On 4/20/2010 2:55 PM, Lin wrote:
> blake murphy wrote:
>
>> i thought that red robin was a small step up from a fast-food burger,
>> kinda
>> like fuddrucker's.
>
> It's been years for me, but I think Fuddrucker's might have had better
> burgers than Red Robin.

If the local Red Robin is typical, it's not hard to have better burgers.
Price was ridiculous, burger was ordinary, I didn't go back. There's
a Friendlys around the block that has _much_ better burgers IMO.

> Red Robin is more inline with say Chili's or
> Applebees and their specialty is burgers. They also serve normal fare --
> salads, soups, southwesty entrees. It's family friendly -- and because
> of that we make a point to sit on the bar side to avoid the additional
> noise of the kids (not that we haven't had to put up with families on
> our "quieter" side.) My one other gripe with the place is their
> excessive use of salt in many of the dishes. I love salt -- but when I
> think there's too much, it's that bad. They do have a full bar and
> decent selection of brews on tap to wash that salt down though! ;-)
>
> --Lin