Applebys, TGIF Fridays, Olive Garden or Chilis? Which is your fav?!
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I would never go into one of those places!. I worked for Applebees for six months and they barely paid their cooks over minimum wage!. When it got slow, they would send you home to save money!. We were lucky to get 25 hours a week!. You got like $7 food credit per shift which cost them something like $2 to make!.
Most of the food just comes in frozen and they heat it up!. The only thing really good is the Pico de Gallo, which they make fresh!. Most Applebees have six-eight microwaves in the kitchen!. They portion the sauce into styrofoam cups ahead of time for the pasta and just put it on top of cold pasta to warm up!. The cup melts halfway as the sauce goes on the pasta!. The soups are frozen and all the meats have been needled to make them edible!.
Every month where I worked they had a 6 foot high poster listing how much food we had wasted!. If we portioned 5!.5 oz of fries instead of 5, as it should be, it would add up to over $500 a month!.
The worst thing though is if some plates got broken they would never replace them!. Then if it got busy we had to wash dishes and cook at the same time!. Then if we put ice cream on a plate it would melt all over the place since the plate was still hot!. They never wanted to buy new equipment because the managers get HUGE bonuses if they stayed under budget!. So if they run with $1000 less equipment all year long, they get over a $5000 bonus!.
Because it still takes some skill to do the job, anyone who is any good gets a better paying job and it leaves a bunch of idiots working on the line!. That's why I left!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Most of the food just comes in frozen and they heat it up!. The only thing really good is the Pico de Gallo, which they make fresh!. Most Applebees have six-eight microwaves in the kitchen!. They portion the sauce into styrofoam cups ahead of time for the pasta and just put it on top of cold pasta to warm up!. The cup melts halfway as the sauce goes on the pasta!. The soups are frozen and all the meats have been needled to make them edible!.
Every month where I worked they had a 6 foot high poster listing how much food we had wasted!. If we portioned 5!.5 oz of fries instead of 5, as it should be, it would add up to over $500 a month!.
The worst thing though is if some plates got broken they would never replace them!. Then if it got busy we had to wash dishes and cook at the same time!. Then if we put ice cream on a plate it would melt all over the place since the plate was still hot!. They never wanted to buy new equipment because the managers get HUGE bonuses if they stayed under budget!. So if they run with $1000 less equipment all year long, they get over a $5000 bonus!.
Because it still takes some skill to do the job, anyone who is any good gets a better paying job and it leaves a bunch of idiots working on the line!. That's why I left!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I prefer TGIF"s just because of the menu choices,If u are on the "cheap' u can't beat Applebees for the appetizers and beer/mixed drink prices!.Chilis is just awful,and I agree wholeheartedly w/Erin above,Olive Garden is generic Italian suited to American tastes,its just god awful actually!.Kinda like saying Don Pablos is the "real" enchalada!.!.lolWww@FoodAQ@Com
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I like the variety of the menu!. I can usually always find something I want and I'm fussy about how well the dish is prepared and they havent done it wrong yet!.
I always think - I am an amateur, if a resteraunt can't cook it as well as I can or better why am I paying them to cook for me!?
If I want Italian there are too many good Italian restaurants around to go to a chain!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I like the variety of the menu!. I can usually always find something I want and I'm fussy about how well the dish is prepared and they havent done it wrong yet!.
I always think - I am an amateur, if a resteraunt can't cook it as well as I can or better why am I paying them to cook for me!?
If I want Italian there are too many good Italian restaurants around to go to a chain!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I don't really like either of those choices!.
But I like Olive Garden the most out of those, because I enjoy their soup, salad and breadsticks!. Not the biggest fan of their faux-italian food!. Can't fool a real Italian!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
But I like Olive Garden the most out of those, because I enjoy their soup, salad and breadsticks!. Not the biggest fan of their faux-italian food!. Can't fool a real Italian!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I like Applebee's for the after 9pm or 10pm 1/2 price appetizers! So, for under $20 you can have yummy appetizers like mozzarella sticks, onions rings, boneless chicken bites, queso/cheese etc!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
chilis!.!.!. i love it how they know to spice it up!.!.!. i always get their combo!.!. and tell them to make it well done, with extra glaze and more spices!.!. i have always be happy with them!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Its a tie between Olive Garden and Chilis!.
I love olive gardens salads
I love Chilis Boneless buffulo wings!!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I love olive gardens salads
I love Chilis Boneless buffulo wings!!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Olive Garden!! Yummy!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Chilis for baby back ribs and olive garden for pasta!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I loooove olive garden!. i mean!.!.!. salad and breadsticks!!!!!!! the salad dressing is amazing tooWww@FoodAQ@Com
Olive Garden!. I love pasta!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Olive Garden Soup Salad and Breadsticks for $6!.00 who can beat that!Www@FoodAQ@Com
"OLIVE GARDEN" by a landslide!. BAM!Www@FoodAQ@Com
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No thanks!. They're all too heavy on the fats and sodium!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
None of the above!. All of them have flavorless food!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
well I like them all but applebee's is the one we go to most often!.Www@FoodAQ@Com