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i THink it was red bank. like i said there was a movie theater, a funeral home, the chinese buffet and some other stores what seemed to be out in the middle of nowhere. course it was dark and i was unfamiliar with the area. but it was somewhere near there. some help right? they now have commercials with obese kids asking why they are fat, with "stop sugarcoating it georgia". where i live theres 8 grocery stores within a 25 mile radius...give or take mileage. seems it all comes down to laziness/easier to hop into car type thing. and the scary part is some people dont bother dressing decent. ive seen some girls with ripped shirts that dont cover their bellies wearing slippers at our local longhorn. pjs are common daytime clothes. i'm gonna cry...give me a minute.
That doesn't sound right. Red Bank would not be described as the middle of nowhere. It's got a a pretty dense downtown that's crowded enough that it's difficult to find parking most evenings. The theater next to a funeral home sounds familiar, though.
like i said i dont rightly know for sure...it was a 4 lane highway. man it was soooo good! so what i got here is N.J. people like eating out just like everyone else, just dont do it that often due to having to get dressed. thank you for not wearing a hair net to eat and caring about what you look like. i am dead serious. thank you.
After living in NJ and moving to ATL 3 years ago, I agree, people here do eat out more. Chain and fast food restaurants are always very busy. People here also eat a lot of candy and drink a lot of soda.
That doesn't sound right. Red Bank would not be described as the middle of nowhere. It's got a a pretty dense downtown that's crowded enough that it's difficult to find parking most evenings. The theater next to a funeral home sounds familiar, though.
I grew up in Union Beach and as far as I can remember Red Bank was never in the middle of nowhere and was in Central NJ despite whay another poster may have thought.
like i said i dont rightly know for sure...it was a 4 lane highway. man it was soooo good! so what i got here is N.J. people like eating out just like everyone else, just dont do it that often due to having to get dressed. thank you for not wearing a hair net to eat and caring about what you look like. i am dead serious. thank you.
i visited last about two years ago...should have specified i was speaking of during the week. course fridays and saturdays will be busy. dont know where that buffet was i just thought we were near Red Bank..there was a theater and (odd) a funeral home in the same parking lot. down here people eat out 3 or more times a week easy. it seems to be cheaper to eat out at the fast food places. the next level up- t.g.i's, cracker barrels, applebee's get plenty of business also specially with coupons. hoping this explanation will calm down some of you!! the main thing was i just noticed this difference and was wondering why.maybe you guys pay all your money to property taxes, maybe its tradition to stay home, i dont know. i did notice that the people of N.j. are healthier looking. here the majority are obese.
Alot of people around here that are of European , Asian or South American descent cook at home and rarely eat out. The Weekdays you see more people at restaurants and bars and on the weekends it will be ghost towns but this depends on the town or city. Cities tend to be busier then towns on the weekends and half empty on the weekdays... And most New Jerseyites do get a decent amount of exercise. We also have more mom and pop and non fast food places then fast food places , so people here get healthier foods when eating out.
Really, what a bizarre statement. I live near Red Bank, and there are tons of restaurants all over this area. As a matter of fact, I ate at my favorite place, Sallie Tee's in Monmouth County, the Thursday just before Irene got here and destroyed it. They are going to gut it and reopen, though it will take months.
I don't know about Georgia, but when I used to go to Florida a lot to visit family, people went out to eat all the time simply because it was so cheap. Perhaps that's the difference. I eat cheaply at home most of the time so that I can go out to dinner at a restaurant from time to time without going broke.
I had no clue how hard Sallie Tee's was hit. That was one of my favorite restaurants (although not being from the immediate area it was a little hard to find...had heard that it was sold and being renovated). I was just at Barnacle Bills in Rumson for lunch on Friday and they had a good size lunch crowd.
In my area of Central Jersey I have noticed not as many people eating out for dinner (but have noticed more people eating out for lunch). I believe it is mostly because of the economy. Chain restaurants are most likely not hit as hard as restaurants which have had to raise prices with rising costs. The more mom and pop places have become more of a special occasion thing.
There is a Five Guys and Baja Fresh on Route 66 in Neptune/Ocean/Asbury border. I have tried both and they are good. I prefer Chipotle over Baja Fresh though.
I did not know that Five Guys in Shrewsbury was a Baja Fresh, I remember it being a Friendly's though.
noticed when i visit N.J. people seem to stay home and eat. in Georgia everyone goes out to eat. in some parts of south Jersey there seemed to be hardly any places to eat, except for one chinese buffet i think near Red Bank that had an hour or more wait. is this the norm? people just traditionaly do home cooked meals? is eating out becoming more of a trend? anyones thoughts..........
You must have never been through Collingswood NJ. South Jersey has a bustling restaurant scene.
I had no clue how hard Sallie Tee's was hit. That was one of my favorite restaurants (although not being from the immediate area it was a little hard to find...had heard that it was sold and being renovated). I was just at Barnacle Bills in Rumson for lunch on Friday and they had a good size lunch crowd.
In my area of Central Jersey I have noticed not as many people eating out for dinner (but have noticed more people eating out for lunch). I believe it is mostly because of the economy. Chain restaurants are most likely not hit as hard as restaurants which have had to raise prices with rising costs. The more mom and pop places have become more of a special occasion thing.
There is a Five Guys and Baja Fresh on Route 66 in Neptune/Ocean/Asbury border. I have tried both and they are good. I prefer Chipotle over Baja Fresh though.
I did not know that Five Guys in Shrewsbury was a Baja Fresh, I remember it being a Friendly's though.
Sal, the guy who originally owned Sallie Tee's, died of cancer a few months ago. Someone else bought the restaurant and renovated parts of it not long ago. I know they redid the kitchen. One of the chefs is my neighbor. It took in a lot of water from Irene and they have to gut the interior.
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