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i can't believe that I am going to an outback steakhouse in the city for dinner tonight to accomodate members of my husband's family who, apparantly, can't handle anything other than "basic, american" fare (it's also a location issue, but still!!!) I wouldn't even mind, really, if we were in the burbs and that was all there was, but there are tons of great places right in the area - and they're dysfunctional on top of this - help me!
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04.26.08, 10:54 AM [ Flag ]
- can't you take them to a real steakhouse?
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  04.26.08, 10:54 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- nothing wrong with Outback. I go there, too, once in a while.
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  - people visiting nyc shouldn't go there
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    04.26.08, 10:57 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - shouldn't? why?
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      04.26.08, 10:59 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - because there are much better options in nyc that are not available in their home town
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        04.26.08, 11:01 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - ita, bthey should be enjoying some GOOD ny food!
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      04.26.08, 11:00 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - like i said, i would not complain if it wasn't for the fact that it's being chosen over a zagat's full of wonderful restaurants - i'm just venting at what i consider the ridiculousness of it all - thank you for letting me vent
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    04.26.08, 11:00 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- You can take the in-laws out of the suburbs, but you can't take the suburbs out of the in-laws.
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  04.26.08, 10:54 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- My il's are lovely functional folks from a rural area. Dh and I are snobs. We practically pry them away from midtown and hard rock cafe to real cafes. I can tell they would prefer the huge chains though. Too bad. When in Rome....
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  04.26.08, 10:56 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - I'm the same way. We have a no-chains rule when our family comes to visit. : )
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    04.26.08, 10:57 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - op: now this rule i could live with - wish i could institute it in our family
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      04.26.08, 11:01 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - you sound annoying, controlling and pretentious
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      04.26.08, 11:01 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - But with taste....
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        04.26.08, 11:03 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - You sound whiny and insecure.
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        04.26.08, 11:03 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        hardly
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        04.26.08, 02:00 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        not forcing guests to eat at places they're not into isn't insecure, it's polite
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        04.26.08, 02:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - ITTTTTA
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        04.26.08, 02:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- I am a burb transplant and I swear the food in the chains in manhattan is actually worse than the same chain in the burbs. I've eaten at that Outback twice now and twice I've been served undercooked chicken
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  04.26.08, 11:19 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - ita, I got the best salad at a chain in FLA, but the same in NYC is overpriced and disgusting.
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    04.26.08, 02:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Why not just go to Smith and Wollensky of Blair Perrone or frankly, the Madison Diner at 53rd and 1st? Or even PJ Clarkes...same nabe, American food, better choices.
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  04.26.08, 12:36 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Have a drink and suck it up. It's easier for us to take my husband's hillbilly family to an outback which is relatively inexpensive than to waste significantly more money to have them be uncomfortable.
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  04.26.08, 01:59 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - hillbilly? you're awesome.
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    04.26.08, 02:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - alas, I'm not kidding.. they are barely functional, I'm mean, but they are pathetic
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      04.26.08, 02:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - true
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    04.26.08, 02:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- It's one meal. They are your guests. Let them enjoy themselves.
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  04.26.08, 02:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- LOL, I've been to Outback with my ILs, but only on their turf. They were, however, personally insutled by the prices at Bobby Vans when we took them there (even though we were paying), so maybe we should have just stuck with Ooutback.
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  04.26.08, 02:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- ugh -- that is awful. i'd be pissed
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Posted June 5, 2008 (50 replies)

can't you take them to a real steakhouse?

nothing wrong with Outback. I go there, too, once in a while.

people visiting nyc shouldn't go there

shouldn't? why?

because there are much better options in nyc that are not available in their home town

ita, bthey should be enjoying some GOOD ny food!

like i said, i would not complain if it wasn't for the fact that it's being chosen over a zagat's full of wonderful restaurants - i'm just venting at what i consider the ridiculousness of it all - thank you for letting me vent

You can take the in-laws out of the suburbs, but you can't take the suburbs out of the in-laws.

My il's are lovely functional folks from a rural area. Dh and I are snobs. We practically pry them away from midtown and hard rock cafe to real cafes. I can tell they would prefer the huge chains though. Too bad. When in Rome....

I'm the same way. We have a no-chains rule when our family comes to visit. : )

op: now this rule i could live with - wish i could institute it in our family

you sound annoying, controlling and pretentious

But with taste....

You sound whiny and insecure.

hardly

not forcing guests to eat at places they're not into isn't insecure, it's polite

ITTTTTA

I am a burb transplant and I swear the food in the chains in manhattan is actually worse than the same chain in the burbs. I've eaten at that Outback twice now and twice I've been served undercooked chicken

ita, I got the best salad at a chain in FLA, but the same in NYC is overpriced and disgusting.

Why not just go to Smith and Wollensky of Blair Perrone or frankly, the Madison Diner at 53rd and 1st? Or even PJ Clarkes...same nabe, American food, better choices.

Have a drink and suck it up. It's easier for us to take my husband's hillbilly family to an outback which is relatively inexpensive than to waste significantly more money to have them be uncomfortable.

hillbilly? you're awesome.

alas, I'm not kidding.. they are barely functional, I'm mean, but they are pathetic

true

It's one meal. They are your guests. Let them enjoy themselves.

LOL, I've been to Outback with my ILs, but only on their turf. They were, however, personally insutled by the prices at Bobby Vans when we took them there (even though we were paying), so maybe we should have just stuck with Ooutback.

ugh -- that is awful. i'd be pissed

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