re: Why are many nicer restaurants shunning the baked potato these days?

I'm with you, hoss. I like a baked potato. Simple, filling, tasty.

I'd say more but I'm hammered as usual. I need a nap. This is a long stoplight.

In Southern California there's a small chain of restaurants owned by Clearmans. Excellent steak houses and they guarantee the potato to be at least 1 pound.

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they don’t look pretty on the plate

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There's not much prettier, in my opinion, than a twice-baked potato bubbling over with cheese in it

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Maybe so, but the way most people eat baked potatoes, the calorie count goes off the charts------Butter, Sour Cream, Bacon Bits, Cheese will kick that number up past 1000 in a hurry.

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I don't eat baked potatoes that often, but I'm lucky in that I am fine with just salt and avocado oil on the skin to crisp it up.

This makes me think I need to eat more potatoes. If you let them get cold and become a resistant starch, the carb profile changes, too.

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I think the issue with baked potatoes is the cooking time.

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This is a good point, but I'm sure places can figure out how to make it work.

This may sound like blasphemy to some, but at home to save time I cook them in the microwave for a few minutes to get them close to done, then olive oil, salt, little pepper, wrap in foil and but on top grill rack for 15 minutes while heading up to sear steaks. Works fine for us.

Food Network recipe

Don’t seek a full potato when we hit a steak place but if I have the itch I prefer potato skins

Baked potatoes are trashy