Overrated Food Places

[randomhorn 1500]

1 hour ago, SurlyGator said:

If it becomes more Olive Garden-esque, they may get a Molotov cocktail through a window.

[randomhorn 1500]

Chuy’s food quality has been on the decline for a while. I would get the steak burrito and it felt like it was more and more tortilla and less and less meat or cheese. The chips were pretty good though and the creamy jalapeño is always delicious.

[Deej 76156]

If the Olive Garden people implement the honor system on pitchers of margaritas, I'm in. 

[The Dog 43079]

Chuys has definitely gone downhill lately. 

Here is a good analog of their creamy jalapeno: https://www.modernhoney.com/chuys-creamy-jalapeno-cilantro-dip-dressing/#wprm-recipe-container-11987

Between that and making fajitas on the Blackstone, we haven't had a reason to go or order from there anymore.

[Gen. Applewhite 225]

I've had a lot of fine muffulettas in my life, and I think the one from Central Grocery was the worst.

[randomhorn 1500]

Speaking of disappointing muffuletta sandwiches… Schlotzsky’s. What a poster child of enshitification from over expansion and private equity buyouts. Hopefully this is not the future that awaits whataburger and the #4 or the patty melt. 🙏🏻

[Texzilla588 765]

Speaking of Tex-Mex. I lament that Taco Diner is officially dead now with the last few spots being shuttered I believe now, but I was at HPV the other day and noticed that the cousin restaurant Mi Cocina's as taken the one thing I loved and incorporated it: Los Cabos Salad. 
Other than that, Mi Cocina's sucks. Their chips are stale and the salsa is average and the food is below average. I'd rather eat Chuy's than Mi Cocina's.

Mi Cocina represents everything shitty about Dallas condensed into a bad combo plate.

[randomhorn 1500]

On 9/28/2022 at 6:43 PM, Rimbo said:

And it's inordinately depressing to hear that Texadelphia got shitty.

Man, I loved that place 30 years ago. If I'd had the money, I'd have eaten there every day.

Damn, that’s a name I hadn’t thought of in a long time 

[Braff Zacklin 13289]

5 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

The only things I ever liked there were some of the green chile dishes or a chuychanga topped with deluxe tomatillo. 

Didn't they have a green chile chicken stew back in the 90s? I remember that being quite good.

[jimmyjazz 45162]

13 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Didn't they have a green chile chicken stew back in the 90s? I remember that being quite good.

Believe it or not, Rudy's BBQ has one that doesn't suck.  (Might be pork, can't remember.)  It's sold as a "side".  And Roaring Fork has a killer green chile stew.

[mchookem 15535]

8 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

The only things I ever liked there were some of the green chile dishes or a chuychanga topped with deluxe tomatillo.  And yeah...I dig the cilantro ranch dip for the chips, but that isn't sufficient reason to go there.  If you get dragged to Chuys, there are a couple of decent things to eat, but it was never a chosen destination for us.  I haven't been to one in at least 5-6 years.

i've eaten at Chuy's for 30 years and no exageration, literally the only thing I've ever ordered is a chuychanga with deluxe tomatillo sauce 😆

[elfenix 34075]

Elvis Presley Memorial Combo was amazing

[Focht Up 631]

33 minutes ago, elfenix said:

Elvis Presley Memorial Combo was amazing

Yeah that's what I usually order

[ChickenSandwich 9760]

Chuys has a solid quesadilla.  Only thing I order there.  I don't mind the salsa but it has what seems like a 12 hour shelf life before the over acidity ruins it.

[Macanudo 12743]

14 hours ago, Texzilla588 said:

Mi Cocina represents everything shitty about Dallas condensed into a bad combo plate.

Can you park leased 3 Series BMW in the restaurant?

[Vegas64 640]

Here is the irony in DFW: Darden buys Chuys at the expense of ole Eddie V’s, the original “sold out and got crappier”

The Dallas location of Eddie V’s Prime Seafood is closing after 14 years on Oak Lawn Avenue.

The restaurant’s last day of service will be July 28, CultureMap reported.

Eddie V’s, which is owned by the same group over Olive Garden, Yard House, The Capital Grille and Seasons 52, first opened in Austin in 2000. The Dallas location opened in April 2010.

 

[billfromlaketravis 11286]

I’d have to go with Raising Cane’s. It was a nice novelty when they first came to Texas, but their tenders are dry AF. The sauce is great, but it’s not enough to open 700 locations in 38 states. 

Chick-fil-A could end them tomorrow if they copied the Cane’s sauce. 

Edited July 20 by billfromlaketravis

[Baboontyme 2681]

I gotta disagree with you there, Bill. I'm not a tenders guy at all but they are pretty delicious every time I have them. And last time I was there with my teenage son and nephews we went through 38 pieces of Texas Toast. I didn't get 1 even though guess who footed the bill. 

[Braff Zacklin 13289]

If you're gonna do tenders, why not Golden Chick or Chicken Express? Better tenders, imo, and you can get gravy.

[Brisketexan 103515]

If you're gonna do tenders, why not Golden Chick or Chicken Express? Better tenders, imo, and you can get gravy.

This.
I’ll never understand a place that sells tenders, but doesn’t offer gravy.

[Braff Zacklin 13289]

[luke duke 6361]

Chuy’s has always sucked.  How is it possible that this restaurant group specializing in warmed over dogshit also runs Eddie V’s?

[Js1 82948]

11 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I’d have to go with Raising Cane’s. It was a nice novelty when they first came to Texas, but their tenders are dry AF. The sauce is great, but it’s not enough to open 700 locations in 38 states. 

Chick-fil-A could end them tomorrow if they copied the Cane’s sauce. 

I agree with you. The sauce is great, but the tenders are under seasoned and the batter doesn’t stick to the chicken well.

Layne’s > Cane’s. And they have spicy. And the sauce is basically the same. 

[billfromlaketravis 11286]

6 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I agree with you. The sauce is great, but the tenders are under seasoned and the batter doesn’t stick to the chicken well.

Layne’s > Cane’s. And they have spicy. And the sauce is basically the same. 

Layne’s is terrific despite all the stupid aggy bullshit. 

[Slacks 6691]

I would shut down my surly account for a Texadelphia and Double Dave's in the GOOF.

All other attempts at Peproni rolls suck ass, and I am 35 minutes to any Double Dave's in suburbia.

I can get a good cheesesteak nearby, but I can't get a good cheesesteak and watch college football with pitchers of beer.  The tiddy restaurants cheese steaks are garbage.

[billfromlaketravis 11286]

7 minutes ago, Slacks said:

I would shut down my surly account for a Texadelphia and Double Dave's in the GOOF.

All other attempts at Peproni rolls suck ass, and I am 35 minutes to any Double Dave's in suburbia.

I can get a good cheesesteak nearby, but I can't get a good cheesesteak and watch college football with pitchers of beer.  The tiddy restaurants cheese steaks are garbage.

Dude. There’s a Texadelphia and a Double Dave’s within 20 minutes from the GOOF. I’d understand the gripe if you lived out of state or something. 

Edited July 20 by billfromlaketravis

[Wiler77 1541]

For those of us that don't live in the GOOF, WTF is the GOOF?

[conVINCEd 21468]

17 minutes ago, Slacks said:

I would shut down my surly account for a Texadelphia and Double Dave's in the GOOF.

All other attempts at Peproni rolls suck ass, and I am 35 minutes to any Double Dave's in suburbia.

I can get a good cheesesteak nearby, but I can't get a good cheesesteak and watch college football with pitchers of beer.  The tiddy restaurants cheese steaks are garbage.

Lots of places make a better cheesesteak than Texadelphia.  Making your own mustard blend sauce will set you free.

[QuesoEspecial 255]

4 hours ago, Wiler77 said:

For those of us that don't live in the GOOF, WTF is the GOOF?

Garden Oaks and Oak Forest neighborhoods (GOOF) just northwest of the 610 loop in Houston 

[ztejas 42775]

4 hours ago, Slacks said:

I would shut down my surly account for a Texadelphia and Double Dave's in the GOOF.

All other attempts at Peproni rolls suck ass, and I am 35 minutes to any Double Dave's in suburbia.

I can get a good cheesesteak nearby, but I can't get a good cheesesteak and watch college football with pitchers of beer.  The tiddy restaurants cheese steaks are garbage.

I can walk to DD's from my work. 

[Okie State 3696]

Chuy's has kind of sucked for a while so I won't really miss it.

I'm starting to get concerned these restaurant conglomerates are all that will exist in the not so distant future though. Several local places have closed recently because they just can't keep up with rising costs and rents.

[royiv 9044]

5 hours ago, Js1 said:

I agree with you. The sauce is great, but the tenders are under seasoned and the batter doesn’t stick to the chicken well.

Layne’s > Cane’s. And they have spicy. And the sauce is basically the same. 

It also seems like the tenders at Cane’s have gotten a lot smaller recently. As for Layne’s, I don’t get it. They opened one nearby and I’ve given them a shot twice and both times the tenders looked and tasted like frozen tenders out of a bag that had been warmed up.

[royiv 9044]

On 7/18/2024 at 1:02 PM, ChickenSandwich said:

Cashing out. Every restaurant owner’s dream. 

This. Larry Foles and Guy Villavaso are very wealthy men following a playbook of starting restaurants and cashing out at the right time.

[randomhorn 1500]

17 minutes ago, Okie State said:

Chuy's has kind of sucked for a while so I won't really miss it.

I'm starting to get concerned these restaurant conglomerates are all that will exist in the not so distant future though. Several local places have closed recently because they just can't keep up with rising costs and rents.

[jimmyjazz 45162]

It won't satisfy any late-night high as fuck take-out jones, but these are better than most fast food tenders/strips.

[Js1 82948]

9 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

It won't satisfy any late-night high as fuck take-out jones, but these are better than most fast food tenders/strips.

The slider versions legit taste like CFA but that’s the pickle brine 

[Texzilla588 765]

Chuy's has kind of sucked for a while so I won't really miss it.
I'm starting to get concerned these restaurant conglomerates are all that will exist in the not so distant future though. Several local places have closed recently because they just can't keep up with rising costs and rents.

All restaurants in the future will be Taco Bell. Saw it in a movie.

[Surly Bevo 24463]

35 minutes ago, randomhorn said:

imo

[jimmyjazz 45162]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

The slider versions legit taste like CFA but that’s the pickle brine 

Huh.  I thought the different "shapes" were all the same.

[Js1 82948]

2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Huh.  I thought the different "shapes" were all the same.

Probably but for some reason, only the patties taste the most similar to CFA to me. The tenders don’t as much 

[jimmyjazz 45162]

Just now, Js1 said:

Probably but for some reason, only the patties taste the most similar to CFA to me. The tenders don’t as much 

I just looked at the website -- the strips are the only with "pickle" in the description.  I feel a taste test coming on.  Back to overrated restaurants.

[ftf82 481]

7 hours ago, Slacks said:

I can get a good cheesesteak nearby, but I can't get a good cheesesteak and watch college football with pitchers of beer. 

I champion it a lot, but honestly Billy's is your answer here. Billy's Philly is outstanding. Not sure about pitchers of beer, but they have a wide beer selection including lots of local options.

 

Nevermind. Just saw you're in Houston and not Austin

Edited July 20 by ftf82

[Deej 76156]

19 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said:

If you're gonna do tenders, why not Golden Chick or Chicken Express? Better tenders, imo, and you can get gravy.

DQ, too. Plus steak fingers. 

[jimmyjazz 45162]

1 hour ago, ftf82 said:

I champion it a lot, but honestly Billy's is your answer here. Billy's Philly is outstanding. Not sure about pitchers of beer, but they have a wide beer selection including lots of local options.

Billy's has pitchers.  I know domestics are $7 on Mondays, because I might have drunk a few.

[Wiler77 1541]

7 hours ago, ztejas said:

I can walk to DD's from my work. 

[WBT 20212]

On 7/19/2024 at 9:47 PM, billfromlaketravis said:

I’d have to go with Raising Cane’s. It was a nice novelty when they first came to Texas, but their tenders are dry AF. The sauce is great, but it’s not enough to open 700 locations in 38 states. 

Chick-fil-A could end them tomorrow if they copied the Cane’s sauce. 

LSU trash.  I tried it on their home turf.  One opened around the corner from me and I haven't been once.  The special sauce is a variation of the mixture of ketchup/mayo/relish that every fast food place has.  And the only side options are shitty fries or gloppy cole slaw.

[Macanudo 12743]

23 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

Making your own mustard blend sauce will set you free.

I still haven't gotten the recipe correct.  And a former Texadelphia employee (allegedly) gave it to me.

[conVINCEd 21468]

2 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

I still haven't gotten the recipe correct.  And a former Texadelphia employee (allegedly) gave it to me.

I don’t use exact measurements.  Spicy brown mustard, a little teriyaki, and a dab of honey, then add mayo until it tastes right.  I keep a squeeze bottle of it in the fridge.

[Slacks 6691]

On 7/20/2024 at 9:23 AM, billfromlaketravis said:

Dude. There’s a Texadelphia and a Double Dave’s within 20 minutes from the GOOF. I’d understand the gripe if you lived out of state or something. 

Holy shit. I did not know a texadelphia opened in memorial. I would have home the yesterday.

Double Dave's is not close. Westheimer and Spring are 30+ minutes... And Westheimer makes thin rolls.

 

[Js1 82948]

1 hour ago, WBT said:

LSU trash.  I tried it on their home turf.  One opened around the corner from me and I haven't been once.  The special sauce is a variation of the mixture of ketchup/mayo/relish that every fast food place has.  And the only side options are shitty fries or gloppy cole slaw.

No slaw, extra toast. Everything soggy as shit by the time you get home unless you open the container while driving and your car reeks of fried chicken