[Myrddin]

I usually eat the same thing 7 days a week at Chili's for dinner. It is on my commute path home and saves adding 20 miles to my commute for an alternative. On Monday night the place was deserted. Two tables other than mine. Last night was only a little better. Still most of the dining room empty. The manager had to send staff home early. If the pattern holds, I may lose another dining option. I lost Chevy's last year along with my favorite diversion at Borders. El Torito's modified the only item on the menu in a fashion that made it inedible for a gluten intolerant diet.

Depending on the tax impacts, I may be making even more adjustments to my dining habits.

[sanjuanbob]

Aren’t you a little worried eating at empty restaurants? I bet they’re serving days old food for their survival and your health could be at steak.

[Syntyr]

“I usually eat the same thing 7 days a week at Chili’s for dinner”

I would go bat crazy doing that. One time we had some Japanese customers over for a couple of weeks. The first day my manager told me to take them out for lunch. We went to a local place and I explained what chicken fired steak was. Well they all had chicken fried steak. They kept asking to go back day after day after day the same thing chicken fried steak.

After 9 days I was ready to never have chicken fried steak again. The last day I convinced them to go some place else. We talked about other items on the menu and every one seemed interested in this or that. Well when the waiter came the boss ordered chicken fried steak and then they all ordered CHICKEN FIRED STEAK.