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palmab03 said:
Public restroom stalls with a full on door are underrated
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That's one of the greatest things about Europe. Those people really need their space and privacy to shit. Each stall is like its own little private, enclosed room with walls and a door that completely closes the area off. We're such savages on this side of the pond.
 
mako1331 said:
That's one of the greatest things about Europe. Those people really need their space and privacy to shit. Each stall is like its own little private, enclosed room with walls and a door that completely closes the area off. We're such savages on this side of the pond.
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the Finns designed the restrooms in the office bathrooms in our factories like that and it's so nice. now my office is in a generic office building and I'm back to stalls like a savage.
 
BarcaDeac said:
the Finns designed the restrooms in the office bathrooms in our factories like that and it's so nice. now my office is in a generic office building and I'm back to stalls like a savage.
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I guess I shouldn't complain too much though, given the amount of time I've spent squat-shitting over a hole in Beijing.
 
The fish at Roy's was a bit underwhelming, crazy how your tastebuds change as you get older. Lakinilau roll and soufflé were still on point. 2 drinks each, one appetizer, 2 entrees and 1 desert even with the $65 off was still close to $200. As much as I like dining out, its really getting hard to justify the blatant waste of money.
 
had a work dinner at a steakhouse and the whole thing was just silly

crazy to me that that form of dining is so popular
 
Huh, why ? The food is delicious, the service is great, and the atmosphere is usually pretty good. It's great for a special occasion or big client dinner.

I'm not about to buy a side of Kobe beef and a bottle of Pappy for home consumption.

What gets me is dudes who travel for work and eat at those places a couple of times a week. They're ticking time bombs.
 
I guess I disagree with most of that -- the food is fine, the atmosphere sucks, but the service is good

it's not my dime so I don't really care, but the cost is outrageous for what I can get elsewhere in the city

the atmosphere is my biggest complaint: a lot of skeezy old men at the bar ogling underdressed cocktail waitresses, navy blazer out-of-town business crowd with no taste, and super loud

as for the food, there are 25 steakhouses that are pretty much the exact same -- nothing interesting or distinct about any of them; they even have the same decor, etc.

the biggest advantage is that it's downtown near the hotels -- give me the same budget and I can take you to 50 better spots if you're willing to leave the Loop
 
JuiceCrewAllStar said:
I guess I disagree with most of that -- the food is fine, the atmosphere sucks, but the service is good

it's not my dime so I don't really care, but the cost is outrageous for what I can get elsewhere in the city

the atmosphere is my biggest complaint: a lot of skeezy old men at the bar ogling underdressed cocktail waitresses, navy blazer out-of-town business crowd with no taste, and super loud

as for the food, there are 25 steakhouses that are pretty much the exact same -- nothing interesting or distinct about any of them; they even have the same decor, etc.

the biggest advantage is that it's downtown near the hotels -- give me the same budget and I can take you to 50 better spots if you're willing to leave the Loop
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How easy is it for the others at the meeting to get those other places? Also, was that place famous?

Whether you like it or not, a company taking its people to a high cost restaurant "shows they care" whether they do or not.
 
JuiceCrewAllStar said:
I guess I disagree with most of that -- the food is fine, the atmosphere sucks, but the service is good

it's not my dime so I don't really care, but the cost is outrageous for what I can get elsewhere in the city

the atmosphere is my biggest complaint: a lot of skeezy old men at the bar ogling underdressed cocktail waitresses, navy blazer out-of-town business crowd with no taste, and super loud

as for the food, there are 25 steakhouses that are pretty much the exact same -- nothing interesting or distinct about any of them; they even have the same decor, etc.

the biggest advantage is that it's downtown near the hotels -- give me the same budget and I can take you to 50 better spots if you're willing to leave the Loop
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Yeah, lets cram ten people from our last meeting of the day into Girl and Goat where it's nice and quiet. Order up some grilled shishito peppers and some pork jowl appetizers for the table so everyone can look at you like you're some kind of hipster animal.

I only hit the big chain steakhouses up a couple of times year myself, but it's good for its intended function.
 
better than ordering the seafood appetizer that's $40 a head with four-day old oysters flown in from god knows where
 
JuiceCrewAllStar said:
better than ordering the seafood appetizer that's $40 a head with four-day old oysters flown in from god knows where
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Everything in Chicago is flown in from god knows where except beef.

Agree with you though about the raw seafood tower though. Awesome in Seattle, bad in Dallas.

And those are things I actually ate on my last trip to G&G. I wouldn't want to host a corporate dinner there though with Fred from accounting.
 
Lake Michigan and Lake Superior oysters are delicacies...geez......

They could get Cuyahoga River clams and Flint farmed fish.
 
BiffTannen said:
Everything in Chicago is flown in from god knows where except beef.

Agree with you though about the raw seafood tower though. Awesome in Seattle, bad in Dallas.

And those are things I actually ate on my last trip to G&G. I wouldn't want to host a corporate dinner there though with Fred from accounting.
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yeah, but I'm not eating those other things raw

give me a basic red sauce Italian place over a basic steakhouse all day
 
So are we talking Gibson's here or one of the national chains ?
 
Juice, bro, I get where you're coming from here. Value is important.

However, some of these dudes are living in a world that is above looking at a value determination between $10 and $100. Dropping $4,000 on dinner for 10 worker bees isn't on the radar.
 
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