On 8/12/2014 3:11 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> We ate at some Roadhouse tonight. Not Texas. Uh...Jimmy Macs. Not
> sure if they are a chain or not. I had the chili and it was good
> although oddly a bit too salty. But...
>
> They offer you free peanuts in the shell. If you want them, you use one
> of those bamboo salad bowls and scoop your own from a feed trough. Then
> you eat them and toss the shells on the floor. The filthy, uneven,
> cement floor.
>
> I hated walking through the piles of shells to get to our table and I
> was seated at the end of the booth so I had to keep looking at them down
> there.
>
> What is the appeal of doing this? I ate one peanut. One. Not even a
> double one. Just a single peanut and didn't want any more. Not that I
> dislike peanuts but... The whole experience rather dampened my appetite
> and I am glad that I only ordered the chili and not a meal. Oh and the
> burgers are served in a hubcap. Again, don't get it.
>
> Hop Jacks serves their food in a pie tin. Yep. A lightweight, slippery
> bottomed metal pie tin that wants to shoot across the table as you try
> to eat.
>
> What is with this stuff? Can we not serve our food on plates? And why
> do we throw the trash on the floor? Am I being a stick in the mud? Or
> do people really like this?


Folks _love_ TR...and I think one of their competitors Lone Star does
the same thing. It literally dates back to the days these types of
places were roadhouses or bars that served food.

The salted nuts made for more drink orders.

It's messy, but then again, who's seen the old style Stuart Andersons
steakhouse in ages?