re: The 3 location rule when selecting a place to eat

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not a silly rule but it is a decent guideline- most chain rests. have ongoing quality issues,

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I don't dispute that chains may have quality issues, but I think it's silly to use a "3 location" rule. I rarely eat at mid level chains, anyway, unless I'm out of town without other options,in which case getting a burger, club sandwich or salad isn't all that much of a risk and likely to be much better than McDonald's where I would not likely go for any reason.

I also like the occasional chicken at Popeye's, so I'd break the rule by eating there, as well.

I've had to eat at Outback twice in the past year by someone else's choice, which is more times than I've eaten there in the past 5 years. The blue cheese chopped salad was very good as was the pork tenderloin. Granted, maybe those items won't be good at another location, but I'm surely not going to invoke a RULE. Had I invoked it, I would have missed dinner with my young nieces who happen to like the place and if they pick Applebee's, I'll suck it up and eat there, too.

I've eaten at many Ruth's Chris restaurants in the US and Canada and not once have I noticed a problem with quality.

I think BR has 3 Serop's restaurants. I like Serop's, so again, the rule would be broken.

I'll stop here.

It's a silly rule.