THANK YOU FOR GETTING OFFENDED ON MY BEHALF: but it's not really necessary in this case. Ross Douthat links to all the apoplectic bloggers responding to a NYT piece on chain restaurants. I, you know, read the article, and having been to all-but-one of the chains reviewed, found it to be perfectly fair. Sure, there's a little "can you believe they have restaurants in/near malls?" tone, but I assume any city-dweller will have a similar reaction. The actual reviews seem to me to be about correct: the wait can sometimes be preposterous, and there are not adequate while the time waiting (and this accounts for the greet-staff/waitstaff distinction several of the reviews mention); the food is surprisingly good (with some exceptions*) and relatively inexpensive; all of these places are especially good for families. So far as I can tell, that's all true. What's the hubbub?
SEE ALSO: Daniel Larison, who has especially kind words for Outback.
*Every place has redeeming dishes, and some, like Red Lobster, have many--they say more nice things about the entrees at Cheesecake Factory than I would
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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