Nowadays everything that was once old is new again, or at least attempts to be. For every time you walk into a crap-on-the-wall restaurant (Applebee’s, Ruby Tuesday, T.G.I.Friday’s – take a look on around, there’s a bunch of crap on the wall), chances are you’ll be looking at a completely different menu you than the one you last held in your hand. Each time the menu says in bold letters “ALL NEW ITEM,” but it all usually ends up tasting just like the last meal you had there. Such was my most recent experience at franchise restaurant Applebee’s.
Upon entering the Applebee’s in the Staten Island Mall, my initially thought was that this could be any Applebee’s in the country. I’ve been to many of these establishments in my time and from furniture to food to staff, they’re all interchangeable.
So I took my seat behind a large, white carousel-horse that blocked my view of game 3 of the World Series, and ordered. First came the beverage in a large plastic Pepsi-Cola cup and I realized no one really needs a bottomless, 32 ounce cup of Diet Pepsi.
Next came an order of mild Buffalo wings and onion rings. The wings were large, meaty and had just enough zesty sauce on them to turn my fingernails a wonderful shade of orange.
For the main course I had the “ALL NEW” Steakhouse Burger with A.1. Steak Sauce. Topped with peppercorns, fried onion strings, Jack cheese, mayo, lettuce and tomato, the 1,200-calorie Steakhouse Burger has so much to it, all of the flavors get lost and the sandwich turns into an overly peppered cheeseburger.
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