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    If The Travel Channel Ever Did A Houston Special..

    in General Houston Discussions

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    Well if they decided to do one on the real Houston make sure they read the driving rules first.

    Houston Driving Directions

    ...19. You don't have to wait for an exit to get off a freeway, just follow the ruts in the grass to the frontage road like everyone else. This is how Houston residents notify Texas Department of Transportation where exits should have been built.

    Good post :)

    Raising Cane's Restaurant To Open

    in Historic Houston

    Posted

    As for Raising Cane's; I hope the guy does well. Dalp, you're ranting was funny but cmon, do we have to be so pompous? Obviously, there are a lot of people who like chicken dinners so the place has a chance and the downhome cookin theme is pretty popular apparently.

    Houston is not San Francisco. I would try the place Glen, but I'm a snobby vege-tahh-rian B)

    Thanks for being a voice of reason. I thought I was all alone out there.. :)

    Raising Cane's Restaurant To Open

    in Historic Houston

    Posted

    Say what you want about Applebee's, Johnny Carino's and Olive Garden, but I just can't imagine not having our family's favorite, CHILI'S, in the Houston area!  :D

    Well, I'll have to grudgingly agree with you on Chili's. As much as we try to avoid that place, we always end up there! I guess I could have left it off the list. The other ones however are seriously lacking. And there are at least another 20 I could add to that list.

    Raising Cane's Restaurant To Open

    in Historic Houston

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    This is where it all went sour:

    The logic that we can only have this or Taco Bell also seems awfully screwy. What exactly was your point there?

    My point was that with the money he had, he could have either bought into any of the major franchises, and help them add another homogenized dot onto their map of globalization. Instead, he took a chance as an entrepenuer and this is the result.

    I agree with you that places like Chili's, Applebee's, Johnny Carino's and (my least favorite) Olive Garden are needless. They, in my opinion, are no better than the hundreds of Burger Kings, McDonalds, or Whatburgers scattered across the city. This is why I am excited about this restaurant. It is not like those listed above. 20 years from now however, it might not be. Right now, it is. It just depends on the growth and management of the company.

    I could go on and list dozens of restaurants and stores that I think would fit into your shlock catagory. Some you would disagree as there are some you think aren't - that I think are, and of course vice versa.

    And this:

    This seems well suited to Bryan-College Station or Lake Charles -- the kinds of towns where people get excited about "simple" concepts and "simple" menus.

    I took this to mean that you thought that I was too simple to understand your concept of an urban environment, being that I was from Lake Charles. Which at the time made sense as I recieved a number of pm's asking me: why the insults? Furthermore, I was having a very bad day, coupled with the frustration of you not answering the schlock question, and the (what seemed to be) obvious insults, then led to my "country-ass" rant.

    Like I said, I had no beef with you, just your lack of explanation for why you catagorized the restaurant as schlock and lack of examples to back your assertion. Now that you've explained it, I'm all hunky-dory. :)

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