STRANGER IN THE ALPS
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# | OT:Whatever Happened to the Family Restaurants We Grew Up With? 
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As I'm reading through the comments, the only thing that came to my mind like that now is your local Mexican restaurant. When I was a kid in Bristol we had Shoney's, Bonanza, Western Sizzlin', and Ryan's that fit the bill. My parents always took us there because there was a salad bar, if not a buffet, and it didn't break the bank. However, I don't think any of these served what I would now consider good food. It was edible and there was a lot of it.
You should visit Kernersville. Olympic Family Restaurant. CH Cafeteria. Route 66 Diner. Cagney's. Sixty-Six Grill. Doss Old Fashioned Ice Cream and Grill. Plaza Restaurant. Abell's Grill. Mad Greek. Banger and Alexa. Prissy Polly's. Clarks BBQ. Captain Tom's. All with 5 miles of my office. Almost as many of them as there are fast food. But not much in the fine dining category. Have to go to Winston, High Point or Greensboro for that. The new counter order chains have not pushed them out yet, though there is a new one trying every year. Guess we still have enough old people living around here who get together and sit in booths for breakfast, and not enough post boomer's who need everything modern looking and sound reflecting.
I'm sure there are as many articles about dogs at breweries/tasking rooms as well....
Next time you're in ABQ make sure you hit up Blake's Lotaburger and get yourself a green chile cheeseburger.
There is one USC, and it's in California.
And as much as I hate the Tarholes there is one Carolina, and it's in Chapel Hill.
I wish there were more options for eating out. I don't always feel the need to have a beer and I know it annoys some people always having kids run amuck at a brewery, but it is just not an enjoyable experience trying to get both our kids to be relatively calm at a sit-down restaurant as much as I would like to take them. If we want to get out of the house to eat and actually enjoy ourselves a brewery or maybe a food truck are the only real options and in my experience most food trucks are at breweries now-a-days anyway.
Dacha is a German beer garden (actually two locations in DC). It's definitely very different from a brewery and more like a bar. The amount of space at breweries is very dependent on the region's zoning laws and what type of brewery you're going to. A lot of them are in industrial or office parks where they have rented out a good bit of space and can easily fill it with open space - or locations with a bunch of green space. In places like DC, where zoning is more relaxed, you end up breweries that are functionally a big taproom/bar for the patron with little other space. I can't say they're great for letting kids run around, but it's not like kids can't be there.
At the end of the day, these sticks in the mud need to get over kids being at breweries. Breweries are really struggling right now. Margins are super tight and market share is shrinking. If you want your favorite craft brewery to stay open, you should be happy that people are there purchasing their product. And seriously, a child dancing in an open space or playing with lights on the ground is cute and completely innocuous. If someone can't appreciate that, then they should re-evaluate their life.
That's not a hard scenario to imagine - SCar (side note - I refuse to call them USC; there is one USC and it's located in California) plays us with zero game tape, has no idea what to expect from our new coordinators, is unprepared, and loses.
Then, we play Vandy, and Lea/Kill are able to stop us based on one game of film.
That scenario doesn't bother me much. Win 8 games (including UVA) or Pry gone. Other than UVA, I don't care which 8 games. That simple.
Maybe at a more urban brewery (like maybe a Dacha in DC), where there isn't as much space and it's more of a young adult crowd
This is what I would call a 'bar' that brews their own beer (vs a brewery; which IMO implies a lot of open space).
I went on a road trip a few years back after my ex fiancee left me. Went to Albuquerque to visit a friend and then swung through Texas to see my best friend in Port Arthur. I thought on the way there I'd have time to try an In n Out and a Whataburger, but I wound up only having time for one.
I picked Whataburger because it required less of a deviation from the route. I enjoyed it, but looking back I kinda wish I'd picked In n Out instead
Still a million of them here. You have to pay attention though- same color scheme but some are fillibertos, some are fillaritos, some are other "close" names as I'm sure you know.
Disagree. What makes 5 guys burger- which they griddle right in front of you from the same patty as in and out and countless others- special/sit down quality? You literally watch them put a 1/4 patty on the griddle and add salt and pepper to it. Honestly don't know why that is different than in and out or Culvers?
When I lived in PHX/scottsdale from 2000-2004 my go to was all the Filiberto's Mexican 24hr drive thrus. I'd get out of work at Keegan's and hit those up all the time.
I dont understand why they have a following, they aren't good. Their meat sucks, if my family wants it then I get vegetarian. I dont understand how they survive with Moe's, Qdoba, California tortilla and Baja fresh, however moes is the only one that hasn't closed down around me in the past 10 years.
Its like outback, I have no idea how they are still open but people love it for some odd reason. Outback was atleast good years ago when they made food in the restaurants instead of heating it up. But I guess that plays into it, these restaurants haven't kept with inflation so they had to cut costs.
I would argue than in and out is not a competitor to five guys as they are entirely different quality levels.... in and out is a reasonably good fast food burger. Five guys competes as a legitimately awesome burger at sit down prices.
I didn't go to wing factory for a few years just be ause im big on wings, but I liked their food when I first moved here ~20 years ago, but we went for school fundraisers and I remember better food. The fries weren't as good, the chicken was burnt, could have been a few off nights where they had a lot of middle schoolers but it used to be better to me.
Texas Roadhouse gets our money. Clydes was great value until they went after a higher market crowd 10 years ago or so. Santinis and McAllisters also get our money. GARG sometimes gets our money, we just aren't doing things near them as much. The girls love cheesecake factory (which is dont really like as it has the same issue as apples bees, all the food isnt good and I could make a lot better myself).
We dont really do buffets so golden corral, old country, shoneys aren't really places we'd go.
FROSTY IS A BEAR
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# | OT:Whatever Happened to the Family Restaurants We Grew Up With? Near us is a very eclectic food-wise place called Frozen Boba. Marlton, NJ. They have boba tea, fried chicken and Thai rolled ice cream as almost the entire menu. Some slushy-type deserts too. It is the exact opposite of what the places you are describing is like. Things are made fresh from scratch. Takes a long time, so we've learned to order our ice cream along with the chicken and have our dessert first while waiting. No waiters and pure fast food, self-seating, self-clean up layout for the seating area, but the food is great. Only gets so-so reviews by many, but that is because of the length of time needed for them to make the chicken. People are so impatient and don't want to wait for the good stuff. I want to tell these people whining about the speed:
'Guys, you can't have it both ways. Good food from scratch is not going to arrive in 5-10 minutes. If you want it in 5-10 minutes, go to KFC.'
Sooo.....coaching.
Glad we got that checkbox filled.
Knowing this program it would not shock me at all for us to come out and win against USC, get all high on ourselves, and lay an absolute egg against Vanderbilt. THAT is the scenario that would do it for me.
Yeah, CFA has a lot of 4 top options inside, from the booths to keep the kids corralled while trying to eat to bench on one side and chairs on the other. Small percentage of single or two-top options. And they are now doing 2 drive-thrus and even double pick up lanes with people walking food to you under a covered section.
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# | OT:Whatever Happened to the Family Restaurants We Grew Up With? I think they died when they all went to pre-made and re heated food instead of made from scratch. I hardly ever eat at anything casual place because they all taste frozen and fried. Corporate demands for higher margins means it's fast food in the back and only restaurant in the front. We have a few family places that still make the mains, but the mashed potatoes are instant and all the veggies are canned.
ah - you caught a typo - I meant 5-7 or worse. I fixed it
Agree with nickm2. Totally overblown from my experience. I've only really experienced it once at Solace Outpost in Falls Church. A big group of douchy looking friends let their kids run wild, but they kept it pretty much exclusive to the game room area. A bit of a bummer for my kids that wanted to play some arcade games, but we were able to sit away from the game room and it didn't impact our dinner.
perfection.
When it comes to In-and-Out I was honestly pretty disappointed once I finally got to try them when I moved here to Dallas. I guess it was just so built up for me given all the hype that I was expecting some kind of religious burger experience, and it was just another burger to me. Honestly, I think Shake Shack is better.