/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>11445252
red lobster

>>11445252

>>11445252
Panera

>>11445252
>pleb trap
Literally the best italian food in America you mong.

>>11445263
>italian McDonald's
kys yourself retard

Man those aren't overpriced pleb traps. You have to find hip local joints that serve $12 burgers and $10 meme loaded fries and shit for true overpriced pleb traps. Or those hip taco joints where tacos start at like $4 with meme fusion ingredients.

>>11445265
>italian McDonald's
That's fazoli's you're thinking of. You know nothing about fine dining.

>>11445252
Cheesecake Factory
Joes Crab Shack
Bubba Gump Shrimp
Outback
Buffalo Wild Wings
Texas Roadhouse
Red Lobster
and Fuddruckers but i don't think anyone has been to a buttfuckers since 2008
and if you want to include fastfood
Five Guys
Culvers
Jimmy Johns
Chick-fil A

>>11445268
>good burger for 12 dollars
>overpriced
How's it feel to be poor?

>>11445268
Those prices are found at the olive garden and even then you're paying for frozen food
at least the hipsters make it fresh

>>11445260

Pleb traps? Perhaps. Overpriced though? I think that's a bit of a stretch.

>>11445268
>You have to find hip local joints that serve $12 burgers and $10 meme loaded fries and shit for true overpriced pleb traps.
I recently saw a restaurant that had $15 burgers, and they didn't even come with fries. Fries were $3 more.

>>11445356
t. pleb

>>11445356
> Overpriced though? I think that's a bit of a stretch
Pasta with sauce is literally ~10 bucks
I work there and the amount of times I have to make a 10 dollar sketti with butter has ruined my faith in humanity

>>11445353

>>11445359
there was this hip burger spot in a rich area and they were temporarily selling an all vegan meat like patty. Since it was there for promotion the price wasn't there. I got a double with some fries and the burger was a little over $20. I was a bit frustrated and felt cheated but I guess it was my fault too for not asking before I ordered.

>>11445318
>Fuddruckers
I butchered at fudds for a bit and that place fresh ground there beef every day. and it had a burger bar for your toppings
it also bakes its buns fresh daily
and it had one pound burgers
I wish I could go again
but it's been closed around here for a long time

>>11445366
Can you tell us more about working there?

>>11445384
What exactly do you want to know?
It's pretty standard (this is my first cook job so I don't have much to compare it to) but we get a lot of people who come in and expect it to be some fine dining establishment when in reality it is pretty much Italian McDonalds... We actually have relatively little microwave food (like applebees or dennys).
Most annoying dishes to make
> Tour of Italy
> Carbonaras (not real carbonaras btw)
> Calamari (not real calamari btw)

>>11445411
>Not real calamari btw
Pig anus?

>>11445252
When my aunt visited from another country, we ate here once. It was breddy gud. I had some fish and veggies dish. Top that with some soup, salad, breadsticks, iced tea, and I totally get why this place is still going strong.

>>11445384
>>11445411
Oh and a fun fact a lot of people like to know: At least at my store, we have a dedicated person making the breadsticks at all times (at least during dinner)
>>11445417
I honestly don't know but it's not real

>>11445418
those bread sticks and minestrone soup alone are enough to convince me to eat there.

>muh breadsticks

Literally the worst bread in the game. It’s so obviously frozen. Only a basic white girl would think that is quality bread.

>>11445445
Not frozen but packed with preservatives.. I don't have any pictures but the bread is stored on really tall racks in big plastic bags with ~30 breadsticks per bag. They last a few days before we get rid of them / sell them all. But yea the breadsticks are a massive meme and in my opinion kinda gross

>>11445426
Change the soup to zuppa toscana, and your are spot on.

>>11445318
Contrarian take Chick-fil-A is actually good dude no matter how many normies shill for it

My family loves this place. I don't think it's that great, but it's not like it's terrible either. It's not any worse than other casual chains, and it's not really more expensive than them either.

>>11445262
This 100% used to work at one and the whole "all natural food" saying is bullshit to get people to pay more, also because there's so much shit on the menu anything you get (especially salads) are gonna have some missing ingrediant and/or old almost expired shit. Soup comes in frozen bags, mac n cheese gets microwaved, pastries are all frozen, avoid at all costs

>>11445598
>Tfw gf likes panera so every now and again I'm forced to take her there
Literally how they make their money
What's up with their lemonaid by the way? I actually quite like it though.

>>11445598
Sometimes people go out because they don't want to cook. I understand your point when you say that a place should be avoided since it's all preheated food, but even then there is varying levels of preheated food.

>>11445598
the cost is about 15 bucks for a shitty dry turkey sandwich and a bag of pre-stale chips made by some faggot in a bullshit state like Vermont.

>>11445318
Buffalo wild wings is cheaper than any other place that serves wings in my area, one of the places here charged 7$ for 8 wings. Fuck that

For some reason (my hunch is the salad) I get the rapid shits about midway through my meal here. It is so overpriced, my last meal there was two little low quality chicken breasts with three pieces of undercooked zucchini $16

>>11445735
"my last meal there"

your dinner there will be better than your lunch, you spin class latte faggot.

>>11445735
Probably was the salad, if there isn't a dedicated salad person servers always just grab shit with their bare hands and what not.

>>11445774
the panera you worked at did not have a full-time salad queefer? My store paid a homeless lady stale bread to queef out exact amounts (a distended and abused hysterectomy amount) of salad to order. What ghetto did you work in?

>>11445252
Five Guys

>>11445785
Compton nigga

>>11445794
now I know you are lying. The Compton Panera is exquisite.

>>11445801
It's exquisite because he have the best "Bad Ass Pussy" queefs going on our salad

>>11445805
respect

>>11445252
>ctrl+f Sizzler
>no results
I guess it really is Patricia's Choice

>>11445425
>I honestly don't know but it's not real
How do you make fake calamari? A small farmed squid for retail used to cost my restaurant like 75 cents each, they aren't that expensive. Or is it just frozen and you're calling it fake?

>>11445817
it is frozen .. but the shit really doesn't look real.. plain white mystery rings

>>11445252
Denny's burgers and breakfast meals. Overgreased, overpriced garbage.
>>11445598
Panera ex employee here, cutting the roast beef for prep was a disgusting task. I have a hard time believing it was ever organic matter once.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/lifestyles/food/2350615-eatbeat-long-awaited-olive-garden-receives-warm-welcome

>>11445598
Was there anything bad about the bread? Every time I go there, I usually leave with a Baguette. Whatever you tell me will not change this habit, but I do in any case want to know.

>>11445252
fixed that for you

>>11445252

>Motto is "We treat you like family."
>Never pay for my dinner at Mom ad Dad's or brothers and sisters.
>Waitress brings a bill for my food after eating.

>>11445956
we make it fresh in store every day after playing with the alley kittens. We do not even have a sink.

Thank you next window.

>>11445823
That's anelli di totano not calamari

>>11445318

Culver’s and Chik-Fil-A are actually pretty good though.

>>11446029

>Motto is "we treat you like family."
>Waiter doesn't throw can of Pepsi at me and call me a dumb f&gg0t

>>11445252
living in seattle

>>11445425
I'd bet they are real, I've worked restaurants that used calamari. one looked like rings. another cut into strips and the best used the tentacles.
Also I don't think there is a fake calamari like there is fake crab that is just pressed and colored fish
>>11446190
we speak english on this board

>>11446220
>stonetoss

>>11445378

>tfw Fuddruckers is an two hour drive away from me

I'd go more often if there was one near me. I actually like it, prices aren't terrible and burgers are pretty good.

>>11445642

In my area, Buffalo Wild Wings has all you can eat for like $20 bucks, which isn't too bad if you really like wings a lot.

>>11445642
>>11446619

I like BWW but my location has high prices and their ranch sucks

>>11445258
red robin
also SUBWAY

>>11445252
oooooo post malone isn't going to like this thread hahahaha (im telling)

>>11445252
A lot of fancy ethnic food places fool Winter Texans down here in the Rio Grande Valley. The real good food is at places like Pepe's, but everyone goes to fancy memes like La Playa, red lobster, and (((Olive garden))).

>>11445252
Cheesecake Factory. Literally Denny's tier food for more money. I used to work near one and fat tourists would literally stand in line around the corner to get in.
Never mind that we were downtown and there were dozens of other, better restaurants within a 5 minute walk.

It's definitely a pleb trap, but in what world is Olive Garden overpriced? Aren't they always running specials for stuff like $5 unlimited everything?

>>11446601
>ew, stonetoss. that comic makes me think about the state of the world and it makes me uncomfortable. I just wanna watch rick and morty and browse reddit

t. you

>Eating at chain restaurants and expecting good food

>>11446619
all you can eat at bw3 holy shit
>>11446615
yeah not sure how they made it on that list but when you make almost everything from scratch, you should succeed. when I worked there I wondered why there was only >20 guests for lunch. and I still wonder what happened, I had half off discount so maybe it was overpriced. also that was 15 years back. and times change
>>11447636
It's crazy how easily people are manipulated. I've never been to one, but I'd check out a local place faster than a cheesecakefactory and I love sweets
>>11446858
I will not get over the loss of smokey southwestern sauce from bw3. I hope they close the doors for good, maybe the price of wings will get closer to a buck a pound

>>11447638
Unlimited soup, salad and breadsticks. It's the dirt cheap thing to bait you in the door, but then they upsell you on drinks or an entree.
It's like when Walmart advertises a $10 toaster, but they put them all the way in the back corner of the store to increase the chances that you'll pick up more shit while you're wandering around looking for them.

>>11445411
>not real carbonara
how does one make fake carbonara?

>>11445258
fpbp

>>11445425
Are all the sauces really homemade and made fresh daily?

>>11445378
>tfw they changed their flaky buns
I used to go there and buy the buns. It would always confuse the hell out of them but they'd still sell them to me.

>>11445598
They started off with only a few locations and actually did have fresh baked breads, deserts, and everything was made in house.
But of course, owners got greedy and franchised.

>>11445378
fucking love me some fuddruckers

only one anywhere near me is 2 hours away.

whenever i have to visit that city i always stop there for dinner before heading home

>>11445252
Starbucks

Ruth's Chris

prove me wrong

>>11448263
My house doesn’t have a 1000 degree broiler or whatever.

Their sides though? Way overpriced

>>11445318
>Chick-fil A
Great bait

>>11445252
Chili's

>>11445318
black girl I took on a date to joes crab shack went and ordered the most expensive basket of crab legs and shit. I got played. their coconut shrimp was delicious though.
also didn't they all close by now?

>>11445341
not him but for a burger yeah you stupid mong. it better be very big and great ingredients or get up and dance before I eat it for 12 bucks.

>>11445252
Cheesecake Factory.

>>11445318
>Texas Roadhouse
Honestly I like them. Really good across the board consistency too. Even in their middle eastern locations.
>t. Travelling tech

>>11448774

Thats a black thing. They dont go out a lot but when they do, they order fancy cocktails and apps and then complain and/or leave the waiter a shit tip

>>11445642
Lmao the place near me does free wings for 2 hours every thursday and friday, and even when its not during those hours the wings are 49 cents each those days. 18 wings for 9.80 after tax.

>>11447638
>Aren't they always running specials for stuff like $5 unlimited everything?
You realize that "unlimited" fuckin soup and bread does not cost the restaurant virtually anything at all?

>>11449726
they also serve the breadsticks a bit slow, so they know what they're doing.

>>11447654
>poltard thinks everyone who isn't a derranged fascist must be le ebin reddit strawman or stupid
Fuck off

>>11445263
It being in america already sets the bar way down

>>11447693
Pasta + cream + bacon

>>11445252
Cheesecake Factory

Frozen re-heated food and one or two dishes will run you up nearly $50.

>>11447996
Yeah, i knew a couple buds who worked their night shift baking the bread and pastries. Damn shame. Used to have the best baguettes and chocolate croissants.

>>11449882
>Faggot who thinks everyone who isn't sucking refugee dick and is unemployed is a fascist.

>>11445318
Chick-fil A and Jimmy Johns should not be on this list. Agree with the rest though.

>>11449926
>if you hate far right lunatics, you must love refugees
Western fascists and African invaders can fuck off in equal measure.
>>>/pol/

>>11445598
ayyyyy used to work at that dumpster fire too, and i too can confirm that

Carrabba's. Shit Italian food

>>11449937
You're paying three times the price of what you should be for fast food. Yes, it's fast food, don't pretend it isn't. They definitely belong on there.

>>11445252
>>11445258
Literally the same company

all physical retailers and restaurants are pleb traps

>>11445263
u know nothing

>>11446865
red robins is good though

>>11445252

Applebees. They actually microwave everything.

>>11445598
Their soups are decent though. Literally any chain you go to the soups are going to come frozen in a bag, that's how chains do soup. I would never buy anything else from them though.

Cheddar's
The old rich white people eat there like it's some good restaurant.
>it's worse or about the same as Applebee's

Cracker Barrel
[spoiler]I'm still gonna go for some chicken gravy covered biscuits tho

>>11451726

Cheddars is about the same price as applebees but the quality is miles better.

>>11445366
But it's unlimited tho

>>11445598
>missing ingredients
that depends on the person putting it together doesn't it?

>almost expired shit
so it's fresh then?

>>11449716
Stop frakkin LYING.

>>11447636
LITERALLY LITERALLY LITERALLY LITERALLY

cut that shit

>>11449882
>you have to go to /pol/ to recognize the truth in those comics

ostrich in the sand tier human you are

fucking newks

>>11445359
Yeah, Five Guys sucks.

>>11449722
>plus tip

>>11449884
OBSESSED

>>11453811
Now I want five guys
Love their fries
Burgers are overpriced, but they are pretty decent. Not worth the $7 or $8 bucks they want for them, but still, pretty good

>>11453840
their fries would be ok if they had some crisp to them. they're always a soggy pile of shit.

>>11445318
>Bubba Gump Shrimp
I thought those were fictional until now...

>>11453648
>frakkin

>>11445252

>>11446235
Underrated

>>11449895
I've been once and I was overwhelmed by the menu. Any former CF line cocks?

I just went there :(

>>11445252
Apllebees! Eating good in the neighborhood my ass!

>>11445813
Sizzler is practically dead

>>11446235
You mean New York? Seattle is actually nice.

>>11445445
their bread sticks taste a lot like the little caesar's bread sticks sans the parmesan

>>11445318
>Texas Roadhouse
This is the only one on your list I disagree with. All the Texas Roadhouses I've been to around me are 5-star, delicious steaks and sides. I gladly dine out there every couple of weeks.
>Outback
This one is disappointing because it used to be really good up until this year. I have no idea why but my local Outback just nosedived in quality these past few months. They repeatedly cook my steaks wrong and all their drinks taste watered down. There's never a wait and the dining room is always half empty even on Friday and Saturday evenings so I know it's not just me.

>>11445378
>A Fuddruckers is close to me
livin the dream

>>11445318
>Culvers
Now you're just fucking wrong, that rootbeer is worth every cent

>>11447475
Is he known for liking olive garden or something?

>>11445252

>>11448068
>Starbucks
how did this take so long to be mentioned

>>11448263
Ruth’s Chris just moved into my town and poached almost all their staff from a local restaurant that’s been going strong for like 50 years. my foh manager got offered a stupid amount of money to replace someone at the local place. So fuck you ruth’s chris

>>11455544

Seattle is dump; it was always bad but now it's worst with all the refugees from California and all the Amazon faggots.

t. King County resident

Fucking Loco Lizard for middle aged parents.

>>11445318
>Chick-fil A
I would like to kindly ask you to go fucking kill yourself, cocksucker.

>>11453575
You'd have to eat at least 5lbs of pasta in one sitting to get close to breaking even on that

>>11445813
Man theres like one sizzler in wa. We got like no buffets

ITT: flyovers getting angry about their own food

>>11445368

>>11457167
Holy shit is jack really dead?

>>11457474
yes

Chii's is okay

>>11457167
i want to know if he really said that

>>11457474
Not unless he died within 2 days. Last update was 09/11/2018

He had a stroke though, hope he changes his diet.

>>11445642
BWW has shit atmosphere. Can't have a conversation because it's too love.

>>11445823
Have you seen calamar

>>11445252
Cheesecake Factory

>>11445252
Ruby Tuesday

>>11456847
Former King county resident

Seattle is the cancer of the PWN and every uppity cunt are either SoCal faggots, illegals, or soibois