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Topic: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)

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Cincydawg

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Re: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)
« Reply #196 on: September 04, 2019, 08:23:48 PM »
The wife went to have her nails done yesterday.  She's not driving with her leg issues, so I drove her.  The place is in a local shopping mall, an old one, but it's crowded.  I figured I'd meander around, they had a kitchen store that was nicely equipped.  Anyway, I see folks going into a tanning booth store.

Really?  It's 92°F outside and full sun and you need a tanning booth?  Plus it's radiation, which if someone built a nuclear reactor nearby you'd have a fit (there used to be one at Tech, but it's closed now).

Reminded me of being in San Diego and seeing 3 fleet carriers docked across the bay, each with two nuclear reactors on board.

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Re: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)
« Reply #197 on: September 04, 2019, 09:28:01 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on September 04, 2019, 08:17:50 PM
We were staying with a friend of my wife and I had some notion she'd know where to go.  She didn't.  At one point I said I wanted to take her out to dinner and she suggested Longhorn, I kid you not.  I guess it was nearby, as if that's a good reason to dine there.

Ugh. I remember [sadly] the last time I was at an Outback. If I served steak that bad to a guest at my house, I'd commit ritual suicide. 
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Re: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)
« Reply #198 on: September 05, 2019, 06:32:53 AM »
Yeah, I've had better steaks at Waffle House.
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Re: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)
« Reply #199 on: September 05, 2019, 12:28:35 PM »
the Outback here in Sewer City serves fine steaks

it's all about the management
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Re: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)
« Reply #200 on: September 05, 2019, 12:31:11 PM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on September 04, 2019, 09:28:01 PM
Ugh. I remember [sadly] the last time I was at an Outback. If I served steak that bad to a guest at my house, I'd commit ritual suicide.
I don’t trust fast casual steaks. Seems too pricy without much upside. 
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Re: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)
« Reply #201 on: September 05, 2019, 12:38:01 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on September 05, 2019, 12:28:35 PM
the Outback here in Sewer City serves fine steaks

it's all about the management
My parents love all those chain restaurants for some reason, so we'll end up taking them there for birthdays, mother's day, etc.  And I've actually had a pretty good steak at Outback in Austin.  But typically I'll just order a burger or the grilled shrimp on the barbie or something.
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Re: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)
« Reply #202 on: September 05, 2019, 01:52:47 PM »
I post restaurant reviews on Trip Advisor, mainly these privately owned "hidden gems", like where we had lunch today.  I'm always amused when folks post reviews of Wendys and how great it was.  Um, wut?

They can be fun to read.  
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Re: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)
« Reply #203 on: September 05, 2019, 01:53:29 PM »
I don’t mind the chain restaurants.  I’ve had plenty of meals I’ve enjoyed at Outback, Olive Garden, Longhorn, etc.  Of course my parents didn’t have a lot of money so those kinds of places were considered “nice restaurants” during my formative years.
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Re: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)
« Reply #204 on: September 05, 2019, 01:56:19 PM »
Oh, me too.  The Sizzler was a great expensive dining experience when I was a kid.  We'd go to an all you can eat Catfish place hereabouts on Fridays sometimes.  I got to liking catfish, fried in corn meal.  Those places are gone now of course.

Ponderosa was another place we'd go at times.

I've learned that I don't have to spend a fortune to get a nice, interesting, fun dining experience.
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Re: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)
« Reply #205 on: September 05, 2019, 02:42:25 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on September 05, 2019, 01:52:47 PM
I post restaurant reviews on Trip Advisor, mainly these privately owned "hidden gems", like where we had lunch today.  I'm always amused when folks post reviews of Wendys and how great it was.  Um, wut?

They can be fun to read. 
you know that Wendy's has "people" that write reviews for them
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Re: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)
« Reply #206 on: September 05, 2019, 02:53:43 PM »
Quote from: Kris60 on September 05, 2019, 01:53:29 PM
I don’t mind the chain restaurants.  I’ve had plenty of meals I’ve enjoyed at Outback, Olive Garden, Longhorn, etc.  Of course my parents didn’t have a lot of money so those kinds of places were considered “nice restaurants” during my formative years.
I generally don't go to chains because I like to support the local mom and pop places.

We had no money when I was a kid, like you. So when we did go out, if was to one of those local Greek-owned places with a book for a menu. And we kids thought that was the chit too. Sometimes I still do, as we have a couple of those in town. You can get today's dinner and tomorrow's lunch for $10. I think it costs $10 to have crap at Burger King now.
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Re: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)
« Reply #207 on: September 05, 2019, 03:04:51 PM »
Cincinnati chili is really just Greek bolognese

https://thetakeout.com/cincinnati-skyline-chili-history-greek-bolognese-1837878624

I told him what many people don’t realize is the “garbage” they speak of is actually immigrant food—Greek and Macedonian immigrant food to be specific. The city’s first chili parlor was Empress Chili, which was opened just next to the Empress Burlesque Theater by John Kiradjieff and Ilias Kiradjief, immigrants from northern Greece who came to America in the 1920s. Just as Lombardi’s is the first pizza parlor in New York City, Empress was the first chili parlor in Cincinnati. And, though its original location is long gone, we honor it with an equal amount of reverence.
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Re: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)
« Reply #208 on: September 05, 2019, 03:09:05 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on September 05, 2019, 01:56:19 PM
Oh, me too.  The Sizzler was a great expensive dining experience when I was a kid.  We'd go to an all you can eat Catfish place hereabouts on Fridays sometimes.  I got to liking catfish, fried in corn meal.  Those places are gone now of course.

Ponderosa was another place we'd go at times.

I've learned that I don't have to spend a fortune to get a nice, interesting, fun dining experience.

We don't have many chili restaurants, but at least we still have a lot of places around that will do catfish fried in cornmeal!  All you can eat, even, which was a bargain when I was a teen/20s, but now usually just a couple of filets will do.

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Re: Summer has ended, long live summer (8/31/19 SOC)
« Reply #209 on: September 05, 2019, 03:10:56 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on September 05, 2019, 03:04:51 PM
Cincinnati chili is really just Greek bolognese

https://thetakeout.com/cincinnati-skyline-chili-history-greek-bolognese-1837878624

I told him what many people don’t realize is the “garbage” they speak of is actually immigrant food—Greek and Macedonian immigrant food to be specific. The city’s first chili parlor was Empress Chili, which was opened just next to the Empress Burlesque Theater by John Kiradjieff and Ilias Kiradjief, immigrants from northern Greece who came to America in the 1920s. Just as Lombardi’s is the first pizza parlor in New York City, Empress was the first chili parlor in Cincinnati. And, though its original location is long gone, we honor it with an equal amount of reverence.

Yeah, I saw a full episode on it on one of those Food Network shows maybe 15 years ago.  I like to make fun of Cincy-style chili but in reality it's a cool story.  Probably never should have been called chili in the fist place but, many decades later well, here we are. :)
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