Golden Corral

[Chuck52]

The wife and I can't travel without going to Cracker Barrel. We've probably been in every one between the middle of Missouri and East Tennessee. Only hit one bad one, and that was in my old home town, and I think it was closed pretty quickly. They seem to vary only a little.
I think I've detected slight differences in things like the meatloaf.

Chuck

 

[Bird]

Chuck, sounds like we've had very similar experiences. Only one time was I disappointed in a Cracker Barrel and that was for breakfast about 50 miles east of Dallas. But as much as I like meatloaf at home, I never order meatloaf in any restaurant; too many different recipes and you don't know what you'll get. Maybe part of that is because I remember when I was 10-12 years old, the school lunchroom served meatloaf one day a week, and it tasted so bad that the only way I could eat it was to bury it in catsup and eat lots of bread.:laughing:

 

[Newblue]

Ate at Golden Corral once...never again. Their food triggers instant bowel movements.

I think the original one was in Shelbyville, IN and it was closed for health code reasons. It had the same effect on me too!

 

[Bird]

Ate at Golden Corral once...never again. Their food triggers instant bowel movements.

I think we all know that wasn't Golden Corral. There may have been a problem with that particular restaurant, or maybe the particular items you ate, but you can't logically blame the whole company.

Of course, I've only eaten at one Blackeyed Pea restaurant and it was so bad, I've never gone in another one. Logical? Of course not. But we all do things that way, don't we?:laughing:

 

[mjarrels]

We have a wood fired grill in town... I think they add MSG to everything. Ate there once and will never go back. There was a cataferia, can't remeber the name, in TN that was GREAT... Always looked for the name traveling I-40. Felt sorry for the cashier. Best damb food. Paid for what you got.

mark

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Management is the key! The Golden Corral closest to us (25 mi.) was unusable for a time until a young couple took it over several years ago. They have made it into one of the best places to eat in the area! :thumbsup:

We also like Red Lobster, though only occasionally (due to price). Last trip there (St. Joe, MO, 80 miles), service was way too slow. Manager came to check with us (without being called), we left with two free meals & apologies! There was a problem, it was taken care of! We'll be back! ~~ grnspot110

I didn't eat at Red Lobster for many years because of bad service, bad management. finally went to the local one, it was great. It comes down to local management. Haven't done GC for awhile either, it's just always busy, which is a good sign.

 

[kubob]

Wood Grill has soooo much variety and they have ribs, steak, big shrimp, catfish, chicken of all sorts, chinese, you name it... And their ice cream tastes better than most - always gotta top off dinner with a big ol' chocolate & vanilla softserve cone. Their buffet is similar to Golden Corral - we go to both.

 

[milkman]

Used to run across I30 in Arkansas and loved to hit Browns Cafeteria in Benton at breakfast time. They had a killer breakfast bar and the only place on the road I could find that had chocolate gravy on the food bar. You ain't lived till you've had hot biscuits and chocolate gravy.

 

[brin]

I think we all know that wasn't Golden Corral. There may have been a problem with that particular restaurant, or maybe the particular items you ate, but you can't logically blame the whole company.

Of course, I've only eaten at one Blackeyed Pea restaurant and it was so bad, I've never gone in another one. Logical? Of course not. But we all do things that way, don't we?:laughing:

Of course if they operate under the Golden Coral sign then it would seem, Of Course that you would expect standardized service. Of course they are a chain and as such one expects standards.

 

[Bird]

Used to run across I30 in Arkansas and loved to hit Browns Cafeteria in Benton at breakfast time. They had a killer breakfast bar and the only place on the road I could find that had chocolate gravy on the food bar. You ain't lived till you've had hot biscuits and chocolate gravy.

I've never eaten breakfast at Brown's, but I've lost count of the times we've gone to visit my wife's family in West Virginia and when we do, we leave to come home early one morning, so we can spend the night in one of the motels near Brown's and eat supper there.:laughing: The last time was May 21 of last year.

 

[milkman]

I've never eaten breakfast at Brown's, but I've lost count of the times we've gone to visit my wife's family in West Virginia and when we do, we leave to come home early one morning, so we can spend the night in one of the motels near Brown's and eat supper there.:laughing: The last time was May 21 of last year.

Next time you're through that way, try the barbecue at Sweet Peas, looks like a hole in the wall, but good food.

 

[Bird]

Next time you're through that way, try the barbecue at Sweet Peas, looks like a hole in the wall, but good food.

I don't remember seeing that one.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Haven't tried Golden Corral yet...but I know there's one locally (with 25-30 miles). Based upon y'all's recommendations, we'll give it a try.
I'm a sucker for Cracker Barrel though...great breakfasts and one of the few places that make good hash brown potatoes.

One down here in Frederick. I hear ya on Cracker Barrel, they are consistent where ever you go.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

We have a wood fired grill in town... I think they add MSG to everything. Ate there once and will never go back. There was a cataferia, can't remeber the name, in TN that was GREAT... Always looked for the name traveling I-40. Felt sorry for the cashier. Best damb food. Paid for what you got.

mark

I like that wood fired grill you got down there, if you're talking about the one across the street from Sheets, near costco.

 

[Alan L.]

We eat at Golden Corral most Sundays after church. Kind of got tired of it at times, but after a couple of months vacation we go back and its just fine. I like Saturday morning breakfast buffet too.

 

[deepNdirt]

You guy's ever heard of ( Poor Folks restaurant )? they used to be all over the south, very good home cook meals, I think about 6-7 years ago they started having problems and re-grouped and re-opened in a new name called
( Folks with southern.......) something or another I eat there when it changed but they had cut back on serving size of everything and took lot of good food off their menu, Now I'm not even sure if even in business at all?
I think the larger chain restaurants Applebe's .. Chilli's .. and a lot of the Pub/bar & grills have taken over.... There use to also be a place here in Ga.
called ( Charlie Williams ) Oh yeah! best food in the state, it was way back in the woods on an old Farm, raised there own Catfish and served fresh,only open weekends and was always thriving to serve what folks wanted, You name it he would get it, from Frog legs to crab legs, steaks & shrimp, etc,
Had a Waterwheel corn meal/ generator for power, was a Venture to walk around the place after eating your meal, it closed down about 7-8 years ago as well,
and started catering at private events, ....

 

[Bird]

You guy's ever heard of ( Poor Folks restaurant )? they used to be all over the south, very good home cook meals

Is that the same outfit as PoFolks?

 

[deepNdirt]

Is that the same outfit as PoFolks?

actually it is or was! it's been so long since seeing one around here I've started using correct terminology instead of their slang name
so Have you still got these out your way Bird?

 

[Bird]

Have you still got these out your way Bird?

Not as far as I know; don't believe they ever got this far west. I don't think we've ever eaten in any of them, although we may have seen them in our RV travels.

 

[RobertN]

There was one or two in the Sacramento area, but they closed years ago. They were around here in the late 80's or so. Ate at one a couple times. It was ok.

so Have you still got these out your way Bird?