# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/61 "2020-11-04T19:40:42Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > I don’t know about 5 Guys elsewhere, but the one here is incredibly loud All of mine here also. As much as I enjoy their burgers and fries (and peanuts!), I stay away because of the jarring noise. Hurts my head. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/62 "2020-11-04T19:47:24Z")
Yeah, I hate that, I will walk out. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/63 "2020-11-04T19:55:54Z")
Five Guys is pretty good, IMO: I like big thick burgers, and they’re the only fast food burger I’ve had that qualifies. But **ywtf** is on point with Bojangles: their chicken sandwich is _delicious_. I’m not sure it beats Popeyes (which I’ve only had once), but it’s very good. If you go to Red Lobster only for the biscuits, here’s a modest suggestion: > [@](#): > > 2 cups flour > 2 tsp baking powder > 1/2 tsp baking soda > 1/2 tsp salt > Herbs/Spices to taste (thyme, oregano, basil, paprika, and garlic powder are all good) > > 3/4 stick butter, cut into slices > > about 1/2 cup grated cheddar > > 1 cup buttermilk (preferably whole, but lowfat will work too) > > In food processor, mix the dry ingredients. Add the butter slices and whirl until it’s like crumbs. Add the cheese and whirl briefly. Add the buttermilk and whirl just until you get a batter. Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet, and bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes or until the nubbly bits are all golden. These are really easy to make–like 10 minutes of actual work-time–and for my money satisfy the Cheddar Bay Biscuit craving and then some. The only problem with them is that my daughter, left unattended, will eat half the batch before anyone else gets any. ---
**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 4, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/64 "2020-11-04T20:38:25Z")
I have made fantastic variants of both and can absolutely guarantee that fried chicken is much harder to prepare and cook. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/65 "2020-11-04T21:10:27Z")
If I can just count breakfast then the best heavily advertised restaurant is IHOP. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/66 "2020-11-04T21:46:16Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > 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. I find their burgers to be marginally superior to Wendy’s but substantially more expensive. Around here, it’s like $14 for a burger and fries from 5 Guys. And their bacon always tastes burnt. ---
**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 4, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/67 "2020-11-04T21:59:48Z")
My daughter is a big LOTR fan and we appreciated Denny’s movie tie-ins to the Hobbit film series, going often and eventually scoring all the promotional materials when the restaurant was done with them. ---
**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 4, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/68 "2020-11-04T22:22:42Z")
Thanks for this. It looks better than the knockoff recipe I sometimes use. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/69 "2020-11-04T22:40:21Z")
Hope you like 'em! It’s just the Joy of Cooking recipe with additions. I don’t personally care for the “dunked in melted butter” schtick that Red Lobster has, but if you like that, you can brush em with butter once they come out. ---
**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 5, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/70 "2020-11-05T17:24:21Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > The only problem with them is that my daughter, left unattended, will eat half the batch before anyone else gets any. About how old is your biscuit thief? Somewhere along the way adorable turns to cute turns to overworked turns to “make your own damn biscuits!” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/71 "2020-11-05T17:34:15Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > About how old is your biscuit thief? Somewhere along the way adorable turns to cute turns to overworked turns to “make your own damn biscuits!” 😉 She’s 11 and is practically a baking prodigy, although she specializes in cakes. Baking is therapeutic for me, so I don’t really mind her snarfing down half the batch. Just means I get to do more baking. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/72 "2020-11-05T19:23:13Z")
This would’ve been my vote. I think Chili’s food is generally enjoyable, there are certainly some things I’ve enjoyed more than other things but I don’t think I’ve ever had a downright bad meal there. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377/73 "2020-11-05T19:54:24Z")
I also think Outback and Red Robin fit, though I haven’t eaten Red Robin since COVID (if I’m door dashing, there’s local places I like better, and if I’m picking up steak n shake or cookout are a better fit). And agree that Chili’s used to be one, but has dropped off in quality a while back (but may have recovered. IHOP is a good one for breakfast food. If we’re including fast food, Popeye’s and Bojangles both do great fried chicken and advertise extensively. Smithfield’s Chicken And BBQ is decent and one of the only BBQ places that advertises non-locally. > [@erysichthon](#): > > Outback was the first place I thought of when I saw the thread title. I’ve been there many times and have never had a steak that was bad, overcooked, or undercooked. I did have an experience with that: Bunch of us go out to dinner at Outback before a party. One guy orders a porterhouse steak rare. Food arrives, most is good but his is overcooked, on the high end of medium. He was just going to eat it and move on, but the manager really liked us and hung out at our table and talked, and when he mentioned it was too done she said it was no problem to replace it. So they bring out his new steak, and it’s medium-well. She comes out to check on us, and when she finds out gets a look that says the cook is not going to have a good night. She then personally cooks a third steak to rare herself and brings it out, so he finally gets to eat after we’re all done. As we’re leaving, he was commenting that he was surprised they still charged him for it, but whatever. The manager comes out to us talking in the parking lot and apologizes for it not being taken off, and gives him a gift card for twice what it cost to make up for it. So they did screw up the doneness, multiple times even, but also took fixing it seriously even if the staff kept making mistakes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377.md?page=3)