Where To Eat?

Where should we eat? That is an age old question. It’s a little harder to answer when you have a wife or a girlfriend or wife. The conversation usually goes like this:

“Where do you want to eat tonight?”
“I don’t care.”
“OK. We’ll get sushi then.”
“I’m not in the mood for sushi.”
“Damn, thought you didn’t care.”

My advice for you when choosing a place to eat is trying a small restaurant instead of a chain restaurant. It is always better to support a Mom and Pop shop instead of a corporation. Think about it. Are you really that happy it’s Friday that you will go to TGIF’s? Or better yet, do you really want Chili’s Baby Back Ribs? (Plus the employees don’t really sing that song and play drums with kitchen utensils on the grill.) Cheesecake Factory is another example, they are great at what they do, lots of sales and packing the place in, but how many people have you heard rave about the food?

Sure, people will wait in line, but for what? Tex Mex Eggrolls and Pasta DaVinci? People wait two hours for that? Hell, I wouldn’t wait two hours in line for anything. (Even tickets to see a concert with the ghosts of Jim Morrison and Jerry Garcia.)

Don’t do the chain places when you can go to a small eatery in your neighborhood. The difference is that the food is made from their heart, and they really care about their product. The service is usually better, because they know it is their first chance and if they screw up, their last chance to attract new guests. Oh and you will be appreciated instead of having your server push an appetizer and some crappy foo foo drink on you.

Plus in the long run you are helping a local establishment and helping to build your community. And, it is much easier to park at these places instead having to do it at a mall or a huge shopping center.

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   nthiel says:

   February 1, 2010 at 11:52 pm

   I feel bad for that guy in the photo. He looks really terrible!

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