re: Anything cheesier than being out of town on business trip & eating at a chain restaurant?

bitd I would only eat at Outback or good looking sushi places on business trips. Just because Outback used to be decent and didn't itemize the alcohol on the receipt.

You don't want to risk explosive diarrhea when you have meetings lined up and people you need to impress.

Ever since Yelp, it's a lot easier to eat at local restaurants with confidence not to mention that Outback has sucked major arse for the past 10 years or so.

I think now there is no excuse for avoiding local joints. I still only get coffee from Starbucks on trips though. At home I avoid it like the plague but in foreign territory it's so easy to get bad coffee. At least Starbucks is consistently mediocre.

Yelp reviews don't help so much with coffee shops.

I also only stay at chain hotels too. You never know with local hotels and we get a deal through work to stay within the Hilton family.

I also want to add that eating at the Outback bar did have some benefits. You would always meet other people in town for business and sometimes would be able hook up with some woman in town for a sales convention.

Checking out local cuisine you don't really find singles.