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Look at the cities where these places are located. Filled with mindless sheeple that cannot think for themselves and are caught up in the whole herd mentality.
I shake my head.
20yrsinBranson
Plus, they have no taste in food. The last time I stood in line for food was at the Amity pancake breakfast. The Valley Women's Club puts out 1800 breakfasts in 4 hours one Sunday a year. The line can get to be 100 people long, but it moves pretty fast. They built a town library from the proceeds, and offer a free breakfast to any antique car party that shows up. It's a major stop on the summer antique car tour. Nobody goes for the food. Anybody with a stove and a pan can make a better breakfast at home. I can't believe someone would stand in line for a hot dog with no other event attraction.
Honestly, I only ate the Black and White cookies there, but they were so good that I made a return trip there (after sampling the supposed 5 best black and whites in the city) and brought several home with me. Even 1.5 weeks after purchasing and storing in a plastic bag, they were still amazing. In fact, I'm getting married in December and one of my groomsmen is tasked with bringing me some of those incredible cookies with him here to San Diego.
From what I saw, their bread looked amazing too, and there was a bit of a line considering the time of day I was there. NYC has so much amazing food. While there I also tried the soup from the Soup Nazi which lived up to the hype for me and was a surprisingly good bargain considering the hype.
I know a guy born in Germany who says that in his home country, black and white cookies are called Americans.
OTOH, there is a Mexican restaurant (not Tex-Mex) across the street that is always full. Most times you can get a table, and you end up waiting 20 minutes for your food, but the drinks come right away. Sometimes we order take-out there. They have a 32" nacho tray that will feed 20 people at a pot luck. It features fresh Pico de Gallo and 3 different kinds of salsa, along with the traditional olives, fresh tomatillos, refritos, sour cream and chips. The prices are about the same as you would pay at Taco Bell.
I can't believe there is a town of over 10,000 people anywhere in the USA that doesn't sport a decent Mexican restaurant. Why would you eat that tasteless chain store crap?
Really, you went to the trouble of pointing out that a place is authentic Mexican and NOT Tex-Mex then mentioned a 32" nacho tray and "traditional" sour cream?
Too funny. Maybe it's time you take a trip to Mexico.
FWIW, 98% of the menus served in "Mexican" restaurants in US are Tex-Mex or Cal-Mex in origin. There's nothing wrong with that. Tex-Mex and Cal-Mex are delicious derivative cuisines. Fajitas, burritos, nachos, sour cream, lettuce and cheese on tacos, frozen margaritas, chunky salsa, flour tortillas, even chile con carne... all contributed by the good ole' US of A, mostly by cowboys and ranchers of the Southwest.
Some of the best foods I've had are places that are not very well known and not hyped up. All of the places that have long lines are just expect-able, not terrible just not worth the wait and hassle.
Those highly rated places are just more successful with advertising through social media. The best places are still unknown because they are only known by word of mouth.
That is so true (except for my post about Irene's).
There was some restaurant somewhere in Connecticut, back in the late 1960's/early 1970's. I'll never forget, it was during a big fashion craze - maxi dresses, but not just any floor-length dress, all the "in-girls" wore Gunne Sax prairie maxies. This restaurant had some kind of insane special, if you wore one, you'd get your entree free. So my sister and I both got our fake Caldor's version of Gunne Sax maxi-granny-prairie gowns, and my parents took us to this place for baked stuffed shrimp. We stood outside for almost two hours just to get in, and then another half hour before we were seated.
I don't think I'll ever wait that long for food again, unless I'm literally starving and there's only one source of food.
There was some restaurant somewhere in Connecticut, back in the late 1960's/early 1970's. I'll never forget, it was during a big fashion craze - maxi dresses, but not just any floor-length dress, all the "in-girls" wore Gunne Sax prairie maxies. This restaurant had some kind of insane special, if you wore one, you'd get your entree free. So my sister and I both got our fake Caldor's version of Gunne Sax maxi-granny-prairie gowns, and my parents took us to this place for baked stuffed shrimp. We stood outside for almost two hours just to get in, and then another half hour before we were seated.
I don't think I'll ever wait that long for food again, unless I'm literally starving and there's only one source of food.
Oh my God. Gunne Sax dresses. And Caldor, too.
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