is good.
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#292580 - 12/29/04 11:24 PM
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Going back to childhood, I loved Casa Bonita in Denver. The food isn't phenomenal, but some of my great childhood memories were spent at Black Bart's Cave and watching the "cliff divers" while eating as many sopapillas as I could.
OMG!!! I love Casa Bonita! I don't live in Colorado, but I have relatives who do and everytime we visit we go there. I'm surprised someone else likes it as much as I do. I have some childhood memories from there as well. I love the cliff divers, too!
Are you serious? Does this place really exist???
Casa Bonita was in one of the main story lines on a South Park episode I saw a couple months ago. I thought they, of course, made it all up. That's pretty funny that it really exists.
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#292581 - 12/29/04 11:25 PM
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Yes the Golden Corral is a chain...but be careful where you step while in the corral.
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#292582 - 12/29/04 11:28 PM
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My favorite is Chipotle - they're everywhere here.
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#292583 - 12/29/04 11:34 PM
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Chipotle is owned by McDonalds
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#292585 - 12/29/04 11:50 PM
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#292586 - 12/30/04 12:20 AM
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Going back to childhood, I loved Casa Bonita in Denver. The food isn't phenomenal, but some of my great childhood memories were spent at Black Bart's Cave and watching the "cliff divers" while eating as many sopapillas as I could.
OMG!!! I love Casa Bonita! I don't live in Colorado, but I have relatives who do and everytime we visit we go there. I'm surprised someone else likes it as much as I do. I have some childhood memories from there as well. I love the cliff divers, too!
Are you serious? Does this place really exist???
Casa Bonita was in one of the main story lines on a South Park episode I saw a couple months ago. I thought they, of course, made it all up. That's pretty funny that it really exists.
Is that you, Lauren? J/K.
Mark, it exists and when I was a kid, someone told me that there were 6 of them nationwide and that one was in KC. I don't know for sure.
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#292589 - 12/30/04 02:55 PM
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Country cookin' is what I call Cracker Barrel. It's kind of fun for a change of pace. Waitresses still call you honey. You can get a plate with macaroni & cheese, biscuits & collard greens. Service is awfully slow though.
I like Chipotle too.
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#292590 - 12/30/04 03:37 PM
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My wife got real upset when I got called honey...My wife threaten to hit him.
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#292591 - 12/30/04 03:50 PM
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So, Cracker Barrel is like mass produced southern grandma food. Interesting.
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#292592 - 12/30/04 03:51 PM
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So, Cracker Barrel is like mass produced southern grandma food. Interesting.
ROFLAO That's the best description of it I've ever heard but yes, that's about it.
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#292595 - 12/30/04 04:41 PM
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I had no idea that Casa Bonita was a chain. I thought we had the one and only.
I love Chipotle too. I thought McDonalds was only a minority shareholder, but maybe they subsequently bought out the whole thing.
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#292597 - 12/30/04 05:40 PM
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I used to love Boston Market, it's the closest thing to a home-cooked meal in a hurry. When I feel like totally pigging-out, it's the buffet at Ponderosa (especially for breakfast).
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#292599 - 01/05/05 09:23 PM
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Mimi's Cafe and Famous Dave's are great
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#292600 - 01/05/05 09:30 PM
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Cracker Barrel, Bob Evans (down on the farm) and Carmelita's
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#292601 - 01/05/05 11:29 PM
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I'm surprised Outback hasn't been mentioned. Bloomin onions are grate, mate.
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#292602 - 01/05/05 11:32 PM
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Johnny Carino's is only an hour away from us and worth the drive. Give it a try! I highly recommend the lasagna.
Carino's is my favorite restaurant...I have eaten in several different cities and the service and food are consistently above average. Try the chicken scallopinni or sizzellinni, which is like italian fajitas...
Hmm..I am hungry now!
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#292603 - 01/06/05 12:05 AM
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Chuy's (though it is not national, it should be)! Chuy's Webpage
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You are soooo right about the Zio's dip...can't get enough of it.
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