Best Italian Restaurant?????

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by Trams

Also, Zio's and Macaroni Grill are good (despite the fact that they are sorta chain-like).

who gives a **** if its a chain or not.  If the food is good who ****ing cares?  Did the thread state "best non-chain italian food"?  No,m so who cares.  Some of you tards act like you will burst into flames if you step into a chain restaurant (actually that would be too good to be true). It gets really old....there is nothing "cool" about hating on chains...it just makes you look stupid.[!]

[sgrizzle]

Yes, chain restaurants are excluded, same with chain stores. They are all a way that "the man" makes you uncool.

Finding the best restaurant no-one has ever heard of is the goal.

This coming form the person whose two most common eating establishments are Quiktrip and Taco Bueno.

[Trams]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by Trams

Also, Zio's and Macaroni Grill are good (despite the fact that they are sorta chain-like).

who gives a **** if its a chain or not.  If the food is good who ****ing cares?  Did the thread state "best non-chain italian food"?  No,m so who cares.  Some of you tards act like you will burst into flames if you step into a chain restaurant (actually that would be too good to be true). It gets really old....there is nothing "cool" about hating on chains...it just makes you look stupid.[!]

Such venom.  Such fierce venom regarding chain restaurants.  

Yet, in truth, I like chain restaurants too.  Mac. Grill is one of my favs!  But some people judge restaurants on the basis of factors in addition to the following:  "How does the food interact with my taste buds?"  

For instance, I love Pei Wei (i.e., a "chain") ... but it's very loud in there.  If I can get similar food at some other place which is less noisy (chain or no chain), then so be it.  

(But, notably, there is also something unmeasurable (indistinct) about a locally-owned, unique restaurant.  It's an X-factor or somthin'.)

[sgrizzle]

I heard Tulsa's Pei Wei locations are among the most profitable in the chain.

[NCTulsan]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by Trams

Also, Zio's and Macaroni Grill are good (despite the fact that they are sorta chain-like).

who gives a **** if its a chain or not.  If the food is good who ****ing cares?  Did the thread state "best non-chain italian food"?  No,m so who cares.  Some of you tards act like you will burst into flames if you step into a chain restaurant (actually that would be too good to be true). It gets really old....there is nothing "cool" about hating on chains...it just makes you look stupid.[!]

I'll be the first to say that I do give a **** if it is a chain or not.  You way over-reacted to Trams' parenthetical statement.  I rarely eat at chains, but if you do that's fine.  Don't hate the rest of us for choosing non-chains.  

My personal favorite is Mary's.  Parking ain't that bad.  If you cannot find a space in the rear lot, then park on the street .... usually no more than a block or two away.

[inteller]

you just dont ****ing get it do you?  You would turn down perfectly good food at a "chain" just out of smug spitefulness and eat **** at a "local" joint.  

If the food is good, whether it be a chain or not, don't be afraid to admit it.  You just look like a total donkey when you go out of your way to avoid perfectly fine chain restaurants.

SO what happens when your favorite "local" joint decides to franchise?  Are they suddenly uncool?  I bet some of you smug ****ers would start saying the food is bad the next day.

[mspivey]

What's with the *****? Are we so upset in a discussion about eating places we need to resort to cursing?

[Conan71]

Personally, I don't care for the taste of chains or other types of metals...

[Trams]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

Personally, I don't care for the taste of chains or other types of metals...

I don't like chain-flavor either.  Very tinny.

It's not really "smug smitefulness."  Like Conan, I just don't like the taste of metal.

And, chain is hard on the enamel.

[RecycleMichael]

I took the wife to Pomodori's for lunch today.

I had the spaghetti with the red seafood sauce and my wife had the penne noodles with the white seafood sauce.

Each entree costs eight dollars on the lunch menu.

[sgrizzle]

I took myself to Cafe Lean Cuisine. 3 minutes on high.

Does that count as a national chain?

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

I took myself to Cafe Lean Cuisine. 3 minutes on high.

Does that count as a national chain?

Highly commercialized, they sold their souls a long time ago [}:)]

[RecycleMichael]

One of the things I discuss in my environmental grocery tours is excessive packaging and those microwave meals often have excess trash.

Never buy the kind that come with a tray inside...you probably already have microwave dishes and don't need the extra waste.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

One of the things I discuss in my environmental grocery tours is excessive packaging and those microwave meals often have excess trash.

Never buy the kind that come with a tray inside...you probably already have microwave dishes and don't need the extra waste.

This comes with a grill inside.

[RecycleMichael]

Remember those "Boiling Bags"? They were the best environmental package, but the marketing department makes them have a sturdy package to put a pretty picture on.

The same applies to breakfast cereal. Bags are available, But the "bag and a box" outsells them 100 to one.