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| Jeff | Oct 3 2008, 10:22 PM |
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The difficulty with reviewing restaurants is that each is independently managed and, as a result, the experience one reviewer might have at any given location might not be the same as the experience at another chapter of the same chain, or the experiences someone else has with the particular eatery in question. As a result, each review will be from my personal perspective and if I have been to multiple chapters of the same franchise, I'll be sure to make a note about it. With that out of the way - let's begin! Today's restaurant: Ruby Tuesdays I'm not going to lie - I freaking love Ruby Tuesdays. Why? Well, that's what I'm here to explain, now isn't it, so shut up and listen, you putz. First off is the location. The nearest Ruby Tuesdays to my house is literally four streets from my house - I could walk there in about 20 minutes, if I don't rush or mind going up a big hill on the way there. If that location were to cease to exist, there's another branch about ten minutes down one of the major roads anyways, so location gets an automatic gold star from my perspective. While it may not seem very professional to give restaurants bonus points for being nearby, I'd like to see you complain about it. Anyways, upon entering either of these Ruby Tuesdays, I am almost always greeted quickly by smiling and helpful staff. They sit my family and/or friends and I as soon as possible (almost always as soon as we enter, as both installments of the franchise have large sitting area) and usually have a waiter/waitress to our table in good time. The sodas aren't watered down (at least not to the point where I've ever taken notice) and routinely checked with each pass by. Within reasonable to excellent time, our food is brought out. That is to say, it's brought out assuming you did not get the salad bar - and Ruby Tuesdays is probably the only restaurant I can name off-hand that I've been to in a long time to still HAVE a salad bar so all you weird dieters or health nuts can have you fill too. Ruby Tuesdays primarily has American-style dishes, burgers, steaks, traditional pastas, etc, so the most exotic thing they offer is the bison burger (which is pretty good. It's like beef, but a little tougher). All-in-all, the cooking is extremely good, especially as American-style food goes without going too far north or south of the Mason-Dixon Line. The prices also tend to be reasonable, and the portions are sizable to boot, filling even me up without use of the salad bar or dessert menu. Speaking of desserts, my sole complaint lies in that the dessert menu is rather... well, small. There's maybe five choices on it. Not that they're not good - they are - but if you don't like any of those five then... ... No, if you don't like any of those five then you're obviously STUPID and don't deserve dessert you picky prick. All-in-all, Ruby Tuesdays is nice. It's casual, it has a relaxed atmosphere and is a nice place to have dinner at the end of a hectic day. Food's great, the place is clean and well-kept, service is good to excellent, salad bar is a nice plus, and rarely have to wait to be seated. I recommend it. |
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