Apple and Flo
Oct 12, 2007 general food, restaurants
Have you ever noticed how big the booths are at Applebee’s?
Usually around the holidays, as Ellie and I get busy doing last minute shopping, sooner or later we have to suck it up and eat someplace we really don’t want too for the simple reason that it’s open at 9PM on Sunday.
Applebee’s is unfortunatly on that list because they have that Weight Watchers menu and we figure even though it sucks, at least we know, from at least a calorie standpoint, it wasn’t bad for us.
I mention it because I noticed on one of those trips that the booths in some chains, and especially Applebee’s are super deep. Are they trying to tell us something? Are all the people that eat at Applebee’s large?
Whatever the reason, I do know that along with those super deep booths that swallow me like an abyss, the table is practically at chin level and at 6′1″ I’m not short. Making matters worse they bring out half the food on small scaffolding so that the edge of your plate is right at mouth level. The bonus I guess is that if you scoot in, you can just shovel the food over the rim and down the hatch without fear of getting any on you below about shoulder level.
So it really cracks me up when I see those Tyler (how low can you go?) Florence commercials. You know them, they’re pretty hard to miss what with his being all puffed up over whatever the hell it is they’re feeding him in the secret test kitchens. Touting his fresh creations as though he’s on the bleeding edge of some sort of culinary revolution waiting to happen, I wonder if he considers the scaffolding when coming up with dishes like The Aloha Burger?
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