Peanut Buckets Coming to DAWGTOWN

[dawg80]

Golden Corral (never went and probably never will) is opening back up in the same location in WM.

Golden Corral is disgusting. Not because of what they do, but because of what the customers do. Have only "dined" at a GC twice that I remember and only because the folks I was with insisted on going, but OMG! people can be disgusting pigs and those people all "dine" at the Corral. And both of those times were years ago when it was still possible to hire folks willing to work. The wait staff tried to clear tables and help customers not be disgusting pigs, but it was a daunting task. Today, no way! Gross!

[PawDawg]

Golden Corral is disgusting. Not because of what they do, but because of what the customers do. Have only "dined" at a GC twice that I remember and only because the folks I was with insisted on going, but OMG! people can be disgusting pigs and those people all "dine" at the Corral. And both of those times were years ago when it was still possible to hire folks willing to work. The wait staff tried to clear tables and help customers not be disgusting pigs, but it was a daunting task. Today, no way! Gross!

Yeah I Agee. I don’t do self service buffets

[eagle2180]

Yeah I Agee. I don’t do self service buffets

Did you ever Western Sizzling with the mega bar?

[PawDawg]

Did you ever Western Sizzling with the mega bar?

I thought it was Sizzlin'...Yes many a time. That was back in the day when people knew that a buffet was not an all you can eat mandate.

[JAY]

I believe Taco Bandido will be where Pizza Hut used to be. I ate at the Sizzler in Clinton, AR during Covid. They still had the salad bar but you had to let your waiter get your food for you. Golden Corral shut down in WM because yes buffet's are gross and covid of course. I'm surprised they are coming back. Maybe they will implement new cleanliness precautions.

[techman05]

Rustonites are all very excited about Taco Bandito. Pretty soon we will have as many Tex mex places as we do real estate agents.

[deb025]

I'm glad Taco Bandito is opening in Ruston. It's fast-food Tex Mex and much better than Taco Bell, imo.

[techman05]

I don’t disagree with that assessment. I just wish we could have some variety. We have pizza and tacos. That’s it.

[Dwayne From Minden]

I don’t disagree with that assessment. I just wish we could have some variety. We have pizza and tacos. That’s it.

Dude you don't know what lack of choices are...

The Ruston eating scene is a paradise compared to most everyone else along the I-20 corridor

[eagle2180]

Dude you don't know what lack of choices are...

The Ruston eating scene is a paradise compared to most everyone else along the I-20 corridor

Chic-a-dilly, Moon’s, Port-a-Prince, Pepe’s, Sonic, what more do you want?

[Blue Dawg]

Dude you don't know what lack of choices are...

The Ruston eating scene is a paradise compared to most everyone else along the I-20 corridor

I mostly hear it compared to Monroe. I guess I tend toward that as well, I spend more time east than west

[techman05]

I mostly hear it compared to Monroe. I guess I tend toward that as well, I spend more time east than west

Yep, my thoughts exactly. I guess we should all be thankful. We could be limited to The Fishtale in Newellton.

[PawDawg]

I mostly hear it compared to Monroe. I guess I tend toward that as well, I spend more time east than west

Our new bargain meal is craft beer/pizza. Ruston vs. Monroe/WM is a tie.

Chains along I-20 in both places are just bad. We've given up on "Walk-ons". It was good the first few times. Three bad trips in a row. Done with it.

One of my pet peeves is expensive Mexican or Tex-Mex. I can pick up a couple of steaks and cook them for what we pay to eat friggin' Mexican food now.

Not sure what Ruston has for seafood, but we have plenty of options in Monroe/WM if you don't mind fried. Flying burger in Ruston is good, but too pricey.

Monroe/WM certainly has Ruston beat regarding Italian options.

[techman05]

We don’t have any good seafood options. Flying Burger is good for the fact that they dabble in a bunch of different stuff. Same for Log Cabin. Roma is good Italian, IMO. We could use another option there.

As far as the cost of eating out. The actual meal costs are not bad compared to other locales. Our sales tax is ridiculous and the 3% charge for using a card doesn’t seem bad until you add up a whole month. I guess people aren’t carrying credit card balances like they used to? The charge must be the only way to make some money.

[JAY]

Chic-a-dilly, Moon’s, Port-a-Prince, Pepe’s, Sonic, what more do you want?

Did Moon's close?