On 8/12/2014 4:49 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Mayo" > wrote in message ...
>> 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?
>
> Isn't Stuart Andersons the Black Angus?

Yes.

> We have one here. No peanuts
> on the floor there either but also doesn't give me the feeling that it
> is clean. I'm not even a super neatnick but stuff like wads of dust on
> things hanging on the wall or on picture frames or having to step over
> piles of peanut shells doesn't thrill me.

They're an older chain for sure, maybe yours need new management.

I still like those tall upholstered booths.

And they turn out a decent steak, the prime rib is cut too thin for my
liking.