Not a fan of Backyard Burgers. Jimmy John's is okay. Whataburger is awesome, especially after drinking too much.
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Not a fan of Backyard Burgers. Jimmy John's is okay. Whataburger is awesome, especially after drinking too much.
Onion straws....Quote:
Originally Posted by bdub
I love their wheat buns. It has a sweet taste to it.
Griffs needs competition. The foods great, but I have a had time thinking of places with worse service.Quote:
Originally Posted by Choudawg86
I love their burgers. The bread is a big part of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by bdub
Is Ruston getting a Olive Garden?
Can anyone tell me what is going in on E. Kentucky near Sexton animal clinic? It's in the section for sale by TaylorMade.
That is a new one to me. Haven't heard that and don't know.Quote:
Originally Posted by techfan01
Saw that they marked some trees that were to remain and removed some other ones but have not heard anything lately.Quote:
Originally Posted by LT1
Nope - petition won't do it. This is governed by a statute that is entirely different than the one that changed what kind of alcohol could be sertved and what kind of business can serve it. The only way to chage the operating hours of local establishments within the city limits of Ruston is by vote of the City Council.Quote:
Originally Posted by qng001
Don't be so negative. There is actually a group of citizens working on this very diligently as we type.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sw
My understanding is they just cleared a few sections to make it more presentable to sell. Unless something new has popped up in the last few days.Quote:
Originally Posted by LT1
You're joking, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by bdub
There seems to be a gap in the ownership of the Whataburger franchises...to the west you have the Shreveport/Bossier franchise, and then east, you have the Vicksburg/Jackson franchise. NCLA and NELA seem to be wide open, AND PRIMED for an invasion of Whataburger.Quote:
Originally Posted by bdawg34
I say, BRING IT ON!
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Originally Posted by ChuckK3
I find it hard to believe the franchise territory is open between Bossier and Vicksburg.
I hate their burgers. The bread is a big part of that too.Quote:
Originally Posted by detltu
Which is why I said the franchise "appears" to be wide open...I hope that if someone does own the rights to the franchise in our area, they decide Ruston looks like a great Whataburger town and opens one up. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawgpix
Love whataburger and think you would make a killing opening one up. If i had the money 2 things I would open up. Whataburger and a Chipotle/Qdoba burrito.
Call 'em up...
Whataburger
1 Whataburger Way
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
ph: 361-878-0650 f: 361-878-0473 http://www.whataburger.com
Whataburger has more than 600 franchised outlets of their popular fast food restaurant concept. The units are typically open 24 hours a day and serve more than just hamburgers. Breakfast items, fajitas and chicken are also on the menu. Whataburger was founded in 1950. It is a privately-held company.
Forgot about the 24 hour thing. That would make a difference.
amen on the Chipotle burrito chain. its mexican subwayQuote:
Originally Posted by bluecrew
Where is the nearest Chipotle from Ruston?
Probably Dallas. Theres none in Louisiana, Miss. or Arkansas.
Not a fan of Qdoba or Chipotle. If you are going to do a burrito joint, do it right. Cafe Rio. http://www.caferio.com/ Best burrito franchise, bar none.
A taco joint also works. Taqueria del Sol is tough to beat in this category. http://www.taqueriadelsol.com/
If theres any burrito franchise that will come to Ruston, it will be Moe's (because there are a few in Louisiana already).Quote:
Originally Posted by Guisslapp
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Originally Posted by bluecrew
Freebirds >>> Chipotle or Qdoba
But Cafe Rio >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Freebirds .Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
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Originally Posted by inudesu
Supposedly theres a freebirds coming to Shreveport.
Moe's didn't make it in Monroe. Neither did it's generic copycat competitor in West Monroe.Quote:
Originally Posted by qng001
the best mexican/burrito joints are run-down hole in the wall mom and pop places.
honestly all chain mexican / burrito stuff is garbage
The best burritos are in the Mission District. Cafe Rio serves Mission-style burritos. May not be as good as those that you can get in the MD, but they are fantastic and nothing closely resembling garbage. Have you had it? I agree that Qdoba/Moe/Chipotle is no good. I am not really a fan of Freebirds, but it might be a touch better than the other mentioned chains on a good day. Kokopelli's in New Orleans was pretty good, but they had really interesting non-traditional burritos - like thai burritos and surf-n-turf burritos.Quote:
Originally Posted by CChandler
If I had money I would open a Red Robin. Would have to be along I-20, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluecrew
Moe's is horrible. I hated that place when I lived in BR. Thank goodness I moved to Houston, Mission Burrito is the bomb and is far better than Freebirds. It is just a local chain in Houston, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by RhythmDawg
Chipotle's is just bad, it was started by a dude in Colorado for crying out loud and blew up with a McDonald's investment, it doesnt get any worse than that. Qdoba is better, but I dont know if it is anywhere close to Ruston. I liked Cool beans that was in Shreveport, but it didnt make it. People like chains for some reason, especially for fast foodish type places.
Assembly line burrito joints are all the same. Only thing that is different is the meat and probably the rice.
I generally stay away from chain restaurants. Whataburger is the only interstate fast food joint I could see doing really well in Ruston.
I've never been, but Izzo's is pretty popular in BR.
Put a krispy kreme, chikfila and a target behind dowlings and I might not ever venture past tech drive. Ok and whatever taco/burrito joint you big city dawgs decide on.
I've seen there commercials but never eaten there. Is it like a Fuddruckers?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian96
How about we all pool our money together, we come up with a Board of Directors, and we franchise Dowling's Smokehouse BBQ around America. All of us share in the profits and we retire in 10 years after selling all our locations to The Brinker Group.Quote:
Originally Posted by JAY
The guy who created Izzo's has some serious copyright infringement unless he paid the guy who created Freebird's. From the accent brick walls, to the newspapers hanging on the wall, the place is exactly the same. It is insane. I liked Izzo's more, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by odysseus
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Originally Posted by Pitcherjlt
You might get some takers on that proposition.
Not true. Cafe Rio loads the burrito into a tin saucer, covers it with red sauce and cheese, and then runs it through an oven (like Quiznos). When it comes out the other side it is bubbly goodness.Quote:
Originally Posted by qng001
I like the burgers, and the atmosphere. Try to catch the Dawghouse most of the time I get back home. But the service is atrocious!!Quote:
Originally Posted by bdub
Which is funny because burritos are not even very common in Mexico.Quote:
Originally Posted by CChandler
Speaking of which you really can't beat El Jarrito in best quality Mexican food in town even though there are El Jarritos all over the place.
The old one on California, specifically. I love the chicken fajita nachos. I've heard the new one isn't too good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Juice752
I go to the one behind Canes all the time. I can't comment on much else but their fajitas are some of the best I've ever had. And their salsa is much much better than Old Mexico.Quote:
Originally Posted by odysseus
Yeh, the bread is sort of sweet, which I personally dont like at all. However, Dawg House wings are ridiculous, get that with some sweet potato chips and ranch. Down it with a beer. That is hard to beat.Quote:
Originally Posted by mentechsters
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Originally Posted by Pitcherjlt
Im in. We have to get Coach Mick in charge of our investor recruiting.
Let me know if you decide to explore franchising. It's an interesting idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pitcherjlt
A word of caution - My wife and have I traveled a lot. Many days we ask the locals for directions to the best BBQ in town. It's NEVER a franchise or chain they refer us to. It's generally a "hole in the wall" place owned by local people. I've had some good BBQ all over the country, but very few are as good as Dowling's. I'm not sure Dowling's great taste could be replicated by a franchisee. There are very few well known BBQ franchises and the few there are seem to be mostly regional.
I haven't been to Fuddruckers in about 15 years so I can't do the head-to-head. Red Robin has really good burgers, milkshakes, alcohol, and free refills on french fries, which are thick-cut "steak fries" seasoned with something akin to Lowry's.Quote:
Originally Posted by DawgFight71
Oh, and my kids really like the souvenir kids' meal cups. The cups have the measurement in ounces and accolades on the side. My 4-year-old significantly increased his milk intake when we started using those cups at home.
Red Robin (and our church) were the things I was saddest to leave behind when we moved from San Antonio last year.
The free refill on french fries is all I remember (and the seasoning). Haven't been to Red Robin in over 10 years, but I am glad they have kept that tradition.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian96
I've only been to Red Robin once, and that was in Montgomery, AL on the way back from our previous game at Auburn. It was pretty dern tasty, and I wish we had one in Baton Rouge. We did just get a 5 Guys a while back that I haven't tried, but I've heard that's a decent place. I dunno how well it will do though, because the one and only Mugshots from Hattiesburg opened across the street from it, mwahahaha!
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Originally Posted by Ktulu7
We are getting a 5 guys over here in Convington. I am pretty excited. The few times I have eaten there in DC or Baltimore it has been pretty good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ktulu7
The 5 guys we have here in Frisco is good. If you haven't eaten at one their regular burer is a double so if you want a smaller burger you have order down!!
The fries are killer:icon_wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by DallasDog
Yeah their fries are good. Everybody here is ready for the in and out burger to open. I am not even going to try and get close to that place the first week or so. It is going to pay for itself in about 9 months.
Cheddar's has been open in WM for several weeks now...maybe two months. I still refuse to go because the wait is over 30 minutes at a decent time of day.Quote:
Originally Posted by DallasDog
. . . and I don't know why.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
Isn't it amazing that folks will flock to chain serving bland food when we have so many great local eateries? Sheeple!:icon_roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgpix
Heard the West. Monroe Mohawk shut down. . . . Guess they never to the lighting dimmed right or could get the boxing gloves hanging from the ceiling just right like the original in Monroe.
I have never eaten at the downtown Mohawk but did try the new one once. The menu and food was very average to me. I had no desire to go back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgpix
Your loss. The Monroe store is so much better.Quote:
Originally Posted by trenteverett
Yeah a 30 minute wait would bother me most days, especially for a chain. On Thurs-Sat nights around here 30 minutes is average though, again wouldn't wait 30 minutes for applebee's etc, but on the weekends there are just too many people over here not to have a wait most places.
It's sad that some of the better mom and pop places over here have been put under by the chains.
I have eaten there quite a few times. Probably approaching how many times I have eaten at the Monroe one. I thought both were pretty decent but neither blew my mind. The one in downtown is somehow a classic part of monroe though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgpix
Ambiance makes all the difference. The food at both locations was EXACTLY the same, but the WM location just never quite had what it took. I went to WM as often as possible and hate that it did not make it. They hung on the longest among local eateries there. Locals just can't make it on the interstate strip.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgpix
aint that the truth. did always wonder if the walls once were white and that color is from all the smoke over the up'teen years its been openQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawgpix
went to the wm mohawk once right after it opened and the menu was entirely fried. Did they add to it? Because i thought i remembered the other one having plenty that was not fried.
Exact same menu.Quote:
Originally Posted by RhythmDawg
Chou, I heard one time from an inspector that the Monroe Mowhawk was the cleanest restaurant in town. The nastiest restaurant was a place we used to have lunch at every Friday.:icon_wink:
Rule of thumb...if the bathroom is nasty, the kitchen is nasty.
I really liked 5 Guys' fries, but thought the burger was pretty mediocre for what you pay. I've only eaten at In 'n Out once, but was very unimpressed.Quote:
Originally Posted by DallasDog
I have never eaten at either Mohawk, but I do know that being a "classic" can carry a mediocre restaurant. In Savannah there is a chain of locally owned restaurants that is, on its best day, mediocre, yet it continues to thrive and even open new locations.Quote:
Originally Posted by detltu
I think what killed the West Monroe one is that fact if you didn't know it was back there you would simply forget about it. Plus you can't replicate that old feel of the one in Monroe.
Agree on both counts. Out of sight, out of mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by DawgFight71
Does anyone know if McAlister's has opened yet at Tech?
Does anyone know what is going to be at the NE corner of Farmerville Highway and Burgessville Road north of Pinton's at the rediight? I've heard a "trailer park" or a drugstore.
LOL :laugh: I can assure you that it will not be a trailer park. Drugstore -- maybe. I could see that happening.Quote:
Originally Posted by CutiePie72
Do you really think Karl and the rest of the developers who are so heavily invested in that stretch would go for a trailer park? I sure wouldn't.
No, I would hope they wouldn't let a trailer park go there, but crazy things happen sometimes. I did look to see where the city limits are, and that is inside, so surely they won't let them put a trailer park there. If it is one, surely it'll be very upscale, if there is such a thing (sorry to any of you who may live in one). All we need on that busy corner is 10 million residents coming and going all the time. If it's a drugstore, I'm sure Fred's will be pleased.
I've been wondering the same. That piece of land it a lot larger than it looked before with the houses and trees. I'm glad all that is being built there, because it's only 2 minutes from my house.
Well, it makes more sense that it is a drugstore, you have the new Texaco/Arby's about to launch on the sw corner, the FNB branch/Eskimoe's/ Fox's pizza and the "Malone Towne Center" on the nw corner...I'm thinkin' NO trailer park there.Quote:
Originally Posted by CutiePie72
I heard CVS drugstore was a done deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by CutiePie72
Might as well put a trailer park in Malone's place at the rate it's going. Will they ever get started on that place?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pitcherjlt
Hadn't heard that for sure, but I did make the comment when I heard drugstore that maybe it would be a CVS since we had everything else already.Quote:
Originally Posted by redman
And, splicer, I live close as well, so I'm hoping it's something "I approve of" since I'd have to go by it everyday. :icon_wink: Yeah, pretty soon we won't ever have to leave that part of town. And we used to be in the sticks when we first moved that direction. It's so much better than it used to be 30 years ago, or even 10 for that matter.
Opened today.Quote:
Originally Posted by LT1
I have it on good 7th hand authority that it will be new Pilgrams Pride chicken houses.Quote:
Originally Posted by CutiePie72
Mccalisters had an hour wait all day long. Insane.
Wow, that is what a shiny, new toy will do to people. Not a huge Mccalister's fan, but I would have given a right arm to have places like that at Tech while I was there. Burger King and Taco Salad from the makeshift Mexican place and Chik Fil A were about it while I was on campus.Quote:
Originally Posted by dch028
Where's the McAlister's located?Quote:
Originally Posted by dch028
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Originally Posted by Dawgpix
In Tolliver
That's what splicer said on page 1, and I see someone else just posted Toliver.Quote:
Originally Posted by splicer
Go to any semi-busy intersection in America now days chuck a rock an any direction and the odds are good that you will hit a Rite-Aid, Walgreen, or CVS.
It must not have been that long ago since you were there. I was there three years ago and that is all they had. I walked through campus not too long ago and not much has changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by dhussdawg
I don't care much for fast food joints on campus. We got pretty girls at our school, let's not chunk them up.
If you're good, you might hit 2 out of the 3 (but you've got to chuck that rock pretty hard).Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
I'm sure those guys know about marketing, but doesn't that market seem to be over saturated? Are they selling convenience?Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
No they're selling overpriced drugs at a great margin.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
Must be a heck of a margin. Are you loaded up on drugstore stock?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgpix
No, but the first Walgreen's outside of Chicago literally put several local pharmacies out of business in Hot Springs in the 1960s, including the Rexall store owned by our family.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
I've always wondered why almost every Walgreens I ever see has a CVS across the street. I don't see why they always end up in the same places. I assume it's on purpose (by one or the other), but I can't figure out why.Quote:
Originally Posted by maddawg
It is on purpose.Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
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Originally Posted by Guisslapp
Why?
If there is already a Walgreens sitting there, does CVS think they can get some spillover RX traffic? Or vice versa? Or are they trying to drive the other one out of business? Does that work? Does it help both stores by making that intersection a "RX district" the way you'd have a bar district or museum district?
Could it be like Wendy's original plan? They always located a Wendy's in sight of a McDonald's franchise.