Just a tip: 95% of the time you are eating frozen shrimp at restaurants. Every restaurant serves frozen food. All seafood is frozen at some point. Not necessarily a bad thing. Just a necessity because the sheer amount of labor it would take to run a modern kitchen without freezing of certain proteins.
I live close to a beach where there is this place that is a seafood market. They also have a restaurant in the back. Best seafood i've ever had. The bigger restaurants along the beach use frozen according to a waitress friend of mine, but this place gets fresh seafood daily so they don''t have to freeze. its awesome
@@steveosk8s Yea. Don’t ever eat warm fish. I once had the worst stomach pain ever, turned bright red and itching all over, then passed out on the floor and shit myself all over. It began an hour after eating warm fish. The first I knew something was wrong was my tongue started tingling like I ate something spicy. The reaction only lasted a couple hours, but I thought I was going to die.
I've gotten used to Finn having some pretty awful hot takes, but he went straight up nuclear for this one. Olive Garden being S, Red Lobster being C, IHOP being worse than Denny's, and Chinese food being awful? Finn's off the deep end
You guys must like ska music, because e everything I love finn hates. I'm convinced he's just trolling, cause who can love shit like olive garden and not love pancakes??
I came to say the same thing!! I was like yoooo how can the only 2 options I cared for Denny's & Ihop be F-Tier???? I agree with the red lobster situation the biscuits are what makes that place good. However, as far as IHOP & Denny's those are the only places I still eat from because they are reliable for late-night food it's not great but it hits the spot & after a killer show, it definitely fulfills the cravings.
"One does not go to Denny's, one ends up at Denny's" Our gang's motto back in our late teens/early twenties, when we would party 4 out of 7 days of the week, those were dark days 😅
those hashbrowns and moons over my hammy had to have coke in them, but they were 24hr and allowed smoking and didnt ID, though Barbara knew we were garbage teens to broke to tip. So many post crappy punk shows spent there...
I was wandering around Chicago on January 1st many years ago and it was very cold. I wanted to find a particular German restaurant, but everything was closed, because January 1st. So I was freezing to death, starving, and I wandered around a corner and there was a Panera! I have no words for how wonderful that was.
Texas Roadhouse my guy. Golden delicious rolls with cinnamon butter, followed by one of the best house salads in the game. And for the main course, sirloin and baked potato. tried and true. Then back to the house in the suburbs for a Sunday afternoon nap.
Finn: I hate mom n pop hole in the wall places, I'd rather go to a big chain restaurant. Also Finn: Yeah, the food at pretty much all the big chain restaurants is vile.
Dennys is bad but in my town we had a regular dennys and then we had a completely unrelated random diner called Dennys that had no connection to the chain…and it’s absolutely amazing. If that random little diner became a chain and overtook the big Dennys chain I would be happy because their food is S tier
Applebee's had a great hack for 22 year old me. They did the half off apps after 9, and on Mondays they had 5 dollar pitchers of beer. You could get a plate of nachos and a full pitcher of beer to yourself for 15 including tip.
You know Finn, I’ve stood by you for years… controversial opinion after controversial opinion and I may have disagreed with you but I respected you However putting dennys on the “F” tier is something I don’t think I can forgive…
Denny's is a franchise. The quality changes from place to place. The one in my city is decent and the staff are great, but i will not set foot in one just 5 miles from me because its like a different restaurant. I always get when people hate Denny's because that's the fate of franchised restaurants
Finn craves mediocrity. With a side of bread. And that wet dish rag smell on the table. I am now that mom who goes to Panera because my kid wants a bread bowl that she’s not going to eat filled with Mac & Cheese. Good times.
Ugh, the wet dish rag smell is bad. Something even worse that I've been trying to explaing to people for years (but apparently I am the only person who can smell it) is the wet/previously wet conveyer belt smell at a grocery store
Aside from the cheesecake itself, Cheesecake Factory food isn’t actually frozen, contrary to Finn’s belief. Everything is made in house, surprisingly. Cheesecake itself is actually meant to be frozen, and many bakeries also freeze their cheesecake as well.
They have dishes that have over 100 grams of saturated fats and 3 days worth of sodium. You would be better off going to McDonald’s. The food is horrible for you.
I recently had salmon at olive garden, the Salmon was S tier, no lie. I didn't expect that at all but they nailed it for me and I've eaten a lot of salmon
If there is one thing I haven't grown out of, it's gatekeeping Panera. As a St Louis native, it's still known in my area as St Louis Bread Co. and I never fail to point that out to people. It's a wonder that I still have friends at this point.
The biscuits at Red Lobster are so good that they are the punchline of almost an entire episode of The Boondocks. man...I miss that amazing show. RIP John Witherspoon
Have a buddy that unironically eats at Denny’s. It could be like “hey dude where you wanna go eat” and he’ll say “idk Denny’s maybe” I’m like “bruh it’s 2pm on a Saturday”. He’s the homie but dude is a different breed I’ll just say that
IHOP & Dennys is so bad it’s needing to hit the bathroom immediately after the meal in the dirty restaurant stalls rather than say Applebees where your stomach allows for a little digestion time before hitting the bathroom in your home
you ask how we execute that many menu items at TCCF. as a linecook my answer is sleep deprivation and drugs lmao each position has like 35-40 different dishes to memorize
My BF was exposed to Hepatitis at Red Robin in Idaho. He had to go get a SERIES of vaccines after it was found out a worker there didn’t… properly sanitize their hands and had already exposed others to it 😬
1~ Jimmy's Buffet: Real Parrotheads also love their Cheeseburger in Paradise. 2~ Denny's has great Ranch Dressing that kicks the crap outta Hidden Val. An ex-employee told me it comes in a powder that they mix w/water. So anytime you go to a crappy place w/good Ranch good chance it's the powdered stuff. I pray one day they make it available to civilians- it's the only Ranch I like- I'd sip on it. 3~ "When you're here, you're family." S tier marketing via catchphrase.
IHOP and Applebee’s should’ve been higher in my opinion, but everything else is SPOT ON… especially the analysis of the various breads and the Panera chips hahaha
I don't know what it's like where you guys live, but here in Utah, Red Robin is basically the new Chuck E Cheese. Mormons bring their family of 14 to dinner there, share 6 meals so they can mooch the fries, and instead of there being a jungle gym for the kids, they just let them run around the restaurant!
Go rent the movie “Waiting” think office space for chain restaurants .. such a perfect movie for those who have worked in these places in my top 10 all time comedies
The Sunday morning dream of going to Waffle House for a straightforward meal and nice cup of coffee then going to Lowe’s to get some mulch and check out their sale on work gloves.
Applebee's is the template for chain bar and grills. We got one back in the mid 90's and it was like the place to be for a good decade or so, then it kind of dropped off. I think the demographic moved over to Perkins....
@@WC_Beer_Reviews I’m not trying to be creepy or anything, lol. I’m from Michigan so almost anytime I’ve left the state I drive through Ohio, & they’re the only state I recall ever seeing a “Perkins” at.
if you took that same pasta dish from olive garden and told him it was from a restaurant that he likes he would instantly say "look how amazing that looks"
I haven't been to a Denny's since 1997, my family had an experience of really bad service and the food wasn't nearly good enough to justify it. I've avoided the place like the plague ever since.
Funny story about IHOP- i live nearby one and every time I've gone in that area the parking lot is always empty, like not even the employees are there. The worse part it's always vacant, any time of the day, everyday, EVEN IN THEIR HAPPY HOUR TIME. And yes it does have a crackhead vibe too. The last time my partner and i ate there we had a feeling like we were in the Backrooms diner dimension.
Also another fun fact, Red Lobster isn't a part of Darden anymore! I forgot why but they're not with us, Cheddars was recently added to the family though!
North east has Perkins which is god tier Denny’s… Also where I grew up, right outside Scranton PA, there’s a massive Italian community and you can get incredible Italian-American fare everywhere. When they opened an Olive Garden there was literally a line around the block for months. Unfortunately this also speaks volumes about where I come from. Andes mints the bomb though. To be fair, the wings in the area are also on another level and no one would ever step foot in a Buffalo Wild Wings unless the kids wanted to play arcade games.
I want to see a Red Lobster commercial with this clip of Finn ''Have you ever had these fucking biscuits? the FUCKING BISCUITS??? holy shit! These biscuits are fucking incredible. I wanna starve myself for like 2 weeks and just go eat a fuckin laundry basket full of these goddamn biscuits because they're absolutely fucking incredible.''
That CPK needed a trigger warning for me, I saw All Time Low in like 2012 at a hot topic in-store there and we def went to that CPK. Hot Topic also interviewed us and made us all say “we love hot topic, we love all time low!!”. I still have PTSD.
I agree with your synopsis of Olive Garden with one major exception. I love the salads, but I also love black olives. You get this whole huge bowl of salad but only two friggin olives??? It's in your friggin name! Two olives, do not a garden make. Sorry, just had to get that out.
LOL! Cilantro is actually a small chain of restaurants here in New England. Fast food style tex-mex (like Moe's or Chipotle) that serves alcohol as well.
Here in Cincinnati in the late 90s my Dad would absolutely terrorize and annoy the hell out of the waitresses at Red Lobster, asking for the cheesy biscuit recipe, after trying for what seemed like a year or so. A nice younger lady finally broke down and gave him the recipe. He made them and it was spot on, soooo damn good.
All of a sudden my until now meh day feels very accomplished now that I've watched this. Important indeed. Educational even. Elevating, enlightening. Transformative. Transcending. Ah...
The last time I ate at the Cheesecake Factory was in 1978. It was great. They only served cheesecake back then. The best cheesecake I’ve ever had. I was pregnant at the time which might have made the cheesecake better at the time. 😄
No mention of Hooters? Oh, that's right, there aren't any in WA state anymore. There used to be one on Lake Union in Seattle when I lived there in the 90s, but when I went there recently, it was gone!
One of my favorite childhood memories was going to Olive Garden followed by LOTR Two Towers opening weekend. My entire family are lifelong Tolkien fans (my dad actually lived downstairs from him for a year when he was in college just before Tolkien died) but we had second row seats in a huge theatre and everyone ended up falling into deep breadsticks comas and we had to go back the next day to see the whole thing without falling asleep.
I only like Denny’s cause my grandfather who passed away recently always took me there early in the morning before fishing trips because that was the only thing open. So for the memories I like Denny’s
Cracker Barrel = food for Gods though. This is honestly my favorite video of yours. And your take on Red Robin and the wife situation is spot fucking on.
Don't know if you've been. McCormick & Schmicks is the BEST chain seafood restaurant. It's upscale ish. I'd compare it to Ruth's Chris. But it's worth it. No matter where it's located they fly seafood in fresh daily. Menu changes weekly. It's about the same price range as Cheesecake Factory. Pappadeux's is another good one.
No Chili’s? I am in disbelief Finn. Chilis goes hard. They got the entrees and the crazy drinks. And it’s not over priced. A chain tier list with no Chilis is like a tool belt with no hammer 🔨
Bro I just went to a new IHOP near me last weekend and it was pretty good. For 3 people it only cost us about $70 CAD ($53 USD). The wait time was horrendous cuz it's new and the closest one is hours away in Niagara Falls so it's also way more expensive there. If it weren't so busy, It would get a solid thumbs up from me cuz the food was tasty.
Yeah I don't get his take on that one. You can't really screw up pancakes, and even if they aren't the highest quality in the world they are still delicious. The other non-pancake food I've gotten there has been decent, though standard. I would throw it in C tier
