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Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: GAR lover ()
Date: November 28, 2015 06:33PM

Does anybody have any copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants? I recently moved out of the area and I miss those restaurants like crazy.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: no problemo ()
Date: November 28, 2015 07:40PM

Each recipe starts with 1/2 cup salt. From there, it really doesn't matter. Just serve each dish lukewarm and it'll be just like eating there.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Everybody's a critic ()
Date: November 29, 2015 08:39AM

Since GAR serves original, high quality meals with outstanding service and atmosphere at affordable prices, they have become what may be the most popular and successful group of upscale-casual restaurants anywhere. But their recipes are the result of quite a lot of R&D, so unless you've actually cooked their menu yourself, it's going to be very hard to reproduce it. Best bet might be to have a friend in this area buy and bag a meal or two and FedEx it all out to you in a refrigerator carton. Not cheap, but maybe not as expensive as flying or driving back here for dinner.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Ex Manager ()
Date: November 29, 2015 10:05AM

What recipes are you most interested in?

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: L MYASS OFF ()
Date: November 29, 2015 11:47AM

>Each recipe starts with 1/2 cup salt. From there, it really doesn't matter. Just serve each dish lukewarm and it'll be just like eating there.

You got the secret recipe all right , The Salt..


DAJAX

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Vienna Asshole... ()
Date: November 29, 2015 12:11PM

I like to shove the Ozzie rolls up my ass.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Que? ()
Date: November 29, 2015 12:35PM

Add 1 cup salt, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup liquid smoke to your favorite homemade dish.


GAR. Done!

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: In a pinch ()
Date: November 29, 2015 12:46PM

Everybody's a critic Wrote:
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> Since GAR serves original, high quality meals with
> outstanding service and atmosphere at affordable
> prices, they have become what may be the most
> popular and successful group of upscale-casual
> restaurants anywhere. But their recipes are the
> result of quite a lot of R&D, so unless you've
> actually cooked their menu yourself, it's going to
> be very hard to reproduce it. Best bet might be
> to have a friend in this area buy and bag a meal
> or two and FedEx it all out to you in a
> refrigerator carton. Not cheap, but maybe not as
> expensive as flying or driving back here for
> dinner.


What? "UPSCALE -casual" What GAR have you been to?
Their menus are the same from restaurant to restaurant and really, the food isn't bad, but it is far from being anything to brag about.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Everybody's a critic ()
Date: November 29, 2015 12:57PM

The two basic ingredients that professional cooks use more of than at-home cooks are butter and salt. Especially butter. Other ingredients that home cooks tend to overlook are heavy cream, vinegar, lemon juice, shallots, and anchovies. These ingredients are simply under-utilized in most home cooking. They are all easy to purchase and store, and they all have the capacity to promote the ordinary to extraordinary.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Everybody's a critic ()
Date: November 29, 2015 01:42PM

In a pinch Wrote:
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> What? "UPSCALE -casual" What GAR have you been to?

Pretty much all of them. Perhaps you are simply part of the great unwashed masses who are not familiar with the term.

> Their menus are the same from restaurant to
> restaurant and really, the food isn't bad, but it
> is far from being anything to brag about.

Typically useless. Like I said, everyone's a critic, at least in his own mind. While GAR's menus typically have some dishes in common, they are not the same across all stores, and their recipes are developed in-house by their own people. Staff are encouraged to submit new recipe ideas. The best of them will be given a menu trial. If they do well, they'll be picked up. There are significant cash bonuses to the submitter at each stage. The same is true for cocktail recipes. Because of their combination of quality and value, GAR's menus have earned them legions of loyal diners, all of whom are apt to think that you don't know what you're talking about.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Bingo ()
Date: November 29, 2015 02:13PM

no problemo Wrote:
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> Each recipe starts with 1/2 cup salt. From there,
> it really doesn't matter. Just serve each dish
> lukewarm and it'll be just like eating there.


This.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Top Ramen ()
Date: November 29, 2015 02:23PM

Bingo Wrote:
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> This.

There's always Beef-a-roni for you guys.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Bingo ()
Date: November 29, 2015 02:31PM

Top Ramen Wrote:
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> Bingo Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > This.
>
> There's always Beef-a-roni for you guys.


Less sodium than any GAR dish.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Top Ramen ()
Date: November 29, 2015 03:00PM

Recommended: less that 1500 mg of sodium per day.

Can of Beef-a-roni = 1250 mg
Sweetwater Tavern beef tips over penne: 730 mg

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Bingo ()
Date: November 29, 2015 03:10PM

Top Ramen Wrote:
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> Recommended: less that 1500 mg of sodium per day.
>
>
> Can of Beef-a-roni = 1250 mg
> Sweetwater Tavern beef tips over penne: 730 mg


Add an Ozzie roll to your meal and you've just added 840 mg of sodium to your visit for a grand total of 1570 mg. Congrats, you've beaten a can of processed canned crap in sodium levels! Go GAR!

Maybe you want to go healthy with that Southwest Chicken Salad: 1495 mg

LOL!

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: doggie baggin ()
Date: November 29, 2015 03:14PM

Everybody's a critic Wrote:
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> In a pinch Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > What? "UPSCALE -casual" What GAR have you been
> to?
>
> Pretty much all of them. Perhaps you are simply
> part of the great unwashed masses who are not
> familiar with the term.
>
> > Their menus are the same from restaurant to
> > restaurant and really, the food isn't bad, but
> it
> > is far from being anything to brag about.
>
> Typically useless. Like I said, everyone's a
> critic, at least in his own mind. While GAR's
> menus typically have some dishes in common, they
> are not the same across all stores, and their
> recipes are developed in-house by their own
> people. Staff are encouraged to submit new recipe
> ideas. The best of them will be given a menu
> trial. If they do well, they'll be picked up.
> There are significant cash bonuses to the
> submitter at each stage. The same is true for
> cocktail recipes. Because of their combination of
> quality and value, GAR's menus have earned them
> legions of loyal diners, all of whom are apt to
> think that you don't know what you're talking
> about.


Shove some more Ozzie rolls up your huge ass.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Omnivore ()
Date: November 29, 2015 04:36PM

OK you precious snowflakes, who gives a shit about sodium, fats and sugars? Talk about first world problems! What a bunch of vain body conscious dweebs! Just enjoy a decent meal and shut up, tired of hearing about your damn glutens and peanut allergies too! Ya gotta die of something snowflakes, get used to the idea and carpe diem damnit!

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: LOL! Look at the loser! ()
Date: November 29, 2015 05:35PM

Bingo Wrote:
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> Maybe you want to go healthy with that Southwest
> Chicken Salad: 1495 mg LOL!

You said "any GAR dish". You were shown to be horribly fucking wrong, you pathetic little dumbshit. But that's typical of what happens to ignorant douchebags and assholes, I guess. You're probably pretty used to it by now.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Lolzie rolls ()
Date: November 29, 2015 06:48PM

LOL! Look at the loser! Wrote:
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> Bingo Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Maybe you want to go healthy with that
> Southwest
> > Chicken Salad: 1495 mg LOL!
>
> You said "any GAR dish". You were shown to
> be horribly fucking wrong, you pathetic little
> dumbshit. But that's typical of what happens to
> ignorant douchebags and assholes, I guess. You're
> probably pretty used to it by now.


^ Asshole... couldn't keep up the act any longer. lol

How are those Ozzie rolls Assmunch...?

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: FMxhX ()
Date: November 29, 2015 07:00PM


with the power of the internet highway you can sell your delicious recipes for $500 to a cook book or restraunt. i hear that's how much they pay. get a pc and pay $100 month telephone bill.

no excuses! get to work!


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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Bingo ()
Date: November 29, 2015 11:21PM

LOL! Look at the loser! Wrote:
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> Bingo Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Maybe you want to go healthy with that
> Southwest
> > Chicken Salad: 1495 mg LOL!
>
> You said "any GAR dish".

It's called hyperbole. Have you ever heard of it? An aspie wouldn't get it. Are you one?

> You were shown to
> be horribly fucking wrong, you pathetic little
> dumbshit.

Proven to be right actually with the Ozzie rolls. You know you love those doughnuts!

> But that's typical of what happens to
> ignorant douchebags and assholes, I guess. You're
> probably pretty used to it by now.

Used to shitheads like you!

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: random ()
Date: November 29, 2015 11:25PM

What is in an Ozzie Roll?

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Fox News ()
Date: November 30, 2015 12:46AM

random Wrote:
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> What is in an Ozzie Roll?


Heaven on earth

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: binger ()
Date: November 30, 2015 06:18AM


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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: GHdD6 ()
Date: November 30, 2015 08:28AM

Just pop a marie callendar's frozen meal in your OVEN (not microwave, it tastes better in the oven!) for $2.50 @walmart and call it a day. They are decent for what they are.

Or like everyone else said- add tons of salt and butter.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Fox Hill ()
Date: November 30, 2015 08:55AM

Bingo Wrote:
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> It's called hyperbole. Have you ever heard of it?

It's called being wrong. Everyone's heard of it. You were forked. Deal with it.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Just Go To Mac D's ()
Date: November 30, 2015 09:06AM

>Recommended: less that 1500 mg of sodium per day.

Can of Beef-a-roni = 1250 mg
Sweetwater Tavern beef tips over penne: 730 mg

Mc D's sausage biscuit no egg, no hash browns, no cheese just sausage and a biscuit = 1000 mg sodium..

1 of them in the am a cup of soup for lunch 800 mg avg. and you've hit the limit for the day so then eat lettuce, just lettuce.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Bingo ()
Date: November 30, 2015 10:45AM

Fox Hill Wrote:
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> Bingo Wrote:
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> > It's called hyperbole. Have you ever heard of
> it?
>
> It's called being wrong. Everyone's heard of it.
> You were forked. Deal with it.


Forked? You an aspie too? You realize you're pointing to a dish that contains nearly half of your RDA of sodium in a feeble attempt to disprove the contention that GAR restaurants use a ton of salt in their recipes?

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Fox Hill ()
Date: November 30, 2015 11:14AM

Aspie has nothing to do with it. Hyperbole has nothing to do with it. You made a claim, and it was blown to bits.
Have a tantrum or something.
.
Attachments:
tantrum_new.jpg

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Bingo ()
Date: November 30, 2015 11:32AM

Fox Hill Wrote:
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> Aspie has nothing to do with it.

It does as it is why you don't comprehend hyperbole. Unlike you, I didn't actually go look up the sodium content of all the GAR dishes and a can of Beef-a-roni when I made the statement.

> Hyperbole has
> nothing to do with it.

It has everything to do with it and your disorder prevents you from understanding it.

> You made a claim, and it
> was blown to bits.

Again, pointing to a dish that contains nearly half of your RDA of sodium in a feeble attempt to disprove the contention that GAR restaurants use a ton of salt is just plain ridiculous.

> Have a tantrum or something.

I'll leave that to you. You seem quite advanced at it (which is consistent with your Asperger's).

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: burke 44 ()
Date: November 30, 2015 12:18PM

silverado & mikes american i think, used to have a real nice monterrey chicken salad. Then they changed it and made it grilled with pecans. completely ruined it. would love to know what the original ranch dressing was, manager said they made it in house, but would not give up the receipe.It was kind of a pepper ranch
maybe with some garlic. Have tried to duplicate but just isnt the same. ex-manager do you know?

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Fox Hill ()
Date: November 30, 2015 12:19PM

Bingo Wrote:
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> Unlike you, I didn't actually go look up the sodium content
> of all the GAR dishes and a can of Beef-a-roni when I made
> the statement.

We know that. You made the claim based on your own assumptions which were quickly shown to to have been bullshit. TRANSLATION: You were wrong. Nothing will change that.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Bingo ()
Date: November 30, 2015 12:23PM

Fox Hill Wrote:
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> Bingo Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Unlike you, I didn't actually go look up the
> sodium content
> > of all the GAR dishes and a can of Beef-a-roni
> when I made
> > the statement.
>
> We know that. You made the claim based on your
> own assumptions which were quickly shown to to
> have been bullshit. TRANSLATION: You were wrong.
> Nothing will change that.


I made a pretty damn good assumption as you could find a single menu item from a chain of restaurants that had less. Plus, as mentioned, add an Ozzie roll (which everyone does) and I am correct despite using hyperbole to make a salient point.

Look, ask your aspie doctor to explain it.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: sdfh dargasdfaserf ()
Date: November 30, 2015 12:23PM

OMG the Food Police have taken over. This person wanted recipes.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: done deal ()
Date: November 30, 2015 12:32PM

sdfh dargasdfaserf Wrote:
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> OMG the Food Police have taken over. This person
> wanted recipes.


And he got it. Lots of salt and butter.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Fox Hill... ()
Date: November 30, 2015 12:57PM

Bingo Wrote:
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> Look, ask your aspie doctor to explain it.

No explanation needed. Your were WRONG. Plain as day. You just have some desperate need to be a jerk about it.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Bingo ()
Date: November 30, 2015 01:17PM

Fox Hill... Wrote:
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> You just have some desperate need to be a
> jerk about it.


Says the aspie.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Fox Hill ()
Date: November 30, 2015 01:21PM

Bingo Wrote:
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> Says the aspie.

Says the guy who wasn't WRONG. And isn't psychotic.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Bingo ()
Date: November 30, 2015 01:27PM

Fox Hill Wrote:
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> Bingo Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Says the aspie.
>
> Says the guy who wasn't WRONG.

Sure you were.

> And isn't
> psychotic.

But, you're an aspie.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: former customer ()
Date: November 30, 2015 02:24PM

If you want the Drunken Ribeye, start with a poorly butchered thinner cut of rib eye steak. Make sure it has a huge fat circle in the middle.

Marinate that cut of meat in a combination of soy sauce, pale ale, ketchup and salt for at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours.

Cook the meat so that the fat doesn't actually melt away the way a rib eye is supposed to.

As mentioned above, serve lukewarm.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Sweet on Sweetwater ()
Date: December 01, 2015 01:42PM

Everybody's a critic Wrote:
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> Because of their combination of quality and value, GAR's
> menus have earned them legions of loyal diners

Lunch, dinner, and late-night. Nice place, interesting food, good service, reasonable prices. That's why they are packed all the time.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Sweet on Sweetwater ()
Date: December 01, 2015 01:50PM

How can there be all these people who want to hate on GAR restaurants? They are among the most popular places in the area.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: I spit in your food ()
Date: December 02, 2015 12:20PM

Buttermilk herb dressing. I loved saying no to old hags like you when you asked for the recipe. And pecans avocado and tortilla strips were added to the Monteray. Request them without if you want it the old fashion way you ragged cunt.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Salad lover ()
Date: December 02, 2015 01:13PM

There are no "tortilla strips" in the Monterey Chicken Salad anymore. And you forgot the corn off the cob and sun-dried cranberries. Obviously, it's been a while since you were let go.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: kMNVK ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:28AM

I've been to Artie's twice and Coastal Flats at FFX Corner, twice. All four times, the service was horrendous. No food is worth that crap. The last time, I asked to speak with the manager (about a year ago at Coastal Flats). After speaking with him, I understood why the service was so bad. Terrible, terrible service. I'll never darken the doorstep of a Great American restaurant again. Ever.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: 3yJyd ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:44AM

Bingo Wrote:
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> LOL! Look at the loser! Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Bingo Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Maybe you want to go healthy with that
> > Southwest
> > > Chicken Salad: 1495 mg LOL!
> >
> > You said "any GAR dish".
>
> It's called hyperbole. Have you ever heard of it?
> An aspie wouldn't get it. Are you one?



Unfortunately for you, when one has to depend on hyperbole to make a point, a few possibilities exist:

1. You lack enough written communication skills to make your point effectively;

2. You need hyperbole to sell your point because you lack any descriptive writing talent in nonfiction

3. You are writing fiction.

Hyperbole is a useful tool when writing fiction, by the way.


>
> > You were shown to
> > be horribly fucking wrong, you pathetic little
> > dumbshit.
>
> Proven to be right actually with the Ozzie rolls.
> You know you love those doughnuts!
>
> > But that's typical of what happens to
> > ignorant douchebags and assholes, I guess.
> You're
> > probably pretty used to it by now.
>
> Used to shitheads like you!


And then, there is the name calling. It's indicative of many things; few of which are complimentary to your person.






Best of luck to you in your future communications. The best lessons usually come from failures; so you've got that going for you.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: WpGGv ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:49AM

Bingo Wrote:
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> Fox Hill Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Aspie has nothing to do with it.
>
> It does as it is why you don't comprehend
> hyperbole. Unlike you, I didn't actually go look
> up the sodium content of all the GAR dishes and a
> can of Beef-a-roni when I made the statement.
>
> > Hyperbole has
> > nothing to do with it.
>
> It has everything to do with it and your disorder
> prevents you from understanding it.
>
> > You made a claim, and it
> > was blown to bits.
>
> Again, pointing to a dish that contains nearly
> half of your RDA of sodium in a feeble attempt to
> disprove the contention that GAR restaurants use a
> ton of salt is just plain ridiculous.
>
> > Have a tantrum or something.
>
> I'll leave that to you. You seem quite advanced
> at it (which is consistent with your Asperger's).


Get with the times - it's called Autism Spectrum Disorder.

I bet you go to the Special Olympics each year so you can heckle the participants, too, eh?

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 11:32AM

kMNVK Wrote:
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> I've been to Artie's twice and Coastal Flats at
> FFX Corner, twice. All four times, the service
> was horrendous. No food is worth that crap. The
> last time, I asked to speak with the manager
> (about a year ago at Coastal Flats). After
> speaking with him, I understood why the service
> was so bad. Terrible, terrible service. I'll
> never darken the doorstep of a Great American
> restaurant again. Ever.

Hahahahaha! What a fucking fraud. Service at GAR restaurants is famously excellent. The team-service model is universally praised. It's pretty plain here that you were once fired from GAR (drunk on the job...a third DUI...gender harassment...trying to sneak meat out in your backpack) and still bear a big fat butthurt grudge against them for it. Grow up and move on, you worthless little pissant. You were never good enough for GAR and never will be.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Proctor ()
Date: December 03, 2015 11:38AM

3yJyd Wrote:
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> Best of luck to you in your future communications. The best lessons
> usually come from failures; so you've got that going for you.

No, he has a list of god-awful failures that's a mile long, and not a single one of them has ever done him a bit of good. He just tries again and fails again. And again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again. Fail fail fail fail fail fail fail fail fail fail. It's just pathetic.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: food E ()
Date: December 03, 2015 11:54AM

kMNVK Wrote:
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> I've been to Artie's twice and Coastal Flats at
> FFX Corner, twice. All four times, the service
> was horrendous. No food is worth that crap. The
> last time, I asked to speak with the manager
> (about a year ago at Coastal Flats). After
> speaking with him, I understood why the service
> was so bad. Terrible, terrible service. I'll
> never darken the doorstep of a Great American
> restaurant again. Ever.

It took you 4 visits to figure out you didn't like GAR restaurants? What a fucking putz. Betting you are barred.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: 7LYtU ()
Date: December 03, 2015 11:57AM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> kMNVK Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I've been to Artie's twice and Coastal Flats at
> > FFX Corner, twice. All four times, the service
> > was horrendous. No food is worth that crap.
> The
> > last time, I asked to speak with the manager
> > (about a year ago at Coastal Flats). After
> > speaking with him, I understood why the service
> > was so bad. Terrible, terrible service. I'll
> > never darken the doorstep of a Great American
> > restaurant again. Ever.
>
> Hahahahaha! What a fucking fraud. Service at GAR
> restaurants is famously excellent. The
> team-service model is universally praised. It's
> pretty plain here that you were once fired from
> GAR (drunk on the job...a third DUI...gender
> harassment...trying to sneak meat out in your
> backpack) and still bear a big fat butthurt grudge
> against them for it. Grow up and move on, you
> worthless little pissant. You were never good
> enough for GAR and never will be.


How many Ozzie rolls can you fit in your huge Asshole...?

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 12:01PM

The failure grows ever greater. The butthurt grows ever worse.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Ozzie Asshole... ()
Date: December 03, 2015 12:26PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> The failure grows ever greater. The butthurt
> grows ever worse.


More than a dozen?

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 12:42PM

It was a third DUI, wasn't it. How many times has liquor gotten you fired since?

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Choo Choo Charlie ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:21PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> It was a third DUI, wasn't it. How many times has
> liquor gotten you fired since?


I'll go with the over at two dozen. You are a huge Asshole...

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: FyED7 ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:27PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> kMNVK Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I've been to Artie's twice and Coastal Flats at
> > FFX Corner, twice. All four times, the service
> > was horrendous. No food is worth that crap.
> The
> > last time, I asked to speak with the manager
> > (about a year ago at Coastal Flats). After
> > speaking with him, I understood why the service
> > was so bad. Terrible, terrible service. I'll
> > never darken the doorstep of a Great American
> > restaurant again. Ever.
>
> Hahahahaha! What a fucking fraud. Service at GAR
> restaurants is famously excellent. The
> team-service model is universally praised. It's
> pretty plain here that you were once fired from
> GAR (drunk on the job...a third DUI...gender
> harassment...trying to sneak meat out in your
> backpack) and still bear a big fat butthurt grudge
> against them for it. Grow up and move on, you
> worthless little pissant. You were never good
> enough for GAR and never will be.


The service sucked...all four times. Too bad the best you can do in life is be a poorly-paid shill for a mediocre restaurant chain with piss-poor service.

Have a nice day.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:31PM

Eat you heart out, dumbfuck. Be glad that Tippy's will still let you push a mop and bucket around.
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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:34PM

FyED7 Wrote:
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> The service sucked...all four times. Too bad the
> best you can do in life is be a poorly-paid shill
> for a mediocre restaurant chain with piss-poor
> service. Have a nice day.

LOL! You are only making your situation worse and worse. By now, the entire internet is laughing at you. What an abysmal assfuck!

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Bingo ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:37PM

3yJyd Wrote:
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> Unfortunately for you, when one has to depend on
> hyperbole to make a point, a few possibilities
> exist:

Yeah. This one-exaggerating the idea for the sake of emphasis. And, in this case, it actually turned out to be not too far off!

> And then, there is the name calling.

Like the use of "douchebags" and "dumbshits"? Did you not pick up on those for some reason?

As for communicating, it's probably best for you not hit the keyboard at one something in the morning.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Bil Baird ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:40PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> FyED7 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The service sucked...all four times. Too bad
> the
> > best you can do in life is be a poorly-paid
> shill
> > for a mediocre restaurant chain with piss-poor
> > service. Have a nice day.
>
> LOL! You are only making your situation worse and
> worse. By now, the entire internet is laughing at
> you. What an abysmal assfuck!


^ Asshole... gets his panties all in a bunch any time anyone criticizes GAR or Vienna.

He's like an empty headed little puppet. Pull the right strings and you can make him dance. lmao

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: 6dcLC ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:43PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> FyED7 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The service sucked...all four times. Too bad
> the
> > best you can do in life is be a poorly-paid
> shill
> > for a mediocre restaurant chain with piss-poor
> > service. Have a nice day.
>
> LOL! You are only making your situation worse and
> worse. By now, the entire internet is laughing at
> you. What an abysmal assfuck!




Your vehement "support" (that word is used loosely, as your idea of support is vulgarity directed towards those who have a different view than yours) for those restaurants is wonderful to quote. It epitomizes exactly what I described in my service experiences at the chain restaurants. Keep up the great work; they may give you a nickle raise in the near future.

Great PR!

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:47PM

Bil Baird Wrote:
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> ^ Asshole... gets his panties all in a bunch any
> time anyone criticizes GAR or Vienna. He's like
> an empty headed little puppet. Pull the right
> strings and you can make him dance. lmao

It was your plan all along to have someone come along and kick the living crap out of you? What a cool plan! Pathetic fucking dumbass.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: happy commuter ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:50PM

Bil Baird Wrote:
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> He's like an empty headed little puppet. Pull the
> right strings and you can make him dance. lmao


So true. An insufferable know it all who is actually a know nothing. The worst kind of troll. Every time I cut through Tapawingo to Ware to Courthouse to bypass Maple, I chuckle at his expense.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:56PM

6dcLC Wrote:
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> Your vehement "support" (that word is used
> loosely, as your idea of support is vulgarity
> directed towards those who have a different view
> than yours) for those restaurants is wonderful to
> quote. It epitomizes exactly what I described in
> my service experiences at the chain restaurants.
> Keep up the great work; they may give you a nickle
> raise in the near future. Great PR!

You're peeing all over yourself again, you bitter little fucktard. You posts are not "opinions", they are unsupportable invented slanders, posted in vain hopes of striking back against those you blame for your pathetic life of failure. Such a whimpering little basket case you are!

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Squidly ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:59PM

Gross calamari with no dip from Sweetwater Tavern . I ordered $50 worth of food from bar to go and received 7 boxes and no bag

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: xWWHN ()
Date: December 03, 2015 01:59PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> 6dcLC Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Your vehement "support" (that word is used
> > loosely, as your idea of support is vulgarity
> > directed towards those who have a different
> view
> > than yours) for those restaurants is wonderful
> to
> > quote. It epitomizes exactly what I described
> in
> > my service experiences at the chain restaurants.
>
> > Keep up the great work; they may give you a
> nickle
> > raise in the near future. Great PR!
>
> You're peeing all over yourself again, you bitter
> little fucktard. You posts are not "opinions",
> they are unsupportable invented slanders, posted
> in vain hopes of striking back against those you
> blame for your pathetic life of failure. Such a
> whimpering little basket case you are!


^^^^^ Love's Great American Restaurants. Quintessential of their clientele.

+1

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: not the best ()
Date: December 03, 2015 02:02PM

The food is OK. However, one has to get past the service to be allowed the opportunity to try the food. I have been to this restaurant at least 15 times. Each time they try to tell you that it is a 20 minute wait even when you can see empty tables. Really, they're trying to build demand my making people think that it's so popular you have to wait to be seated. It's hype and, unfortunately, the populace buys it.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Charles and David ()
Date: December 03, 2015 02:03PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> Bil Baird Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > ^ Asshole... gets his panties all in a bunch
> any
> > time anyone criticizes GAR or Vienna. He's like
>
> > an empty headed little puppet. Pull the right
> > strings and you can make him dance. lmao
>
> It was your plan all along to have someone come
> along and kick the living crap out of you? What a
> cool plan! Pathetic fucking dumbass.


It's another Koch brothers conspiracy.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: With friends like him... ()
Date: December 03, 2015 02:06PM

xWWHN Wrote:
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>
> ^^^^^ Love's Great American Restaurants.
> Quintessential of their clientele.
>
> +1


And a 'great' representative for the brand.

lmao

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: speaking of piss ()
Date: December 03, 2015 02:06PM

Terrible. If you love a great dinning experience with on the ball waiters and amazing and thought out food stay far away from this no frills chain. It's just as bad as any Applebee's or Fridays. I guess I am a food snob but hey guess what, that's why I live inside the beltway so I can have access to some great food. The food was tasteless, even my three kids hated their meals. If you like lager I guess you could find a good beer there but being a hophead there was nothing on the drink menu for my wife and I.

This place is easily forgettable and overpriced for what you get.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: VUJU4 ()
Date: December 03, 2015 02:07PM

With friends like him... Wrote:
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> xWWHN Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> >
> > ^^^^^ Love's Great American Restaurants.
> > Quintessential of their clientele.
> >
> > +1
>
>
> And a 'great' representative for the brand.
>
> lmao


Indeed. :)

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 02:17PM

Charles and David Wrote:
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> It's another Koch brothers conspiracy.

No, it's just a dreary fucking asshole wallowing in the filth of his own unending failures yet again.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: quacks like a duck ()
Date: December 03, 2015 02:21PM

Food mediocre and somewhat limited imagination in the menu. However, the service earned the single star.

They have tag team service (every waiter stops to help and pitch in) until a mistake is made. In my case, the kitchen omitted a side that came with my meal. When I pointed out to the food runner, she said it would be right out. Right out is a relative term but it eventually came. When the bill came, I was surprised to see a charge for the replacement side. When I pointed it out to the waitress that initially greeted us and took our orders, she said she would get our server to take care of it (which was her). Then came the eternity where none of the servers or managers would make eye contact. After about 10 minutes of being iced for asking for a correct bill, we managed to snag the server again and she acted shocked that "she didn't drop it off". At that point I told her to just bring the check and that my time was worth more than the error. She brought the correct bill and I immediately gave her my credit card so she could process it right away. Thought all was good until the wait began again. Eventually, the manager that wouldn't make eye contact earlier came back with my card and slip offering his apology for the misunderstanding. The apology was great but the waitress had me waiting for it.

Never again at that mad house!

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: tLxmH ()
Date: December 03, 2015 02:21PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> Charles and David Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > It's another Koch brothers conspiracy.
>
> No, it's just a dreary fucking asshole wallowing
> in the filth of his own unending failures yet
> again.


^^ Great American Restaurant employee. Stay classy.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: dance monkey dance ()
Date: December 03, 2015 02:22PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> Charles and David Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > It's another Koch brothers conspiracy.
>
> No, it's just a dreary fucking asshole wallowing
> in the filth of his own unending failures yet
> again.


^^^

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: ickie ()
Date: December 03, 2015 02:25PM

I was thoroughly unimpressed with Carlyle. It was mediocre food and drinks, high prices, long waits, poor service and questionable hygiene.

After waiting for what seemed like forever where I ordered a lemon drop martini to pass the time (yuck) I was finally seated. Waited a really long time. Ordered the goat cheese salad, minus the pecans, and crab cakes. Waited a really long time. Got the salad and it was covered in pecans. Waited a really long time. Finally saw the server again and mentioned that it had pecans on it. They took it away. Waited a REALLY long time (my friend had finished his appetizer) and it was brought back to me with no pecans. Except, wait a minute...

...are those greasy fingerprints smeared all over the sides of the plate? Did they? Could they? OMG, they finger picked them off!!! 1) I could have done that MYSELF and 2) GROSS, they screwed up my order, stuck their fingers all in my food and then had the nerve to give it back to me covered in greasy fingerprints? I am not kidding...huge fingerprints in greasy salad dressing is NOT a cool thing to see unless you're a CSI working a murder case.

Ugh, I was so skeeved out after that thinking about someone's bare fingers digging around in my salad to get all the pecans out. The crab cakes were underwhelming, too.

I'm sure all kinds of gross and sloppy stuff goes on in restaurants and they take short cuts all the time. But I don't really want to be made so aware of it. That, combined with the long waits, "so what?" food, and crappy customer service have totally put me off this place.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 02:45PM

speaking of piss Wrote:
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> Terrible. If you love a great dinning experience
> with on the ball waiters and amazing and thought
> out food stay far away from this no frills chain.
> It's just as bad as any Applebee's or Fridays.

So it would appear that ALL of those are in fact above your pay-grade.

> I guess I am a food snob...

LOL! I guess you are a food-stooge, given that you know fucking zip, zilch, zero about food, service, cooking, dining, restaurants -- you name it, if it has to do with eating out, you just plain don't know jack-shit about it.

> ...but hey guess what, that's why I live inside the beltway
> so I can have access to some great food.

LOL!!! Meat In a Box? Clare and Don's? Hot n Juicy Crawfish? Elevation Burger? Such an impressive array!

> ...there was nothing on the drink menu for my wife and I.

You mean "for my wife and ME." Object of a fucking preposition, my inchoate little babbler-boy.

> This place is easily forgettable and overpriced for what you get.

The real reason you stay away is the embarrassment of not being able to tip properly. Loser.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: DhL3V ()
Date: December 03, 2015 02:51PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> speaking of piss Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Terrible. If you love a great dinning
> experience
> > with on the ball waiters and amazing and
> thought
> > out food stay far away from this no frills
> chain.
> > It's just as bad as any Applebee's or Fridays.
>
> So it would appear that ALL of those are in fact
> above your pay-grade.
>
> > I guess I am a food snob...
>
> LOL! I guess you are a food-stooge, given that
> you know fucking zip, zilch, zero about food,
> service, cooking, dining, restaurants -- you name
> it, if it has to do with eating out, you just
> plain don't know jack-shit about it.
>
> > ...but hey guess what, that's why I live inside
> the beltway
> > so I can have access to some great food.
>
> LOL!!! Meat In a Box? Clare and Don's? Hot n
> Juicy Crawfish? Elevation Burger? Such an
> impressive array!
>
> > ...there was nothing on the drink menu for my
> wife and I.
>
> You mean "for my wife and ME." Object of a
> fucking preposition, my inchoate little
> babbler-boy.
>
> > This place is easily forgettable and overpriced
> for what you get.
>
> The real reason you stay away is the embarrassment
> of not being able to tip properly. Loser.


^^^ This is the type of person who LOVES GAR. You make GAR even more unattractive and unappetizing than they already are.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 02:53PM

quacks like a duck Wrote:
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> Never again at that mad house!

You won't be missed. No restaurant wants small-person patrons who make shit up to whine over. They'd rather spend the time with elderly regulars who need a little extra hand-holding. Why don't you go see if there's some food truck somewhere that will put up with your boorish downscale crapola.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: cWCPk ()
Date: December 03, 2015 02:55PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> quacks like a duck Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Never again at that mad house!
>
> You won't be missed. No restaurant wants
> small-person patrons who make shit up to whine
> over. They'd rather spend the time with elderly
> regulars who need a little extra hand-holding.
> Why don't you go see if there's some food truck
> somewhere that will put up with your boorish
> downscale crapola.


^ GAR employee. A lovely lot.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 03:00PM

DhL3V Wrote:
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> ^^^ This is the type of person who LOVES GAR. You make GAR
> even more unattractive and unappetizing than they already are.

GAR is and has long been at least one of the most popular, successful, and critically acclaimed restaurant groups in the mid-Atlantic area. No big deal to them that some worthless inside-the-beltway poor boy can't cover the cost of a basket of ozzie rolls. What a worthless dumbfuck.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 03:02PM

cWCPk Wrote:
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> ^ GAR employee. A lovely lot.

Unlike you, I've never worked for GAR in any cacacity. Hence, I've never been FIRED by them either.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: KYG6d ()
Date: December 03, 2015 03:06PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> DhL3V Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > ^^^ This is the type of person who LOVES GAR.
> You make GAR
> > even more unattractive and unappetizing than
> they already are.
>
> GAR is and has long been at least one of the most
> popular, successful, and critically acclaimed
> restaurant groups in the mid-Atlantic area. No
> big deal to them that some worthless
> inside-the-beltway poor boy can't cover the cost
> of a basket of ozzie rolls. What a worthless
> dumbfuck.



^^^^ A GAR employee and regular customer. Thank you for confirming exactly what GAR is. Mediocre (I'm in a generous mood today) and classless.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: 4Ybhb ()
Date: December 03, 2015 03:09PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> cWCPk Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > ^ GAR employee. A lovely lot.
>
> Unlike you, I've never worked for GAR in any
> cacacity. Hence, I've never been FIRED by them
> either.


IF true, then you are regular clientele and your tantrum here simply provides support for those of us who have tried the restaurants and concluded they suck.

Thanks for your support.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: xj97V ()
Date: December 03, 2015 03:11PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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>


^ Asshole... is the kind of asshole that you'll meet at GAR.

Enjoy your meal.

lol

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: crapola ()
Date: December 03, 2015 03:33PM

Mike's American: six strikes, and why I will never return.

I thought I would just let it go, but a week after my experience I'm still so flabbergasted I felt it necessary to tell you my story. I should start by saying that I have been going to the great American restaurant chain for more than a decade and have always had better than average to excellent service. I had been to mike's three times before and developed a fondness for the BBQ sandwich. My wife and I made a stop in for a late lunch (just after 2:00) on a Saturday. We ordered beer and had a polite server and things were on a good track until I tried to order. I was disappointed to discover they were out (which is not unreasonable), but when the server said the run out everyday by lunch, it sound like bad planing by the management. So I switch gears and order a burger instead, and here's where the real problems start. The burger comes loaded with cheese despite my order. Mistakes happen, but strike one. The burger goes back, and a few minutes later the manager returns with the same burger with cheese still on it, strike two. This is about when my wife finishes enough of her beer to uncover stuck on food around the inside of the glass, strike three. The manager then asked if the cheese issue is an allergy or preference, strike four. It doesn't matter that's how I ordered it, that should be reason enough. So I send the burger back a second time, and the manager apologized and offers me something while I'm waiting. I accept, and she promises french fries while I wait. The never came, strike five. After about 10 minutes a fresh burger comes, and I get to eat almost 20 minutes after the first burger came. Finally, the bill comes, and we're charged for everything and at full price, strike six. I was so put out I just paid a left. I empathized with the server, he was professional and it wasn't his fault the management at the restaurant is clueless. Nonetheless I will never return, lest I receive the same service. Don't make the same mistake, go somewhere else.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: what a maroon ()
Date: December 03, 2015 03:37PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> speaking of piss Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Terrible. If you love a great dinning
> experience
> > with on the ball waiters and amazing and
> thought
> > out food stay far away from this no frills
> chain.
> > It's just as bad as any Applebee's or Fridays.
>
> So it would appear that ALL of those are in fact
> above your pay-grade.
>
> > I guess I am a food snob...
>
> LOL! I guess you are a food-stooge, given that
> you know fucking zip, zilch, zero about food,
> service, cooking, dining, restaurants -- you name
> it, if it has to do with eating out, you just
> plain don't know jack-shit about it.
>
> > ...but hey guess what, that's why I live inside
> the beltway
> > so I can have access to some great food.
>
> LOL!!! Meat In a Box? Clare and Don's? Hot n
> Juicy Crawfish? Elevation Burger? Such an
> impressive array!
>
> > ...there was nothing on the drink menu for my
> wife and I.
>
> You mean "for my wife and ME." Object of a
> fucking preposition, my inchoate little
> babbler-boy.
>
> > This place is easily forgettable and overpriced
> for what you get.
>
> The real reason you stay away is the embarrassment
> of not being able to tip properly. Loser.


LOL! You're responding to copy and pastes from Yelp!

Fucking idiot!

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 03:46PM

KYG6d Wrote:
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> ^^^^ A GAR employee and regular customer. Thank
> you for confirming exactly what GAR is. Mediocre
> (I'm in a generous mood today) and classless.

You're a worthless asshole today, just like every other day. Meanwhile, the perch that GAR has now long occupied is known, respected, and envied by many. This is why you will find GAR-trained staff in senior positions at places like 2941 and The Inn at Little Washington. The big boys know where the good people come from.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: the food will kill you ()
Date: December 03, 2015 03:48PM

Terrible experience. Our son is allergic to dairy products, so we are always very careful to clarify that with the server before we order. The server assured us that the dish we ordered for him contained no butter or milk products, and then assured us again, directly, when the meal was served, that it was safe. Only after we had stared to eat did the manager come out to let us know that no, in fact, the dish was not safe for him. Too late! We had to administer an emergency dose of medication there in the restaurant.

To his credit, the manager immediately offered to comp our meal. Nonetheless, this was an inexcusable lack of attention to detail--indeed an outright lie--by the server. Naturally we will never eat at Arties again.

By the way, the food is not really that great--standard "New American" fare, nothing you couldn't get in a shopping mall chain. Even free, the meal was not worth the experience.

Avoid!

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: E7b6T ()
Date: December 03, 2015 03:51PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> KYG6d Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > ^^^^ A GAR employee and regular customer.
> Thank
> > you for confirming exactly what GAR is.
> Mediocre
> > (I'm in a generous mood today) and classless.
>
> You're a worthless asshole today, just like every
> other day. Meanwhile, the perch that GAR has now
> long occupied is known, respected, and envied by
> many. This is why you will find GAR-trained staff
> in senior positions at places like 2941 and The
> Inn at Little Washington. The big boys know where
> the good people come from.

For folks with vocations (well, relatively bright folks with vocations), they know they have to pay their dues in the gutter to move on to respectable positions. It real life.

Thanks for the fodder.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: frozen meatball ()
Date: December 03, 2015 03:57PM

Last night I made a mistake that I knew was going to be a mistake. I decided that I wanted to take my wife out to dinner and instead of going to an old standby we decided to try Ozzie's in Fairfax Corner. She asked me what type of place it was, and I answered saying that I thought it was just a meat place. I was wrong. Despite the facade having pictures of animals displayed as cuts of meat pieced back together it was suppossedly an Italian eatery. Like any new restaurant in this area it had a wait. While waiting I looked it up on the internet and found out it was owned by Great American Restaurants. This should have been enough to make me walk away right then and there, but I didn't. I decided to try it out. The second warning sign was that it was an Italian eatery with a grand total of five pasta dishes and none of them were spaghetti or linguini. I ordered the lasagna because I figured no one can mess that up. Hahaha. Instead of lasagna I got some sort of flat noodle overcooked and soggy and then burned in a skillet and toped with tomato paste and a couple of frozen unseasoned meatballs. Just want to give that little word of warning so hopefully I can help someone out there to avoid a bad dining experience.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: as mentioned, butter and salt ()
Date: December 03, 2015 04:04PM

Coastal Flats call themselves a seafood restaurant, which to me, recalls 'healthy' food. However the sea creatures here are pummeled by fryer oil, washed with butter and hampered by mayonnaise. Soups are sullied by cream and even the salads are awash with heavy dressings. The complimentary rolls are studded with melted cheese. It's nearly impossible to order healthily, and even doing so can backfire.

Take for example, the grilled chicken sandwich (I omitted the cheese), which arrived slicked with oil (!) between dutifully buttered toast. On another visit, the "Hong Kong" style sea bass was so salty that my tongue burned for hours afterwards. On that note, I've visited Hong Kong on three occasions, and no restaurant I've eaten at would lay claim to a pile of shit like that. And on another note, Coastal Flats uses "sticky rice" and "instant rice" interchangeably.

If I could point out any positives of Coastal Flats, its that the wait staff are friendly and the atmosphere is pleasant. But no amount of benignant cheer can make up for the the sin of badly cooked, and even worse, morally irresponsible food.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 04:15PM

4Ybhb Wrote:
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> IF true, then you are regular clientele and your
> tantrum here simply provides support for those of
> us who have tried the restaurants and concluded
> they suck. Thanks for your support.

I typically dine out several times a week. In the past ten days or so, I've eaten at Brine, Pazzo Pomodoro, The Vienna Inn, Cafe Renaissance, and Chase the Submarine. I'll be at Jackson's in RTC this evening if you'd like to stop by and gawk. The tune poke is really good there, but I almost always start with the deviled eggs. Haven't decided on an entree yet. Of course, sometimes I just stay home and cook. I've done some interesting perlo rice dishes lately. It really all depends on what one feels like once one has reached the point where price simply doesn't matter anymore.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Watch him dance ()
Date: December 03, 2015 04:17PM

what a maroon Wrote:
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>
> LOL! You're responding to copy and pastes from
> Yelp!
>
> Fucking idiot!


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lol

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Coastal Flats falls flat ()
Date: December 03, 2015 04:17PM

Coastal Flats is worse than just a retread of mass-produced, shopping-mall food. Everything was soggy, greasy, and poorly put together. The bread served at the beginning of the meal was more like a doughnut - so sickly sweetened that I couldn't even swallow it, and that set the tone for the entire meal. The lobster roll was minuscule, and in such a stale, crusty roll that most of the meat fell out all over my plate while I tried to figure out a way to successfully take a bite. On top of that, the service was slow and inattentive, and our waiter just dropped the check off while we were in the middle of the main course. Nevertheless, he showed up again after we'd finished our meals to ask if we wanted to order dessert or coffee - how are we supposed to do that with the bill already presented? (Not that I wanted anything more than to just get out the place at that point).

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Mike Ranney ()
Date: December 03, 2015 04:20PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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>
> You're a worthless asshole today, just like every
> other day. Meanwhile, the perch that GAR has now
> long occupied is known, respected, and envied by
> many. This is why you will find GAR-trained staff
> in senior positions at places like 2941 and The
> Inn at Little Washington. The big boys know where
> the good people come from.


Please STFU and stop trying to "help" us.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: Diners Club ()
Date: December 03, 2015 04:23PM

what a maroon Wrote:
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> LOL! You're responding to copy and pastes from
> Yelp! Fucking idiot!

No, I'm responding to the stupid assfuck who has run out of anything more rational to do than post and then edit them. He actually thinks he's being clever. What a total fucking trainwreck!

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: sweetwater diner ()
Date: December 03, 2015 04:27PM

Food mediocre and somewhat limited imagination in the menu. However, the service earned the single star.

They have tag team service (every waiter stops to help and pitch in) until a mistake is made. In my case, the kitchen omitted a side that came with my meal. When I pointed out to the food runner, she said it would be right out. Right out is a relative term but it eventually came. When the bill came, I was surprised to see a charge for the replacement side. When I pointed it out to the waitress that initially greeted us and took our orders, she said she would get our server to take care of it (which was her). Then came the eternity where none of the servers or managers would make eye contact. After about 10 minutes of being iced for asking for a correct bill, we managed to snag the server again and she acted shocked that "she didn't drop it off". At that point I told her to just bring the check and that my time was worth more than the error. She brought the correct bill and I immediately gave her my credit card so she could process it right away. Thought all was good until the wait began again. Eventually, the manager that wouldn't make eye contact earlier came back with my card and slip offering his apology for the misunderstanding. The apology was great but the waitress had me waiting for it.

Never again at that mad house!

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: that's loser talk ()
Date: December 03, 2015 04:28PM

Diners Club Wrote:
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> what a maroon Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > LOL! You're responding to copy and pastes from
> > Yelp! Fucking idiot!
>
> No, I'm responding to the stupid assfuck who has
> run out of anything more rational to do than post
> and then edit them. He actually thinks he's being
> clever. What a total fucking trainwreck!


No editing. Straight copy and paste. You fell for it big time.

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Re: Anybody have copycat recipes for Great American Restaurants?
Posted by: underwhelmed ()
Date: December 03, 2015 04:34PM

Been to Jacksons few times. I'm always underwhelmed by the food. Not sure why I go back, slow learner I guess. Don't be a slow learner. Go elsewhere in the town center.

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