My favorite Italian chain is Bertucci's, though I think they are only a local chain (and known more for their very good pizza, but their pasta is also really good; I just almost never get it cause the pizza is so outstanding). I've always wanted to try Carrabba's, though, because I've heard good things about them.
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In Me'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Frankenbuddha - May 22, 2009 7:03:37 am PDT #10599 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
-t - May 22, 2009 7:05:01 am PDT #10600 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am not familiar enough with any of these chains to have an opinion. This croissant from the train station that I am having for breakfast, though, is delicious. And an excellent value.
Love the name Kalliope! Welcome to the world, Sparklette.
Toddson - May 22, 2009 7:06:16 am PDT #10601 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
We have Bertuccis around here - I don't think I've eaten in one, but I've seen them.
Laura - May 22, 2009 7:09:50 am PDT #10602 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Mmmmm Macaroni Grill. I am easy, not that this surprises anyone. I almost always enjoy eating out chain/fancy/diner.
The only truly awful experience I had was in a high end Italian restaurant in Fort Lauderdale. I ordered chicken parmesan and it was disgusting. I couldn't eat it and left all but a bite or two on the plate. The server asked if there was a problem and I confessed that it wasn't edible. No, I didn't want anything else. (It ruined my appetite) The chef came out of the kitchen and Yelled At Me! He was famous for his nasty chicken parm, yell some more, loudly. It was the first and last time I ever complained in a restaurant. Horrible experience. I told everyone I knew for years to never go there.
billytea - May 22, 2009 7:10:19 am PDT #10603 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
My favorite Italian chain is Bertucci's, though I think they are only a local chain (and known more for their very good pizza, but their pasta is also really good; I just almost never get it cause the pizza is so outstanding).
Oh yes, they're in Philly too. They had a rather tasty lemon chicken pizza, IIRC.
-t - May 22, 2009 7:20:40 am PDT #10604 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wow, Laura, now I want to go to Ft. Lauderdale just to not eat there.
Lemon chicken pizza sounds great.
Fred Pete - May 22, 2009 7:21:16 am PDT #10605 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I once went to a Cheesecake Factory for an office lunch. It worked well for a group in which one person couldn't eat gluten, one insisted on a burger, one insisted on a salad, and so on.
Gris - May 22, 2009 7:31:16 am PDT #10606 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Gris - try NAIS ? [link]
Thank you, Sox! That yielded a couple of promising openings that for which I wasted no time in applying. You rock!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 22, 2009 7:31:23 am PDT #10607 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
We're up to 60 phone calls and 30 e-mails. I might start taking bets on when this is going to stop...
d - May 22, 2009 7:37:37 am PDT #10608 of 30000
It's nice to see some brave pretenders trying to make it interesting.
Ok, I bet tomorrow at 11:59 pm.