"Endless appetizers" at TGI Fridays
Jul 18, 2014, 7:37 pm
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Hilarious take on testing the limits of "endless" appetizers:
http://gawker.com/my-14-hour-search-...-ap-1606122925
http://gawker.com/my-14-hour-search-...-ap-1606122925
Jul 18, 2014, 9:55 pm
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Hilarious take on testing the limits of "endless" appetizers:
http://gawker.com/my-14-hour-search-...-ap-1606122925
http://gawker.com/my-14-hour-search-...-ap-1606122925
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/if-youre-doing-tgi-fridays-unlimited-appetizer-deal-do-it-right/
Jul 21, 2014, 11:27 am
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Hilarious take on testing the limits of "endless" appetizers:
http://gawker.com/my-14-hour-search-...-ap-1606122925
http://gawker.com/my-14-hour-search-...-ap-1606122925
Jul 27, 2014, 7:50 am
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I feel like I need to step in here to defend my employer. I work for a TGI Friday's in Durham to pay my way through law school. Some of our appetizers are okay, yes, really!
Now, that said, the potato skins are terrible since they changed how they make them, you don't want one, let alone an endless amount. The pot stickers are decent enough and as an occasional treat, the fried mozzarella is pretty good.
I will close by saying in two years when I get my JD, I'm never setting foot in a Friday's again though
Now, that said, the potato skins are terrible since they changed how they make them, you don't want one, let alone an endless amount. The pot stickers are decent enough and as an occasional treat, the fried mozzarella is pretty good.
I will close by saying in two years when I get my JD, I'm never setting foot in a Friday's again though
Either way, the copious amounts of beer I would consume would probably do more damage then the apps.
Off topic, I can't walk into a TGIF without thinking "Flair"
Jul 27, 2014, 7:43 pm
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Wouldn't working p/t as a paralegal be better for you?
Jul 27, 2014, 8:13 pm
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Yes. Scary total fat numbers for their apps. Wow. I think it's really gross to be honest the whole concept.
http://www.tgifridays.com/nutrition.pdf
http://www.tgifridays.com/nutrition.pdf
Jul 28, 2014, 10:49 am
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Jul 28, 2014, 12:52 pm
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That article on trying to eat an endless supply of mozzarella sticks was great!
I do like mozzarella sticks, but usually only the first few are decent for a few minutes while the cheese inside is melted. Once the cheese cools, not so good.
I think if I were to try the endless app promo I would pick the potstickers or the bruschetta.
I do like mozzarella sticks, but usually only the first few are decent for a few minutes while the cheese inside is melted. Once the cheese cools, not so good.
I think if I were to try the endless app promo I would pick the potstickers or the bruschetta.
Jul 30, 2014, 7:31 am
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I get free dinner at work now (which I think is a punishment) and I had some mozzarella sticks the other night. I finished two before I couldn't take anymore 
Jul 30, 2014, 8:26 am
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Now that I'm reading about this again - who's their supplier here at home - and all USDA inspectetd/approved, one assumed. Never impressed about their junk food selections & haven't been in one in 3 or more years.
Slightly off-topic but related heads up. Quite a few of our expats and "comrades" abroad are shaking their heads at the food scandal abroad - http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...0FQ01P20140721 and http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/a...ried-hong-kong
Brought to the unsuspecting consumers by Yum's (behind McD's and KFC's, etc.) major import supplier, Husi's) - with 110 tons of cooked-meat, etc. discarded and to be buried in HK's landfill alone. (or, shall I or someone else start a new thread/post on this ... and it's not so much the nutritional content itself, that's the least of the problems exposed.)
Slightly off-topic but related heads up. Quite a few of our expats and "comrades" abroad are shaking their heads at the food scandal abroad - http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...0FQ01P20140721 and http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/a...ried-hong-kong
Brought to the unsuspecting consumers by Yum's (behind McD's and KFC's, etc.) major import supplier, Husi's) - with 110 tons of cooked-meat, etc. discarded and to be buried in HK's landfill alone. (or, shall I or someone else start a new thread/post on this ... and it's not so much the nutritional content itself, that's the least of the problems exposed.)
Jul 30, 2014, 3:41 pm
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Holy cow get a load of the amount of fat and sodium in everything on that menu. 
I have been to TGI Friday's once in my life, when I was a young lad about 10-11 years old eating dinner with some extended family. Didn't even impress me then and looking at that menu I have no desire to ever go there.
Never cared to go back there, Applebee's is also another crap chain I never go to. If I recall speaking of Applebee's I think there was a story that made the rounds in social media awhile back where a server at a local Applebee's chain in my area accidentally put a margarita in a little kid's sippy cup. The parents were none too pleased.
However I do enjoy going to Chili's from time to time if I am craving a chain American bar and grill style restaurant. Chili's is not bad at all.
I have been to TGI Friday's once in my life, when I was a young lad about 10-11 years old eating dinner with some extended family. Didn't even impress me then and looking at that menu I have no desire to ever go there.
Never cared to go back there, Applebee's is also another crap chain I never go to. If I recall speaking of Applebee's I think there was a story that made the rounds in social media awhile back where a server at a local Applebee's chain in my area accidentally put a margarita in a little kid's sippy cup. The parents were none too pleased.
However I do enjoy going to Chili's from time to time if I am craving a chain American bar and grill style restaurant. Chili's is not bad at all.
Jul 30, 2014, 9:22 pm
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I'd still recommend it, on a part-time basis if necessary...don't law firms have interns like most professional offices? Low pay, grunt work, but a foot in the door and 'relevant experience' for future reference. Just a suggestion to consider.
