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Who needs a main course when there's all-you-can appetizers ...

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by EStreetJoe, Jul 7, 2014.

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  1. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    TGIFriday's trying all-you-can eat appetizers this summer. Wonder how many people will skip the main course and just gorge on an appetizer.

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/07/07/tgi-fridays-casual-dining-restaurants-endless-appetizers/12211381/
     
    EStreetJoe, Jul 7, 2014
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  2. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    Gawker's Hamilton Nolan seems like a gigantic asshole, but the dude has a delightfully acid tongue.

    http://gawker.com/endless-appetizers-mark-beginning-of-our-collective-n-1601076939

     
    Big Circus, Jul 7, 2014
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  3. BurnsWhenIPee

    BurnsWhenIPee Well-Known Member

    I'd quibble with a couple of things in that piece: a pan-seared pot sticker does not equal a fried noodle pocket.

    And the people they are trying to draw in with all-you-can-eat appetizers at a TGIF are people who know they are not going to a "good" restaurant. Loaded potato skins at a TGIF is not good food? No shit.

    Seems he's determined to use a shotgun to kill a fly. And to prove he's the biggest asshole in whatever room he currently is in.
     
    BurnsWhenIPee, Jul 7, 2014
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  4. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I'm sure TGIF has tried the 2-for-$20 meal deals and all the other menu juggling acts, now it's time for a good gluttony play. Probably will work for a while as people suck down overpriced frou-frou drinks with their mountain of mozzarella sticks. Then at some point they're remember how they feel six hours after eating a mountain of mozzarella sticks, and TGIF will go back to the drawing board.
     
    playthrough, Jul 8, 2014
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  5. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Take a closer look, too. You get one appetizer. At $10 a pop, you'd better like your boneless buffalo wings.
     
    jr/shotglass, Jul 8, 2014
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  6. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    I haven't darkened the door of a TGI Friday's in about 10 years, but at $10 it sounds like a good place to warm up for a night out.

    The boneless wings do sound like the most substantial of the selections. I can polish off a couple of dozen, no problem.
     
    Football_Bat, Jul 8, 2014
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  7. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    I'm in for the loaded skins. Gourmet night!
     
    Riptide, Jul 8, 2014
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  8. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Have you ever known anybody besides oop who would go to a TGI Friday's alone?
     
    LongTimeListener, Jul 8, 2014
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  9. britwrit

    britwrit Well-Known Member

    (Summertime drinking by the youth of America) + (This promotion) = Fun, fun, fun for the wait staff.
     
    britwrit, Jul 8, 2014
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  10. Brian

    Brian Well-Known Member

    Is there anything more American than us taking the beloved tapas of Spain and replacing it with all-you-can-eat potato bacon bombers?
     
    Brian, Jul 8, 2014
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  11. spikechiquet

    spikechiquet Well-Known Member

    Channeling my inner RickStain:

    Would.
     
    spikechiquet, Jul 8, 2014
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  12. Mystery Meat II

    Mystery Meat II Well-Known Member

    10,000-calorie lunch of potato skins?

    10,000-calorie lunch of potato skins.
     
    Mystery Meat II, Jul 9, 2014
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