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> Nancy Young > wrote:
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> > I had my usual fajitas, food was quite good. No complaints there.
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> To each his or her own. A few years ago, I was part of a group of at least
> twelve people who ate dinner at the Rainforest Cafe in the Franklin Mills
> Mall, which is in Philadelphia. The dinner was in honor of a friends kids
> who have their birthday a few weeks apart. The two boys who were the
> guests of honor had a great time, but everyone else hated the place.
>
> The noise from the forestry props and from the many young kids was
> deafening. We could barely hear ourselves talk. We had to shout our food
> order to the waitress and she had to shout at us so we could hear her. The
> food there was overpriced and mediocre, which probably explains why the
> Rainforest Cafe in the Franklin Mills Mall went out of business. The
> service was fine, but good service alone can't sustain a restaurant.
>
> I think most of those heavily themed restaurants are overrated. I place
> the Planet Hollywood chain, Hooters, ESP Cafe, and the Hard Rock Cafe in
> the same boat. Great theming, but lousy overpriced food.

I couldn't agree more, especially about the noise levels.
The Denver Rainforest lasted only a few years in the upscale
Cherry Creek Mall, long enough for every yuppie child
in the area to have tried it once....

gloria p