"Dimitri" > wrote in message
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> Generally are you impressed or disappointed with most restaurants?
>
> If you are in a new place are you adventurous with your order or do you
> order an old standby to gauge the place?
>
> For me if I go to a new Italian place the first time around if it is
> convenient to come back to I order the Spaghetti & Meatballs. My logic
> (if I have any) is if they screw this up I ain't coming back for their
> veal piccata.
>
> How about you?
>
> How do you gauge a new place?
>
>
> --
> Old Scoundrel
>
> (AKA Dimitri)


I would say I'm not generally either one. Sometimes I'm impressed,
sometimes disappointed.

If there was a new Italian place around here it would be a good two months
or more before you could get in without at least an hour's wait time. By
that time I would know several people that had been or knew people that had
been and would know what people are raving about.

Since in this part of the world most of the restuarants are either fast food
or mom & pops the general gauge is the chicken fried steak or the hot roast
beef.

The only place you'll get a fresh steamed vegetable is Applebee's though.
They're one of only two big chains in this area. There's an IHop under
construction right now so we'll have three big chains by fall.

Ms P