So Amina and I were hungry yesterday -- not just "I need to eat" hungry, but "I need to eat something bad" hungry. We've been trying to be good with our food choices of late, which has placed a whole swath of restaurants into the "off limits" category, so one would assume that, once the gates were opened, we'd have no problem finding something nasty, greasy and insanely caloric to enjoy.
But one would be wrong.
In retrospect, it's amazing to me the number of restaurants that she and I have placed on the "never again" list:
And this is just a partial list; I'm sure that, if I consulted her while writing this, we'd have a much longer list. The first one listed would probably be "Why the f*ck did you wake me up at 7 a.m. to talk about blogging restaurants?" -- as I said, if I consulted her right now, I'd need a divorce lawyer in the room with me. One does not wake one's wife for silly, internet-related crap.
After kicking around some ideas, we decided on Lions Tap, the venerable Eden Prairie burger-and-fries place. Burgers and fries are all they do, and they do them very, very well. In fact, the last time we were in San Fran we went to In-N-Out, and were very disappointed. The Tap has been consistently better, which is blasphemy for many people ... but for my money, I'd take Lions Tap over In-N-Out most days of the week. (The only downfall? No milkshakes at Lions Tap.)
2 comments:
I tried I&O on our first visit to California many moons ago, and immediately realized that the I&O reputation is just another example of longtime californians' belief that anything originating in california is far superior to alternatives from anywhere else.
Take one of these people east, and you will find them whining for Napa wine over that crummy French junk, reminiscing about I&O burger when you serve steak, and bad-mouthing your carton of Florida orange juice and block of Vermont cheese.
Everyone does this to some degree with particular products from their home (Chicago pizza, Texas BBQ), but some californians seem unique in applying this standard universally to their state's output -- to the point that if took one of them to a Rhode Island dairy farm, I would expect to hear about the superior consistency and aroma of the cow pies back on the west coast.
So, um...there's my very long-winded blogjack-y way of saying that yeah, I agree I&O burger isn't all that.
I'm glad to see that AppleBee's wasn't on there... because i like them, thou you should never go to the one in Tucker Georgia. I'm just saying.
The places i've chosen never to go to again usually involve small out of the way area's where no one has ever heard off. Perhaps no more chains resturants Mr. Rinks *chuckles*
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