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re: Worst Athens Restaurants?

Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:16 pm to
Posted by FinleyStreet
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:16 pm to
BBQ in athens surprisingly sucks arse. Jot em Down was good when it was in that dilapidated shack on the East side. Then they moved it and it tanked.
Posted by Damn Good Dawg
Member since Feb 2011
47325 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:17 pm to
our state in general seems to have been skipped over by the BBQ gods.
Posted by FinleyStreet
Member since Aug 2011
8000 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:20 pm to
quote:

our state in general seems to have been skipped over by the BBQ gods.


Agreed, once you eat BBQ in Memphis there's rarely a decent substitute.
Posted by Damn Good Dawg
Member since Feb 2011
47325 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:27 pm to
it's messed up, then you have charleston and low country food to our east, seafood to the south and what do we get, chicken and waffles? bummer man.

not that i don't enjoy both chickens and waffles
Posted by tween the hedges
Member since Feb 2012
20634 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:33 pm to
Dawg gone good BBQ downtown is great.
Posted by GXZ
Member since Nov 2012
52 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:41 pm to
Rusans. Every time I've gone it's tasted like doo doo
Posted by FinleyStreet
Member since Aug 2011
8000 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:45 pm to
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tasted like doo doo


gross.
Posted by S1C EM
Athens, GA
Member since Nov 2007
11594 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 1:15 pm to
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Rusans. Every time I've gone it's tasted like doo doo


I have to ask, but how you know what doodie be tastin' like, hmmm?
Posted by S1C EM
Athens, GA
Member since Nov 2007
11594 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 1:17 pm to
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fresh air bbq, awful


Which one? I eat at the one in Bogart from time to time and it's just fine. One of the few places that actually has true "stew".

Butt Hutt is where Jot 'Em Down moved to and people seem to like them, though their stew is not stew as far as I'm concerned.
This post was edited on 3/5/13 at 7:00 pm
Posted by gatorhata9
Dallas, TX
Member since Dec 2010
26185 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 2:35 pm to
Butt Hutt is pretty good.
Posted by mondegreen
Member since Sep 2012
270 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 6:44 pm to
I guess y'all are just picking on local spots, not chains? Ruby Tuesdays and Chilis are worst than anything else in this thread.

Wild Wings was terrible when it was downtown, but I don't think it's there anymore.
Posted by S1C EM
Athens, GA
Member since Nov 2007
11594 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 7:00 pm to
Last time we went to Wild Wings, the health grade was a 23. That was about 7 years ago. Nuff said.
Posted by DoubleDawg
Member since Oct 2011
168 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 7:02 pm to
Is there even a Ruby Tuesday in Athens?

If chains are included, then Applebees takes the top (bottom) spot going away. How it's parking lot is full every Thursday-Saturday night is a damned mystery to me. Its menu couldn't be more generic and its food manages to be both over-salted and bland at the same time.
Posted by K9
wayx....BOBO IN '19 &lt-- oops
Member since Sep 2012
26844 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 7:15 pm to
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How it's parking lot is full every Thursday-Saturday night is a damned mystery to me. Its menu couldn't be more generic and its food manages to be both over-salted and bland at the same time.


Same reason Honey Boo Boo is popular. People are stupid.
Posted by S1C EM
Athens, GA
Member since Nov 2007
11594 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 7:17 pm to
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Is there even a Ruby Tuesday in Athens?


No, but there's one in Winder. Go figure.

Frankly, as far as chains go, I don't think Chili's is that bad. Chicken Cripers with the Honey Chipotle sauce are good as well as the sweet and spicy chicken. Applebees has one thing on the menu I like (if they still have it). Otherwise, blah. Both have a version of the molten chocolate cake dessert which is pretty good.

Personally, I like Carrabba's.
Posted by S1C EM
Athens, GA
Member since Nov 2007
11594 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 7:19 pm to
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Same reason Honey Boo Boo is popular. People are stupid.


Well, it's a college town. 18-22 year olds will eat just about anything.
Posted by mondegreen
Member since Sep 2012
270 posts
Posted on 3/5/13 at 9:42 pm to
I meant to say Applebee's, not Ruby Tuesday's.

I've lived in Athens 15 years, and of all the things I've learned to do, ignoring chain restaurants is near the top to the list.
Posted by theoriginalpitbull
villa rica georgia
Member since Sep 2012
94 posts
Posted on 3/6/13 at 10:18 am to
Same reason Barak Hussein Obama was re-elected.

People are STUPID!

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