Spinlight said:

lemme tell you how much fried shrimp and cheddar biscuits I eat when I go to Red Lobster.....

Oh yes! I forgot about those cheddar biscuits. I'm not crazy about Red Lobster food but those biscuits are the MACK!

TD3 said:

Fauxie said:

What's Sizzler like in the US? How's it viewed?

It's been over 10 years since I was in the states last. Here in Thailand it's no great shakes food-wise, but it's very much a middle-class place, not classy by any stretch of the imagination lol, but kinda clean and 'nice' and a bit of a treat for working class Thai folks.

Sizzler is no more.

Really? Wonder who's running all the Sizzlers elsewhere then.

TD3 said:

Vendetta1 said:

Spinlight said:

I'm sorry, but are you unfamiliar with the concept of stereotypes? What does it have to do with THIS SITE? It's on any site. Stereotypes abound.

Yeah stereotypes abound everywhere but for the purpose of this conversation, C is talking about this site. Just duck your head in P & R. You'll see what we mean.

Sure, but you can't help or fix that. It's the internet. Anonymity buys them whatever freedom they need to be a bigot.

StonedImmaculate said:

It's not black folks...it's anyone who doesnt usually go out to "expensive" restaurants.

They're the celebratory meeting place for lower middle class and under folks.

Normally they eat Long John silver's...when someone graduates or has a birthday, etc, they go to Red Lobster...or Sizzler...or Olive Garden. Places that are too expensive to visit on a regular basis.

I gave up on them years ago. A few of my former employees used to work there and let me know a lot of their seafood isnt nearly as fresh as they claim.

Joe's Crab Shack is my spot.

Interesting you mentioned "Joe's". I remember my niece kept talking about this seafood place named "Joe's" that she had her mother drive her from Pennsylvania to New Jersey to eat there. Never been there, but heard of it. In many areas throughout the New York City 5 boroughs, it depends on what restaurants are close, for those who don't want to drive out to Manhattan, where there are a plethora of restaurants to choose from, but vary in prices from average to very expensive. So like some mentioned here, around graduation time, many young people will to to the most popular/economical and closest ones; for others, they'll choose to drive out further (Manhattan/Long Island); many people go out to City Island where there's many seafood restaurants or down by the seaport in Manhattan, if their choice is seafood. Other than that, there are many family restaurants/diners that people flock to. I live in a very, diverse community, so you will see people from many ethnic groups eating at all types of restaurants in my borough.

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"Olive Garden" is my stereotype for Indian folk.

ufoclub said:

"Olive Garden" is my stereotype for Indian folk.

Really? I've only been to Olive Garden twice, when there was this big deal of one opening in the county I lived in, when I lived in Florida. Food was ok. Their menu seemed to be mainly of Italian-style dishes. My sister loves Italian-style dishes, I'm not too big on that type food, just a few dishes. I'm picky with food, always have been. I do like to experiment with different types of foods though. Now I will eat seafood on an occasional basis. My favorite types of dishes, fall into New Orleans, Caribbean, Mexican, Chinese, Spanish style dishes, probably because of the spicy flavors, but normally will go "mild" on the spices. I like some Chinese dishes as well, but not too much. I don't like eating too many heavy dishes, since I've gotten older. Right now, I like light meals, not too filling, and I'm also into mixing various vegetables/fruits with Almond milk, and making a shake/drink out of it.

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2elijah said:

ufoclub said:

"Olive Garden" is my stereotype for Indian folk.

Really? I've only been to Olive Garden twice, when there was this big deal of one opening in the county I lived in, when I lived in Florida. Food was ok. Their menu seemed to be mainly of Italian-style dishes. My sister loves Italian-style dishes, I'm not too big on that type food, just a few dishes. I'm picky with food, always have been. I do like to experiment with different types of foods though. Now I will eat seafood on an occasional basis. My favorite types of dishes, fall into New Orleans, Caribbean, Mexican, Chinese, Spanish style dishes, probably because of the spicy flavors, but normally will go "mild" on the spices. I like some Chinese dishes as well, but not too much. I don't like eating too many heavy dishes, since I've gotten older. Right now, I like light meals, not too filling, and I'm also into mixing various vegetables/fruits with Almond milk, and making a shake/drink out of it.

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It's suburban style Italian themed food with an endless salad (major selling point to my folks).

ufoclub said:

2elijah said:

Really? I've only been to Olive Garden twice, when there was this big deal of one opening in the county I lived in, when I lived in Florida. Food was ok. Their menu seemed to be mainly of Italian-style dishes. My sister loves Italian-style dishes, I'm not too big on that type food, just a few dishes. I'm picky with food, always have been. I do like to experiment with different types of foods though. Now I will eat seafood on an occasional basis. My favorite types of dishes, fall into New Orleans, Caribbean, Mexican, Chinese, Spanish style dishes, probably because of the spicy flavors, but normally will go "mild" on the spices. I like some Chinese dishes as well, but not too much. I don't like eating too many heavy dishes, since I've gotten older. Right now, I like light meals, not too filling, and I'm also into mixing various vegetables/fruits with Almond milk, and making a shake/drink out of it.

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It's suburban style Italian themed food with an endless salad (major selling point to my folks).

Yes, and laughing at bolded part.

I think it has more to do with where the Red Lobster is located.

I know the Red Lobster i go to in Pineville, NC is heavily populated by

whites and even more so on the weekend being near the mall as well. There is always a wait time on

the weekend. By contrast drive 25 minutes to another Red Lobster in the

city of Charlotte on Central Ave. there are generally more blacks at that

location. People act as though Red Lobster is some low budget seafood restaurant. The location

i go to always serve pretty good food and is on point but there is nothing like going to a seafood

restaurant on the coast i.e Charleston SC, Myrtle Beach SC, Savannah GA.

huh. I always associated Red Lobster with white trash. go figure.

kitbradley said:

Spinlight said:

Probably because it serves stereotypically black food. Or rather, what some people consider to be stereotypically black. Things like fried "skrimp" and ribs, etc.

I've never heard of the red lobster sterotype. I know a lot of black people do go there, especially on Sunday's after church. Right after they read from the same bible that says eating shell fish is an abomination (this passage is the one the pastor always conveniently skips over).

There are plenty of other restaurants that serve fried shrimp and ribs. What makes Red Lobster different?

see? i know, right?

I just go for the biscuits

errant said:

huh. I always associated Red Lobster with white trash. go figure.

I always associated Sizzler with white trash. Primarily because I ate there often.

Ms Trina!! you back ! Check your orgnotes!

the boondocks apparently did an ep centered around black people's love of red lobster

scriptgirl said:

I don't get it, but apparently, black people (yes, I'm black) seem to have some great affinity for Red Lobster. Anyone else heard this?

I'm black. And I do NOT eat at Red Lobster.

Lammastide said:

I've said it before: Red Lobster is nothing but Long John Silver with better decor and a higher price point. I dunno about the history of the alleged stereotype, but I'd ban both those dives were it up to me.

Thanks for the advice.

lPoeticl said:

I just go for the biscuits

TD3 said:

Sizzler is no more.

Huh? I just drove by one today and noticed they had a sign out front advertising that they're now serving Menudo on the weekends.

Lammastide said:

I've said it before: Red Lobster is nothing but Long John Silver with better decor and a higher price point. I dunno about the history of the alleged stereotype, but I'd ban both those dives were it up to me.

You make it sound like that's a bad thing

Spinlight said:

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No shame in my game, those biscuits are good and they are free.

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bboy87 said:

Lammastide said:

I've said it before: Red Lobster is nothing but Long John Silver with better decor and a higher price point. I dunno about the history of the alleged stereotype, but I'd ban both those dives were it up to me.

You make it sound like that's a bad thing

Just "bad?" I'm disappointed in myself. I was going for infernal.

Fauxie said:

TD3 said:

Sizzler is no more.

Really? Wonder who's running all the Sizzlers elsewhere then.

Sizzler is still around. There's quite a couple here in Northern California

PurpleJedi said:

LayDownMisty said:

for whatever reason, the Red Lobsters where I live are flooded by black people with an hour wait list at most times

and this is not really in a black area

so it is not really a stereotype if it is a known fact, is it?

food is pretty shitty, greasy, fried and cheap and causes cancer........that is all I care to know about Red Lobster

...explain please...

explain?

u ever been to a Red Lobster?

nevermind.........keep on eating that garbage

would not want to lower America's heart disease rate

Serena said:

TD3 said:

Sizzler is no more.

Huh? I just drove by one today and noticed they had a sign out front advertising that they're now serving Menudo on the weekends.

Allow me to clarify then, the Sizzler no more in my neck of the woods, Chi-Town.

The sing-a-longs, of course!

I associate stereotyping threads with baiting.

Seriously, when one goes away do others just get a signal to start up?