Restaurant chains

[lilduke]

It burns me to tip piss poor service…. Especially in an establishment where the prices are over inflated.

I’d much prefer a low key mom&pop shop and then tip 30% for a good server.
Typically a better meal, and the owner talks with a person, and serves with a smile!

FWIW- there’s a great little lounge type restaurant in south Calgary called FILO’s. Family owned, been there for years, low turn over of staff, try the Filo’s blonde on tap (its a beer, not the server…)

If it is real bad i walk out and dont pay chit. But if the food comes and it is edible i pay 20% tip.

 

[Dragonalain]

Screw the big guys , they were the first ones to cave into the bull chit


Mom and pop shops all the way for me

Better home cooked food anyways than pre cooked crap from a warehouse

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I always try to find the privately owned fancy restaurants. The type where the owner is seating you and asking how your meal was.


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[mclean]

Not a huge fan of chain restaurants. I can do a better steak at home for 1/4 the price of the keg. The other options, it's just mediocre food to me

 

[meierjn]

The small mom and pops in the rural Alberta towns are the ones I like to frequent. We don't get to them as much in the winter now that the boy is done hockey but in the summer on the bikes we tend to a lot. I used to have a thread on here I'd fire up every summer to discuss good little restaurants and pubs. Maybe I'll bring it back to life...

 

[Trukker]

Red Deer is like the abyss for chains to be crappy. Mr. Mikes, the keg, state and main all pretty blaaa for what they charge. I know the Keg in Edm, & Calgary seems much better than in Red Deer.

Red Deer has the Westlake Grill though

 

[snoflake]

Red Deer has the Westlake Grill though

Oh right, but one only can afford to go there on child Tax Day.

 

[Trukker]

Oh right, but one only can afford to go there on child Tax Day.

I'd rather pay you 80.00 to overcook my steak

 

[snoflake]

You would have to pay me to overcook a steak.