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Red Lobster could file for bankruptcy this month following the closure of 50+ stores: WSJ
business insider via msn ^ | 5/14/24 | (Hannah Getahun)

Posted on 05/14/2024 6:39:00 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19

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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Yes. I visited Boston and had a meal at Durkin Park (I believe that was the name). Now that was seafood!


21 posted on 05/14/2024 7:37:17 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Give us your recipe for Lobster Roll.


22 posted on 05/14/2024 7:39:45 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Celtic Conservative

My restaurant used to be the one we went to celebrate anything worth celebrating.

The food sucks. the atmosphere sucks and just not worth it anymore.

No more good fish restaurants that I know of.


23 posted on 05/14/2024 7:49:39 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: cherry

>please let Texas Roadhouse survive..<

YES!


24 posted on 05/14/2024 7:50:31 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan
Being a native coastal New Englander I am of course biased, but Red Lobster’s seafood was terrible.

Red Lobster, “where we prepare seafood as if we were cooking a bottom round steak.”

Pure, unadulterated dreck.

25 posted on 05/14/2024 7:53:04 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
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To: Celtic Conservative
Last time I was at Red Lobster was probably 18 years ago. Popped in for lunch. Very disappointed in the building...it looked dated.... and just the overall meal.

And that was a prime date spot back in the day if you wanted to impress a gal.

26 posted on 05/14/2024 8:23:12 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

[Being a native coastal New Englander I am of course biased, but Red Lobster’s seafood was terrible. Never went into one again after my first try]


Being supplied from the other side of the world presumably did not help with freshness


27 posted on 05/14/2024 8:26:53 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

I live in catfish country so real saltwater fish is something of beach vacations except for Red Lobster.

One of the two locations across the river in Columbus, Georgia got some negative publicity for one of those phone-recorded brawls that break out in places like Chuck E Cheese (I was not involved ... that time). Both locations are still in business.


28 posted on 05/14/2024 8:40:14 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (Saludemos la patria orgullosos)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Red Lobster is the K-mart of restaurants.

I am surprised they are still around.

Seems like they stopped advertising in 1978.


29 posted on 05/14/2024 8:46:34 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: RomanSoldier19
The restaurant problem can be blamed on the surly and defiant attitude that their workers exhibit toward customers.

If you’re going to be disrespected and abused, you might as well stay home.

30 posted on 05/14/2024 9:03:28 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: Reno89519

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31 posted on 05/14/2024 9:06:11 PM PDT by Mears (mary ridge)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

I loved The No Name Restaurant for sea food.

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32 posted on 05/14/2024 9:10:47 PM PDT by Mears (mary ridge)
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To: Brian Griffin

You may not know how corp america works, but when you get bought/sold a few times, you usually end up with *more* debt than when you started as leverage is part of the gameplan


33 posted on 05/14/2024 9:14:55 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: MinorityRepublican

Personally, I prefer independent Mexican restaurants.
The quality is there. And the prices tend to be reasonable.


I find that no longer to be true. A decent Mexican dinner for two around here used to come in under $30. Last couple of times it was a bit more than $60. But, of course, I don’t blame Brandon, it’s the greedy Mexican restaurateurs. /s


34 posted on 05/14/2024 9:17:02 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: Huskrrrr
Durkin Park

Durgin Park. World famous for well over a century. Superb steaks and seafood, but expensive. I heard that it closed a few years ago. I also heard that Jake Worth's is closed. Legal Seafood may still be there. Left Boston in 1977, have never gone back.

We loved a place on the wharfs called the "no-name" because it literally had no name and no sign. Workingman's seafood. Cheap, big portions, open 24/7. My band would sometimes go there at 3 AM after a gig. Its' best feature was that the fishing boats unloaded right into the back of the place. Fish has to be fresh, but everything at Red Lobster was frozen.

35 posted on 05/14/2024 9:17:29 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Ditto!


36 posted on 05/14/2024 9:21:13 PM PDT by RicardoC ( NH TOO)
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To: Jamestown1630
Give us your recipe for Lobster Roll.

Lobster roll was for tourists. I never ate one.

37 posted on 05/14/2024 9:21:59 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: RomanSoldier19
Way back in the 80's I remember that most dishes on Red Lobster's menu were fried and the prices were reasonable for a family of four out to dinner.

Then PC invaded the food world and everything was grilled, baked, or boiled... and the prices went through the roof.

Red Lobster became the Penney's of sit-down dining: Too expensive for the average family, and too down market for the well-to-do.

38 posted on 05/14/2024 9:37:34 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: TribalPrincess2U
Our daughter and boyfriend swear by "The Dead Fish" in Crockett, CA. I haven't eaten there yet, but they love it. It's right on the Carquinez Strait.


39 posted on 05/14/2024 9:40:24 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: RomanSoldier19

I went to a local Red Lobster about 3 weeks ago. First time in about 3 years. Average menu items were around $30. I ordered the Admiral’s Feast—essentially all items deep fried. I was looking forward to their cheesy biscuits, which I really liked 3 years ago, but they didn’t arrive until I was about 3/4 ths through my dinner, and they were cold when they did come. The Admiral’s Feast was only so-so. The worst part was later that night I had food poisoning and was barfing my guts out for 4 hours. Maybe I should get in line before the bankruptcy gets too far along.


40 posted on 05/14/2024 10:45:54 PM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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