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Originally Posted by LadyPhoenix (Post 8830041)

How can one make or find vegetable-based gelatin for vegetarians or those of the Muslim faith?

Or gelatin molds depicting whatsizname?

I still find tons of restaurants that offer side orders in my neighborhood and many other places as well.

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Originally Posted by DanTravels (Post 8823070)

Hmmm... what kind of restaurants are you going to? Popular sit-down chains like T.G.I.Friday's, Bennigan's, Chili's, etc., or slightly more upscale? I have no difficulty finding sides at traditional locally-owned "diners" (on the east coast) or their equivalents... but those places aren't trying to replicate a marketable "experience" across dozens or hundreds of locations, either...

Of the chains I've been to, virtually all list sides on the menu... ditto for local diners. Fine-dining places? Not so much, except when they unbundle entrees and sides as many better steakhouses do.

That said, most of the places where you're getting sides, it's not going to be $2, except maybe as an add-on to an entree... ordering a side separately (around here) seems to pretty consistently be $3-4 at the mid-price family places like Chilis or Outback or local diner-y places.

Then again, come to think of it, refillable soft drinks are creeping up to around $3 around here so it may just be the local area being expensive.

See these side orders from The Palm:

VEGETABLES & POTATOES -
served family-style ( Prices Range from $7.50 -$9.50 )

Asparagus
fritti, steamed, garlic and oil
Leaf Spinach
String Beans
Broccoli
Sauteed Wild Mushrooms
Creamed Spinach
Hash Browns
Baked Potato
Hand Cut French Fries
Three Cheese Potatoes Au Gratin
Mashed Potatoes
Half & Half
cottage fries and fried onions

Lots of chains have sides. Loqans has a sweet potato the size of a football, smothered in butter and covered in cinamon. Yours Truly (CLE area)has an awesome spinach dish. Showmars (CLT area) has the best onion rings ever. And of course at Waffle House, you can have your hash browns with cheese, onions, etc. None of these is over $3, some are included in the reasonable price of an entree. None are high class establishments, just good eats.