Subj : Texas Roadhouse was: KFC
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Fri Jul 25 2025 10:23:49
Hi Dave,
RH> Whichever way it's going, we shouldn't need to obsess about it. I
RH> figure I'll be out of here one way or another before the planet blows
RH> into smithereens.
DD> Kind of my take on it. But, I can still attempt to leave something for
DD> posterity. Or before some whack-o politician decides to pull the
DD> nuclear trigger.
And best dropped there.
DD> The only steak place I have eaten in Texas is the "Big Texan" just off
DD> of Route 66 (now I-40) where the offer a "free 72 oz steak" (4 1/2 lb
DD> roast cooked on the grilll). To get it free you must finish it in one
DD> sitting along with the baked potato and side salad. I managed it. But
RH> I've seen the signs for that approaching, then in, Amarillo. The place
RH> is just off of I-40, and no, we've never stopped there. Only times
RH> we've stopped in the city have been for fuel and visits to a (now
RH> deceased) aunt of Steve's. There's no way I could finish 4.5 pounds of
RH> meat, a potato and salad (especially if the salad is brought out first)
DD> There used to be billboards up and down Route 66. And since Route 66
DD> has its beginning in Chicago and terminus in Santa Monica I saw
DD> several near my town since we were astraddle of Route 66.
Sounds like the Buc-ee's or South of the Border signs. When Steve's
parents lived in Florida, we made a number of trips there. SotB signs
all up and down I-95!
DD> an hour
DD> or so further west I was getting hungry again. Seems all that food got
DD> my stomach stretched out of shapen and when it passed on down the line
DD> it left an rmpty feeling. Bv)=
RH> I'll stop at comfortably full, like I could eat dessert but if I did,
RH> I'd be overfull. Taking home a lot of leftover boxes these days.
DD> I had to finish the deal. If not I would have had to pay enough that
DD> I couldn';t have made it to Califunny. I wouldn't even attempt it now.
I know better than to try to attempt a meal like that.
RH> bagged peanuts (shells go into buckets) only a couple of years ago.
DD> We used to have a chain place called "The Ground Round" a family
DD> casual place that offered the p-nut shells on the floor deal. The
RH> I've heard of them but don't recall ever eating at one. Sounds like
RH> they were trying to be a TR clone.
DD> Nope. They pre-dated Texas Roadhouse. G.R. began in 1969. T.R. in
DD> 2003. If anything T.R. is the copycat.
OK
You should know. Steve has ordered the TR chili a few times and has said
it's "ok but not as good as yours".
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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