# Best Restaurant That Advertises Extensively **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 31, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377 "2020-10-31T03:26:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/41 "2020-11-02T21:22:49Z")
**Red Robins** has been mentioned several times upthread and I can see the pint. At the end of the day though, it’s a darn fine burger that’s still overpriced. IMHO, when they feel a need to add perceived value with all-you-can-eat fries then they probably don’t have a lot going for them. For what it is, I really like **Long John Silvers**. It’s cheap, greasy synthefish, and I’m OK with that. Eat it fresh from the fryer (age does not improve them), hit it hard with the hot sauce and enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/42 "2020-11-02T21:26:54Z")
I was going to say Pf Chang’s, but then I wonder if others have noted if they advertise extensively, if at all. I don’t think I’ve seen them do so. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/43 "2020-11-02T22:13:57Z")
I like The Keg (a mostly Canadian steakhouse chain) and it advertises extensively. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/44 "2020-11-03T00:51:15Z")
Popeye’s 😃 Red Robin is good, too. But Popeye’s slams, is inexpensive, and their spicy chicken sandwich damned near caused Twitter to melt down summer before last. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/45 "2020-11-03T01:01:13Z")
Definitely **Red Robin** (YUMMMMMMMMM!). Unlike the rest of the crackheads weighing in, I think **5 Guys** blows. We have one in the next town over and I can think of a dozen other burger joints within 2 miles of the place that blow it into the weeds. The weird thing about **RR** is that it is the one place I pull a Sally. Everything except the cheese on the side, extra cups of BBQ sauce and mayo for my fries. Beats playing “Confuse the Cook” with the minimum-wage guy in the back. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/46 "2020-11-03T03:29:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I think **5 Guys** blows. 5 Guys is easily the most overrated burger joint I’ve ever been to, both the original DC locations and the more recent expansion locations. Plus, the last time I went (though it’s been a while now since it was so disappointing) they went from giving you a bajillion fries to carefully rationing them so a small fry was, indeed, a small order of fries. The one redeeming feature you got ordering there no longer applied. I guess they still have peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/47 "2020-11-03T03:52:37Z")
Five Guys is fine. It’s a delicious burger. There are better independent places, though. I’d feel hard done by waiting in line at Shake Shack for more than 15 minutes. Great shakes. Good fries. Burger perfectly adequate. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/48 "2020-11-03T05:11:26Z")
Slight hijack, but this comes down to something I’ve said for years: There are burgers and there are sliders\*. \*\* Burgers are thick, cooked to order (i.e., rare, med rare, etc), often a “better” quality of meat, may include other things besides meat in the patty. Red Robin has a burger, as do most local burger joints - such as the oddly named Bird’s Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack here in Tallahassee which makes a burger that is a contender for best I’ve ever eaten. Certainly best in town. Damn fine oysters too. Sliders are thin, often pressed or smashed on the grill, always cooked through, and should be no leaner than 80/20 beef (and beef-only aside from maybe a spice or two). 5 Guys does sliders. They are both delicious and the food pantheon is big enough for both of them, but comparing them is a little silly. They’re different things. \* I’m using the old definition, not that new-fangled thing where a slider is just a tiny burger. \*\* There are other things made of (shudder) _not_ beef. These are patties or sandwiches. Not burgers or sliders. There is no such thing as a turkey burger, there are turkey patty sandwiches. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/49 "2020-11-03T17:05:21Z")
It’s not that I don’t like the above definition. Just that no one is now going to say McD’s does **not** sell burgers, or White Castle sliders. Sold too many for too long. A slider is small - you can cover a White Castle one with a square of 9 or so postage stamps. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/50 "2020-11-03T17:18:59Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > There is no such thing as a turkey burger I disagree. Over half of the **burgers** I make at home are made from ground turkey. I also love turkey “ham” salad, which to my palate is indistinguishable from its ham sibling, and turkey bacon which I prefer over pig bacon. burg·er /ˈbərɡər/ _noun_ noun: **burger** ; plural noun: **burgers** 1. a dish consisting of a round patty of ground beef, **or sometimes another savory ingredient** , that is fried or grilled and typically served in a split bun or roll with various condiments and toppings. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/51 "2020-11-03T17:43:46Z")
Oh, if we are brining in Fast Food (and Fast Casual), I’ll add Popeye’s and 5 Guys mentioned above. And add Chipotle (their Barbacoa is super tasty, what?). ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/52 "2020-11-03T21:44:08Z")
@Dr_Paprika @kayaker Yeah, I’m fully aware that I’ve lost the common-usage wars on sliders and non-beef burgers. The main point though is that, call them what you will: big, fat, juicy burgers and thin, smashed/pressed burgers are related but not the same and should be judged by what they’re trying to be, not what they’re NOT trying to be. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/53 "2020-11-03T21:52:24Z")
Either definition, **5 Guys** still blows. 😙 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/54 "2020-11-03T22:10:34Z")
I agree that 5 Guys is between “Another boring burger” and man “Man, _that_ was nuthin!”. I’ve eaten it in two different states a couple years apart and had the same reaction each time. I just checked out their website and they’ve spread nationwide. Clearly they’re doing something right. I don’t get the hype. Then again, that’s why they’re rich & I’m not. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/55 "2020-11-04T17:29:54Z")
I agree with you on Popeye’s. Bojangles is my personal fav for fried chicken and biscuits, but Popeye’s has more national coverage, I believe. My palate is not very refined, but it seems to me that a good burger is easier to accomplish than good fried chicken. People who aren’t that skilled in the kitchen can pull off an adequate burger as long as they have the right fixings. But mediocre fried chicken can be found all across the land. The same with biscuits. I’d rather go hungry than eat a bad biscuit. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/56 "2020-11-04T18:44:15Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I agree that 5 Guys is between “Another boring burger” and man “Man, _that_ was nuthin!”. I’ve eaten it in two different states a couple years apart and had the same reaction each time. I’m also baffled by the popularity of Five Guys; their burgers are greasy and undistinguished. The eye-gouging decor doesn’t help. Why do they have excerpts from reviews in huge letters on the walls? I’m already IN your goddamn restaurant; I don’t need to see a review. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/57 "2020-11-04T19:08:20Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Maybe they tried to steam the lobster by showing it episodes of Spongebob Squarepants? Or by running over its dog. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/58 "2020-11-04T19:18:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The weird thing about **RR** is that it is the one place I _ **pull a Sally.** _ Everything except the cheese on the side, extra cups of BBQ sauce and mayo for my fries. 1. Did you make up that turn of phrase? 2. Did you make it up specifically for this post? Either way, my compliments. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/59 "2020-11-04T19:20:22Z")
1. As far as I know, yes. 2. No, I’ve used it for years, mostly at Red Robin. 3. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/60 "2020-11-04T19:25:08Z")
I don’t know about 5 Guys elsewhere, but the one here is incredibly loud. Radio up high and there are no soft surfaces to deaden any sound. It’s al tile and glass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377.md?page=4)