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Will I ever learn? In a desperate attempt for fuel consumption last night, we ended up at Applebees. Since it was near 9pm, we wanted something light and something simple.
The waitress came fairly quickly, almost every 2 minutes throughout the selection process. It's been almost 8 months since we partook of their offerings and the Websters dictionary they were using as a menu took a rather long time to get through. Doubly so, since we were wrangling a tired sproglet at the same time. Throughout the night, her personality lagged from snappiness to downright rude by the end of the evening. -1.5
My partner ordered the Ultimate Trio (Boneless Buffalo Wings, Cheeseburger sliders and the Steak Quesadilla Towers) and the Fire Pit Bacon Burger. I'm happy to report that they have given up any pretense of correct levels of doneness and gone instead to a 'pink' or 'no pink' policy. I'm assuming that their line chefs were incapable of determining the springiness of the meat through their latex gloves. -.5
I ordered the Three-Cheese Chicken Penne with a side Cesar salad. Although the dressing was obviously bottled (it's Applebees so expected. The Penne was nice flavor wise, but runny. The chicken was in truth, fairly well done.
The Ultimate Trio was eaten with no complaints, except that their 'Special Sauce' on the sliders, seems to be their Hot Wing sauce. Or at least, that's what came on ours.
The burger arrived overdone on one side, and barely done on the other. The onion slice was the end outer ring and still had a piece of skin on it. The fries had been made prior, and were limp and soggy. The bacon and sauce were flavorless. He said the sliders were better made and better seasoned. -1
All in all 3.5 but I'm rounding down to a 3 for the waitress acting like it was a big imposition for my partner to get Cherry Pepsi (they don't carry anything cherry from the fountain, so they usually make him a Roy Rogers at the bar).
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