What Are Your Favorite Restaurants?

[Jill]

What are your favorite restaurants? H and I love to go out to eat, and these are our favorites.

Local:

The Inn at Little Washington -- very rare treat, but it is truly world class

Claire's at the Depot -- love it! The food is always excellent and elegant and the prices are so reasonable

Chain Sit-Down:

Outback (Very rare Victoria's Filet)

Osaka's Japanese Steakhouse (Filet w/ veggies and rice and a salad w/ peanut dressing)

TGIFridays (Jack Daniel's chicken & shrimp)

Fast Food:

Five Guys ("little" cheeseburger w/ relish and mayo)

Taco Bell (nachos w/no meat and chicken soft taco)

Domino's (pizza w/ extra pineapples)

Oh, man... I probably shouldn't have typed this thread at 10:30am. Despite my bowl of cream of wheat -- now I think I'm ready for DINNER!!!

What about you all? What are your favorite restaurants, and what do you like to eat there?

 

[cretahillsgal]

Local:

Benneys (Mexican)

Plaza (Mexican)

Chain:

TX Roadhouse

Olive Garden

Fast Food:

Taco Bell

Arbys

 

[bevann]

since I'm making a real effort to eat better&more healthy my choices are

Local-- Applebees 2 for $20 Ruby Tuesday salad bar&crab cakes Chinese buffet

Fast food -- Wendy's and Arby's both have nice grilled chicken salads

Anything I don't have to cook or clean up is great to eat.

My favorite local market Superfresh just closed down&I am having withdraw symptoms.Used to go in several times a week for chicken salad made from their leftover rotisserie chicken and delicious summer slaw and broccoli crunch salads.They also had an amazing fresh seafood department.Pick out just what you wanted.Now we have nothing in our town.everything at Walmart is frozen and not much choice.Did I mention I HATE Walmart, but it's almost the only place for groceries in our town.

 

[anoki]

I don't eat out often, but when I do eat out I usually go to

Moxie's (which opened AFTER I named the princess) - it's a small Canadian chain

more locally a place called The Annex. Used to LOVE a place called The Sunroom, but it has changed hands and isn't very good now.

When I'm south of the border I usually hit

Ruby Tuesdays

Olive Garden

Bertucci's (found this in MA and absolutely LOVE it!)

~kathryn

 

[Sonya]

Local = Coocheez (chicken salad and hot cheese balls)

Riverfront Grill (boneless wings)

Northern Trails (shrimp jammers and fried pickles)

The Cozy (fried shrimp)

Chains = Buffalo Wild Wings (hot wings)

Outback (steak)

Hooters (hot wings)

Fast Food = Burger King (whopper)

Wendys (baconator)

I really like diner food too...cheap and more like homemade.

 

[sundancer]

Love to eat out. Lets see:

Local: Espos - located in Portland Maine its the most awesome italian restaurant

Captain Newarks - located in South Portland Maine - best seafood

Chain- Cracker Barrel - I go with my parents every saturday nite for supper. You

never go away hungry thats for sure!

Ruby Tuesday

Fast Food - Arbys

Wendys

Julie

Victory Pass Stable

Maine

 

[chandab]

Well, I live in the boonies, so we don't get out much; and we have little to nothing for chain restaurants.

4-Buttes bar (local bar/restaurant) - don't have a favorite, but had grilled Tilapi (white fish) last time and it was wonderful.

Local Golfcourse clubhouse - Chicken Quesadilla - my summertime favorite (what I'll probably have in town tomorrow)

McDonald's - grilled chicken wrap

Subway - usually just have a turkey sandwich

Pizza Hut - lunch buffet - love the blueberry dessert pizza and cinnamon sticks.

 

[minimomNC]

For me, I love:

Local

Don Juans - mexican - either fajitas or quesadilla

Kampai - Japanese steak house - Ribeye and shrimp (love this place, lots of food and always great)

Chain - sit down

Olive Garden - Never ending Pasta Bowl or Chicken Scampi

Applebee's - anything on the low cal menu

Fast Food

Cook Out - made to order burgers and the best shake in town, also two people can eat for just over $10 including drinks.

Subway - love the pulled pork right now

Papa John's - best pizza around here.

 

[Mominis]

Fun thread!

Local:

The Bulldog....Herb seared Salmon with new potatoes and green beans

The Bristol......Salmon mousse

Chain sit-down

Bice......Best lasagna in the world

Applebee's.....French Onion Soup and salad

Fast Food:

Whataburger!!!! I live for horse shows in the South just so I can get a Whataburger. One time, my dog and I took a long road trip to a January horse show in South Texas. We drove it straight through (almost 16 hours), got there and got the horses settled. On the way to the hotel at God o'clock in the morning,, I stopped and got a Whatburger. Feeling generous to my traveling companion, I got her one too, plain.

 

[CharlesFamily]

This thread is making me hungry!

Local:

Los Mariachis - Mexican - they have the BEST salsa and guacamole

Flyers Pizza - local pizza place with fantastic pizza

Ann & Tony's - Italian - love their chicken parmesan

Chain:

Applebees - love their soup and salad lunch special

Fast Food/Fast Casual:

Panera - my favorite!! Love their Asian Sesame Salad and soups

Chipotle - Yum!

 

[Flatbroke Farms]

Local:

Coyoacan - Mexican, their chimichangas are to die for... and their apple burrito or fried ice cream... yums!

Z. Bardhi's - Italian. By far the best Italian that has ever crossed my lips!

Not so local but a fave:

Kona Cafe WDW - Almond and Coconut chicken. It comes with the most amazing salad ever!

Dixie Crossroads - Mmmmm... rock shrimp!

Chain:

Olive Garden - Lasagna or 5 cheese ziti

Macaroni Grill - fab. bread

Outback - Lobster!

Longhorn - Side salad and Steakhouse mac n cheese!

Fast Food:

Dairy Queen - blizzards!

Subway

Zaxby's

 

[MeganH]

OOOO.. LOVE this thread. But it's making me hungry

Local-

Kanki Japanese Steakhouse (not sure if this is a chain)- Hibachi Chicken and rice

Stephenson's BBQ- pulled pork, brunswick stew

Fiesta Mexicana- Ground Beef Enchiladas, salsa w/chips

Chain-

Pei Wei- Carmel Chicken or Chicken Fried Rice Bowl

Olive Garden- Chicken Scampi, salad

Outback- Alice Springs Chicken

Noodles and Company- Pasta Fresca

Firehouse Subs- Italian Sub

Hibachi Express- Hibachi Chicken, rice and veggies

Cracker Barrel- Chicken tenderloins

Fast Food-

Arby's

Taco Bell

Zaxby's

 

[REO]

We don't know what going out to eat IS

We never get to go out to eat.

Although in the last 3 years we have gone out twice for our anniversary (not this year though.)

Luckily I'm an awesome cook!

I can make anything.

Mexican food

Home made onion rings and mushrooms.

lasagna

Fish

chicken

BBQ

steak & shrimp

Specialty hot sandwiches and burgers

breakfast foods

Anything!!

I was a pro cook.

Although we usually just eat day to day type stuff and save having the good stuff like steak for birthdays.

 

[Jill]

OKAY!!! I am so officially ready for dinner right now

 

[REO]

We splurged on our 24th anniversary.

Steak!

I used to make onion rings but my favorite parts were the middle "buttons" that were so juicy! So I started coating whole slices of onion! And then I take fresh mushrooms and coat them.

This was my dinner! Steak (rare) onions and you can see the mushrooms in the middle and then some taters.

It was YUMMY! My hubby's eyes rolled back in his head when he ate the mushrooms!

 

[Jill]

Robin, I wish you lived near me!!! I'd be your best friend and frequent dinner guest

 

[REO]

I LOVE cooking for people!! No one chats, they pig out, then sit back and chat LOL.

Those onions melt in the mouth! OMG!

If I had a restaurant, it'd be KILLER!

You should see when I do something fancy! Mexican is a fav of my friends!

 

[SampleMM]

Local--Pine Junction (great grilled fish and Blue Moon on draft)

Chains--Cheesecake Factory (I never can remember what it's called......has pasta, shrimp and asparagus and cheese in it)

Texas Roadhouse (I like the Chicken Critter Salad)

Red Lobster (any kind of shrimp and I love those rolls)

This is a fun thread, Jill.

 

[REO]

The times we did go out was to Red Lobster!

Debbie, in the store look for a pouch (I think by Bisquick) for biscuit mix. There is one that tastes exactly like RL rolls!!! Can't remember which one, but I know it had cheese in it.

 

[MeganH]

REO- I LOVE to cook too. Have a food blog but haven't kept up with it recently. I have had several people come to me and want to get into catering... maybe we should go in together

LOL

Your food looks YUMMY!

I would love to have someone cook ME a good meal sometime!