Don't eat at this restaurant if you want to live

I thought that same exact thing when I heard about them.

I actually proposed to a friend of mine that we drive from the East coast to Arizona, get some of that and then go to Vegas.

She was not amused. :dubious:

::thump::

You know what’s funny? I got a 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said or Done calendar for Christmas, and this was January 6. I couldn’t believe it.

I like the idea - it’s kind of ‘poke fun of yourself’ and carries on the style ala Hooters.

btw, anybody know when Hooters started marketing themselves as a ‘family’ restaurant?

I really really wanna try those fries.

I’ll bet my life savings (he said, emptying his pockets… ) that those waitresses do NOT eat there on a regular basis.

I’m impressed that the old ass reporter finished 2 pounds of hamburger. I don’t think I could. Usually when they do these stories, they eat half and then laugh and say they couldn’t possibly eat more.

Of course, maybe it was the adrenaline from the proximity of that waitress. I mean, day-um! I’d forget to chew.

I approve of the waitresses. I also had something else to say, but forgot it.

Oh, I remember! I was excited to see coke in glass bottles! Is that a regional thing?

Also, it was a bit depressing to see so many dramatically overweight men. Despite what the ‘doctor’ was saying about one day of sticking it to the man (and the arteries), it’s clear that a lot of their clientele enjoy multi-thousand calorie meals quite often.

There is some delicious (ha!) irony in that the two key selling points are obesity-inducing food juxtaposed with model-thin waitresses dressed to show it all off.

The “food” looks disgusting. I think I’m really glad that I can’t smell it.

Those looked like what we call “Mexican Cokes” which are the really old formula–sugar, not fructose. They’re made in Mexico and available in almost any Spanish/Mexican store in Colorado, and also I suspect in other parts of the southwest. I have gone out of my way to get one. (A few blocks out of my way; not as far as Arizona for sure.)

I’m skeptical he did. I’d’ve gotten a free meal there only a few years ago and still have a(n un)healthy appetite, but it’s 50/50 on whether or not I’d be able to eat a quadruple bypass burger.

I have also found them at most higher end bistro type places in all regions. Some offer both original coke and sprite in old school 8oz glass bottles. Some of the local (Tampa) bodegas have them as well.

Not just the southwest. There was a burrito place down the street from my apartment in San Francisco that had them - man, they were good.

Side note - you know, I like to think of myself as being as good at a good, solid leer as the next guy. But the “nurses” really just seemed more tacky than hot. I felt kind of embarrassed for them. Am I getting old?

I’m not sure my toilet is equipped to handle a quadruple bypass burger.

I lose these 30 pounds I want to, I know exactly how I’m going to reward myself.

I suppose it will be a marketing coup for him if one of the 350 pounders on the free food program has a heart attack while eating there.

The costumes on the waitresses might have seemed skeevy in any setting, but even more so next to the paper food cartons, plastic forks, mismatched furniture (some of the counters had wooden chairs, some had silver-and-red diner chairs), bare floors and near-bare walls. The place looked very hastily thrown together, like they were just planning on being there for the weekend.

How does that make good business sense? Surely they’re the biggest (heh) market!

I don’t care if it’s wrong. I’m still going to visit that place on my Grand American Roadtrip!

My guess is that it’s such a minority of customers that it’s not really a concern.