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All-In [34823]
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Speaking of restaurant declines, whatever has happened to
Oct 19, 2015, 4:03 PM
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Outback seems to have happened country-wide? It seems they all suck now. Used to be one of the hottest places around.
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it got out
Oct 19, 2015, 4:06 PM
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this had like 10 billions calories
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Never stopped me***
Oct 19, 2015, 4:06 PM
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I never felt well after eating on one of those.***
Oct 19, 2015, 4:09 PM
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Lot o points [155517]
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So I worked in the kitchen at a restaurant in Anderson back
Oct 19, 2015, 4:09 PM
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in the CU days, and they had a blooming onion knock-off.
Lemme tell you, they are a world-class PITA to make. Seriously....you can even be good at them and completely eff one up without even trying hard.
Got to the point where we changed the entry in the POS terminal where if a waiter entered a blooming onion, it showed up as "f###ing onion" on the kitchen ticket.
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T-Bonz?***
Oct 19, 2015, 4:21 PM
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Lot o points [155517]
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Doni's under the trees. Although I did bartend/wait tables
Oct 19, 2015, 4:25 PM
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at the T-Bones in Seneca. I pull a broad sample of my drinking stories from my experiences there.
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Oculus Spirit [80924]
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Tbonz in Charleston is another restaurant that has
Oct 19, 2015, 4:53 PM
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Shyatt the bed. The one downtown and in West Nasty jumped the shark years ago.
The one in Mt P used to be awesome, and for some reason they closed it, waited two years and changed it to a Liberty Cafe and it now sucks. The liberty in Columbia is owned by the same group of people but is much better.
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Pretty sure it has to do with the correlation between their
Oct 19, 2015, 4:06 PM
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Bloomin' Onion and involuntary sharts.
#thatimportantmeetingdidn'tendwell
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Lot o points [155517]
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Just to clarify........
Oct 19, 2015, 4:07 PM
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Are you saying that Outback WAS good at some point, or is this some sort of hidden metaphor?
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Well...it was packed all of the time, and now
Oct 19, 2015, 4:08 PM
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it snot.
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Lot o points [155517]
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ohhhh, ok. gotcha....yer just talking mass appeal.
Oct 19, 2015, 4:10 PM
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Sort of like those Creative loafing awards where the best burger joint in town goes to 5 guys.
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Or a Bob Jones bloc vote campaign for one their own.***
Oct 19, 2015, 4:11 PM
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The U-Joint is awesome. I grab a beer over there after work
Oct 19, 2015, 4:18 PM
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once or twice a week. I have not had a burger yet, any recommendations on which one?
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I'd suggest the meat burger.
Oct 19, 2015, 4:20 PM
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Get it with a bun. You WON'T be sorry.
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I really had a hankering for a tofu burger with my pbr
Oct 19, 2015, 4:24 PM
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tonight, but I guess I'll go with the meat burger since it comes so highly recommended.
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On a bun.
Oct 19, 2015, 4:32 PM
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Because a bun is like having bread.
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Lot o points [155517]
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Mumbo, remember the Hourglass lounge that was on Laurens
Oct 19, 2015, 4:31 PM
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next to the Hardee's that is now a Title loan place? Long since gone, but dizzam, that was still one of the greatest cheeseburgers I've ever had.
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Yep, Cheers had a pretty good burger, too.***
Oct 19, 2015, 4:42 PM
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new bar called the kitchen sink opening
Oct 19, 2015, 8:23 PM
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on the other side from fitzs
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Yeah, that's it. Also why I haven't been, heh.***
Oct 20, 2015, 8:59 AM
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Lot o points [155517]
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Yeah, those are good. Used to be called Big Daddy's
Oct 20, 2015, 10:26 AM
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when they opened the first one in Charlotte, then they learned there was another one somewhere in the US when they decided to franchise, and had to change the name.
Founder is a big Charlotte restaurant guy who pretty much turns any venture he starts into a giant money press. Pro tip----it's not on the menu, but ask for your bun to be steamed white castle style.....takes the burgers from a 9 to a 12.
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The original in Dilworth is a freaking wonderful place to
Oct 20, 2015, 10:46 AM
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eat. As long as it's nice enough to sit outside. Inside is like eating a huge family Thansgiving gathering inside a phone booth.
For you young'uns...this is what a phone booth was:
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Lot o points [155517]
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Yes, outside, because as you're eating your 1000 calorie
Oct 20, 2015, 10:47 AM
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delicious burger bomb, you can also watch the real wives of Dilworth jog by.
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Heisman Winner [135427]
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LOL...also..."Best Fried Chicken----The Shrimp Boat"
Oct 19, 2015, 4:21 PM
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What's more telling to me is the number of completely empty categories. It's like no one could come up with a place to take a date in Rock Hill.
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I like to take all my dates to Luke's.
Oct 19, 2015, 4:33 PM
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Maybe do some blow with Chili Bean in the bathroom and then get into a fight in the parking lot because some redneck looked at my gurl.
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The one in Rock Hill sits right beside the ramp to I-77.
Oct 19, 2015, 4:14 PM
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I have no idea if this is why it stays packed 7 days a week or not, but it does. And it has since the day it opened there. Of course, it IS Rock Hill, where we don't support anything BUT substandard corporate chain restaurant swill to begin with.
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Oculus Spirit [75668]
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I think all of these casual dining places have gone
Oct 19, 2015, 4:27 PM
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from okay to far too expensive for that one gets. Can you go there and get a great steak, no. But once upon a time you could go there, have a nice predictable meal and it not cost a crap ton. I mean who wants to pay $3 for tea?
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Oculus Spirit [79377]
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This is why we rarely go out to eat
Oct 19, 2015, 4:30 PM
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I'm not trying to drop $100-$200 every weekend on going out like some people I know.
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Here lately we've been going to the Taco Truck on 161.
Oct 19, 2015, 4:38 PM
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Holy he11z is it amazing food. TRULY authentic tacos and sopes. We went Friday and I had 3 sopes and Mrs. Tig had 2, total bill was $10. Carried it back home and drank my own dang beers.
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Oculus Spirit [79377]
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Yeah, take out is what we do if we're going to
Oct 19, 2015, 4:45 PM
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get restaurant food usually. Large pizza at Guys is $14, and that's about as cheap as it gets for feeding two.
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Oculus Spirit [75668]
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I think this is why I so often land at a bbq joint
Oct 20, 2015, 8:53 AM
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if I go out to eat. I know I cannot replicate that meal for less than $100 and 8 to 10 hours of my time. Now that so many people I know have small kids, means wives, or lazy and untrusting husbands. Going out to eat isn't the social event it once was.
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Lot o points [155517]
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You have to use Lewis Grizzard's bbq litmus test.
Oct 20, 2015, 10:39 AM
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If there are pictures of Jesus on the walls, and checkered tablecloths, it's probably going to be good BBQ.
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Oh.
Oct 20, 2015, 10:40 AM
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I thought you were going to say if it makes you rise from the grave, then it's probably good barbecue.
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Lot o points [155517]
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Man, I wish.
Oct 20, 2015, 10:43 AM
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He'd be the only reason to subscribe to a newspaper these days.
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However, if it causes stigmata, it's probably a
Oct 20, 2015, 10:43 AM
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5 guys bacon burger at $8.
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Lot o points [155517]
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I have no desire for my hands to be punctured and bleed, but
Oct 20, 2015, 10:46 AM
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it would still be better than an $8 Five Guys bacon cheeseburger.
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Oculus Spirit [75668]
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Did the bacon cheese burger in particular
Oct 20, 2015, 10:50 AM
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do something mean to you?
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That'd be Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q***
Oct 20, 2015, 10:44 AM
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Lot o points [155517]
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No, those weren't around when he died. But in fairness,
Oct 20, 2015, 10:45 AM
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while eating at a Red, Hot, and Blue, or a Smokey Bones might not be a sin, I'm pretty sure it would be heavily scrutinized at the pearly gates.
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Oculus Spirit [75668]
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... ... ... How did go from places that
Oct 20, 2015, 10:47 AM
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blare loud blues music and have a good beer selection go down the path to the most ###### of chain bbq joints?
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Commercial vs. Reality
Oct 19, 2015, 4:11 PM
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Re: Commercial vs. Reality
Oct 20, 2015, 10:18 AM
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No wonder. The person taking the live shot doesn't have dat lense or dat lighting.
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Oculus Spirit [79377]
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Over priced, bland food and beer
Oct 19, 2015, 4:11 PM
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It just doesn't make sense to pay $4.25 for a Coors light, and $20 for a steak that I could prepare much better at home.
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We use to get curbside takeout years ago in AZ, and it
Oct 19, 2015, 4:20 PM
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was pretty reasonable price- and quality-wise. Haven't had the urge to go to an Outback since moving back east 2.5 years ago, but we decided to go with dad last week. Got the sirloin and unlimited shrimp for $16. I ordered my steak MR, it came out rare. No biggie, I'll eat a rare steak, but Outback used to be pretty ### spot-on with temps. 19She ordered hers M, and it came out straight up blue. WAY rarer than mine. How the shit does that happen? They were perfectly nice about it and made her another one and boxed it up to go, but the kids were being jerks by then so there was no chance of eating at the restaurant. Shrimp were tiny and pretty meh. The whole thing...yeah. Weird. They've gone WAY downhill. I'm guessing I'll NEVER have the urge to go to an Outback again.
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They still serve the honey wheat bread?
Oct 19, 2015, 4:49 PM
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That was legit bread, everything else was mostly 'meh' from what I remember.
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My BIL tells me the one in Sumter is always packed...
Oct 20, 2015, 8:54 AM
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Of course, it is prolly the only restaurant in Sumter...
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Sumter ?
Oct 20, 2015, 10:29 AM
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