Living in Florida by some of the best seafood restaurants on Earth, I never seriously considered ‘Red Lobster’ as a ‘great’ seafood restaurant. It was just one step up from Captain D’s or Long John Silvers......................
Wow. This article quotes the chief executive as lamenting the lack of black patrons and lack of marketing towards that demographic. Are we talking about the same Red Lobster???
First of all, that is a train of thought only a foreigner and someone of wealth/and higher education comes up with. Red Lobster wasn’t ruined from endless shrimp, and any honest server would tell you the chain declined from increased black patronage!
Blacks, for some reason, claimed ownership of sorts over Red Lobster dining rooms. Dominating the dining space, always present, always rude and never tipped the servers. The no tipping is a trademark of the black community and is nothing unique to Red Lobster, as I can personally attest as a server in my youth back in the 1990’s.
Blacks require an extraordinary amount of attention from the server and cooking staff, to such an extent that it does affect the rest of the patrons in various ways, particularly less attention from staff.
Only corporate would come up with the lame brain idea that MORE blacks are the answer in any restaurant, when at the street level, the waiters and chefs would never in million years want that. Believe me, it’s a massive victory just to get any black patrons out of the restaurant without incident. You already know they aren’t going to tip, so you’re being super nice and attentive just to pray they pay their bill and leave without shouting or complaining about the food.
Blacks ruined Red Lobster, yeah I said it.
I recently had Red Lobster for the first time in about 35 years. It just wasn’t good. Clams were bad. Scallops and shrimp were no better than the frozen items you can get at the supermarket. I’d rather have Long John Silver’s. Even Culver’s fish is better (actually Culver’s fish is better than Long John Silver’s, but I haven’t had any other seafood from Culver’s.)
How are the prices? Are they affordable? How about the fresh oysters?
That’s absolutely how I feel, too, and felt when I lived there. I think I’ve only been in a Red Lobster twice in my whole life, as a teenager.