The continuation of being dumped on in Restaurants needs to end.

I and a friend of mine attended Texas Roadhouse last month. Service was horrible. We had to literally ask for silverware and napkins,sorry people,but we aren't cave people anymore.

One of the reasons we don't eat out anymore, nobody cares period.
 
Texas Roadhouse isn't as good as it was before the Dos Equis. Now it just tastes like cheap frozen tv dinners. The recipes and formulas definitely got cheapened out.
 
To solve the restaurant challenges of today is fairly simple.

Many competent people would like to own/ run a local restaurant, and may have the skills to run a successful establishment. The things holding these people back from leaving their employer and starting a restaurant is the cost of health insurance.

Have truly free and open markets in healthcare marketplace at all levels in the USA, entrepreneurship will blast off in the USA, to include restaurants. Of note, the healthcare lobby is typically the number one spending lobby annually on Capital Hill.
 
To solve the restaurant challenges of today is fairly simple.

Many competent people would like to own/ run a local restaurant, and may have the skills to run a successful establishment. The things holding these people back from leaving their employer and starting a restaurant is the cost of health insurance.

Have truly free and open markets in healthcare marketplace at all levels in the USA, entrepreneurship will blast off in the USA, to include restaurants. Of note, the healthcare lobby is typically the number one spending lobby annually on Capital Hill.
Make it illegal to charge me more than insurance pays for the same service and I would go back to no insurance at all, possibly involuntarily since in the good places days no one in my family was insurable due to pre existing conditions.

I didn’t have insurance until Obamacare allowed me to get insurance.
 
Places we have gone to for years we won't go to anymore - yet there still full when we drive by, and that includes both long time mom/pop and chains. Our current fav's locally are a couple local chains which are new in town - I think there both small chains originating here in SC, and one indy thats great but pretty pricy so we only go there once in a while.
 
I agree the Mom and Pop places are the ones to go to in todays world. I recenlty went to a Cracker Barrel since I had not gone in awaile, The portions were really small, had no taste and my Vegatable and Beef soup had NO beef, just water and some corn and green beens. When I said something to the waitress she said she would tell the manager but he didn't really care! I used to tip great but decided if my server doesn't serve they get NO tip. Hopefully, the point gets across! Guess I am getting old!!!!
I don't understand the popularity of CB. The food has always been tasteless.
 
A lot of restaurant workers had two jobs. With things starting to open back up they will drop one. Usually the restaurant job is the one that gets dropped.

Prices are going up like everything. Two years ago I could get a omelette breakfast for $9.99 at the place we frequent. Now it’s over $14.
Restaurant workers have been underpaid for far too long. All of us should have been paying more all along with the extra money going towards the servers. And per the recent thread on this forum, there are still some that don't tip them.

 
A great server can make some pretty serious money on tips alone. A family member was a server for ten years. She went to school and became a registered nurse. It took her a few years of nursing to catch up to what she was making in tips.
 
A few weeks ago my wife and I visited a local Red Robin restaurant with friends. Been there before, but this time was different.

Place was virtually empty, but still had to wait almost 40 minutes. Server was very nice, but nothing happened in a timely fashion.

After the food was brought, the waitress checked on us. She explained she would be away from us for a while. She had to go help the cook prepare the food. As far as we could determine, there were only 3 employees working that evening. The greeter/seater, our server, and apparently one cook.

We were talking to the waitress as we got ready to leave. She said earlier she was serving a group who had left without paying. She claimed the restaurant's policy is she would have to pay. The look on her face made us believe her.

Things are rough everywhere, it seems.
Hmmm…..we tried to have supper at a Red Robin Plainfield, Indiana last May and were told there would be a 40 minute wait at a virtually empty restaurant. They simply did not have enough employees.
 
To solve the restaurant challenges of today is fairly simple.

Many competent people would like to own/ run a local restaurant, and may have the skills to run a successful establishment. The things holding these people back from leaving their employer and starting a restaurant is the cost of health insurance.

Have truly free and open markets in healthcare marketplace at all levels in the USA, entrepreneurship will blast off in the USA, to include restaurants. Of note, the healthcare lobby is typically the number one spending lobby annually on Capital Hill.
Why all the big employers supported the affordable care act, and all were against trying to force health care providers to provide prices for standard services up front - its a competitive advantage to competing with small companies for labor. Imagine going to a garage for an oil change and not having any clue what an oil change will cost. It might be 10 bucks or 10 thousand. That is our health care system.
 
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I don't understand the popularity of CB. The food has always been tasteless.

I went to CB last week after seeing countless advertisements for their cheesecake pancakes and hearing rave reviews about them. They were okay at best but not something I would go back to CB to eat again.

That being said I was in Waterford, Wisconsin a few weeks ago and stopped in to check out Cafe 36 that is owned and operated by a Moroccan immigrant who has several Mediterranean food offerings to include several Moroccan and Greek items. I ordered their Moroccan breakfast and was blown away by how great it was. That's the kind of place I look for 👍
 
We’ve had a Roadhouse for over a decade and I’ve never understood why anyone ate there, used to throw peanut shells on the floor and get an early bird special, $30 steak means I can make myself one instead , one of the local bars has Saturday/ Sunday steaks all day that they make from leftover prime and ribeye they butcher in the rear.

Love the $14 ribeye breakfast with baby reds, far superior to anything that costs more anywhere else.
Years back the Roadhouse was awesome! I'd always get the Chicken Critters and they had this cinnamon tasting crispy crunchy batter on them that rivaled any other chicken. Last few times we've been, they've tasted like frozen Tyson chicken strips from the grocery store. Very disappointing.
 
My wife and I eat out at a few places. The service is usually good to mediocre. But I must give a shout out to the Prime Rib restaurant at Live! casino in Philly. We've been there twice and the service is shockingly good. I can't tell if it's just good service and since other restaurants are so bad that it seems exceptional but no matter, it's great. We've talked to others and they had the same experience. They are awesome and work as a great team. Prices are a little high, there but at least you get great food and service. Both times I've asked for the manager to compliment him on his staff. We will definitely complain about poor service or food but you need to also compliment good food and service in today's world. Negative reinforcement doesn't seem to help but maybe positive reinforcement will keep the good ones going.
The gf (at the time) and I are at a Granite City Brewery one time. Our waiter was one of the best I’ve ever had. We called the manager over and said I’d like to talk to him about our waiter. He kinda got a dejected look on his face and his shoulders drooped. He asked what he did wrong. I said what are you talking about? He’s one of the best servers we’ve ever had. He was a fantastic server and an extremely asset to them. His face perked up and he had a totally different demeanor after that. He apologized and thanked us profusely for letting him know as they didn’t hear the good that much.
 
Just came back from a Sonny's BBQ here in Fl. They advertise they have larger portions. NOT. Everything is smaller or less of the product since prior 2021. Guess they depend on short term memory. Golden Corral nextdoor was packed!! LOL
 
+1 on Joe's in Leawood. The Olathe location is good also but always so busy. Trader Joe's and Joe's within shouting distance from each other. We like Jack Stack, Smoke Stack, and Joe's. Gave up on Zarda's, the brisket is always dry and stringy. Where is Paul's?

Culvers is our dessert stop many evenings. Turtle sundae is always good.
10424 Blue Ridge Boulevard Pauls, Kansas City, MO https://paulsclassic.com/ We mostly do fast food so we don't have to eat inside. Some places have patios and we will eat there like Roots in LS. https://rootsseasonalcuisine.com/ also Slaps in KCK
 
I can count on my 2 hands the number of times we eat out in a year. I’d rather prepare my food at home the way I like it.

Today was Chuck roast burnt ends on the Weber with fried rice and green beans. The bonus is we had enough leftovers for 3 lunches and some extra burnt ends.

Just my $0.02
 
I'd rather have Q39's sliced brisket over brunt ends. OMG what a tongue treat, but very pricy. Three slices of brisket (1/3 lb IIRC) and fries and a very small slaw was $18 a year and a half ago. Probably $25 by now. It's a nice once a year treat.
 
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