Applebees and Chili's replacing waiters with Tablet PCs

[11B4V]

I kind of like Olive Garden. 

In may experience with them, they are a mixed bag. When they're good, their good.

[Valmy]

Longhorn Steakhouse

CRAP

True.  Real Longhorns go to this steakhouse: http://www.vinceyoungsteakhouse.com/

[Admiral Yi]

i think Outback serves a decent steak.

[Ideologue]

Oh, funk me!!!11

That's a real blast from the past.  Nice.

[Ideologue]

I think I put Waffle House / IHOP in the "decent" category because they specialize in lower brow food but execute it really well. It's nothing fancy but in all reality some foods don't really get done well by chains at all, but waffles, pancakes, omelettes etc are pretty easily done very well by a big chain restaurant.

At IHOP you can get this french toast that is basically 90% sugar and 5% cinnamon by mass.

[garbon]

i think Outback serves a decent steak.

[garbon]

I kind of like Olive Garden. 

You stuff the unlimited breadsticks in your pockets, don't you?

Breadsticks and that cheapo salad.

[Admiral Yi]

Their "Tuscan" soup is pretty good.  I get that instead of salad whenever I go to Olive Garden.

[katmai]

Never been to Olive garden.

[garbon]

Never been to Olive garden.

Thanks for...sharing?

[Monoriu]

When I was a child, I dreamed that one day we could order all food with IT systems.  30 years later that dream has yet to come true.  Not because we don't have the technology.  But because of people like my father-in-law. 

He never touches the menu.  Just won't.  He'll sit and chat until the waiter shows up.  Then he asks the waiter what food he should order. 

[katmai]

Never been to Olive garden.

Thanks for...sharing?

Anytime!

[Ideologue]

My answer to technological unemployment involves nationalizing corporations so that we can all share in the increased productivity of capital improvement, and recreating American values to conform to the workerless economy that will come whether we will it to or not.

My answer has the added benefit of avoiding the complete breakdown of society and GDP that will occur once capitalism destroys its own markets.

P.S. The Olive Garbon blows.  Last time I was there, they served Korea watered-down... wine.  WTF.

[garbon]

When I was a child, I dreamed that one day we could order all food with IT systems.  30 years later that dream has yet to come true.  Not because we don't have the technology.  But because of people like my father-in-law. 

He never touches the menu.  Just won't.  He'll sit and chat until the waiter shows up.  Then he asks the waiter what food he should order. 

I don't think that's the reason why.

[garbon]

P.S. The Olive Garbon blows.  Last time I was there, they served Korea watered-down... wine.  WTF.

Oh the olive garden is dreadful, make no mistake about that. After all, it shouldn't be asking too much to get fettuccine that is fully cooked.