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Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:17 pm to Irons Puppet
Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:17 pm to Irons Puppet
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they gave he an option on which one she wanted. She couldn't have both per their policy.
They usually grant the mall and other locations no problem, there might have been other issues besides two locations. They are very strict as far as actual locations
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Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:18 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Not for long.........
Man, what an unexpected gem this thread turned into. I think everyone, on all sides of the aisle, realized Puppet was an ignorant moron a long time ago, so now it's just good times for all in here! Love the hipster rants, complete with pictures!
Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:20 pm to Irons Puppet
quote:I'm too chicken shite to eat that "cuisine".
There is a big Underground food area in China town, where you can get real Chinese food, not Americanized crap you are use to.
I'll go to Peter Luger or Sparks for real food before I chance my gastrointestinal system with that weird crap.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:24 pm to Irons Puppet
quote:Radius restrictions prevent them from pirating their own brand, so the same operator/owner couldn't build inside the radius area. But there are ways to work around that if the enclosed Mall is going down like most are these days. CFA realizes their freestanding locations will out sell an enclosed Mall location by 10 fold.
I knew a lady that owned one at a mall. When they decided to build a freestanding one less than a mile away, they gave he an option on which one she wanted. She couldn't have both per their policy.
This post was edited on 2/22/16 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:25 pm to thatthang
You and some of your fellow Cult following , arguing the culinary excellence of Ttown puts a new level to the word ignorant. Tom Cruise would be proud and can learn some things from you. Stay the course.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:27 pm to Irons Puppet
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culinary excellence of Ttown
I believe the entire argument about restaurants in Tuscaloosa started when you claimed the only restaurants there were O'Charleys and other chains.
So, nice try, but that isn't what happened.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:30 pm to Irons Puppet
Love you Muppet!
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Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:31 pm to Irons Puppet
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Cult following
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Auburn Fan
Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:35 pm to Irons Puppet
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You and some of your fellow Cult following , arguing the culinary excellence of Ttown puts a new level to the word ignorant. Tom Cruise would be proud and can learn some things from you. Stay the course.
Your tired old shite about Tuscaloosa having only chain restaurants was shot down quickly and you moved on to other topics when you started backstroking. Like comparing Birmingham's restaurants to Tuscaloosa, when no one brought Bham into the conversation.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:53 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Birmingham has really good options for a town of 1.1 million. Atlanta has really good options for a town of 5.6 million.
While I generally agree with this, I'd say Birmingham has a much better food scene than most other metros of around 1.1 million people. Much better.
Over the past 10-15 years, Birmingham has produced 2 James Beard Award winning chefs: Frank Stitt (Highlands Bar & Grill) and Chris Hastings (Hot & Hot Fish Club).
Atlanta (with its 5.6 million people) has produced the same number: Clifford Harrison (Bacchanalia) and Linton Hopkins (Restaurant Eugene).
All of the above awards were regional chef awards (South or Southeastern regions).
As for the National Awards (Outstanding Restaurant or Outstanding Chef), it is very rare that any chef or restaurant outside of about 3 or 4 cities ever reaches the JBF Finalists level. Birmingham's Highlands Bar & Grill has been an Outstanding Restaurant Finalist for seven consecutive years... which is unprecedented.
If you go back to 2011, only 14 restaurants have been a JFB finalist. Of those, 8 are located in New York, 2 are in San Francisco, while Chicago, New Orleans, and Philadelphia (along with Birmingham) have each produced one such restaurant.
And Birmingham has not been limited to just those 2 very famous chefs. Numerous other chefs and restaurants have been nominated for various JBF awards the past few years.
Since 2000, 5 Birmingham eateries have been nominated (or their chefs have been nominated) for a JBF Award: Bettola, Cafe Dupont, Highlands Bar & Grill, Hot & Hot Fish Club, Ollie Irene
Also since 2000, 8 Atlanta restaurants (or their chefs) have been nominated for a JBF Award: Bacchanalia, Cakes & Ale, Cooks & Soldiers, Gunshow, Miller Union, Restaurant Eugene, The General Muir, & White Oak Kitchen.
Considering the fact that Atlanta has more than 5 times the population, for Birmingham to have produced 5 such restaurants to Atlanta's 8 shows that Birmingham has quite the food scene considering its size.
Birmingham has a MUCH better food scene that most of the other metros close to its size: Grand Rapids, Oklahoma City, Hartford, Providence, Richmond, Louisville, Memphis, etc.
But Birmingham also has a much better food scene that a lot of metros that are much larger in size: San Antonio, Orlando, Tampa, Virginia Beach, Charlotte, Phoenix, etc.
In my opinion, if you are talking the true Southeast (SEC footprint + North Carolina and Virginia), only Charleston, New Orleans, Austin, and Atlanta have clearly better food scenes than Birmingham... and Atlanta is only better due to shear size.
Nashville has come on in recent years to give Birmingham a good run. They have clearly upped their game in the pat 5-7 years. But I would still put it on par with Birmingham. And while Dallas, Houston, and Miami have tons more great restaurants (because they are such massive cities), I would still put Birmingham's Top 5 restaurants against any of those cities Top 5 restaurants any day.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:58 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Atlanta is just a giant international city
I know folks in Atlanta like to think they are an International city, but when I think of Atlanta I think of it as more of a massive regional capital. The capital of the South. It may have the world's busiest airport, but its not really an international city to me.
When you visit cities like Tokyo, London, Paris, Singapore, Shanghai, New York, etc.... you realize just how international those places are.
For being the greatest country in the world, the US is still very isolated in a lot of ways. To me, the only real international cities in America are New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and Miami.
Washington is obviously the government hub. Boston, Atlanta, Seattle, Philadelphia, and Denver are all hugely important cities, but they feel more like regional capitals to me.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 5:06 pm to BHMKyle
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its not really an international city to me
Except it is, especially in business and travel. It houses more Fortune 500 companies than any where outside of Houston or New York. It is the American hub for countless other giant Fortune 100 companies (Porsche, Mercedes, etc). It has the largest airport in the world that 35% of all international travelers to the United States pass through on the way to their final destination.
I would agree, it is not Tokyo, London, Paris or New York (or Miami, which also would be on my list in that top tier), but it is very much like those secondary cities you named.
So, I agree that it isn't international in that it is a center of international activity like Paris or New York, but it is very much a city that is used to and caters to international business, travel and culture. When we go out to eat on the weekend or go to various in-town areas I almost always hear multiple languages being spoken on the train, in a restaurant, in a museum/park. My children now recognize various languages, European, African, Eastern Asian, and of course Spanish, and can recognize them based on their tone (they don't know the languages, but they somehow understand the cadences). My kids daycare and kids classes are filled with children of Asian, African and European descent (sons and daughters to first generation immigrants, mostly). There are not a whole lot of other US cities where that is the case.
This post was edited on 2/22/16 at 5:11 pm
Posted on 2/22/16 at 5:07 pm to BHMKyle
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Birmingham has a MUCH better food scene that most of the other metros close to its size: Grand Rapids, Oklahoma City, Hartford, Providence, Richmond, Louisville, Memphis, etc.
But Birmingham also has a much better food scene that a lot of metros that are much larger in size: San Antonio, Orlando, Tampa, Virginia Beach, Charlotte, Phoenix, etc.
Yep, I agree. Birmingham has great culture that is finally starting to peek it's head back out downtown. It has great bones down there, glad people are finally starting to realize it and revitalize it.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 5:10 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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SummerOfGeorge
What part of Atlanta are you in?
Posted on 2/22/16 at 5:13 pm to flyAU
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What part of Atlanta are you in?
Was in Decatur, now in Morningside waiting on a house to be finished in Brookhaven.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 5:18 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Was in Decatur, now in Morningside waiting on a house to be finished in Brookhaven.
Nice. Thinking of moving back to Brookhaven. Love it there.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 5:20 pm to flyAU
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Nice. Thinking of moving back to Brookhaven. Love it there.
Yea, we lucked into some land over there through our family or else we'd never be able to afford it. It's a great area, especially with us having small kids. In close enough, decent schools, MARTA, etc. I miss the transient grittiness and total free spirit liberalism (even though I'm not that at all) of the part of Decatur we were in (North Decatur, near Emory sort of) sometimes, but that's more for the non-kid life than once you have kids
This post was edited on 2/22/16 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 2/22/16 at 5:31 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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h our family or else we'd never be able to afford it. It's a great area, especially with us having small kids. In close enough, decent schools, MARTA, etc. I miss the transient grittiness and total free spirit liberalism (even though I'm not that at all) of the part of Decatur we were in (North Decatur, near Emory sort of) sometimes, but that's more for the non-kid life than once you have kids
I was going to say you must be banking if you are building a house there. I always like Decatur as well but it sure is not a short drive from Smyrna to Decatur. I also grew to appreciate Marta from living there. I am one of those that grew up in Cobb and believed I would get mugged if I ever stepped foot on one of those trains. Changed my tune fast when I realized I could jump on that and skip traffic to the airport and Falcons games.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 5:40 pm to PAGator
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Harlem has the finest 7/11s around
Bro, do you even Copenhagen?
Posted on 2/22/16 at 5:42 pm to RT1941
If Tuscaloosa only has chain restaurants, does Auburn have restaurants at all?
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