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| - The etymology of the phrase Claim Jumper suggests that you shouldn't trust this place - right? I mean would you really want a ride from a guy named Demolition Derby? I get this mental image of two guys sitting at a coffee shop at 4 in the morning, worn and tired from an all-night debate about whether to name their new restaurant Claim to Fame or Puddle Jumper - and then just giving up.
Every time I enter a new restaurant for the first time I half expect to get that sensation of walking into a casino for the first time, fascinated with all that's new and different and shiny, but unfortunately the reality is always dreadfully familiar when you walk into a chain restaurant.
Once again, as you open the menu you're hoping (beyond all hope) for something new, something exciting, something you didn't even know you wanted until just now. Then once again you find yourself disappointed by a menu that you're not even sure you haven't seen before. Sure sometimes they offer something that sounds different, but you've probably seen it at least somewhere else before.
After a few words from the server you would swear that this time that same-ole dish is going to be something really different, really unique, something revolutionary. A really great server at a chain restaurant has to be very convincing in their sales approach, and some of them are so good at painting a picture of uniqueness that, while you sit waiting for your food to arrive, you start imagining yourself as a regular here, a Norm so-to-speak - you almost want to walk around the room and introduce yourself so they can greet you as you walk through the door from now on.
Eventually, however, your food arrives and all hopes of becoming a local legend are dashed against the rocks of a bland pile of mashed potatoes and limp veggies. Oh sure it's not bad food, it has flavor, it has spice, maybe it even has a presentation that astounds. But when it comes down to it, all chain restaurants are pretty much alike.
Maybe you could even make an argument that some chain restaurants are better than others, but when it comes down to it they just don't compare. So if you find yourself inclined to rate chains against each other rather than "real" restaurants, you may think the Claim Jumper to be a rather good place with some rather good food and a decent offering of some non-standard fare...
...that is, if you are so inclined.
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