Chloe wrote:
>
> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote in
> message nk.net...
> >
> > RFC is owned by Landry's, a Texas outfit. One of their other "concept"
> > eateries is the GAWDAWFUL Joe's Crab Shack, where I had the worst resto
> > meal

>
> Although I don't think I really qualify as a foodie, I'm as cranky as the
> next person when it comes to sub-par chain restaurant food and service. The
> Joe's in the town where I lived until about 3 years ago was so bad I don't
> know how or why they stayed open--the parking lot was consistently almost
> deserted even on Friday and Saturday nights. OTOH, a couple months ago I had
> quite a decent--if relatively plain--meal at the one where I live now.

>
> The decor is kind of nauseating, and DH and I were glad to be finished up
> and leaving shortly after 6 p.m., when the servers formed into some kind of
> long conga line and circled through the restaurant singing something I've
> mercifully erased from my memory. I was embarrassed for them.


The only time we've eaten at Joe's, about 5 yrs. ago, the staff
leapt onto the tabletops at a signal (honest to God!) and began
singing and dancing the Macarena. It was disturbing enough to
convince us not to go back, even if they began serving two pound
lobsters for $3.99.

gloria p