We will miss you Red Lobster

I love Red Lobster, though I've only eaten there three or four times.

I have one Red Lobster story.

I have a low hot food threshold, probably due my ancestors being potato eaters, however I refuse to acknowledge this.

We went there when they had all you could eat shrimp and one of the plates I ordered was spicy habanero shrimp or something like that, I was eating them, turning red, drinking copious amounts of water and was determined to finish them. The waitress, kept bringing me water and at one point, bless her heart, seeing how red I was getting, politely asked if I wanted to switch the plate out with something less spicy. Being a stubborn dummy, I ate them all.

I never ordered that again but I did enjoy it every time I went there.

This is how I remember feeling:

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I ATE THERE ONCE...AS A FAVOR TO A FRIEND....I HATED LOBSTER...THE GIRLFRIEND OF HIS GIRLFRIEND HAD HORRID TABLE MANNERS AND I LOST ALL INTEREST...I ENDED UP EATING EVERYONE'S TURF AND DRINKING FOUR BEERS.



THE RESTAURANTS NAME MAKES ME THINK OF HAPPY GILMORE THOUGH....THAT'S A COOL THING

My nearest location is still open.

I've never really cared for Red Lobster, although I do like their biscuits.

My friends really liked it and wanted to have an anniversary/borthday party there. There wouldn't do a reservation, nor would they push tables together. So we could sit separately, or just wait. I think they waited 4 hours for the freakin table. This was pre cell phones, so we waited around outside. If it wasn't that I was young and wanting to be part of the party I would have left. They did bring us biscuits a few times outside, but that just really pissed me off and I haven't been back.

I remember the first time I ate at one, it was the early 1980s in a Bay Area (California) suburb. I was a bit shocked as it was the first time I ever had to wait to be seated, the place was packed! I had never experienced a restaurant so full, so busy. I chalked it up to life in the suburbs.

Only thing great about this place was the cheddar biscuits. Their seafood was nothing special imo.

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