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I grew up going to On The Border and Olive Garden, and thought they were good.
I used to love Olive Garden in my 20’s. But now a decade or so later it doesn’t taste all that great and find myself avoiding it.
What changed for you?
I went to college and got more curious about local restaurants and different cuisines, and learned that there’s much better food out there.
… and now? What’s your go to?
There’s a small Indian restaurant near me that I go to often. I’m also a sucker for Saltgrass Steakhouse. I love their chicken fried steak.
Chili’s and Golden Corral.
Golden Coral has seriously dropped off since the late 90’s.
Once upon a time, Tim Hortons made their own donuts. Fresh, on-site, every day.
Whatever they’re serving today is a far cry from what it once was.
Everything they serve generally sucks now unless you’re a cardboard enthusiast.Five guys used to be amazing, but really felt like it fell off a cliff in my area. I’m also just eating out less. It’s so damn expensive and the food quality in general seems to be way down compared to the mid 00s to mid 10s. Maybe my tastes have changed, but I swear to God if we had a time machine, the food in like, 2011 would taste way better at many restaurants.
Subway in the 90s was kinda awesome. It was fast and wasn’t a burger place and it had the old brown and yellow subway wallpaper everywhere.
Then they kept expanding locations and the meat and cheese slicers disappeared.
Then they ran $5 footlong.
Then they kept running $5 footlong.
And kept running it. And the quality kept dropping and dropping so they could keep the price peg.
Now, it’s disgusting and costs way too much.
You couldn’t pay me to eat subway, now.
I feel like if you don’t like the sandwich you got at subway isn’t that kinda your fault since you’re the one who built it?
No idea man. I’ve refused to eat there for about 15 years.
The bread smells like plasticsizers, the meat reaks of nitrates, the lettuce smells like chlorine…it’s like bad prison food–is that my fault?
IHOP. Going there when I was a kid was such a treat, I would always get the huge pancake with the face on it that would take up the entire plate. The last time I went, which was several years ago, the serving sizes were so much smaller than before and nothing tasted all that great.
I used to love all their wacky pancake flavors, like the New York cheesecake or whatever. Tried it again as an adult and it was disgusting and way too sweet to be eating first thing in the morning.
Tim Hortons. Growing up in Canada they were an icon, good donuts made in store, good coffee, decent food at cheap prices. I would go there all the time.
Now they have tiny donuts, terrible coffee and they’re way overpriced for everything. Penny pinchers ruined that place.
Same. And they keep trying to do new stuff. I definitely don’t think of Timmie’s when I want a pizza…
I used to like KFC. But the level of dgaf skyrocketed at some point and had multiple times where I got raw chicken. They clearly stopped battering on site and we’re just refrying frozen/thawed stuff shipped in.
I grew up liking Pizza Hut and little Caesar’s, most chain pizza I dislike now. Papa John’s is hit or miss, but didn’t have it growing up as it wasn’t a thing and when it became a thing, cost too much
Many chains I avoid. Olive Garden for example, but it still gets busy where I live which is weird.
I do still like carabbas though.
Oddly enough Pizza hut in Asia taste and feel like late 90s early 2000s Pizza Hut, however I’m america is fucking trash
I honestly think some of these are supply chain changes. But a number of them are down to effort.
Maybe businesses don’t pay enough to have employees give a fuck. Maybe it’s bad management etc.
Another example is Steak N Shake. When I was younger it WAS cleaner. Service was better. Food was…better in that it was put together with more care and not just mashed together and slapped on a plate. I stopped going there a LONG time ago.
On the contrary Mcds seems to be a bit dirtier in some places but their food is so processed and simple, even with the employees hating you as a customer it’s still consistent. And that’s another place I rarely eat but with kids have been there more in the last couple years than I have in the decades prior.
Panera Bread and Burger King. I feel like both have become pretty horrible.
I used to go to Chipotle almost every day at lunch in high school. Their steak was always fresh, always had a kick, and was consistent every time. Today, chipotle is overpriced, cold, stale food 5/6 times you go.
Chipotle has definitely gone downhill in the past 10 years
Don’t forget about all the food poisoning
Subway. But now I find all the hole in the wall sub shops way better
Applebee’s used to be our go to late night spot, half off apps and solid drink specials, they have since only made half off apps a limited time thing once or twice and the overall food quality seems to have dropped a lot.
I always used to say “Applebee’s: when you want to pay $20 for food you can microwave at home”
In high school (80s) I thought Del Taco was great. Had some recently when I saw a DT and it was truly awful.
Even worse after they were bought by Jack in the Box.
Chi-Chi’s used to be so amazing. They went broke after a hepatitis outbreak, but someone bought the rights to the name in the benelux countries … those remaining restaurants just aren’t the same anymore. Their nada coladas used to be huge, but now they use smaller glasses and fill them only half-way. Meh.
