At the age of 64, I imagine I qualify as one of the elderly that are being put into one great big group in this thread. You couldn’t pay me to eat at Denny’s or a place like Luby’s. In my opinion buffets are a total waste of time. I like Applebee’s, Chili’s, Outback, etc. I prefer places without salad bars, since I don’t think I can make as good a salad with one hand as someone with minimum training can with two. When out of town, I prefer local restaurants rather than the chains that I can eat at here at home. I don’t like sitting by the kitchen where you can hear the pots and pans, but noise in general is not a big problem. We recently went to Spain and had some wonderful meals. One thing I couldn’t figure was how many Chinese restaurants were there. I didn’t go to Spain to eat Chinese, so maybe I am against foreign food in a foreign country.
I think it is a matter of how you grow old and eating at cafeterias, buffets and places like Denny’s isn’t my idea of how I want to spend the rest of my life.
Agree with Audrey & Sweet Lucy on the choice of Luby’s.
Based in San Antonio, the cafeteria chain has been referenced on “King of the Hill” episodes. Luanne’s full name is…Luanne Platter. Outside of 10 states (8 in the Southwest, plus Florida and Tennessee) I suspect the reference did a Texas whoosh on most people.
An old supervisor used to say “If you eat at Luby’s your hair turns blue.”
There was a gunman/mass shooting at a Luby’s in the Kileen/Temple area a few years ago.
I once asked my grandma why do old folks always like to eat at Luby’s. Her answer to me was “Old people are fussy! You try and get two or more old folks to agree on one place; it aint easy!”
She was more or less saying one person might like mexican but the other would bitch and whine that it gives them heartburn or some crap like that. Gotta love old people!
In Brocton , MA, there is a restaurant that is popular with the senior set…it is a greek-American restaurant, which has great baked lamb. The reason (I think) that the seniors love it:
-prices are reasonable (important if you live on a pension)
-the portions are huge-most people share ONE entree
-the drinks arehuge-one manhattan there is the size of two elsewhwere
So, you can get a good meal and a cheap buzz…what’s wrong with that?
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I literally cried after I read that. HOW SAD!!! Now I’m going to be depressed for the rest of the day!
I have a confession to make.
I kinda like Luby’s.
Last year, when I was pregnant, I’d go to Luby’s for dinner quite often. I knew I could find somewhat healthier choices than what I’d find at a typical “restaurant”, and I could have as much, or as little, as I wanted, which is important when your appetite is on a roller-coaster from morning sickness. I didn’t have to pay for a huge meal I couldn’t eat, and when I was really hungry, I could pig out without having to worry about fat and salt.
Robin
We had Bill Knapp’s in Michigan, and they indeed went out of business a year or two ago.
What I think happened is that they messed with what had been a successful formula for them. They were basically the “old folks’ restaurant,” and they did a fine job of it.
Then they tried to go all hip and cool, with the slogan “That Was Then, This is WOW!” (I think that was it). What probably happened was that they alienated enough of the senior citizens that were their traditional customer base, but were not able to attract enough younger customers.
originally posted by SHAKES
<Fred Sanford>
"Man, I can’t eat that Chink food! It gives me gas!
</Fred Sanford>
Philly area: Friendly’s.
Ditto on the feeling bad for the guy who fell and cried.
I didn’t mean to bring you down, Breezy. It made me pretty sad when he told me about it.