“Underperforming”. It only makes sense to close them down. Keeping them open is retarded.
Having a bar helped them but the Scamdemic lockdowns likely killed them.
Bidungomics.
“”I feel like we are in the 1970’s again””
I was working at a very busy Safeway Grocery Store in the 1970s, and witnessed the insanity of Jimmy Carter and democRAT policies. While billions (trillions?) of barrels of oil and natural gas are just below our feet, an oil embargo threatened. We could only get gasoline on certain days. Back in those days, there were no scanners in the checkout. EVERYTHING was price marked with a marking gun. The price of everything was soaring, and Safeway actually hired extra staff to keep up with those price changes.
Ronaldus Magnus came along. Those of us in Kalifornia, when it was spelled California, were very familiar with Governor Reagan, and we knew what could be done. President Reagan’s first few years were difficult, but we stayed the course, Americans were inspired, and the Free Market proved once again the best avenue for wealth creation. Reagan and Rush have both stated that what hinders countries and causes more poverty is the unequal distribution of the free enterprise.
Re: restaurant closures. How many of these businesses are in democRAT run areas??
Wife was so excited to see them gone. After all, they gave her the worst case of food poisoning she has ever had in her life.
Today I learned that Applebees tries to compete with Waffle House. Unsuccessfully I’d say.
Applebee’s was pretty good in the eighty’s and ninety’s. Seemed like the food went downhill after 2000. Maybe they suffered from too many eateries that copied their success.
There are rumors that Applebee’s has much of their menu pre-made, frozen and mirowaved for the dinner plate.
The one here always has a full parking lot.
Took my British (Northern Ireland) wife to Applebees in the Netherlands not too far from my base in Germany. She decided she was going to see why the yanks liked “iced tea” so much, so since it was prominently marked on the menu, she ordered one. I informed her that she would need some luck finding actual tea in the glass. I must mention she is barely 5 feet tall and 95 pounds. She finished and was feeling pretty good and ordered another when I stepped away from the table. She finished it, and got mad when I wouldn’t get her a third one. If you want to know how the rest of my evening went, imagine a drunk Mary Poppins with Northen Irish anger issues.
Horrible food. So, bye
I lived through the 70s.
I’m thinking we’re reliving something a bit further back.
Like the 1770s...
My ancestors are spinning.
democrat years produce democrat results every time
Whuut? Not any I have ever been to. Applebee's and Chili's, yeah.