My grandmother always insisted on going to somewhere like Olive Garden or Applebees when I’d go have my regular visits with her. Never understood it, but it made her happy and she didn’t like trying new stuff, so not a big deal. I feel like Boomers have got to be the only people left keeping these places afloat. I don’t know a single person blow 50 who eats there.
There’s a large swath of people who never try anything new. They’d visit somewhere 3000 miles away and eat at somewhere familiar like McDonald’s/Subway etc.
Checking out foreign versions of American fast food chains can be pretty fun. Their menus are often changed a bit to suit local tastes. Don’t get me wrong, I won’t turn down any chance to eat at a local hole in the wall, but I’ll make a point of getting something from a McDonald’s or KFC that they don’t offer back home at least once if I get the chance.
My grandmother always insisted on going to somewhere like Olive Garden or Applebees when I’d go have my regular visits with her. Never understood it, but it made her happy and she didn’t like trying new stuff, so not a big deal. I feel like Boomers have got to be the only people left keeping these places afloat. I don’t know a single person blow 50 who eats there.
There’s a large swath of people who never try anything new. They’d visit somewhere 3000 miles away and eat at somewhere familiar like McDonald’s/Subway etc.
I’m interested to see if that happens to me as I get older.
Right now my policy for trips is “no chains”.
Checking out foreign versions of American fast food chains can be pretty fun. Their menus are often changed a bit to suit local tastes. Don’t get me wrong, I won’t turn down any chance to eat at a local hole in the wall, but I’ll make a point of getting something from a McDonald’s or KFC that they don’t offer back home at least once if I get the chance.
Probably why there’s an Olive Garden in Time Square