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Patrick_Bateman 
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| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:42 pm to ehidal1)
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Best:
Cheddars
Hell no, IMO! I've only been twice, and I will never go back.
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Salmon
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| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:42 pm to NOX)
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In Shreveport / BC every, and I mean every, chain restaurant is full seemingly every night.
this is not just a Shreveport phenomena
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Salmon
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| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:43 pm to mouton)
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Perhaps it makes more sense that they have a seasoned cheese sauce that they heat up and add fresh browned ground beef
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you are probably one of those that insist the majority of food at chain restaurants is precooked and just reheated.
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mouton 
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| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:47 pm to Salmon)
One item doesn't constitute a majority and you still refuse to admit you had no idea what you were talking about and made shite up....
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Salmon
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| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:48 pm to mouton)
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you still refuse to admit you had no idea what you were talking about and made shite up....
so what is the pre-made cheese sauce?
do you know what you are talking about?
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Salmon
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| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:50 pm to mouton)
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One item doesn't constitute a majority
it's cheese and meat 
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yellowfin 
Illinois Fan
Paige is Pretty
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51802 posts
| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:55 pm to NOX)
I worked there for a few months in the late 90s
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Tiger Ryno
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| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:55 pm to Salmon)
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Worst: Macaroni Grill - seriously this places makes OG seem amazing
kill yourself NOW!
this place is the best casual chain i've been to.. unlimited wine for the price of one glass...outstanding bread...solid yet not spectacular Italian food...Nothing about this place is terrible.
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LouisianaLady
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Member since Mar 2009
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| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:56 pm to Rohan2Reed)
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you know what I find amusing about this thread? there are undoubtedly dozens of users on this site whose diet consists of primarily fast food and chain restaurants, yet you don't see them chiming into this thread. for instance, every time I drive by an Applebee's (a place 99% of folks in this thread agree is awful) anywhere in the South it is packed. PACKED. the parking lot is always full. you can't sit here and tell me those same people don't post on TD.
I think you can safely say those people don't post on the FOOD board. Look, I hate people pretending to be pretentious as much as the next person. But come on.. this board has such a SMALL group of posters from the site. It is a board for people who have an interest in food. Is it really that out of the realm of possiblity that the posters on the food board don't eat Applebees?
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Rohan2Reed
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Member since Nov 2003
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| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:58 pm to Tiger Ryno)
Macaroni Grill is not good dude.
But they give you olive oil with fresh cracked black pepper in it!! really? come on folks let's not kid ourselves here.
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Fap-n-Nap 
LSU Fan
Member since Aug 2012
2747 posts
| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:58 pm to mouton)
Best steaks:
-Longhorn
-Outback
Fish/Seafood:
-Bonefish
-copelands
Italian:
-Carraba's
Mall Pizza:
-Sbarro
Burger:
-Chili's
-Longhorn
Messican:
-On the Border
-El Sombarro
Blue Haired Fare:
-Cracker Barrel
Breakfast/ drunk grub/ Lot lizard potential:
-Waffle House
-huddle house
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REG861 
Vanderbilt Fan
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| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:59 pm to Patrick_Bateman)
IHOP belongs in the discussion, as well
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Tiger Ryno
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| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:59 pm to Rohan2Reed)
Take it back Rohan. SERIOUS DUDE!
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Rohan2Reed
Grambling Fan
Auerbach's Tavern
Member since Nov 2003
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| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:59 pm to LouisianaLady)
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I think you can safely say those people don't post on the FOOD board. Look, I hate people pretending to be pretentious as much as the next person. But come on.. this board has such a SMALL group of posters from the site. It is a board for people who have an interest in food. Is it really that out of the realm of possiblity that the posters on the food board don't eat Applebees?
I think a lot of people lurk this board TBH
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LouisianaLady
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Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2009
46886 posts
| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:59 pm to REG861)
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IHOP belongs in the discussion, as well
I had that for dinner at 1 this morning. Made a happy plate too!
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REG861
Vanderbilt Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2011
6810 posts
| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 2:01 pm to LouisianaLady)
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IHOP belongs in the discussion, as well
I had that for dinner at 1 this morning. Made a happy plate too!
may god have mercy on your soul
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mouton
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| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 2:25 pm to Salmon)
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quote: One item doesn't constitute a majority it's cheese and meat
One menu item doesn't constitute the majority of a menu genius.
And yes I do know what I'm talking about . My wife has worked in casual dining for 15+ years..... Care to admit you actually have no clue what you were talking about?
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TexasTiger05
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Member since Aug 2007
26639 posts
| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 2:28 pm to LouisianaLady)
there is a fight about chili's skillet queso going on right now. And the ingredients are still a mystery. We need an ex chili's line cook in here stat.
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LouisianaLady
USA Fan
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Member since Mar 2009
46886 posts
| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 2:29 pm to mouton)
I'm unsure what y'all are bickering about, but if you're saying that you know what's in Chili's food items because your wife works in casual dining, that either has no correlation whatsoever.. OR your wife works at Chili's.
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Fap-n-Nap
LSU Fan
Member since Aug 2012
2747 posts
| re: Best and worse national casual dining chains. (Posted on 1/28/13 at 2:33 pm to TexasTiger05)
Cabbot Farms medium cheddar, heavy cream, Roma tomatoes, serrano and chili peppers, and ground veal.
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