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Cheeseballs, Nerds love them.

Those who fail to learn from The Simpsons are doomed to see history repeat.

I can’t believe people pay $18-50 to eat at a crappy chain.

Who’s got two thumbs & hates shrimp? Read more

Eventually, the emotional calluses will render me immune to shrimp shaming, even as I struggle to fit back out the restaurant door.

It’s both, but probably more for savings in labor for them. The shells can add flavor when left on during cooking though. 

Probably the shrimp are the biggest cost since carbs and beverages usually are higher profit items. Read more

I love how you seem to just ignore the fact that if you don’t have a job, you don’t have money, and thus are unable to purchase food.

What odd logic. You could say most people don’t work in XYZ industry and name any industry and it would be true. Because there is no one industry that a vast majority of people work in. Read more

Potato tacos aka tacos de papa are elite. Some shredded cabbage and queso fresco and salsa and we are in business. 

Pickle is the new bacon.

“workers should stop agreeing” Read more

You’ve just been hired at the Takeout blog

Here’s an idea: workers should stop agreeing to work for sub-minimum wages and then companies will stop paying sub-minimum wages - looking at you too servers. In both these situations the workers choose to gamble that they’ll be paid more in tips than they’d get working a non-tipped position at McDonald’s etc.  I’m… Read more

So, how big of an ad buy did Darden Restaurants take out to get two fawning advertorials within a week? Should we expect “15 Reasons why Cheddars Rocks my Socks” by Friday? 

This restaurant smells like BO, and parmesan, How does anyone walk in this place and not immediately leave...

Two Olive Garden articles within a few days of each other? How much are you being paid to promote one of the worst restaurant chains in the country?

That used to be a option, but most restaurants let their delivery people go during COVID (or they quit) and after that, DoorDash, UBer and others filled the void. Out of the 10-15 restaurants in my area that offered delivery, pre-COVID, less than 5 do now. So if you have disabilities or cannot drive, you are pretty… Read more

If you don’t start paying our employees, we’ll have no choice but to pay them ourselves!

Do you mind if I go on a soapbox here? Read more