1) Chili's - Quite good for a chain restaurant IMO.

2) Applebees - Good (somewhat boring) menu, good prices.

3) TGI Friday - good food, but entirely forgettable.

4) Rock-Ola Cafe - Haven't eaten here in forever. Cheesy ripoff of Hard Rock cafe (which is pretty cheesy itself).

5) Ruby Tuesday - Boring and overpriced menu, mostly just sandwiches and salads.

6) Bennigans - Who?

8/11/2008 4:59:31 PM

red robin - very overpriced but god damn delicious.

8/11/2008 5:01:09 PM

Applebees (at least the ones around here) should be the lowest on the list.

8/11/2008 5:01:09 PM

DO NOT WANT: Chilis, applebeeds, TGIF, Rockola, Ruby Tuesday, Bennigans

8/11/2008 5:01:13 PM

chili's>all the others you listed

applebees is the worst

8/11/2008 5:01:29 PM

I have a six-way tie for [no]

8/11/2008 5:01:48 PM

bennigans is "irish"

I do agree on chilis above and beyond the others but would have fridays 2nd ruby 3rd

8/11/2008 5:02:15 PM

What about

Uno Chicago Grill

?

8/11/2008 5:04:44 PM

I haven't visited any of those establishments in 2+ years, but if I were to rank them, it would pretty much be in reverse order of what you have up there.

8/11/2008 5:04:48 PM

i agree with simonn...i was actually going to post that when i first read this, but i thought people would say it didn't count or something

8/11/2008 5:05:01 PM

places i don't want to go for 100, alex.

8/11/2008 5:05:09 PM

Quote :

"Uno Chicago Grill"

Sometimes tasty, but not worth the trip (closest one for my bf and I is brier creek, and we live in garner), and definitely not worth the calories.

And I say that being a chicago pizza fiend <3

8/11/2008 5:05:56 PM

Red Lobster?

8/11/2008 5:06:18 PM

I've never been to red robin, so I didn't rank it.


^ Seafood

[Edited on August 11, 2008 at 5:06 PM. Reason : ]

8/11/2008 5:06:37 PM

umm

Bennigan's has the Monte Cristo

so it wins automatically

8/11/2008 5:09:17 PM

O'Charlies isn't that great to me.
Neither is TGIFridays

my wife and I split a burger when we go to red robin. i can never eat the whole thing b/c they are so rich

8/11/2008 5:10:50 PM

There are certain things that I LOATHE with no real good reason.

One of those is Applebee's.

8/11/2008 5:11:07 PM

applebee's is fucking gross

this is how my list would go:

would eat:
chili's

would maybe consider eating:
rockola
ruby tuesday

would not eat
tgi fridays
applebees

and i haven't seen a bennigans in a hot minute so i'm not putting that one on the list.

8/11/2008 5:12:10 PM

this thread makes me hungry even though I'm not hungry

8/11/2008 5:12:17 PM

i would only go to any of the original six reluctantly, even if i wasn't paying.

red robin i'd go to willingly if someone else was paying. i'm more reluctant if i have to pay the $9 for a burger.

8/11/2008 5:12:21 PM

i like applebees when they have the three-course meal thing or the choose 3 entrees special...
other than that, their menu isn't that great

8/11/2008 5:13:08 PM

fuck all this shit

just go to cookout

8/11/2008 5:13:19 PM

someone help me out, this guy recommended me a burger joint saying it has the best burgers around, its in cary and its called five something something

or something like that

8/11/2008 5:15:10 PM

I like the ribs at Chili's.

Although the commercials for all of these annoy the hell out of me.

8/11/2008 5:16:21 PM

^^ Five Guys?

8/11/2008 5:17:39 PM

^^^ five guys?

[Edited on August 11, 2008 at 5:17 PM. Reason : lol tie]

8/11/2008 5:17:39 PM

^^ Five Guys

There's one in North Hills too.

8/11/2008 5:17:41 PM

five guys

beside macaroni grill and barnes and noble

8/11/2008 5:17:47 PM

saps,
abbey road is my fav burger joint.
i don't know one with 5 in the name except for 5 guys



[Edited on August 11, 2008 at 5:18 PM. Reason : other ppl]

8/11/2008 5:17:47 PM

^ Abbey Road is hands down the best burger I've had in Cary.

I love that place

8/11/2008 5:18:30 PM

Quote :

"Bennigan's Grill and Tavern, commonly known as Bennigan's is a Irish pub-themed casual dining restaurant chain."

8/11/2008 5:18:47 PM

Irish eh?

I guess that shows how much of an impression it made on me.

8/11/2008 5:25:33 PM

Max & Erma's über alles

8/11/2008 5:26:03 PM

^
HA! charlotte ftl

actually, that food is pretty much italian, isn't it? i'm trying to remember. ouch.

8/11/2008 5:27:11 PM

ya five guys, thanks guys

8/11/2008 5:27:56 PM

Nah, burgers & ice cream... the "garbage burger" is awesome, since most any foodstuff from the kitchen goes in it

8/11/2008 5:28:09 PM

Macado's is a really small chain, but I enjoy it.

It's mostly sandwiches, but there are like 800 different sandwiches on the menu.

Plus there's good daily drink specials. $4.50 Dos Equis pitchers FTW.

8/11/2008 5:28:33 PM

XXOMG

8/11/2008 5:29:00 PM

Quote :

"Applebees (at least the ones around here) should be the lowest on the list."

8/11/2008 5:30:09 PM

i like french fry wraps

8/11/2008 5:30:30 PM

i like french fry wraps as well

8/11/2008 5:31:13 PM

That is the shittiest list I have ever seen and that includes the list that ranked various shades of shit.

8/11/2008 5:33:51 PM

Quote :

"Macado's is a really small chain, but I enjoy it."

yeah i used to go to spanky's all the time back in va...the guy who owned it was brothers with macadoo's

i think at one point it was spanky/macadoo's but then they had a falling out

i think all the spanky's are gone now

they had the exact same sandwiches, but with different names

spanky's were all names after lil rascals and macadoo's were celebs from 1920-1940

[Edited on August 11, 2008 at 5:34 PM. Reason : +]

8/11/2008 5:34:26 PM

red robins ftw. I wish their veggie burger was vegan though

8/11/2008 5:40:29 PM

Red Robin is the model that all these chains should follow. Pick something painfully simple, use decent ingredients, hire a decent staff, and keep the prices under $10. It's hard to fuck up a hamburger.

8/11/2008 5:43:11 PM

Their crack team of 8-year old chefs (cheves?) are geniuses!

8/11/2008 5:44:39 PM

Quote :

"^ Abbey Road is hands down the best burger I've had in Cary. I love that place"

my younger sister is a waitress there

and

Quote :

"Macado's is a really small chain, but I enjoy it. It's mostly sandwiches, but there are like 800 different sandwiches on the menu. Plus there's good daily drink specials. $4.50 Dos Equis pitchers FTW."

macado's has been one of the best things about moving to boone

build your own sandwich FTW

8/11/2008 5:54:25 PM

A good friend of mine use to work at the Chili's in Gville...and lets just say after having him tell me about what really goes on back in the kitchen.

I dont get queasy easy, but Ill be damn if I eat at anymore Chilis EVER!


Rockola's and Red Robin are American eateries that I still eat at....and the

oh and u guys forgot 'Lonestar Steakhouse"....the ones Ive been to have normally been really clean (ncluding the restrooms) and the food has always been tasty as hell! I always judge a restuarant on how clean their restroom is! And dont forget to look at the health ratings when you guys go dine in...

8/11/2008 5:57:33 PM

Hate to crush your appetite, but the same things go on in every kitchen.


I didn't mention Lone Star because it's a steakhouse like LongHorn, Logan's, and Outback

8/11/2008 6:01:50 PM

didn't rockloa on avent ferry close?

8/11/2008 6:10:43 PM