 Local restaurants, reviews and such |
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| Local restaurants, reviews and such |
 Apr 11 2006, 11:08 PM
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No day but today... Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 5  |
I think we should start a reviwing system of restaurants around here. We've all been to chains before (chik fil a tastes the same here as elsewhere) but what about stuff that's local or maybe just not nationwide?
Moose Magoo's: It was ok. I got a chicken sandwich but the chicken was not very good. I had to pay extra for fries instead of chips and the sandwich was on the pricy side to begin with. The strawberry margarita was good though and we hit happy hour so it was like $2. I might consider going back, maybe on karaoke night, but I would not get the same thing again. Ruby Tequila's: Took a long time to get seated as a party of four on a Friday night (there were some other parties each in excess of like 12 people apiece which I'm sure didn't help). The food was really good (I got beef fajitas) but would have been really expensive if not on a value menu of sorts. The margaritas come from a slushie like machine, so they got less frozen and more runny as the Friday rush started. I'd go back. Home Plate Diner: Food was mediocre. So boring I don't remember what I got (maybe a baked potato?) Very informal setting but not crowded so that's a plus. Nothing special. Might go back if I was invited to a group already there, but probably wouldn't go back on my own choice. Cafe J: Really, really good food but very pricy. Atmosphere was nice, but waitstaff seemed slightly underdressed for how nice the place was and how pricy the menu got. A place to take someone on a date (we went for our anniversary) or maybe like a nice dinner when family is in town. Would definitely go back, as long as mom pays! Zookini's: This one is an "eh." Not impressed by anything there. The plus is that they have both a salad bar and a menu so you can choose which mood you are in. Next time I'll try the salad bar. Sugarbaker's: This place is a bakery, but they also have a kind of cafe with sandwiches and stuff. A little pricy for a turkey sandwich, but the desserts looked really good and I got some cookies which were good. Funny thing is we went around Valentine's and they had some heart cookies with sayings on them. Pretty sad when they used the wrong form of the word "you're." Would go back for dessert. Gardski's: Been a few times. The monte cristo sandwich is really good. Free chips and all that. Cute little place. Would go back. Skyview's: Really nice. Really fancy. Really pricy. If going for dinner, check the menu ahead of time to make sure it's something you like because there's really not much choice. Pretty pricy but nice for a special occasion (like my 21st birthday!) This should start us off. Now your turn! -------------------- Forget regret
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Apr 11 2006, 11:10 PM
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 ROCKPACALYPSE NOW Group: Members Posts: 1,519 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 13 |
What is an average meal cost at Cafe J ? I was always curious, cause I heard so much about that place
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Apr 11 2006, 11:12 PM
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No day but today... Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 5 |
ummm i wanna say my ravioli was between 18 and 22... and that was without any type of shrimp or other meat
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Apr 11 2006, 11:19 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 885 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, Texas Member No.: 12 |
Every time I have been to Gardskis I get horrible service. The food is pretty good though.
I would agree with Zookinis. The salad bar is the only really good thing about it. It has pretty much everything you could put on a salad. Thai Pepper is my favorite thai food place. It can get busy around dinner. It isnt too expensive either. |
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Apr 11 2006, 11:47 PM
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 Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
QUOTE (jwttu @ Apr 12 2006, 12:19 AM) Thai Pepper is my favorite thai food place. It can get busy around dinner. It isnt too expensive either. Hell yes. Thai Thai is #2. -------------------- |
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Apr 11 2006, 11:56 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
i do not like the salad bar at zookinis and im a professional salad bar go'er. souper salad is better and has less old people althought its a chain (but so is zookinis)
want to go to cafe j want to go to gardskis ruby tequilas is cool and if you get their house margaritas its pretty damn good (the swirls) i want one now. but since they are like slushes you are running the chance of them being melty yeah but thats also a chain i guess im saying ive never been to any 'local' places. except skyviews - thought it was good and i like the whole 2 menu items with options stemming from there. more of an authentic restaurant feel but i had what the kids were cooking. still good i think this thread is telling me i need to eat out more!? -------------------- Little monkeys making money
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Apr 12 2006, 12:05 AM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Apr 11 2006, 11:56 PM) i think this thread is telling me i need to eat out more!? Don't give in! 
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Apr 12 2006, 12:06 AM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
garrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh
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Apr 12 2006, 12:12 AM
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Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
-Philip K. Dick |
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Apr 12 2006, 09:19 AM
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 Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
Hebi's
Good local deli. Nice atmosphere, free wi-fi, fairly well priced food. I thought the food was good and was in my price range (didn't spend $9 for a sandwich and drink like at Jason's Deli). Hamburgers, Fries, and Cherry Pie's Stupid name, interesting concept. It's a take on the 50's diner and it has the atmosphere, though it is laid out a little strange. The food was decent but was a little pricy. I had a mushroom swiss burger and was just dry, definitely not a plus. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Apr 12 2006, 10:04 AM
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ruby tequila's...great place, but I definately would not call a restaurant that started in amarillo and has like 4 damn locations (only in small cities in texas) a chain.
OTB is a chain. ruby's ain't. |
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Apr 12 2006, 10:11 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 26-February 06 From: Lubbock Member No.: 89 |
McDonald's on 4th/ Slide - The food was good but once I went at 4am and they weren’t serving their lunch menu. I’d go back. Great Value! Drink, Fries and Sandwich goes for about 4-5 bucks.
Taco Villa on 19th- Great service and atmosphere. The only complaint I have is they don’t serve rice. Strange? -------------------- Growing a beard is boring, shaving is an adventure.
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Apr 12 2006, 10:13 AM
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 DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
Quite frankly, Lubbock restaraunts *SUCK*. They are all chains. I have yet to eat at a good Mexican place here, that serves actual real live good mexican food. I have yet to eat a good steak here.
I think it's pretty rediculous how many people live here and how many restaraunts there are, yet how SHITTY the restaraunts are. -------------------- I r Ur Gawd!
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Apr 12 2006, 10:15 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 26-February 06 From: Lubbock Member No.: 89 |
QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Apr 12 2006, 10:13 AM) Quite frankly, Lubbock restaraunts *SUCK*. They are all chains. I have yet to eat at a good Mexican place here, that serves actual real live good mexican food. I have yet to eat a good steak here. I think it's pretty rediculous how many people live here and how many restaraunts there are, yet how SHITTY the restaraunts are. you could open one? -------------------- Growing a beard is boring, shaving is an adventure.
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Apr 12 2006, 10:22 AM
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DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
QUOTE (Fred @ Apr 12 2006, 11:15 AM) you could open one? I could but that would mean I would be financially bound to stay in lubbock, and I completley %100 absolutley beyond any shadow of a dbout hate it here 
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