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spike
 Post subject: Re: Chilis, Applebees, Olive Garden, Red Lobster
PostPosted: Fri September 16, 2022 1:20 am 
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The pizza tasted better too. They'd bring them out in those big greasy pans...

Now it tastes like plastic.

It's no Marco's.



Marco's is really good. I didn't realize they were a national chain.

Marco’s is garbage

:shock:

We’ve never had anything from there that was good.

get the ribs
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PostPosted: Fri September 16, 2022 1:21 am 
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Click the ribs.

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PostPosted: Fri September 16, 2022 1:26 am 
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spike wrote:
I’m pretty sure everything on the menu at Applebee’s is reheated in a microwave.


I’m ok with that, it’s probably the cleanest spot in the kitchen.
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PostPosted: Fri September 16, 2022 1:27 am 
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spike wrote:
wease wrote:
dad wrote:
wease wrote:
JuanHamm wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
The pizza tasted better too. They'd bring them out in those big greasy pans...

Now it tastes like plastic.

It's no Marco's.



Marco's is really good. I didn't realize they were a national chain.

Marco’s is garbage

:shock:

We’ve never had anything from there that was good.

get the ribs


You must be thinking of a different Marco's. The one we're talking about is a pizza place, not a Mexican restaurant.

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spike
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PostPosted: Fri September 16, 2022 1:48 am 
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JuanHamm wrote:
spike wrote:
wease wrote:
dad wrote:
wease wrote:
JuanHamm wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
The pizza tasted better too. They'd bring them out in those big greasy pans...

Now it tastes like plastic.

It's no Marco's.



Marco's is really good. I didn't realize they were a national chain.

Marco’s is garbage

:shock:

We’ve never had anything from there that was good.

get the ribs


You must be thinking of a different Marco's. The one we're talking about is a pizza place, not a Mexican restaurant.

My bad. Get the burrito.
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PostPosted: Fri September 16, 2022 1:51 am 
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weird energy.

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This thread prompted me to suggest Chili's to my wife the other day and that was received with a simple, curt "no".

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The last time I had Chili's (2015?) there was so much sodium in the food I could feel my arteries throbbing.

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Were we supposed to be under the impression this thread was an original Jorge idea?

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wease wrote:
Any chain that focuses a years-long ad campaign on baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back ribs is NOT a Mexican establishment.

This is exactly my point!
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epilogue wrote:
wease wrote:
Any chain that focuses a years-long ad campaign on baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back ribs is NOT a Mexican establishment.

This is exactly my point!

yeah but they also specialized in fajitas
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PostPosted: Thu September 22, 2022 1:47 am 
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Norris wrote:
epilogue wrote:
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Any chain that focuses a years-long ad campaign on baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back ribs is NOT a Mexican establishment.

This is exactly my point!

yeah but they also specialized in fajitas

no they didn’t
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spike wrote:
Norris wrote:
epilogue wrote:
wease wrote:
Any chain that focuses a years-long ad campaign on baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back ribs is NOT a Mexican establishment.

This is exactly my point!

yeah but they also specialized in fajitas

no they didn’t

then what am i misremembering?
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PostPosted: Thu September 22, 2022 1:53 am 
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Norris wrote:
spike wrote:
Norris wrote:
epilogue wrote:
wease wrote:
Any chain that focuses a years-long ad campaign on baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back ribs is NOT a Mexican establishment.

This is exactly my point!

yeah but they also specialized in fajitas

no they didn’t

then what am i misremembering?

They may’ve had them, but I’m taking exception to the specialized in part.
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spike wrote:
Norris wrote:
spike wrote:
Norris wrote:
epilogue wrote:
wease wrote:
Any chain that focuses a years-long ad campaign on baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back ribs is NOT a Mexican establishment.

This is exactly my point!

yeah but they also specialized in fajitas

no they didn’t

then what am i misremembering?

They may’ve had them, but I’m taking exception to the specialized in part.

Specialize is strong, but it felt marketed to be part of their identity.
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PostPosted: Thu September 22, 2022 2:35 am 
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If anything, Chili's makes really tasty margaritas, especially the Presidente.
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Norris wrote:
spike wrote:
Norris wrote:
spike wrote:
Norris wrote:
epilogue wrote:
wease wrote:
Any chain that focuses a years-long ad campaign on baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back ribs is NOT a Mexican establishment.

This is exactly my point!

yeah but they also specialized in fajitas

no they didn’t

then what am i misremembering?

They may’ve had them, but I’m taking exception to the specialized in part.

Specialize is strong, but it felt marketed to be part of their identity.

As an afterthought. "Chili's baby back ribs! we also have fajitas"
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guys, there's a chili pepper in the chili's logo.

it's a Mexican restaurant that happens to serve other things...like ribs.

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The Google description doesn't really clear things up -

"Family-friendly chain serving classic Tex-Mex & American fare in a Southwestern-style setting."

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dad wrote:
guys, there's a chili pepper in the chili's logo.

it's a Mexican restaurant that happens to serve other things...like ribs.

Dad, I don’t know how to break this to you but when I go to a Chinese restaurant and they want me to know that a particular dish is spicy, they use a picture of a …. Chili.

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