Originally Posted by
KNRG
Wow, elite snobbery at its best.
People do have to live in places besides LON, NYC, and LAX in order for the world to go around. And further, never judge any restaurant by its airport location - yuck.
There are plenty of places in the world where there really aren't small independent places to dine offering "normal" food or "normal" prices.
I had a friend who was fiercely anti-Walmart. Then he moved to a small town that was essentially built around a Walmart and a University and short of going "in to the city" over an hour and a half away there was no where else to buy anything and his tune quickly changed about Walmart. The same situation plays out with chain restaurants all the time.
I'm not a huge Applebees fan but i certainly don't dismiss it when on a road trip (sometimes people and their belongings need to travel!) nor when i want to do dinner/drinks with friends of various socio-economic status.
Btw, places like Cheesecake Factory and California Pizza Kitchen are chains too.
The fact that I have good taste in food doesnt make me a snob. The elite places I ate at today were a family owned deli, my cafeteria at work and a pizza place/Italian place owned by the woman that runs it. Hardly elite, but good food. I think Applebees is slop. I would probably get 7-11 Tacos and heat them in the microwave instead. Although it isnt as bad as some of those places. The really horrid one I have put out of my mind. Golden Corral, Lubys (where available) and a few others are good. Applebees simply isnt in my opinion.