JD, I don't know if anyone will be able to top that for bad...sometimes backing out slowly and making a run for it is the safest bet.
I have anticipated some clunkers in pursuit of 10 of these 500-mile bonuses. I made my first attempt on Sunday, figuring to eat in San Pedro on the way back from Two Harbors, Catalina. Walked in/walked out of the San Pedro Fish Market, thinking that I don't need 625 miles that desperately. Yesterday had great luck w/ a Redondo Beach, or was it Torrance, Indian Restaurant....One down, nine to go; sadly the next two places that I am going for business have not an idinery between 'em.