Chilis, Applebees, Olive Garden, Red Lobster

[Jorge]

Red Lobster seems to be the only one of these that is really inspiring vitriol

[dad]

which is sad because the biscuits are good. also you can get embarrassingly tall frozen margaritas.

[BurtReynolds]

I've eaten at Applebee's a few times and have never had anything there that didn't taste like cardboard. And it's expensive, too. I don't know how it stays in business.

[washing machine]

Chilis used to have the "guiltless grill" section of their menu that I liked. Such healthy pita options.

Do they still garnish their burgers with a comically large steak knife through the top of the bun?

[washing machine]

Also, kind of a cop out list but I'll go

Chili's/Olive Garden
Red Lobster for the biscuits and popcorn shrimp
Applebee's

Been a minute since I've been to any of these places, but Chili's will also have a special place in my heart for being the restaurant where we ate the night my wife went into labor. Last meal before being a parent was a plate of southeast egg rolls.

[Jorge]

Do they still garnish their burgers with a comically large steak knife through the top of the bun?

Lol I just looked this up. Hilarious

[lennytheweedwhacker]

I'd fuck Chili's, kill Red Lobster, and marry Olive Garden.

That’s fair.

[Chris_H_2]

Red Lobster is the only one that I would even consider eating at. It's not great at all, but at least the food is fresh(er).

Olive Garden salads are fine. But everything else is dogfood.

Chili's and Applebees are a distinction without a difference. Both horrible.

[doug rr]

in grade school and junior high i always went to black angus for my birthday dinner

[epilogue]

Chili's is the only one of these four restaurants that has given me food poisoning. Like, crippling, ruined the entire bathroom, almost didn't make it the next day, lost out on a scholarship because of it, food poisoning.

Also, it's super bland. And tacky. When you're a Mexican themed restaurant and the thing people order most is the burger? You're doing it wrong. Fuck Chilis.

[spike]

Red Lobster only getting love from landlocked middle America.

[spike]

Chili's is the only one of these four restaurants that has given me food poisoning. Like, crippling, ruined the entire bathroom, almost didn't make it the next day, lost out on a scholarship because of it, food poisoning.

Also, it's super bland. And tacky. When you're a Mexican themed restaurant and the thing people order most is the burger? You're doing it wrong. Fuck Chilis.

I’ve never thought of Chili’s as Mexican themed, huh.

Tell the story about the lost scholarship.

[bodysnatcher]

I’ve spent a lot of time at the Chili’s in the Atlanta airport

[lennytheweedwhacker]

I’ve spent a lot of time at the Chili’s in the Atlanta airport

I've been to their TGI Friday's a few times.

[Bammer]

I’ve spent a lot of time at the Chili’s in the Atlanta airport

I've been to their TGI Friday's a few times.

Kinda F’d up that they are open the other 6 days of the week, honestly.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

I’ve spent a lot of time at the Chili’s in the Atlanta airport

I've been to their TGI Friday's a few times.

Kinda F’d up that they are open the other 6 days of the week, honestly.

I don’t get it.

[washing machine]

I’ve never thought of Chili’s as Mexican themed, huh.

I thought that was a weird descriptor too. Not really sure what Chili's is now that I think about it. It's kinda Mexican adjacent, I guess. There's nachos and dippy things on the menu and maybe a few items with some Mexican spice to it, but overall I think Chili's just kind of invented its own category of being A. some place B. with food C. in America.

[BurtReynolds]

they have margaritas, too.

[BurtReynolds]

I call them Chiji's, because their logo is dumb.

[bodysnatcher]

i call it Chilly's because i always need to bring a light jacket in there, brr