In praise of Olive Garden and Hampton Inn; praise YOUR lowbrow favorites!

[Anonymous]

Wawa's soft pretzels

Bakery Outlets (I don't think there are any in nova, but if you know, you know!)




It's kind of funny that some people have suggested $15-20 salad places, sous vide egg bites/Starbucks overall, Ritz crackers (for someone raised on store brand everything), and Giant grocery stores are low brow, but it's all relative!

[Anonymous]

McDonald's Filet o Fish is hands down my favorite fish sandwich. And now, it comes in a double version so it actually fills you up!

[Anonymous]

When I needed a job with hours to coordinate around the school day I cleaned rooms at a Hampton Inn. The standards are impeccable. Everything is thoroughly cleaned. I had to quit after 2 weeks because it was so physically exhausting but it changed the way I am able to clean my house.

[Anonymous]

aldi

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember back when that Playboy model Kendra Wilkinson said her impoverished family loved going to Olive Garden to celebrate special occasions when she was growing up. And then Olive Garden crapped all over her unsolicited endorsement of their restaurant chain because they claimed she didn't represent their values as a family restaurant?

Lower class families celebrating a special occasion IS Olive Garden's primary customer base. I was so turned off by Olive Garden's snooty attitude toward their customer that I haven't been to an Olive Garden since 2008.

You must be thinking of someone else, they don’t sound impoverished:

“ Born in San Diego, California,[2] Wilkinson is of English, Irish, and Ukrainian descent.[4][5] She has a younger brother named Colin. Her mother, Patti, was originally from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and had been a cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles. Her father, Eric, was raised in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and Ocean City, New Jersey, before moving to San Diego at age 15. He received a degree in biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego, and went on to found several biotechnology companies before retiring at the age of 48”

Her dad retired at 48!!

NP. I grew up kind of working class, and my dad retired at 48. He started working on the line at a GM factory at age 18. When he was 48, he'd put in 30 years and was eligible for retirement, with a pension. (He always had carpentry work on the side that became his full time thing after he retired from his GM job.)

[Anonymous]

I come from a large family and we’re financially all over the place from my SINK sibling who makes a high six figures to my Gen Z sibling who has been disabled since birth.

Olive Garden can accommodate all of us for graduation or birthdays and the cost is reasonable enough that we can either split the bill comfortably or not feel terribly beholden to the one person grabbing the check.

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Anonymous wrote:Texas Roadhouse and Longhorn serve amazing steaks!

I go out for a steak dinner for the steak AND ambience. I'm assuming the clientele and staff at a place like Texas Roadhouse resembles the average Walmart. No thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fritos - corn chips

I know a billionaire who considers them "the perfect snack."

Becaause they are! Salty + crunchy = perfection

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Anonymous wrote:Texas Roadhouse and Longhorn serve amazing steaks!

Those things go through me like grease through a goose!
On the way home, it's a boilin'.
And once I get in the door, it's a sprint to the commode.

But other than that, I like them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCUM is my lowbrow favorite.

[Anonymous]

Pizza King. It’s an Indiana Thing!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hotel: Staybridge Suites or Residence Inn. Some are very nice

Food: McD breakfast sandwiches are amazing. Culver’s chicken tenders.

Sausage mcmuffin is so good. No one else's even begins to compare.

I have a Parisian friend who is mostly contemptuous of American food ("so few people know how to cook a good meal for themselves"). But he praises the American breakfast and will even enjoy a McD breakfast. Unfortunately, I believe that McD has stopped their all-day breakfast menu and so he has nothing suitable to eat there after 11am.

Luckily they have McD's in Paris.

McD's has good food abroad too. On one trip to Paris I had McD's Caprese Salad 3x. Last time we got real hardback books as Happy Meal prizes. Once in England, we enjoyed an Indian themed promo at McD's and learned that regular fries are delicious dusted with a curry spice blend.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hotel: Staybridge Suites or Residence Inn. Some are very nice

Food: McD breakfast sandwiches are amazing. Culver’s chicken tenders.

Sausage mcmuffin is so good. No one else's even begins to compare.

I have a Parisian friend who is mostly contemptuous of American food ("so few people know how to cook a good meal for themselves"). But he praises the American breakfast and will even enjoy a McD breakfast. Unfortunately, I believe that McD has stopped their all-day breakfast menu and so he has nothing suitable to eat there after 11am.

Luckily they have McD's in Paris.

McD's has good food abroad too. On one trip to Paris I had McD's Caprese Salad 3x. Last time we got real hardback books as Happy Meal prizes. Once in England, we enjoyed an Indian themed promo at McD's and learned that regular fries are delicious dusted with a curry spice blend.

The shrimp burger in Japan is to die for. Instead of fries I got a little salad with sesame dressing plus the mcdonalds coffee that is great even in the US. I could have eaten that for lunch every day.
Truly lowbrow: my family eats OnCor frozen chicken parmesan probably twice a month with pasta. When I first started buying it in 2012 it was sold at the dollar store!

[Anonymous]

I am very excited chi chi's is returning!!

[Anonymous]

Wendy's spicy chicken always slaps.