Red Lobster no longer removes the tails from the shrimp in their pasta dishes. They say it is to “enhance the flavor” but methinks they are just saving money.

And the last time I got their food I got two kinds of shrimp with one side (it doesn’t come with a salad anymore!) and it was $20. How many shrimp did that…

I loved the game, but it crashed on me a total of six times during my playthrough. At least re-starting was quick and painless.

I wish this was true, but it isn’t. I can’t feed myself and my three kids for under $20 at Taco Bell anymore, even without drinks.

Arby’s has the best value, as long as you get one of their limited time offerings. Last month I could get a french dip and mozzarella sticks for $5.

I try to tip in cash so they recipient doesn’t have to report all of it. But this would make me look like I never tip, thus giving me worse service.

Stupid.

That’s fair enough, but I wouldn’t say it is a majority opinion among the veterans I’ve met. In fact, my son-in-law served in the Marines and seems quite grateful when people recognize his service.

I love cheese curds, but Arby’s mozzarella sticks are pretty stinking fantastic. Even cold.

I took it from this line: “However, if the goal is to minimize a source of dining room disruption, why not ask patrons to leave rather than waiting until the end of the meal to enact a surcharge?”

Now that you responded, I see that this sentence can be understood two different ways. The first way is the way I read it…

Brand Eating has a more extensive list:

My son and his girlfriend wen to Melting Pot recently for a quiet dinner date and the table next to them was filled with preteens singing and dancing and making Tik Tok videos. When he complained, the manager offered him two free drinks the next time he visits. What a joke.

This. Marnie’s rhetorical questions are inane. The owners don’t know which parents are bad, thus kicking out *all* parents without serving them is a bad solution. This punishes only the ones who have issues.

I have five kids and taught them to behave in restaurants, plus I always clean up after them/us. I wouldn’t have…

I’ve had Popeyes. And Chick-fil-A is definitely better.

Your comment astounds me. Do you really not know that different spicy foods have different level of heat? If a menu says “chicken curry” you have no idea how spicy the dish will be until you try it and this was a similar situation. I like chili crisp usually, but my shrimp had too much of it. How does that subjective…

Taco Bell has one major problem with their breakfast offerings: their bacon sucks. Instead of strips of bacon like most other places, they have chewy, hard “chunks” of bacon. They fall out of the food, they get stuck in my teeth, and every once in a while a piece literally cannot be chewed.

Taco Bell: use real bacon…

I liked it, but the batch I got was too spicy for my liking. The flavor was good, but the heat was annoying.

They serve ranch with wings because blue cheese (or bleu cheese) is gross. It is moldy, nasty, gunk that tastes like a dirty basement.

My family in the middle part of the country always had Catalina in the fridge. And, as mentioned, it goes great on taco salad.

But although Thousand Island is listed as the best seller in Oregon, I don’t really see it at restaurants or fast food places. Maybe everyone buys it in bottles because it’s not popular enough…

No, that’s not an accurate comparison. I can’t really define it, but the ones I had from Mochinut are crispy and chewy in a way I’ve never experienced before. I shared some with friends and every one of them said they were the best donuts they’ve ever had.

Yes. There are “good” pizza places near me, but a single pizza costs $20 and I can’t afford that when I’m feeding my kids. Little Caesar’s pizzas are around $8. Pizza Hut gives you two for $16. Papa John’s is two for $14. Papa Murphy’s has medium 2-topping pizzas for $6.99 currently. Etc.

It’s a money issue, not a…

I check the app every Tuesday and there’s usually at least one freebie that I like. This summer they had free crazy bread and sauce at Little Caesar’s every week and I used it multiple times. I also claimed the Jersey Mike’s points.

It just might be my favorite loyalty program.