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Originally posted by bloodrayne
We went to Applebees tonight, as we often do...BUT, this time the place had completely changed...They have done some major remodeling, so that it has nothing of the atmosphere that we had grown accustomed to, and it no longer has the same comfortable feel....Not only that, but neither the food nor the service were as good as they used to be....It really was a letdown as this was something that we enjoyed as a family...
It seems that SO many restaurants have gone this same way....It looks like the only one left for us that is still consistantly good is the Olive Garden...
Some that we have lost over the years:
Cancun's...It was amazing
GoodFellows
Godfather's Pizza
Noble Roman's
Ground Round
Red Lobster
Longhorn Steakhouse...We went every week, then it just started going downhill, and eventually became completely shitty...
Outback Steakhouse...Just not what it used to be...
There are so many more...
How about you guys...Have you noticed if any of your favorite places have just become shitty?...Or can you let me know of some places that are still good?
What are your favorites?
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living in the same area for almost 32 years, 3 of them I was away at Uni ...I've seen many changes in reasturants and pubs/bars, some for the better, but more for the worse. My first port of call, some may remember the pic I posted ages ago of the country pub thats just round the corner, It used to be great, nice food and atmosphere. Then it changed hands with a new management and the younger crowds started going there. It got too rowdy at the weekend, and all we wanted was a nice sit down and a couple of beers. I've not been in there for a couple of months, may do soon to see whether it's quietened down.
Not far from me a big retail park was built...new 15 screen cinema and loads of reasturants and bars. I used to go to a pub across the road, now since a lot of more people have been attracted to the area, they started going in this pub aswell, it ended up with occasional fights etc at the weekend, it's the younger crowd causing it all, just don't know whats up with them these days.
There's still a few good places we go to, they're more out of the way in the countryside. I like pubs by the river, it's nice sitting in the garden during summer.