/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.8471859]

ITT: /ck/ shit you can't comprehend

>drive by an olive garden on a friday evening
>literally 20+ people waiting outside to be seated, probably an hour long wait or more

Who the fuck waits that long to pay 15.99 for chef boyardee spaghetti and little ceasars breadsticks?

[Anonymous No.8471869]

>>8471859
Old people.

[Anonymous No.8471880]

>>8471859

Leaf here, never been to an olive garden. I've heard it's not that good. Is this true?

[Anonymous No.8471885]

>>8471880
All the entrees are shit but the bread is okay.

[Anonymous No.8471895]

I had a revelation about this just the other day. It's just an italian Denny's, serving the same clientelle the same level of food. I was on a business trip, and my coworker and I were trying to find a place we'd both like to eat, and this was the closest we could get to compromise. It was a step up from his initial suggestion of Fazoli's. As much as I want to defend my race, there really is a subsection of white people who are completely unwilling to look outside of their culinary comfort zone. We had fucking Chipotle for lunch, and it was a new experience for him.

[Anonymous No.8471897]

>>8471880
been there twice. tastes like they just microwave frozen pasta imo. my local one is always packed out the door when I drive by too.

[Anonymous No.8471908]

>>8471895
Dennys is another one that has lines around the block for shit food. Are people just complete brand-obsessed sheep or is it what you suggest with a comfort zone? I just dont comprehend the mindset of an adult man who would willingly wait outside an olive garden or denny's for more than 5 minutes.

[Anonymous No.8471911]

>>8471885
>All the entrees are shit

What about the main course?

[Anonymous No.8471912]

>>8471880
It's not bad in and of itself....but what is bad is waiting in line 1+ hour and paying 15-20 bucks a person for shit that tastes like a microwavable frozen dinner....I live in Nashville, Tn; and a lot of middle class and even upper-middle class (100k-150k/yr family income) consider it "classy".....

[Anonymous No.8471914]

>>8471908
I'm pretty sure my parents completely stopped going to Olive Garden once the kids got out of the house, which solidifies in my mind that it was the kind of place they could get Italian without bothering people who are actually looking to have a nice meal.

[Anonymous No.8471918]

>>8471895
Speaking of Chipolte, why are people obsessed with it when there are literally better places like QDoba/Moe's/any local mexican joint?

[Anonymous No.8471923]

>>8471914
you could go to a local pizzeria where they give you crayons and get better spaghetti for half the price. People just have shit taste and recognizeable brands comfort them.

[Anonymous No.8471926]

>>8471918
Chipotle, QDoba, and Moe's are all in the same family of shit-tier. It's nicer than a fast food restaurant and is "hip/trendy" so all of your 25-55 white collar folk eat that shit up even though it's fucking disgusting

[Anonymous No.8471929]

>>8471911
The main course is the bread.

[Anonymous No.8471931]

>>8471918
People think theyre eating healthy because their 2 lb bowl of steak, sour cream and rice has a few tomatoes and corn kernels in it.

[Anonymous No.8471935]

>>8471923
Depends on what part of the country you live in. My hometown is 90% german, the only places to get italian are Olive Garden and the actually nice restaurants.

[Anonymous No.8471940]

There is an Olive Garden and a Carrabba's right across the street from each other.
Both of them are packed from 11 in the afternoon to 9 at night.

I seriously need to open a casual Italian place.

[Anonymous No.8471963]

>>8471859

its a LOT better than chef boyardees.

[Anonymous No.8471968]

>>8471963
>its a LOT better than chef boyardees.

Way to not understand what Hyperbole is kiddo

[Anonymous No.8471983]

>>8471908
Where the fuck is there a line outside of Denny's?

[Anonymous No.8472124]

>>8471983
Anywhere in america on a weekend

[Anonymous No.8472154]

>>8471918
Moe's is the worst. No flavor. If you are lucky you have a Barberitos near you.

[Anonymous No.8472177]

>>8471908

Dennys provides a judgement free environment where the dregs of society can come together and eat cheap diner food while blackout drunk or criminally high on drugs at 3 in the morning. It fills a necessary niche and should be appreciated for what it is.

[Anonymous No.8472183]

>>8472177
Yes, its slightly better than waffle house. Speaking of which, a dead body was shoved in the walk-in after a murder at my nearest waffle house.

[Anonymous No.8472194]

>>8472183
You take that fucking back you uppity city boy, I'll cut you with my steak knife I carry in my sock

[Anonymous No.8472195]

There's a corner of town here that turns into bumper-to-bumper gridlock every day because of Chic-fil-a.

The drive-thru line circles around the restaurant and goes into the fucking street.

I don't understand it. Who thinks to themselves, "Well we're gonna have to sit here for 25 minutes waiting on my chicken sandwich because I'm not eating anything else."

[Anonymous No.8472246]

>>8472195
Autistic children who reached adulthood

[Anonymous No.8472251]

>>8472195
I waited behind 3 cars at pollo tropical last week and i hated myself for it the entire time, who knows how people wait 30 mins to an hour for drive through and justify it to themselves.

[Anonymous No.8472256]

>>8471911
The entree is the term used for the main course in the USA, bizarrely

[Anonymous No.8472277]

>>8472195
A chick fil a opened near me about a year ago and it's had round the block lines all day every day since then, like, will the enthusiasm ever wane

[Anonymous No.8472284]

>>8472277
Its literally nothing but fried chicken breast with a flour coating, and "super secret sauce" (ketchup and mayo mixed together) at unreasonable prices. You have to be a mouthbreathing retard to give them any business.

[Anonymous No.8472297]

>>8472284
>>8472277
>>8472195

The secret is that they don't hire niggers

[Anonymous No.8472299]

>>8471912
>olive garden, classy, Nashville

Gotta love the south, everybody! Ironically, Nashville has some decent restaurants.

[Anonymous No.8472300]

>>8472284
The real trick is that they fry in peanut oil, which gives it a unique flavor.

[Anonymous No.8472331]

>>8471885
Bread is shit just like the rest of that garbage

[Anonymous No.8472403]

>>8471880
It's fine, but it's absolutely not good enough to wait in line for on a Friday night; no chain restaurant is.

[Anonymous No.8472431]

>>8471859
What's wrong with Olive Garden

[Anonymous No.8472524]

>>8472431
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKZS4Jn6gRM

[Anonymous No.8472724]

>>8471983
10AM to 12PM, every sunday, there's going to be a line outside of every Denny's, Ihop, and diner within 10 miles of a church.

[Anonymous No.8472767]

>>8472300
The real trick is that their drive thru is well staffed enough to handle more than 3 cars

[Anonymous No.8472821]

>>8472724
I've only been to Denny's at like midnight when I'm stoned or drunk as fuck. I never knew people actually ate there sober.

[Anonymous No.8472836]

>>8471895
Fucking this. I had a roommate once who was the biggest manchild. He basically lived on a diet of tendies and nachos. We went on a vacation with some friends for about 4 days and we ended up going to Sonic 3 times. When I suggested we try something else, he got pissy, and decided to blame it on me being a vegetarian. We ended up going to Chili's, and he liked it, but still threw a temper tantrum when we got home, refused to talk to me for a few days, and threw the shirt I let him borrow in a dirty heap on the steps rather than returning it to my room like a normal human being.

[Anonymous No.8472863]

>>8472836
Well, being a vegetarian, you've brought it upon yourself as being a picky faggot.

[Anonymous No.8472907]

>>8472724
kek

Southern evangelical state resident detected.

[Anonymous No.8472914]

>>8472836
>and decided to blame it on me being a vegetarian

Fucking kill yourself hip hipster picky eating faggot; it was definitely your fault and I'm 100% sure he wasn't a manchild who lived off of tendies and nachos; but rather you are just a giant fucking pain in the ass

[Anonymous No.8472918]

>>8472907
Every state I've ever lived in was the same, and I've never lived in the deep south

[Anonymous No.8472963]

>>8472914
>>8472863
>tfw people are triggered by the mere mention of a vegetarian
It's like I'm really on tumblr.

And no, it wasn't my fault. The other people we were on vacation with were also fed up with him insisting on Sonic everyday. I don't see how I'm a picky faggot, seeing as I can eat at basically any restaurant with no problems at all.

And yeah, he literally did eat tendies and nachos like 90% of the time. When I say manchild I mean it. His mother was cleaning his room when he was 18, and he couldn't even do basic shit like mow the lawn or put up a curtain rod. His girlfriend had to do basically everything for him, it was aggravating as all hell. He once spilled milk in the kitchen and just walked out and sat down at his computer to play games like nothing happened, then acted like I was a terrible person because I told him to clean up his mess.

His girlfriend and I would cook regular meals at the house daily, and I had no issues with cooking them meat or anything. However, half the time he would just resort to eating his Rotel/nacho garbage or would flat out complain about the food. Although there was one time we made okonomiyaki and he ate two of them - smothered in nacho cheese, of course.

[Anonymous No.8472994]

>>8472963
He's a manchild, you're a faggot. Where's the problem here?

[Anonymous No.8473001]

>>8472183
Lies. Waffle House hash browns with everything is my hangover cure. That, and two pots of black coffee.

Both Waffle House and Denny's are magical judgement-free zones, but Waffle House has tastier food.

[Anonymous No.8473014]

>>8472963
How fat was this asshole, anon? Also, did he have any redeeming qualities that would explain your continued association with a whiny mouthbreather?

[Anonymous No.8473030]

>>8472154
>look up Barberito's
>literally the same menu choices as Moe's/Qdoba/Salsarita's
>somehow, somehow thinks it's better

[Anonymous No.8473043]

>>8472963

>His girlfriend and I would cook regular meals at the house daily

sounds like you need to cuck this guy

[Anonymous No.8473059]

>>8473014
He actually wasn't fat at the time. He had a really fast metabolism and his gf really tried to keep his eating habits in check.

However, they broke up ~2 years ago, and he's been steadily gaining weight ever since. It's great.

I was best friends with his girlfriend and decided I could tolerate him when we moved in together. However, they ended up moving out after 7-8 months due to him being such a little shit. He tried to beat my cat after it got into a spat with his, and when I told him not to, he threw a fit and started looking for a new house to rent very next day. Side note, his gf also left him because he started hitting her after they moved out, no surprise there.

>>8473043
I honestly wish I would have, because his gf was a super cute, a wonderful cook, and supportive af. One of the main reasons they moved out was (I believe) that he feared she and I were getting too close.
>he apparently told her he didn't like it when I was in the living room with her, because he wanted to be alone with her (keep in mind this is my house they're renting out of)
>threw a piss fit because I took her to get her driving permit
>threw a fit whenever I would by her nice bday and xmas gifts
>got increasingly upset when his gf and I would mess around/she'd sit on my lap or I'd jokingly rub her thigh, even though it was clearly just us kidding around

Sage for offtopic.

[Anonymous No.8473061]

>>8471859
Their spaghetti, lasagna, and anything similar tastes awful, a first time cook could do a better job at home following a recipe.

My family drags me there for endless soup which is OK for restaurant food worth the money if you eat enough

I do like their chicken marsala or the pork with the rosemary potatoes

[Anonymous No.8473156]

>>8472907
Moved from California to Arizona, same both places.

[Chef ||DRNholhRSVw No.8473169]

>>8473059
>I was best friends with his girlfriend

Jesus christ man, you keep revealing more details on how you are such a white knight beta faggot

So your bad at a guy, who happened to be your "best friend" who was a girl....which means he's a chad and you are in the friend zone....jesus, kill yourself cuck

[Anonymous No.8473188]

>>8473059
>rubbing her thigh
the guy is a cuck for not bashing you desu

[Anonymous No.8473242]

>>8472195
Actually I've been in one of those lines multiple times at CFA. They have people walk through the lines taking orders on iPads and the line moves incredibly quick.

The "round the building" line at my local CFA takes about 10 minutes tops. But they also only hire whites and pay the workers $12 an hour

[Anonymous No.8473248]

>>8473169
>namefag thinks whiteknighting a cuck is better

top puf

[Anonymous No.8473268]

>>8473188
This. He had every right to beat your ass. You guys were obviously flirting with each other.

[Anonymous No.8474598]

>>8473268
Yeah, seconded.

I was rooting for you too, asshole. But some things are over the Rubicon.

[Anonymous No.8474610]

Took my daughter there once

I knew it was shit. Bland af and every dish starts at $30, but she isnt adventurous in what she is willing to eat and it was the one in times square where every table has a view of something.

I went really just for the view.

[Anonymous No.8474613]

>We are on a superior level of cognition here at /ck/. Our palettes are far too diverse to include Denny's or Olive Garden.

Nah seriously though, I think its a general rule of them that when you group 100 or more people together 90% of them are going to be bumbling retards that can barely make it out of bed without winning a darwin award.

That just transfers over to culinary situations.

[Anonymous No.8474780]

>>8472299
That's the thing about the South; if you're not a local you're not going to know about the places worth a squirt of piss. Even if you're a local, if you don't walk around town you're not going to know the good places.
In short: walk about, you cunts.

[Anonymous No.8474804]

>>8471895
The Denny's in my town (Waco TX) has gotten much better than it used to be.
From shit house to yeah alright.

[Anonymous No.8475125]

>>8473268
>>8474598
Chunky chunks was apparently too much of a beta bitch to stand up to veggie vag, so the blame falls entirely on chunky.

[Anonymous No.8475148]

>>8471859
There are people whose knowledge of food doesn't extend beyond the supermarket and chain restaurants. Places like the Olive Garden are where they go out to eat. Simple as that.

[Anonymous No.8475175]

>>8474613
>rule of them

[Anonymous No.8475187]

>>8471885
>bread
>okay
no. I went to my Olive Garden once and they breadsricks were like fucking cardboard. It was like they took frozen bread and nuked it for a minute.

[Anonymous No.8475195]

>>8471918
Chipotle shits all over Moe's. I literally recreated my Chipotle order at Moe's and every ingredient was worse.

[Anonymous No.8475198]

>>8471859
no joke it's somehow my sister in law's favorite restaurant

though, she's also from the pits of iowa

[Anonymous No.8475201]

>>8473169
>>8472994
>>8472914
>>8472863
>defending and enabling NEETs
You faggots need to lynch yourselves immediately. Good fucing God. I would beat the shit out of someone if they lived in the same place as me and acted like that.

[Anonymous No.8475223]

>>8472284
worked there in HS the chick fil a sauce is bbq and honey mustard mixed

maybe you are thinking of big mac sauce/thousand island

[Anonymous No.8475233]

>>8472300
and it's briefly marinated in pickle juice

but yea the nice staff help

[Anonymous No.8475237]

>>8472907
southern evangelical states have a lot more waffle houses than IHOPs

[Anonymous No.8475249]

>>8471931
the macros at chipotle are actually decent you pleb

[Anonymous No.8475280]

>>8475198
>iowa
Not really a surprise. Think about it: if you come from a place where you have decent Italian and Italian American restaurants the Olive Garden looks like a fucking joke to you. But many people don't have access to decent Italian food, so the Olive Garden could be the best example of it they've ever tasted. Iowa is a likely candidate for such a place, because the few Italian immigrants who landed there at the start of the 20th Century were working in the coal mines, not opening restaurants like their counterparts in New York, New Haven, Philadelphia and New Orleans were.

[Anonymous No.8475287]

>>8471908
The dennys by me makes the best and largest serving of fries you can get for 2 bucks fuck you man.

[Anonymous No.8475357]

>>8471859
Fly yovers

[Anonymous No.8475358]

>>8475280
It's not even that's all she knows.

She's blessed with an actual good slightly upper scale Italian restaurant right in town but she would sooner drive 45 minutes to the nearest Italian mcdonalds for microwaved pasta and old breadsticks

thanks for trying to give an explanation but in truth she's just fucking stupid

[Anonymous No.8475460]

>>8475358
>she's just fucking stupid
More likely acclimated to bad food. Once crappy food becomes your baseline for normal that's what you want to eat. It's the same way you don't realize how awful most fast food is until you stop eating it for a while, then taste it from a fresh perspective. If your expectations are set at Olive Garden level something objectively better may fail to satisfy simply because it's not the Olive Garden.

Most American chain restaurants prove that lots people will happily eat really mediocre food as long as it's exactly what they've come to expect.

[Anonymous No.8475666]

>>8473268
No, I mean, I'm a grill, anon. That sort of behavior is pretty normal among friends, plus I was seeing somebody else at the time, so for him to get so defensive was really stupid.

>>8475460
This. Most people would prefer something like super cheesy potatoes with a double triple bacon wrapped steak, even if the potatoes were sometimes undercooked and the steak done well, to a decently cooked meal where everything is cooked properly and the sides and spices compliment each other.

[Anonymous No.8475702]

>>8475666
Huh. If you're a grill, that's less weird. Male/female thigh touching is over the line, but female/female relationships are definitely more tactile. As I've been forcibly introduced to after making other female friends at work. Wtf, it's too much hugging. I'm carrying dishes. Do your flail/hug/squeal a bit later, please.

[Anonymous No.8475714]

I opened this thread, read the first 10 replies, and got instantly depressed

There is literally nothing of value between Appalachia and, say, Oakland, is there? That's a rhetorical question. There isn't.

[Anonymous No.8475720]

they dont have one in my state so i try to eat at one whenever i can.
i always have my hopes up that it will get better, but it never does.

[Anonymous No.8475753]

I cooked there for a few months. It was pretty terrible.

[Anonymous No.8475764]

>>8474610
Funny, I took my daughter there as well recently.

She's a vegan.

[Anonymous No.8475804]

>>8475666
>I'm a grill
What kind of a faggot borrows a grill's shirt?

[Anonymous No.8475866]

>>8475804
Maybe she had a cool fandom or sports shirt? She said he was skinny.

[Anonymous No.8475915]

>>8471918
qdoba is fucking dogshit

[Anonymous No.8476032]

Olive Garden is great for endless soups and/or salad & bread-sticks for $7-9. Anyone who goes there for dinner or spends more than that is doing it wrong.

On another topic, I keep waiting for one of these companies to break down and start their own direct buffet/cafeteria restaurant or home-delivery service like Blue Apron and just cut the middle man out.

It's got to happen eventually.

[Anonymous No.8476049]

One of the olive gardens in my area burned down a few years ago LOL

[Anonymous No.8476076]

My mom claims that her favorite food is Italian food, but her favorite restaurant is Olive Garden. I tried bringing her to a real Italian restaurant once, and she hated it.

Can anybody explain this shit? My theory is that my mom just likes pasta.

[Anonymous No.8476092]

>>8476076
Well, did she order a different item from the real place than she usually did at Olive Garden? What did she not like about it?

Also just because a restaurant isn't a chain doesn't make it good. Are you sure the real place had kept fresh ingredients on hand and cooked in-house?

Most likely it's not the pasta but the sauce/cheese that she enjoys most.

[Anonymous No.8476109]

>>8476092

I can't remember what she ordered, but she didn't really give a real reason other than that she liked Olive Garden better. The place was a well-regarded high-end restaurant, though.

[Anonymous No.8476119]

>>8471918
Chipotle is dogshit. I don't know why anyone likes it. They have few toppings, their meat is bland, and the rice is mushy.

[Anonymous No.8476133]

>>8476076
Your mom has shit taste. It's probably not her fault. She just likes what she's used to. Most people are like that. It's how places like Olive Garden stay in business.

[Anonymous No.8476171]

>>8475280
>iowa
>working in the coal mines

U wot m8??

[Anonymous No.8476183]

>>8475804
Someone that knows girls, so obviously not you...

[Anonymous No.8476193]

>>8476133

>Your mom has shit taste.
True

>It's probably not her fault.
Probably true.

>She just likes what she's used to.
True.

My dad and I are both objectively better cooks than she is, but she'll make faces and find reasons to criticize our food while she's eating it. Why she does this is a mystery.

[Anonymous No.8476205]

>>8475187
Some dining establishments will save uneaten bread to reduce costs. When freshly baked to spec, they are famously delicious--whether or not that makes them "good," I'll leave up to you.

I don't know what the cost of an Olive Garden breadstick is, but would I expect the highest standards of consumer experience from Olive Garden?

[Anonymous No.8476208]

>>8476171
That's where the Italian immigrants ended up in Iowa. Mostly in little camp towns outside of Des Moines during the 20's. (By that time in NYC they were already selling pizza at Coney Island).

[Anonymous No.8476315]

>>8476193
Is she a picky eater? My mom is, and that's really what got in the way of her cooking and general appreciation of good food - too long a list of things she didn't like. That's another thing that keeps chains in business: rarely is there much on the menu that a picky eater would turn their nose up at. The food may be mediocre, but it will also be inoffensive.

[Anonymous No.8476378]

>>8471859

I go to olive garden once a year and when I do I just get the soap and salad combo. Then a few hours later I'm thirsty as fuck for the rest of the day because of all of the salt in their food

[Anonymous No.8476400]

Because people these days can't cook and are complete retards when it comes to food that they think Olive Garden and Red Lobster is fancy, even though the food is garbage.

[Anonymous No.8476422]

>>8476400
>they think Olive Garden and Red Lobster is fancy, even though the food is garbage.
If you live in a place where garbage is the standard so you don't know good food from bad all you have to judge the place on is price and decor. And in terms of both these places are a few steps up from fast food, making them comparatively fancy.

[Anonymous No.8477054]

>>8476422

Fancy or not those cheese biscuits and red lobster are fucking awesome.

[Anonymous No.8477401]

Olive garden is fucking disgusting. Meme Italian food.

[Anonymous No.8477411]

>>8477054
If you don't know any better, sure.

[Anonymous No.8477451]

The first time I ever ate at an authentic Mexican place, I was extremely disappointed, because it was nothing like Taco Bell. Feed people shit long enough, and they'll learn to love it.

[Anonymous No.8477526]

>>8473001
waffle house hash browns and waffles are like, the best food you can get in that environment any time of day or night

[Anonymous No.8477532]

>>8477401
Italian food is one giant meme in general, to be fair.

[Anonymous No.8477546]

>>8472195
herd mentality

it makes them feel warm and cozy knowing the are like other people

[Anonymous No.8477562]

>>8471880
It's almost exactly like East Side Marios with Mediterranean decor and worst pasta

[Anonymous No.8477564]

>>8477546
yep, the same reasons population centers vote for liberal politicians.

[Anonymous No.8477582]

>>8474804
john?

[Anonymous No.8477584]

>>8477564
or the same reason why rural areas vote for conservative politicians

[Anonymous No.8477589]

>>8472195
Chic-fil-a makes the best fried chicken in the world. When a shitty po-dunk town gets one, it's a big deal to the locals. When a state that's never had one before gets one, it's a HUGE deal. Cry more, faggot. I'll bet you couldn't make better chicken nuggets, tendies, or a chicken sandwich. Not to mention their chicken biscuits are amazing as well.

[Anonymous No.8477595]

>tfw "culinary professional" of an Olive Garden

[Anonymous No.8477599]

>>8477589
I wonder if I'll make better fried chicken if I become homophobic.

[Anonymous No.8477627]

>>8471918
our town (in minnesota) has 50-60k people and it has:
>chipotle
>taco bell
>taco john's
>some shady looking local joint that's been there forever (I heard it's good but greasy af)
>2 or 3 nicer sit-down joints that have a bar and varying levels of fake-authentic atmosphere
and that's it for mexican here. I mean, you can mock flyovers all day and you'd probably be right, but that's not going to make them magically get better restaurants. it is what it is, man.

[Anonymous No.8477631]

>>8477582
Nah mate, I'm Edward.
I know none of you cunts know me, as I'm a fucking shut-in.

[Anonymous No.8477637]

>>8472907
it's like that up north too. not quite as much, but it's still like that. baker's square and any buffet too. perkins. basically any place that plays oldies over the PA system.

[Anonymous No.8477639]

>>8475249
>Good macros

There's bound to be some "good nutrition" in a 1200+ calorie meal

[Anonymous No.8477642]

>>8471918
Qdoba would be better if they used literally any seasoning.

I wish places would season more

[Anonymous No.8477645]

>>8477599
You'll just believe it's better, if CFA is any indication.

[Anonymous No.8477652]

>>8473059
>He tried to beat my cat
please tell me the cat defended itself vigorously. glad you got rid of that fucker.

[Anonymous No.8477655]

>>8471918
Not obsessed, just like tasty food.

[Anonymous No.8477663]

>>8473059
I was with you until "she'd sit on my lap or I'd jokingly rub her thigh" doesn't matter if it's a joke I would've laid you out famalam.

[Anonymous No.8477666]

>>8477589
Popeye's shits all over chick-fil-a, my guy

[Anonymous No.8477667]

>>8474613
>palettes
ok normally I overlook people's spelling goofs because it's the internet. but this being a cooking and food board, I thought I'd point out that pic related is a palette. what you are talking about is a palate.

/autism

[Anonymous No.8477691]

>>8471880
You can easily make better spaghet by heating Ragu in a saucepan, adding meat, and boiling your own noodles for way less than they charge. Only go for the endless soup, salad, and breadsticks.

[Anonymous No.8477725]

>>8477599
>Chic-fil-a is homphobic
Said every meme guzzling faggot who latched onto that stupid news story ever. Nice goal-post shifting, you dumb, buzzfeed-parroting imbecile.

>>8477666
>satanic trips
Checked, but Popeye's, while still very good fried chicken (I mean who doesn't like super cheap fried chicken anyway) doesn't come close to the quality of CFA. Popeye's is like the fried chicken spot you go to when you're stoned as fuck and you just wanna eat some good greasy shit. CFA is the same, but it's just better. My opinion, sure, but if you put both chicken toe-to-toe I think CFA would win.

Zaxby's is another animal too.

[Anonymous No.8477732]

>>8477725
I bet this guy boycotts businesses that give money to Planned Parenthood.

[Anonymous No.8477738]

>>8477725
>Said every meme guzzling faggot who latched onto that stupid news story ever. Nice goal-post shifting, you dumb, buzzfeed-parroting imbecile.
It was a joke, you moron.

I'm gay myself and I'll be more than happy to try it out when I visit the US.

>>8477732
lls

[Anonymous No.8477739]

>>8477691
>Only go for the endless soup, salad, and breadsticks.
>endless carbs
why?

[Anonymous No.8477742]

>>8477732
I don't boycott businesses because some person in the higher up has an opinion different from me and my urban hipster or bible thumping friends. The food speaks for itself and the food is why I go there, not their PR politics or whatever you're distracted by. Nice try though. Idiot.

[Anonymous No.8477746]

>>8477739
That's part of the joke, Anon.

>>8477725
Yeah Zax has some good sauce. Honestly, I don't go out of my way to get Chick-fil-a as much as I do Popeye's

[Anonymous No.8477751]

>>8477738
Okay, I'm sorry, bro. It's hard to discern sarcasm and jokes and stuff on the internet. Poe's Law and all. Anyway, DEFINITELY DEFINITELY try to make it to a Chic-fil-a whenever you visit the states. For breakfast, try their original chicken biscuit and for lunch just go ahead and try either their original chicken sandwich or the 8-count chicken nuggets with honey mustard. You can't go wrong there.

Sorry if I overreacted. I'm drunk lol

[Anonymous No.8477757]

>>8477746
>Zax has some good sauce
You aint lying, bro. And I'm not going to lie either, Popeye's is fucking good as fuck. Just saying, if I had to put it on a scale in terms of quality, not just convenience or price, I'd say

Chic-fil-a > Zaxby's > Popeye's > Bojangles > KFC

[Anonymous No.8477771]

>>8477751
All good and thanks for the recommendations

I usually assume people are taking the piss whenever they post something like that on 4chan. Everyone's pretty desensitised to bashing gays here.

[Anonymous No.8477930]

>>8477411
I know what good bread is. I bake, have access to a lovely non-chain Italian bakery close to my house, and grew up with that tasty bread full of seeds from Central Market. It makes great sandwiches.

Those greasy little biscuits are still partially comprised of crack cocaine.

[Anonymous No.8478350]

>>8472195
It's a low-key way of telling uppity lesbians and flaming gays to go fuck themselves.

I'm not kidding.
After the LGBT protests, their business increased at almost every location.
My brother eats there for lunch 3 times a week and won't hear of getting drive through hardly anywhere else now.

[Anonymous No.8478392]

>>8477589
>best fried chicken in the world
>chic-fil-a
You've never eaten anything but fast food, have you?

[Anonymous No.8478504]

>>8478392
I get my fried chicken from the local supermarket.
I don't think they changed the prices from 10 years ago.
It's only $1 for a thigh.
And 1.39 for a side of their mac and cheese and it's better than any of the fast food places.
It's a block away, so I'll walk over and come back and have it with some vegetables I make at home.

[Anonymous No.8478513]

Olive Garden is just a place where you can gather a large, picky group of family around endless bread. Makes everyone stfu and share a meal. I see it as paying for that quiet appeasement.

[Anonymous No.8478524]

>>8471859
Its not just that, its most casual chain restaurants in general. I don't understand why people go to the same fast food shit every week when you could try one of the many mom and pop places that serve better burgers and toppings for just a two bucks more.

But yeah you're right, people go to swiss chalet and boston pizza but wont try one of the many great local restaurants they have. Why do people like eating the same thing over and over?

[Anonymous No.8478564]

>>8478524
It's probably a holdover from evolution. You find something easy to eat on a regular basis, you eat the fuck out of that.

[Anonymous No.8478606]

>>8478524
>Why do people like eating the same thing over and over?

It makes people feel safe. A lot of people don't like leaving their comfort zone.

Imagine the tradeoff: You could eat something you've had before and know what to expect, or you could try something new which you might or might not like. For some people the risk that they might not like the new food is unsettling.

[Anonymous No.8478656]

>>8478524
>>8478564
You don't need to speculate.
People simply value consistency.

>>8478606

[Anonymous No.8478674]

>>8477930
I'll have to take your word for it. Never been to a Red Lobster and don't have any plans to go to one. I live on the coast, so hitting a place that specializes in serving seafood to landlocked people seems absurd to me.

[Anonymous No.8478682]

>>8478656
Yeah, but it makes no sense from a risk/reward perspective. If it's awful, you had one bad meal and never go there again. If it's not, you've not only had a fine meal, you may have just added a new place to your repertoire.

[Anonymous No.8478726]

>>8478392
Shut up.

[Anonymous No.8478733]

>>8472154
Hey fuck you, man!

[Anonymous No.8478737]

>>8471859
You arent paying for the ingredients, you are paying for the service, atmosphere, experience.

[Anonymous No.8478742]

>>8478682
Most folks don't put that much thought into what they eat. Their meals are little bright spots in their days, and they want to eat something they know they're going to enjoy. It's the gourmand seeks out new and novel food experiences, and most folks aren't gourmands.

[Anonymous No.8478744]

>>8472124
I have lived in america for all my life and have never once seen dennys have a line out the door

[Anonymous No.8478752]

>>8473001
The best part about visiting my family in the south is waffle house
that shit is the best

[Anonymous No.8478753]

>>8471859
The people who eat at Olive Garden are the same kind of people who go to sad little pan-Asian place serving caramel-coated General Tso's and rubbery sushi when they're in the mood for something truly exotic. Their tastebuds would detonate if they actually tried something spicier than ketchup.

[Anonymous No.8478756]

>>8478513

This anon gets it. It's consistent, appeals to a broad base, and they're generally clean with decent staff. The salad/breadsticks will shut up annoying people, etc.

Just basic food, not everyone is looking to be adventurous with their eating habits, especially when groups are involved. For example, Caesar salad. I'd much prefer a proper fresh made one, but imagine getting a picky twelve year old (or similarly 30y/o) to eat anchovies. I'd again much prefer hand made pasta with interesting sauce/meat/whatever but it's a high volume restaurant, I mean they've got fucking endless pasta deals.

Haven't been to one in over a decade though but I assume they're the same.

[Anonymous No.8478801]

>>8478756
It's what they called a "family restaurant" a generation ago. A not too expensive place where the food will be inoffensive to even the pickiest eaters in your family. These places are about the act of dining out with the family, not the food itself. People who are really into food know not to expect anything good or interesting from a chain in the first place.

[Anonymous No.8478820]

>>8478801

You don't have to be a culinary expert such as myself to recognize that Olive Garden is a chain reserved only for the lowest of plebs. Only flyover trash with pallets accustomed to nothing more than ketchup and butter would even consider thinking that Olive Garden is even remotely close to Italian cuisine. It disgusts me.

[Anonymous No.8478837]

>>8478820
I think that food is disgusting as well. But I cook and go out to good restaurants, so it's not a place for me. It's a place for someone to take their family of picky eaters out to dinner. We're talking the kind of people who might otherwise be eating frozen pizza or microwave heat and eat dinners.

[Anonymous No.8478858]

>>8478674
Wait, why the fuck would you even make a judgement on the biscuits if you've never had them? Is your torso stuffed with straw?

[Anonymous No.8478869]

>>8478820
*palate
Why are you fucking retards even here?

[Anonymous No.8478871]

>>8478858
I'm not making a judgement on them. I'm taking you at your word that they are like crack because I don't plan on ever eating at a Red Lobster. I don't ever plan on eating a cheese biscuit, either. But at least I know some folks go apeshit over them.

[Anonymous No.8478892]

>>8471918
>thinking qdoba is better than chipotle

[Anonymous No.8478894]

>>8478892
They're both shit. So is Moe's.

[Anonymous No.8478910]

>>8478894
i'd go to Moe's Family Feedbag

[Anonymous No.8478915]

>>8478910
That's Uncle Moe's.

[Anonymous No.8479008]

>>8471918

Every burrito chain/independent place is better than Moe's dude. It's horrible. So expensive unless you get something vegetarian and none of their ingredients are very fresh.

[Anonymous No.8479022]

>>8478820
I know you're going for a strawman, but everything you're saying is true.

[Anonymous No.8479068]

>>8471859
i like the macaroni grill more

[Anonymous No.8479108]

>>8473242
>they also only hire whites

And people wonder why there's a queue out the door?

[Anonymous No.8479124]

>>8479108
that's not true, they only hire christians

but it could be true if you're in a fly over state with mostly white people

[Anonymous No.8479225]

>live in a small city with a decent pop of mexicans
>taqueria not too far from college
>convince group of friends to grab tacos
>get there and order after sorting everything out
>get told that they didn't like it
I hate my friends sometimes.

[Anonymous No.8479291]

>>8472195

Sounds like every fucking Tim Horton's in Canada. A few years ago Newfoundland prohibited them from opening more locations with drive through because it was always fucking up traffic. In my city they have signs on the street saying you will be fined if you stop on the road waiting for the drive through, and it's only outside the Tim Horton's. their coffee is shit anyway, but I do enjoy a double toasted everything bagel with herb and garlic cream cheese.

[Anonymous No.8479307]

>>8479108
Yep. Just like Burger King they don't let black people touch your food.

[Anonymous No.8479352]

>>8475753
stories?

[Anonymous No.8479364]

>>8479307
>basically every employee at Burger King is black
The fuck you on about?

[Anonymous No.8479369]

>>8479364
It's from some very old, stale pasta.
Ignore him.

[Anonymous No.8479378]

>>8479225
Out of everyone I know around my age, only one friend and my brother are willing to try new restaurants and they usually don't like it. I took them both to get jamaican oxtails and they didnt like it because of the bones and fat, but at least they tried it. People are incredibly picky, but I guess food habits are very difficult to get over. It must be some evolutionary tactic to avoid new foods in case of poisoning or something like that.

[Anonymous No.8479379]

>>8471859
>drive by

[Anonymous No.8479385]

>>8479364
Its true here in south florida.

speaking of south florida, we have the best fast food restaurant in the world, La Granja. Takes a giant shit on any other fast food chain we have here.

[Anonymous No.8479387]

>le meat rest meme
Yeah, because I fucking love cold steak.

[Anonymous No.8479484]

>>8479378
Probably has less to do with Evolution and more to do with the famous "eat your peas/broccoli" event in childhood never happening, leading to shit tier palates.

[Anonymous No.8479535]

>>8479378
>evolutionary
It's most definitely cultural. It's learned behavior.

[Anonymous No.8479551]

>>8471859
The zuppa toscana is pretty good. Unlimited soup, salad and breadsticks ftw. 8.99.

[Anonymous No.8479636]

>>8474613
Sturgeon's Law.

[Anonymous No.8479661]

>>8472195
literally muh tendies, normie edition

[Anonymous No.8479728]

>>8478871
Do you not like biscuits or cheese? There are recipies online that are a good enough mimic. I feel bad for you.

[Anonymous No.8479742]

>>8479728
Not really a fan of biscuits, no. I like cheese fine, but am not a fan of putting it in/on everything.

[Anonymous No.8479808]

>>8475666
tits or GTFO

[Anonymous No.8479842]

My town is like 30% Italian and I would honestly say I would rather get Chicken Marsala at Olive Garden than step foot in some of these dejo wop "restaurants". At least I know I'm being poisoned overtly at the chain restaurant. It might have something to do with the struggling industry, chicken cutlets come frozen in a box. Only thing homemade around here is pasta and sauce, which is hardly redeeming. I might just need to go blow a few hundred dollars at a nice Billy Joel restaurant in Nassau county to get the true experience

[Anonymous No.8479941]

>>8473059
>best friends with his girlfriend
>friends with a girl

when will this meme end

[Anonymous No.8479955]

>>8479842
>Dejo
Dago, you fucking fag

If you're going to insult a bunch of guineas at least do it the right fucking way

[Anonymous No.8479976]

>>8479842
>. I might just need to go blow a few hundred dollars at a nice Billy Joel restaurant in Nassau county to get the true experience
You might be better off driving the extra miles to Brooklyn and hitting any one of these:
http://ny.eater.com/2014/12/1/7315673/10-old-fashioned-italian-american-restaurants-to-try-in-brooklyn

[Anonymous No.8481367]

>>8473001

Meh

Denny's is better food, but shit service
Waffle House has awesome service, but food is meh.

IHOP > Denny's > Waffle House > Eating pop tart over sink with lite beer chase > Huddle House

Huddle House is when you've done something so heinous to get banned from Waffle House at 3am on a Sunday morning.

[Anonymous No.8481373]

>>8479976
But does the staff say "WALA" when presenting the food?

[Anonymous No.8481375]

>>8476208

this post is comfortably educational now.

[Anonymous No.8481381]

>>8472403
Cheddar's is the only one. It's great in my opinion.

[Anonymous No.8481393]

In rural flyover land, OG/TGIFriday/Applebees is just keeping up with the Joneses.

[Anonymous No.8481509]

>>8473030
Almost every Italian restaurant has the same menu. Just because McDonalds sold spaghetti does that mean it's the same as the spaghetti at an upscale or better place? Is Fazolis providing the same product as Olive Garden or some where? Taco bell the same as Chipotle? Same menu doesn't mean jack shit if you use completely better ingredients and different styles of creating the food. Is the McChicken the same sandwich as Wendys chicken sandwich? Come on now.

[Anonymous No.8481521]

>>8474780
I hear the walkabout bar is nice.

(I agree with what you say but it reminded me of this)