re: 41 locations of Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s to close...

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Bonefish in Madison, MS was closed.

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Damn I used to go there a good bit. There was a great waiter that immigrated from Africa. He was awesome.

For a chain that bonefish was pretty damn good

Steakhouses are for a special occasion. Cooking a steak is easy and you can buy any cut of meat almost anywhere you want nowadays. People that truly appreciate steak are probably the ones that prefer to cook it themselves.

Chain restaurants have been declining for a while now. There has been a push to eat local. Restaurant chains used to be better because they had a huge advantage to sourcing products and enjoying economies of scale. It's easier today to source and ship food, so their advantage has dwindled. On top of that, they have too many people on the tit. The have become a corporation that doesnt care about food, they care about money. A good restaurant requikres someone that truly cares about the product they serve. This is why restaurants usually take a downturn when the founder's children take over. Less heart involved and more people involved to split the profit.

Large chains are the worst. They will hire some MBA in the corporate office to figure out how to increase profits. Then the dumbass will say hey, if you stop giving people napkins with their sandwich we will save 3 million dollars nationwide. They do it, they save 3 million dollars, and they say wow good job dumbass. Well, now you have customers that have a slightly less enjoyable experience and they remember that and maybe even go less that they did before, Losing 5 million dollars in revenue annually nationwide. Then they will hire another dumbass to figure out why sales are down. And cost of all these studies and employees is passed onto the customer.

I don’t recall their bread being anything special

Way too much sodium and carbs in that dish.

Madison, MS Lost their Bonefish today.

No word on Outback yet.

i can't imagine what your "countless others" look like to be multiple rungs below fleming's and ruth's chris.

They are about to open an Outback in the city of Bham (just north of UABs campus in midtown). Very odd location to me. Construction looks complete and should be opening this month I think.

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The company didn’t release a list of closed restaurants.

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Metairie & the northshore are sweating bullets right now

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its been quite a few years since i spent a considerable amount of time on the road, but a decade ago it wasn't uncommon to spend 300 nights a year in a hotel. In Louisiana we take decent food for granted. However, when you spend a month traveling to no name towns in the midwest, you appreciate the consistency of what at the time was an Outback steakhouse across any number of states. Again, i haven't been to one in quite a while. But i'd go for an Outback special and a draft amberbock and not be dissapointed.

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Unsafe for family dining

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The one in Madison was in a good location. We liked it.