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Horrible horrible place. My grandmother turned in her grave when I ate there and I disgraced my heritage.
Hence my joke
Horrible horrible place. My grandmother turned in her grave when I ate there and I disgraced my heritage.
My Applebees in Joliet is great. Awesome service. Above average burgers. Nice desserts.
Is there a good one in Joliet? The one I have been to about 10 times in the last 6 years is the one off Jefferson by Walmart, and it's always bad. But if there is a good one in the area, I'll sway my Applebees friends to go in that direction instead when they insist we eat there.
I know location can make a huge difference. Theres like 5 Chilis that we'll frequent, and the one off Boughton in Bolingbrook has given us a lot of trouble(bad food prep, weak service, and the tables are sticky most of the time). If I only judged Chilis off that one place, I would really dislike the whole brand, but thankfully Chili's is still a safe choice and the one off Weber is as close to perfect, as a chain place can get.
Oh, and brett, since you roam similar areas. Ever go to Cheddars off 53 ? I swear that place gets no love. Prices are great, menu is solid, food is always good, environment is nice as well. Not the greatest in the world of course, but you wont go wrong taking a group there.
We go to this one Italian chain down here...Carrabbas. They have some decent Italian food considering there arent any mom and pop Italian places worth a damn here.. I'd recommend Carrabbas to anyone. At least this particular one. The sausage/lentl soup is outstanding as is the rigatoni martino
Is Thai House in Bloomington? I'll have to check it out next time I'm in town. Did you escape the tornadoes yesterday?
Carrabbas is pretty awesome for a chain place (owned by Bloomin Brands, same parent as Outback). I'm a big fan of their Chicken Marsala. Or if I want to go all in and eat like a fat ass, the Chicken Trio is the shit. The bread and fresh herbs they give you is pretty good too.
Yes and it's an awesome family owned restaurant, it's just fresh well prepared food.
Here is the menu http://thaihouserestaurants.com/
Lot's of trees were down in the neighborhood but my property is fine, I will probably get up on the roof this afternoon though. A very good friend of mine in Washington had his house leveled. The good news is they just finished building it and hadn't moved into it yet. They were going to move in next week. Thank God they weren't in it and they are insured.
Will definitely check that place out. Love Thai.
My parents were visiting and had to fly back. They are out in Eureka, all good there though. Sounds like Washington got nailed. Heard from a friend that the Georgetown apartments are gone. Still have some friends in Washington, hope everyone is ok.
Anyone else find the food at Cheesecake factory very underwhelming?
I have gone to the one in Oak Brook with my family 3-4 times and went to the new one in Orland Square Mall 1 time and I always find their food to be just alright.
Maybe I am not getting the right stuff from their menu.... Cheesecake it usually pretty good.
I always go pasta there cause they have so much of it I figure some of their pasta must be good, but its always just average to me.
Anyone have that experience with Cheesecake Factory?
Anyone else find the food at Cheesecake factory very underwhelming?
I have gone to the one in Oak Brook with my family 3-4 times and went to the new one in Orland Square Mall 1 time and I always find their food to be just alright.
Maybe I am not getting the right stuff from their menu.... Cheesecake it usually pretty good.
I always go pasta there cause they have so much of it I figure some of their pasta must be good, but its always just average to me.
Anyone have that experience with Cheesecake Factory?
Anyone else find the food at Cheesecake factory very underwhelming?
I have gone to the one in Oak Brook with my family 3-4 times and went to the new one in Orland Square Mall 1 time and I always find their food to be just alright.
Maybe I am not getting the right stuff from their menu.... Cheesecake it usually pretty good.
I always go pasta there cause they have so much of it I figure some of their pasta must be good, but its always just average to me.
Anyone have that experience with Cheesecake Factory?
I used to really like TGI Fridays.... those MacNCheese bite things were awesome, they got rid of them and I stopped going there.... I always got decent food at the TGI Fridays down in Champaign when we went there.