Popular snacks/restaurants/drinks you hate

clonechemist

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There’s a Cava next to my office and I’ll go there occasionally.

Price-wise maybe a little high I don’t think they’re outrageous. And they never seem to skimp on their pitas - good value in addition to being tasty.

Plus they don’t ask for an additional tip at checkout, so what you see is what you pay +tax. No idea if it’s SOP at all their locations but hopefully that’s a sign they pay their employees well.
Yeah I’ve been meaning to try Cava just never been close to one. And when I say ‘pricey’ I only mean relative to Chipotle (which itself maybe used to be slightly pricier that standard fast food, but now seems even cheaper than the typical McDs/BK/Wendys slop). If the food is good I’ll gladly pay a few bucks extra over other options.
 

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Curry

Champagne

Cold coffee (love hot coffee)

Tea

Diet sodas

I haven’t read through the whole thread, but I’ll plant my a flag for Chic-Fil-a, In and Out, and Twizzlers, and sour candy right here and right now!
 

stormchaser2014

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Actually I have no desire to eat at those kinds of places anymore, unless I'm invited. Applebee's, B dubs, chili's, olive garden, red Robin, just not appealing. Texas roadhouse is fine when you don't have to wait an hour.
 

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Actually I have no desire to eat at those kinds of places anymore, unless I'm invited. Applebee's, B dubs, chili's, olive garden, red Robin, just not appealing. Texas roadhouse is fine when you don't have to wait an hour.
Drives me nuts when close family give me gift cards to those places at a Christmas/birthday gift. Tell me you put no thought at all into it, but you really spotted it in a hyvee check out line.
 

stormchaser2014

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Drives me nuts when close family give me gift cards to those places at a Christmas/birthday gift. Tell me you put no thought at all into it, but you really spotted it in a hyvee check out line.
Exactly this. My mom has a stack of gift cards to these places from Christmases because we all refuse to go there even when it's paid for, well partially.
 

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Drives me nuts when close family give me gift cards to those places at a Christmas/birthday gift. Tell me you put no thought at all into it, but you really spotted it in a hyvee check out line.
Glad to hear it’s not just my family that does this. I come from a rural town where chain places were a novelty growing up. Getting to go to Cheesecake Factory in DSM during state basketball was a BIG deal. Hell, we went to Olive Garden for prom!

That’s all to say, I don’t think my family does this to be thoughtless. Rather, they do it because 30 years ago, I loved those places. Now that I’ve actually experienced good food, I have zero desire to go there.

We have told them for years we don’t eat at Olive Garden. But that doesn’t stop the gift cards from flowing…
 
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Cyientist

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Glad to hear it’s not just my family that does this. I come from a rural town where chain places were a novelty growing up. Getting to go to Cheesecake Factory in DSM during state basketball was a BIG deal. Hell, we went to Olive Garden for prom!

That’s all to say, I don’t think my family does this to be thoughtless. Rather, they do it because 30 years ago, I loved those places. Now that I’ve actually experienced good food, I have zero desire to go there.

We have told them for years we don’t eat at Olive Garden. But that doesn’t stop the gift cards from flowing…

Pretty much the same situation.
 
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Drives me nuts when close family give me gift cards to those places at a Christmas/birthday gift. Tell me you put no thought at all into it, but you really spotted it in a hyvee check out line.
Send em to me. I’ll use them.

I actually like Red Robin once in a while, and I like it even more if it doesn’t cost me anything. I haven’t been to Applebees/Chilis for a long time, but I’ll go there if I have a gift card.

Another thing in my part of the state, sometimes you want to get something to eat after going to/being in a show … Applebees might be one of the few places that still serves food that late.
 
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CyGuy5

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The most overrated restaurant in Des Moines is Jethros and it isn’t even close. That place sucks.

Canes is also extremely overrated
 
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KnappShack

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Send em to me. I’ll use them.

I actually like Red Robin once in a while, and I like it even more if it doesn’t cost me anything. I haven’t been to Applebees/Chilis for a long time, but I’ll go there if I have a gift card.

Another thing in my part of the state, sometimes you want to get something to eat after going to/being in a show … Applebees might be one of the few places that still serves food that late.

Red Robin is good for what it is.

Kind of hits the Midwest spot between portion size vs cost with decent quality

The Midwest demands gigantic portions at a fair price.
 
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Food that is terrible and should not be consumed:

Skittles
Twizzlers
Tootsie Rolls
Any type of fruit in salad (unless you count avocado as fruit)
Texas Roadhouse sweet bread
Cranberry sauce
Blackened anything (chicken, fish, etc)
Durian
Pretty much any French food (besides fries )
Potato Salad or Pasta Salad served sweet
 
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