You must pick ONE restaurant to eat at...

[TZ]

Poll question: You must pick ONE restaurant to eat at...

Which one would you choose?:)

[Danger Mouse]

1. Cracker Barrel. I've had good experiences there. I like it.

:shrug:

[SKKY]

2. Although I still have yet to understand the concept behind "chicken fried steak"...

...I'll pick Cracker Barrel. Conservative types tend to frequent it, and I love good debate while eating.

[Zomby Woof]

6. Chicken fried steak is everywhere

Most of the the diners here in L.A. serve it, and I am talking about indie joints, not just chains.

It's southern in origin, but widely popular.

[Capn Sunshine]

40. J' Refuse

To have that on my menu. It's the health aspect. Heart attack on a plate.
God ,it's so good, especially when you fry the steak in bacon grease.
So far I have resisted peer pressure

[Zomby Woof]

3. Cracker Barrel

They make a decent breakfast. Love the biscuits. :thumbsup:

And they have a cool store - their corn meal is the next best brand to Martha White's. :9

[Midlodemocrat]

7. And, all of their decorative stuff for the holidays?

Goes on sale at 40% off WAY before the actual event. I got a bunch of Thanksgiving stuff there. Prices are great to start with; 40% off is AWESOME!!!

Tomorrow? I'm hoping the snowman stuff is on sale. My Christmas stuff is mainly snowmen because you don't need to take it down right away.

[Zomby Woof]

25. I only get to go when we visit my parents in NC

They don't have them in CA, and I never saw any in WA when I lived there. AZ had one near me, but that was over 4 years ago. First ate at one in TN back in '78, and still have the Gee-Haw-Whimmy-Diddle toy I bought there. (Bonus Festivus Pole Dance for anyone who knows what the hell I am talking about).

[tigereye]

66. they actually have some great gee-gaws - I think I bought some nice small

lighthouses there.

[Midlodemocrat]

4. Dude. YOU. SUCK.

:rofl:

I can't decide. Chicken pot pie versus all you can eat salad versus chicken nuggets with buffalo sauce?

[TZ]

9. I knew you would have a tough time with this

These high class joints are all over Midlothian I expect..:P

[Aristus]

5. A small restaurant on the border of the town square of Bonn, Germany.

If I had to choose just one place at which to eat for the rest of my life, it would be there. Outstanding food, Heavenly beer, and atmosphere to spare...

[CreekDog]

8. Midlo swears by the Chicken Pot Pie at Chick-Fil-A

Which explains my vote.

But me, I consider it kind of low-rent.

[Midlodemocrat]

13. Okay. For the last time. Pay attention.

Cracker Barrel has Chicken Pot Pie, which is available on Wednesdays during lunch only.

Olive Garden has unlimited salad. Yes, it's a chain, but seriously? Who the fuck cares?

Chik Fil A serves chicken nuggets with the best buffalo sauce and unsweet tea known to man.

Learn it. Love it. Live it.

[Dr. Strange]

37. No Chik-Fil-A here, just KFC.

Does KFC have chicken poppers?

Mmmm, fingerpopping good.

[Midlodemocrat]

38. KFC is gross.

Bleh.

What are chicken poppers? Is that like popcorn chicken?

[dugaresa]

78. chicken poppers are the clumps of breading left in the fryer

that fell off the other stuff they were frying so they put it in a container and call it poppers

[arcadian]

21. Remember that time she threw Taco-Bell at the school security guard?

Good times, good times.

[Midlodemocrat]

26. No proof of that dude. Plausible deniability.

And, I'm going up again Friday. Taking one of my friend's kids Chik Fil A.

Keep your cell phone on and have bail money handy.

:thumbsup:

[mcctatas]

10. we don't have any of those where I live! Hooray I get a pass!

[Midlodemocrat]

Can someone tell me what this post says? Thanks.

[charlie and algernon]

11. that's breakfast, lunch, and dinner

I'll eat at all three :9

[HopeHoops]

12. Couldn't you have included somewhere that serves decent food?

:shrug:

[Midlodemocrat]

14. Hater.

[HopeHoops]

17. GRRR.

Okay, Cracker Barrel does serve non-meat breakfast dishes and they almost qualify for food if you smother them in enough hot sauce and black pepper.

[TZ]

18. What you don't want to take restaurant advice

from someone with a "prima donna tounge"?!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9146868#9146888

:rofl:

[geardaddy]

15. This is why I love the Lounge

Keeps me from losing my mind in GD. :D

[Midlodemocrat]

16. TZ lost her mind many moons ago. We just humor her.

It's best not to confront her with anything complicated, though.

:rofl:

HAHAHAHA. TZ!!!!!

[TZ]

20. Oh shut up FReeper.

You know I posted this poll for you and Zombie Woof.:P
Oh and you are starting to sound like Symarip and thats NOT a compliment you...

[Midlodemocrat]

22. See? What did I tell you?

She's delusional. My cell phone IS NOT RINGING.

Quite sad, actually.

[Zavulon]

19. Olive Garden by default.

I've never eaten at either of the other two.

[quakerboy]

45. The other two by Default

of the three, Ive only been to an Olive Garden...

[Zavulon]

51. I'm not a huge Olive Garden fan either, but

the few times I've been there, I walked away full for not a lot of money. I might actually like the other two better if I tried them, but for now Olive Garden is the only one on the list I know has passed the "bang for the buck" test. Not great food, but I didn't feel ripped off. That's honestly all I ask for a low to mid-range restaurant.

[quakerboy]

58. I can respect that. I prefer the unknown

I do not get the Olive Garden hate here, and from what I can tell it is mostly hyperbolic. The food I have had there was ok, never had a complaint. I find them overpriced for the food I have received there, and the main saving grace was that I have never been the one paying.

[Zavulon]

74. It's my understanding that

apparently someone posted "Going to NYC, any restaurant recommendations?", and someone opened Pandora's Box by recommending a Manhattan Olive Garden. It was explained to me that the responses in that thread were as vitriolic as they could possibly get. I think that's the source of the hate, but please don't take my word as gospel here.

I prefer the known, especially now that I'm unemployed and that I can leave the Olive Garden as full as can be on ten bucks.

[justabob]

23. Chick-Fil-A is the only one near me

and I know exactly where it is without looking it up, but it isn't close enough to justify going to very often. The other two are available in DFW, but I have no idea where, and I doubt I would choose either one anyway. At least ChikFilA has the drive thru option. :)

[arcadian]

24. Chick-fil-a

Deep fried fundy chicken sandwiches are awesome.

[kentauros]

27. Olive Garden is the only one I'm familiar with for veggie fare

so obviously not Chick-Fil-A ;)

I don't think I've been in a Cracker Barrel that wasn't along an interstate way out in the middle of nowhere. Unless, they're only in malls, in which case I haven't purposefully stepped foot in a mall in over 20 years...

[gmoney]

28. Cracker Barrel has some veggie options

My ex was veggie, and she loved it... pancakes, or various sides like sweet potatoes or okra. I think you can get a veggie meal which is basically any three sides.

But yes, they specialize in offramp locations.

[kentauros]

29. It sounds a bit like a chain found only in Texas

(although they appear to have restaurants in Tennessee, too) - The Black-Eyed Pea
I like Black-Eye Pea; they have a good veggie selection. I'll have to "grill" them about how they cook their veggies though. It's been a while since I've eaten there, and as I've discovered recently, veggie preparation changes with the restaurant. I remember eating with coworkers at Luby's Cafeteria once and finding out that they cooked most of their veggies with meat :( Yeah, that doesn't work for vegetarians, guys...

I know there is or was a Cracker Barrel waaaaay out in Katy a few years back, but it never was open, like either permanently shut down, or "permanently" under remodel. And it was on an off-ramp away from everything else ;)

[rcrush]

30. Chick Fil A is the cloesest to me of all three.

The nearest Olive Garden is like 15 min away! F That! I didnt know Cracker Barrell was a restaurant. I always saw it but never went in. I thought it was some kind of pottery store.

[Gormy Cuss]

31. Where's the list of restaurants?

All I see is a list of prefabbed food joints.

[Midlodemocrat]

33. Oh, you so funny, Gormy. So funny.

:eyes:

[sasquatch]

32. The Barrell

[flvegan]

34. I'd choose to go hungry.

Seriously, could you imagine me at a Cracker Barrel telling the server that I'm a vegan? I think that *I* would be tomorrow's country fried steak.

[kentauros]

35. Fasting is good for ya!

[flvegan]

42. Especially considering what I'm avoiding.

Who thought a "pasta bowl" was a good idea?

[kentauros]

44. Why, is it made out of dried macaroni glued to a bowl?

:P

[Midlodemocrat]

39. Dude. They probably wouldn't know what a vegan was.

Hell's bells. I'm your friend and I STILL don't know.

:rofl:

:loveya:

[flvegan]

43. Unlike you, Cracker Barrel employees have the wherewithall to look it up.

They aren't continuously blasted out of their minds on chablis.

[Midlodemocrat]

46. Chablis? Dude. You don't know me at all.

:cry:

I HATE sweet drinks.

[flvegan]

49. Riunite on ice. So nice.

[Midlodemocrat]

62. Canei? Can you?

[PVnRT]

64. Ummmm.....you haven't been to a Cracker Barrell, obviously

"Cracker Barrel employees have the wherewithall to look it up."

No.

[MilesColtrane]

47. The offer a "Country Vegetable Plate" of four sides.

But, half the veggies are meated up seasoning-wise. There may only be four vegetables on the menu that don't have animal fat in them.

[flvegan]

48. Cooked in god-knows-what.

Lard...butter...baconfat...

[MilesColtrane]

55. Your level of thrillseeking depends on how much you trust your server.

From the menu:

*We want to make sure you know that some of our offerings, like Turnip Greens, Green Beans, Corn Muffins, Hashbrown Casserole and Pinto Beans, are made the old-fashioned way using meat seasonings and are not strictly vegetarian. Please ask your server about any particular dish if you have any questions.

[TZ]

69. Oh come on

Cracker Barrell fried okra. You know you love it:)

[Rhythm]

36. I worked for the OG, and i still LIKE eating there on occasion

Chic-Fil-A, i don't care for at all... don't like the flavor that the peanut oil gives to the meat. It's sweet or something.

Cracker Barrel? Aside from still harboring a certain amount of latent ill-will for their anti-GLBT personnel practices in the 80's-90's, i don't think much of them. Besides, I AM a southern country kind of cook... anything they can do, i can do better.

[KamaAina]

41. Olive Garden, baby! Unlimited breastfeeding, er, I mean breadsticks!

Plus Chick-Fil-A is owned by fundies who won't even open on Sundays, and Cracker Barrel has a history of discriminating against LGBT employees (I once sat in at one outside Atlanta)(.

[Bryan]

50. Olive Garden, hands down

You can't order wine at Chick-Fil-A or Cracker Barrel...

[rrneck]

52. Cracker Barrel. Stout farmhouse fare. nt

[704wipes]

53. not Cracker barrel

for some reason I find their gift shop more and more annoying and you have to walk through it to eat there.

[rrneck]

59. You've got a point there.

Where do they find all that crap anyway?

[mentalsolstice]

54. Chick-Fil-A because it's not an option on Sunday. nt

[donheld]

56. Cracker Barrel has "Sexual Orientation" in it's EEOC statement

[donheld]

57. Cracker Barrel has "Sexual Orientation" in it's EEOC statement

[AsahinaKimi]

60. We don't even have one of those!!!

So, can I pick Denny's ?

[jobycom]

61. Great home cooking or great Italian-esque food! What a choice!

I'm going with the vegetables soaked in butter at the Cracker Barrel... No, wait, the Minestrone Soup and endless salad at Olive Garden...

Hell.

I can rule out Chick-Fil-A, at least, being vegetarian. No, wait, they have great waffle fries, and their lemonaide is to die puckered for... Then again, Cracker Barrel has lemonaide to pucker an ass-smile on Carrie Prejean's face, even...

Can't choose...

[PVnRT]

63. Cracker Barrell, people? Fucking seriously?

Jesus, at least the food at Olive Garden tastes good and isn't nearly as overpriced.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

65. I actually like both Cracker Barrel AND Olive Garden

:hide:

Although I had to choose Cracker Barrel because their sausage biscuits are to die for. Seriously, they are the best I've ever had.

Chick-Fil-A is rather overpriced to me.

[unpossibles]

67. none of the above

I refuse to vote Olive Garden just because I can actually get a vegetarian meal there. I'll eat my foot or something from the garbage.

[hippywife]

68. I guess I starve! n/t

[Mudoria]

70. Cracker Barrel... chicken and dumplings are great

Breakfast is pretty good too

[rebel with a cause]

71. Don't have any of these close by.

Cracker Barrel is the closest and I never go there, so my vote would have to be none of the above. I prefer Chinese buffet. :shrug:

[TrogL]

72. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN OLIVE GARDEN!!

Olive trees grow in heavily acidic soil and their presence makes matters worse. Nothing else grows around olive trees, which being trees group in an orchard or grove, not a garden.

[Arugula Latte]

73. I don't think we have Cracker Barrels here, but I could be wrong.

Gawd help me, I'm gonna have to go with Olive Garden. At least I could get a salad or something. x(

[CTyankee]

75. I recently ate lunch at Olive Garden because I really wanted some pasta.

The sauce was not terrible at all, altho I make better at home. The salad needs an upgrade...I don't think iceberg lettuce cuts it if you are having a pasta dish. The bread was good, altho I try not to eat too much of it.

[jus_the_facts]

76. Olive Garden b/c the Portabella Mushroom Ravioli are REALLY GOOD!

[LynneSin]

77. Unlimited Salad & Bread Sticks - sign me up for Olive Garden

Don't have to twist my arm to eat there. Unless Red Lobster was on the list, mmmmm cheesy biscuts!

[bikebloke]

79. Olive Garden! Fuck yeah!

Do they still serve narwhals?