The Off Topic Topic

[Syt]

If I want a "basic" burger, I usually go BK. They have a few that I like, but I haven't been in ages. TBF, I hardly order or go to fancier burger places unless it's on company dime or if friends insist.

[Caliga]

Oh, supposedly Wahlburger's is really good too.  There's one in Chicago that I plan on checking out with co-workers if this pandemic ever lifts and I get to go back.

[garbon]

We ordered burgers for a working lunch today. Mine was with smoked cheese, cheddar, tamarind-chipotle ketchup, marinated black beans, guac, red onions, tomato, salad, in hand made burger bread. Is that what you mean by fancy?

Yes.

I have no issue with it generally. BUT basically I just want a fast food burger. And I got really annoyed with some friends who got really into burgers and were like "let's go and try this new burger joint everyone's raving about."

Every single time I was just thinking "it's a burger. It's fine. Why is it £15?"

And Five Guys is cheap?

[Barrister]

Speaking of burger joints, I'm just disappointed they closed all Alberta Red Robin locations early in the year.

[Valmy]

Seems Vienna is getting a new exotic restaurant:

Why is that sign in English?

[Syt]

Seems Vienna is getting a new exotic restaurant:

Why is that sign in English?

Why not? Especially in the main tourist spot.

[Valmy]

Seems Vienna is getting a new exotic restaurant:

Why is that sign in English?

Why not? Especially in the main tourist spot.

Don't they want locals to be able to read it without breaking out their German-English translation apps? Though granted maybe it isn't for them

[Syt]

Not the part of Vienna where that would be an issue.

I recall elsewhere a fast food stand selling Leberkäs advertising:

"Jalapeno*-Leberkäs

*Mexican paprika"

[Caliga]

Speaking of burger joints, I'm just disappointed they closed all Alberta Red Robin locations early in the year.

I think the entire chain is failing dude.  Red Robin annoyed me.  'Bottomless fries', sure, but good luck ever flagging down a fucking server to get a refill.

[Tonitrus]

They were really nice when I was young, and they more a hometown/regional chain. 

The failure of growing into excessive mediocrity.

[Caliga]

I mean, I like the burgers overall and some of their monthly specials (not sure if they still run those?) were really awesome.

[Barrister]

Speaking of burger joints, I'm just disappointed they closed all Alberta Red Robin locations early in the year.

I think the entire chain is failing dude.  Red Robin annoyed me.  'Bottomless fries', sure, but good luck ever flagging down a fucking server to get a refill.

Their fries were pretty "meh" anyways.

I liked their burgers though, and they were pretty tolerant of kids.

[Valmy]

They were really nice when I was young, and they more a hometown/regional chain. 

The failure of growing into excessive mediocrity.

There is this kind of weird issue as a consumer that you want your favorite businesses to be successful...not not too successful. Becoming huge tends to degrade quality and warp priorities of the company, at least from a consumer perspective.

[Barrister]

They were really nice when I was young, and they more a hometown/regional chain. 

The failure of growing into excessive mediocrity.

There is this kind of weird issue as a consumer that you want your favorite businesses to be successful...not not too successful. Becoming huge tends to degrade quality and warp priorities of the company, at least from a consumer perspective.

I don't think it's an effect of bring "too big", but rather inevitably a business goes out of the hands of its original founder and falls into the hands of the bean counters it does change its priorities.

[Tonitrus]

It's called "selling out".