Applebee’s. Specifically a shrimp and Parmesan sirloin.

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Jun 21, 2020
3:13:01pm

maxpowers Intervention Needed

I went there about 10 years ago and ordered and thought, how did i ever eat this thing?

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maxpowers

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What chain restaurants do you fondly remember that are completely different

SouthernBlueBlood

6/21/20 2:36pm

We used to go to Ruby Tuesday all the time and get a chocolate tall cake.

TCuz

6/21/20 2:40pm

That wasn’t a thing when I was a kid. At least in Seattle I don’t recall it but

SouthernBlueBlood

6/21/20 2:42pm

Home town buffet

supertux

6/21/20 2:40pm

A&W definitely. Great burgers, floats, fries, etc.

displacedute

6/21/20 2:40pm

Plus the frosty mugs

gilbertatty

6/21/20 2:43pm

Teen burger FTW

Nat Gas Man

6/21/20 2:43pm

I wondered if my memory played tricks on me. I remembered the burgers and fries

SouthernBlueBlood

6/21/20 2:43pm

^^^This!^^^^ A&W used to be awesome.

Uncle Bluto

6/21/20 2:52pm

It's still very good in Canada

Jesse Pinkman

6/21/20 3:08pm

And you can get poutine, so that’s also a plus!

specsauce

6/21/20 5:18pm

Kentucky Fried Chicken. I went there this last week - the food is so bad now compared to years ago.

Zenoch

6/21/20 2:43pm

Friendly's for a clown sundae

WhirleyPop

6/21/20 2:45pm

I loved Friendly’s as a kid.

TCuz

6/21/20 2:47pm

Friendly’s was an east coast chain to me. Summers in Boston we

SouthernBlueBlood

6/21/20 2:49pm

Connecticut

WhirleyPop

6/21/20 2:53pm

That makes sense

SouthernBlueBlood

6/21/20 2:54pm

My wife cries everytime we go to here home and she's reminded that Friendlies is gone.

BYUALWAYSNUM1

6/21/20 2:50pm

My comp and I taught a Friendly’s exec and his family. He had a freezer in his garage filled with half-gallon containers

SierraCoug

6/21/20 3:22pm

All of them. Chili's, Applebee's, Olive Garden

Baron

6/21/20 2:45pm

I don’t remember those as a kid

SouthernBlueBlood

6/21/20 2:49pm

Farrell’s.

Blue Print

6/21/20 2:48pm

Chili's was way better

cougarnerd

6/21/20 2:49pm

Olive Garden used to be better.

WJCougar

6/21/20 2:51pm

You just got pickier

BYUALWAYSNUM1

6/21/20 2:55pm

Restaurants decline in quality as your culinary skills increase

Nat Gas Man

6/21/20 2:58pm

No it’s true.

Turnpike Lane

6/21/20 3:43pm

Nah. Restaurants tend to go downhill when Darden buys them.

El Careeb

6/21/20 3:55pm

Applebee’s. Specifically a shrimp and Parmesan sirloin.

maxpowers

6/21/20 3:13pm

Anyone remember Sambo's. At their peak there were around 1100 restaurants.

Tare

6/21/20 3:16pm

We used to go all the time looking back very racist

gilbertatty

6/21/20 3:23pm

Me too. Didn't realize one of the founders also owned the Jazz and is the one

Tare

6/21/20 3:32pm

Named after the two founders: Sam and Bohnett. Wasnt tied to the racist caricature.

Turnpike Lane

6/21/20 3:46pm

Dude, L'il Black Sambo was featured prominently on signage, menus, and murals

Tare

6/21/20 3:54pm

Agree even as A youngercchild thought it was kina racist.

kahuna

6/22/20 4:29am

Chi-Chi’s

gangbusters

6/21/20 3:22pm

Marie Callender.

SierraCoug

6/21/20 3:23pm

International House of Pancakes.

ponys

6/21/20 3:26pm

McDonalds

newbie

6/21/20 3:42pm

I don't know if they are different. My tastes have changed.

mrphotogenic

6/21/20 3:46pm

Shoneys Big Boy. Growing up in Virginia.

JmThms

6/21/20 4:06pm

Taco Bell. The cut the salt and fat in most of their items awhile back and they

vegasnative

6/21/20 4:15pm

My grandpa always used to take us to Arby’s. I still have a soft spot for it

Pepe

6/21/20 4:41pm

Farrels ice cream 🍦

BYU Grounds

6/21/20 7:30pm

Not a restaurant But as a Child

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