Poll: Best chain restaurant "free" bread offering?
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This is tough. Not included but delicious is the focaccia bread at Biaggis and dip it in the oil and parm. Sadly, I can't have any of that now.
It's probably Red Lobster, but I haven't been in 15+ years. The wife and kid don't like seafood, so there's no reason for us to go.
I went with Olive Garden. I like the breadsticks.
I went with Olive Garden. I like the breadsticks.
I have eaten at restaurants on that list a grand total of four times in my entire life, and sincerely hope to keep it at that number. Twice at Cheesecake Factory, once each Olive Garden and Red Lobster.
That said, I vaguely remember Red Lobster bread being the best thing brought to the table for that entire meal.
That said, I vaguely remember Red Lobster bread being the best thing brought to the table for that entire meal.
Gotta lose more weight before my son's wedding. April 19 all bets are off. I might just go to all of these places that day.
Nothing if you can leave it at here and there. If you struggle with that it is best to just leave them alone until you can get a better handle on it.
They bust up the ketosis, at least that is the theory. I don't know if eating no/low carbs is the trick, or just eliminating a source of calories, or what. But virtually eliminating carbs has done wonders for many. I've been on keto for 4 days and and down 5 pounds. But, as noted in another thread, we're going dry in January, so it could be that too. Who knows.
Fair enough. Just works better for me to have some here and there, cutting them out completely never works. To each their own, good luck to ya.
Yeah, cutting back on carbs is fine. Cutting them out completely never works. There's nothing wrong with carbs in moderation, especially if you're active.
Agree long term. Absolutely. But if you have weight to cut, it works in the short to medium range. Once the target weight is reached, the trick is to find the right balance and to stay on top of it.
There used to be a place called Hops in Florida that had Yeast Rolls. Holy hell. I’ve been told Golden Corral now has them.
So...Golden Corrall
So...Golden Corrall
I've found that for me personally if I eat processed carbs I start feeling more hungry and having more cravings. If I just cut out bread/pasta/potatoes then I don't really have those issues. So for now I will just leave them alone most of the time. When I was in San Diego I ate what I wanted. Once I got home I went back to being strict. I paid for it for a couple of days because I had to battle the cravings. Now I am fine again. Just easier to leave it alone so that I can get to where I want to be.
In order:
Cheesecake Factory pumpernickel
Red Lobster biscuits (can buy them at Costco)
Texas Roadhouse rolls and butter
Cheesecake Factory pumpernickel
Red Lobster biscuits (can buy them at Costco)
Texas Roadhouse rolls and butter
When I was a kid, my grandparents lived in McPherson, Kansas. I would spend summers there. At the time (early 1970s) they had maybe 10,000 people in that town. The first "chain" anything they had was a Pizza Hut. You had to make reservations weeks in advance to get in there.
I hate to be the one to break this to you Trad, but grandma just didn't want to take you to Pizza Hut.
I don't know if Pizza Hut has changed or I have, but growing up in the late 80s, we actually loved going to Pizza Hut. And when they first rolled out their bread sticks that was marvelous. Now I think PH is gross and it gives me indigestion.
I could have very well typed the same exact post. No idea what happened to that place but it needs work. I remember something starting to change with the taste around the time the stuffed crust appeared.
Yeah that's about the time I'm thinking it went downhill. But before that I have lots of great memories of the families of our basketball team getting together during tournaments at Pizza Hut, ordering pitchers of soda, etc. Then at the end of the 80s we moved to the quad cities and Happy Joe's rocked my shit into the early 90s until I went to UI and then I got to taste real, glorious, chicago style pizza at Fitzy's and calzones from Sam's.
Different customers. Happy Joe's customers will pay for quality and shell out $20 to $25 for a large pizza, followed by a delicious malt from Whitey's. Pizza Hut regulars, not so much.
It's local to the Atlanta area (I think) but Provino's little rolls soaked in garlic butter are the bee's knees. We invariably have 2 refills in the course of a meal there.
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