"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in
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>
> 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
> of my life last summer (I posted my www.chowhound.com review of it here,
> google it if interested). Their Chicago location is now closed ("GOOD
> riddance to BAD rubbish!"), the space replaced by another resto.
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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. Main
dish was breaded, fried oysters which tasted quite fresh and were cooked to
a perfect degree of doneness. There was some kind of potato thing--maybe
smashed--which were very tasty, too.

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.