FollowI’m easily impressed.
I’m a food connoisseur, but not like you would think. I’m an aficionado of simple foods. Where some people are impressed with obscure little French restaurants with five star reviews… I’m a fan of a large bacon burger at Chili’s.
Call me shallow, but I love ribs, burgers, Chicago style pizza and Costco hot dog meals.
But does my blue collar taste for food exclude me from being a fan of good food? I hope not. I just spend a lot less money than most people on my dinners out! When some of my friends dine out at Ruth’s Chris, for the price of one of those people I take my whole family out to Outback. 🙂
Today I passed a Ruby Tuesday.
Some might scoff at this restaurant, a mere Chili’s or Marie Calendars to many. But it holds a high regard in my book.
Our city didn’t have one so I discovered it on the road years ago. I was impressed with the salad bar and the burgers. But then I accidentally stumbled into something wonderful- the ribs! I’m a big fan of good ribs. But I rarely find them the way I like them. Ruby Tuesdays makes a fine rack of ribs, let me tell you.
My friend Tom King will vouch for me. Tom is a food snob (he knows it). He watches way to much Emeril and cooks better than most chefs. When the two of us were in Knoxville, TN a couple years ago I told him about Ruby Tuesday’s ribs. He laughed. I told him, “You just wait until you taste them.” First we went to an authentic TN restaurant and had their ribs. They were very mediocre. Then we had Ruby Tuesday’s ribs. Tom was pleasantly surprised. Far better than the TN rib place, that’s for sure.
So I indulged in ribs and hot wings at Ruby Tuesday’s again today. I called my son Alec just to rub it in. He told me he was going to hang up on me.
If you haven’t tried them… give em’ a try. You’ll be surprised.
Oh… but believe it or not, one opened by my house (in Folsom) and it was really bad. I was so disappointed. Finally a Ruby Tuesday’s close to my house, and it was way below par.
I guess you can’t win em’ all.
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You’re right. The ribs at Ruby Tuesday’s were better than most of the “rib joints” in Tennessee. Sad but true. Sorry to hear about the bad experience in the Folsom Ruby’s. Since the store is new, give them a month or so to work out the bugs then try it again. I will go with you if you want, but I’m not paying. 😉
DUDE! Ruby Tuesday’s rocks. I’ll have to go there again soon now that I have two cents to rub together, finally. I like their steak! Also Costco must be sorta like Aldi’s or Save-A-Lot and if so then I feel ya!