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Bennigan's & Steak $ Ale are closing...going bankrupt...sad

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The Longhorns near us is gone.
We went there about once every two or three months.

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No wonder we can't find anyplace to use our $50 Bennigans gift card!

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Just remember, like the might wilderbeast of Africa, for every restaurant that closes another is opened, or is born.

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Well that's a shame.

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That's really sad...Bennigan's had the best chicken tenders.

:(

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I think the Staek and Ale experience has been lowered in the last decade or two... I thought it may have only been the one I was going to - but the last time I went I was very disappointed. Not at all the thing to look forward to like 20 years ago.

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WHO could afford it 20 years ago?

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I thought for sure that there were enough Pentecostals to keep Bennigans in business.

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Wow, you Brothers and Sisters are going to miss the worst greasey food that money can buy?

Just think all you will be missing is people you don't know sneezing over the food you eat as the prepare it, their hair dropping into the chicken batter, unwashed hands (forgetting to put their latex gloves on) touch everything you eat.

Let these restaurants go out of business.

Jesus is doing this for you. :)

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Does Sister EB cook every night? Let that poor little woman eat out every now and then!:club

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I made payments...

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I think most moved to Old Country Buffet.

As for me and MY house, we will continue to keep the Olive Garden in business!

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Personally, if I were in the restaurant business, I would only build near established Pentecostal churches. :itsover

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Sister Sherri, Sister Benincasa does not like eat like the rest of Pentecost.

Everything is health food in our home. When we have pastors take us out my wife and children eat salads, and steam vegetables.

I have Brothers and Sisters who work at restaurants and tell us horror stories that would make a strong man blow his lunch. I have a story about Chilies that would make anyone hurl.

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But they are notoriously poor tippers (if they tip at all)

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I generally cook or my daughter in law cooks...I like to cook!

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In 1979 when I was dating my wife our date to Steak & Ale was the most expensive meal we had ever eaten at that time! It was first class fare for middle class folks at the time.

I saw one in Memphis last week when I was there on business. I didn't know any were still around.

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Old County Buffet moved out when Golden Corral moved in nearby.

I call them both "the geriatric feeding trough."

Our seniors group at church meets once a month and normally goes to the geriatric feeding trough afterward. I go with them and I eat there.

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But that wouldn't affect me as owner. TIC. Actually I do hate the fact that we are not the best received in restaurants.

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We have them here in Houston...and it is still first class fare for folk like me. :)

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...and in 1979 I was three years old. Just thought I would add that to make you feel old. :tease:tease

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Ya know, the Golden Coral isn't THAT bad. I fact most of the stuff is pretty good.
But I still like a good sit down restaurant......

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From a former restaurant manager,the waves are early morning service catholics and independent mega churches, then Baptists started coming in at 11:30 until, then we got hit by all the others, pentecostals etc. Then we got the late afternoon wave of AME Zion and other Black baptist churches at about 4:30 - 6:00. I served 1100 people on Sundays. Mothers day 1500-2000.

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My age has really hit me hard the last four years or so. I used to never feel old bu now it seems that I am constantly suffering from one thing or another at any given time. Arghhhh.....

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The more gas prices go up the more the restaurants lose business. Things are getting a little tight here inTexas.

***I will have to say that so many of our people, young people go to restaurants in large groups and do not sit down, wander from table to table, leave messes, and are poor tippers - this is why we are not well received in many restaurants.***

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:snapout You are just a baby! :friend

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Bennigans....YUUUUCK!!!!!!! Good riddance!!!!!!

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GoldenCorral.....YUUUUCK:snapout I hear they pre-chew the steak to make it easier on all of the old folks that eat there!!!!

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Back in the day, these were the nice restuarants to take a date. :roseglasses

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I remember my first time going out to one after I moved out of the house. My husband met his father for the first time in 16 yrs and decided to take him there for dinner. We me being the unfortunately spoiled kid I was never told of much of the money aspects of life lol especially how stinkin expensive this restaurant was and so he decided to take them there!!!! I went along with it... on a jailers salary oh my!!!! It was me my husband my mil and fil and a baby... 140 dollars and oh wow!!! I thought we would die and had to rearrange bills for a week but it was so worth it back then!!

I hated my dad for a week because we would go to either Bennigans or Steak and Ale every Friday night as a family and he never thought wrong of it so I thought it was the norm and decently priced LOL Boy was I surprised!!! LOL

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hey rebecca, you must be a cards fan, cool welcome to the party, dt

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YUCK

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Recycled house wine and salad:ursofunny

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Roadhouse taking Bennigan's gift cards

http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20...WS01/808060344

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Just as long as White Castle or In-N-Out Burger don't go out of business everything will be just fine!

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Could it be that that is why we pray for God's blessing on the food we eat? Sheeeeeesh!

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Well, if they only give a dollar for offering, why would they give more than that as a tip?

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You mean those gut busters from White House? Yuck!