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35 FOR 35: THE BEEF O' BRADY'S ST. PETERSBURG BOWL WITH EXTRA DIPPING SAUCE

The Beef O'Brady's Bowl St. Pete, you chameleon, you. One year you're the Magic Jack Bowl, promising us nearly free phone service through a piece of technology so sketchy old people were like Whaaaa--; the next you're sponsored by a restaurant chain guilty of abusing both your arteries and proper punctuation usage. Though we've never eaten there, an examination of your menu and your obviously successful restaurant confirms that people are goats, and would eat themselves to death on a diet of carseats covered in barbecue sauce if they could.

Today's podcast focuses primarily on the brilliant shut-in's paradise that is St. Petersburg, Florida, covers a list of possibly fictional menu items, and does discuss the teams, which we split on in the final decision based on logic on one participant's part, and on a slavish devotion to a former beloved coordinator by the other. (GUESS WHO IS WHOM.) The day we place a dollar on Southern Miss in a bowl game is the day we cut our own throats with a knife made of Gambling FAIL, especially when you have such dancing prowess on the field trying to serve them properly.

Download the podcast here, or listen in the player below.

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Morning-after beer farts are what we refer to as "Beef 'O' Bradys".

Seems appropriate here.

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by She Blinded Me With Violence on Dec 21, 2010 12:23 PM EST reply actions   2 recs

I always wondered whether cardinals truly loved America

Thank you, Strong, for providing me with the answer

Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
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by Old South on Dec 21, 2010 12:27 PM EST reply actions  

My favorite part of Beef 'O' Brady's

is the amazingly sketchy strip malls they always seem to pop up in.

Apparently I have no dignity, because I will gladly down a beer while eating fried anything with football on.

by Gator Cub on Dec 21, 2010 12:28 PM EST reply actions  

We actually have a non-sketchy one near my house that has become the de facto gathering place for family meals.

It helps that they always seem to have Spongebob on at least one TV that my three year old niece can stare at in a catatonic state while we all watch whatever sport is on…we’re not picky. (Clearly…we eat at Beef’s.)

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 12:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, I somehow forgot about the random cartoons.

I am extremely unpicky, and will gladly eat at Beefs.

by Gator Cub on Dec 21, 2010 12:58 PM EST up reply actions  

Beefs up here around Charleston...

have been pretty selective about where they locate. The two I know about are in good locations for a ‘family’ restaurant in new ‘town center’ types of shopping areas built in association with large scale housing developments.

"My goal is to win a national championship at West Virginia University, and I firmly believe that coach Stewart has built a solid foundation, which will allow us to compete with the very best in the country." Dana Holgorsen

by MtnEer_in_SC on Dec 21, 2010 2:32 PM EST up reply actions  

That's the one closest to my house.

I’d be bummed if I’d have eaten there more than twice.

"My goal is to win a national championship at West Virginia University, and I firmly believe that coach Stewart has built a solid foundation, which will allow us to compete with the very best in the country." Dana Holgorsen

by MtnEer_in_SC on Dec 21, 2010 3:12 PM EST up reply actions  

I can vouch for that

Took a little tour recently of an area in Bradenton, FL I lived in years ago. The smoky, skeezy dive bar in the strip mall with dollar bills stapled to the drop ceiling and the stickiest floors this side of “The Rendezvous” in Maryland has been taken over by a Beefs.

We did not tempt fate by dining there.

by Native Son on Dec 21, 2010 1:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Agreed.

Ours is in a strip mall in front of a Lowe’s in the kind of redneck almost-suburb where beating your kids in the cereal aisle of Wal-Mart is considered prime Sunday afternoon entertainment.

Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.

by allicolls on Dec 21, 2010 2:18 PM EST up reply actions  

they've put one in Spanish Fort (!?), too

i have yet to enter it.

i did go in the one in Auburn ~02-03. they had $1 draft during the day. what else ya gonna do?

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by CoastalCowbell on Dec 21, 2010 2:23 PM EST up reply actions  

One visit to the Beef O'Brady's in Auburn

was as much exposure as I needed to that particular iteration of the Buffalo Wild Wings genre. I couldn’t tell you the last time I ate at a chain restaurant other than Chick-Fil-A (I don’t count Foosackly’s as a chain).

Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.

by allicolls on Dec 21, 2010 2:26 PM EST up reply actions  

Having never even heard of Beef O'Whatsits until they sponsored a bowl game,

I’m going to assume Brian came over from Tchotchky’s as soon as they opened. Amirite?

"Wer viel Bier trinkt, schläft gut. Wer gut schläft, sündigt nicht. Und wer nicht sündigt, kommt in den Himmel!" Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Dec 21, 2010 12:30 PM EST reply actions  

Submitted, for your approval, selected Beef 'O' Brady's menu items:

Mini Corn Dogs
10 mini dogs dipped in a sweet batter, fried then served with honey mustard for dipping.

Nachos ‘O’ Brady
Crispy tortilla chips smothered with queso and topped with mixed cheese, lettuce and tomato along with your choice of Beef’s® signature chili or grilled chicken. Sour cream, salsa and sliced jalapeños served on
the side.

Cheeseburger Wrap
Half-pound steak burger with American cheese, mustard, pickle, mayonnaise and tomato wrapped in a grilled tortilla.

Beat the rush.

by Ancient Chinese Secret on Dec 21, 2010 12:32 PM EST reply actions  

Mmmm...

Tastes like Deep Fried Uh-murrica.

by Gator Cub on Dec 21, 2010 12:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Like a goddamned fool, I assumed these were jokes. They’re both depressingly real.

by Erik T on Dec 21, 2010 12:44 PM EST up reply actions  

/command + C

//command + V
///weep

Beat the rush.

by Ancient Chinese Secret on Dec 21, 2010 12:47 PM EST up reply actions  

As I said numerous times before

You cannot command+c command+v your way through life, sirrah…

/21stcenturySocrates’d

Holly hates me

Dean of Auburn Institute for Exploding Dog Studies

THE Oscar Whiskey

by Oscar Whiskey on Dec 21, 2010 1:20 PM EST up reply actions  

The Waterford

is the only way to go here. Everything is at least reasonable fare, but the Waterford soars above the other options

I live literally a block and a half from one, but the W detests it so bad I only eat there when friends are in town. Don’t know where I am going with this.

by PantslessPatDye on Dec 21, 2010 2:12 PM EST up reply actions  

Watterson.

Haven’t had one in a while, but I do remember it being good.

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 2:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Sigh
Though we’ve never eaten there, an examination of your menu and your obviously successful restaurant confirms that people are goats, and would eat themselves to death on a diet of carseats covered in barbecue sauce if they could.

So true… I’m going to go cry now.

Omnis Vestri Substructio Es Servus Ad Nobis

by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 12:50 PM EST reply actions  

It's just that I spend a ridiculous amount of time ensuring high quality dishes made from high quality ingredients

that are both affordable and delicious. And I know that if a fucking Applebees opened down the street I’d be closing the doors in a year. Stupid fucking microwaved steak.

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by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 12:58 PM EST up reply actions  

I do draw the line at Applebee's.

Pretty much any other chain is usually okay with me, but Applebee’s is just too consistently awful. I can’t remember where, here or on another blog/message board…someone referred to Applebee’s as “Shoney’s with a liquor license”…sounds about right to me.

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 1:01 PM EST up reply actions  

I try to avoid chains if it's at all possible. Mostly because I've seen how they prepare their food

My one exception is Red Lobster during “Lobsterfest” because I will eat lobster under any context without regard for consequences. In fact, I would probably buy lobster out of the trunk of a car in Iowa in July.

DON’T YOU JUDGE ME!

Omnis Vestri Substructio Es Servus Ad Nobis

by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 1:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Well see...when Beef's started, it was the "local sports pub" down the street.

So maybe we’re kinder to it, since it started here.

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 1:06 PM EST up reply actions  

that's fair

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by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 1:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Good thing you weren't in Ames this summer.

No, I’m not kidding. How they can even begin to claim it’s “fresh” seafood is beyond me, but there they were, in a parking lot, selling seafood in Ames, Iowa in July.

"Wer viel Bier trinkt, schläft gut. Wer gut schläft, sündigt nicht. Und wer nicht sündigt, kommt in den Himmel!" Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Dec 21, 2010 1:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Wow

I tried to come up with the most ridiculous scenario in which one would buy seafood, and apparently it actually happened.

Life is truly stranger than fiction

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by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 1:20 PM EST up reply actions  

Roadside seafood is always sketchy

I used to live in New Orleans, and there was a dude who would sell shrimp out of a cooler by my apartment. He’d stick on one a fishing poll and dangle it in front of your windshield when you were stuck at a red light. My car got pimpslapped by a shrimp a few times…blew this yankee’s mind.

by Matt.Brown on Dec 21, 2010 1:30 PM EST up reply actions  

Sadly..

He and his brothers in arms are still plentiful here

by AlbieUte on Dec 21, 2010 3:40 PM EST up reply actions  

I do this. But then, I live in Athens, Georgia where I have several quality choices from locals across the spectrum of quality.

Five & Ten to Taco Stand.

I’m set.

I don't have time for any of this... and yet... here I am.

by Gen. Stoopnagle on Dec 21, 2010 1:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Five and Ten?

Bourgeoisie.

ESS BEE CEEE SPEEEEEED!

by MightyMightyMitzu on Dec 21, 2010 1:50 PM EST up reply actions  

That pretty much describes them all, doesn’t it?

I don't have time for any of this... and yet... here I am.

by Gen. Stoopnagle on Dec 21, 2010 1:42 PM EST up reply actions  

Keep doing God's work

Granted, most people don’t give a shit, but a few of us are fierce patrons of our well-run local eateries.

Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.

by allicolls on Dec 21, 2010 3:00 PM EST up reply actions  

Amen, amen, amen

"My goal is to win a national championship at West Virginia University, and I firmly believe that coach Stewart has built a solid foundation, which will allow us to compete with the very best in the country." Dana Holgorsen

by MtnEer_in_SC on Dec 21, 2010 3:10 PM EST up reply actions  

It's really not God's work...

but then you knew that.

Sorry, but restaurant snobbery…along with beer snobbery…makes me want to smack someone upside the head.

Nothing personal, just a pet peeve of mine regarding the haughty hipster crowd. It’s never just, this is what I like…it’s “what you eat is crap…too bad you are not as smart and discriminating as I”.

M HUGE DWM

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 3:55 PM EST up reply actions  

Agreed as to hipsters of all flavors

I’ll drink a shitty beer anyday, and I won’t begrudge anyone their McDonald’s/Ruby Tuesdays/Outback/(insert chain restaurant here). I won’t even make fun of someone who eats at Red Lobster, as long as that person does not live within 50 miles of the coast. I’m just lucky to live and work in a) a port city, meaning I can enjoy cheap and delicious seafood any time and b) an area of town in which the number of locally-owned, high quality restaurants vastly outweighs the number of chains. Ordering off a unique menu and eating high quality food prepared with more love than your average Applebee’s is something I can do on an average weekday at lunch, instead of just on special occasions, and I’ve come to appreciate it. If I lived in generic suburbia, I’d probably eat just as much Arby’s/Chili’s/Longhorn as everybody else, but I’d probably be wishing for better options.

Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.

by allicolls on Dec 21, 2010 4:12 PM EST up reply actions  

Here in quasi-generic suburbia

. . . we don’t have a shit-ton of casual dining chains because we have approximately eleventy-billion strip mall storefront ethnic restaurants. Those are usually the best way to eat without killing your wallet, but it helps if your kids have at least a modest sense of adventure (or if the kindly family that runs the [INSERT CUISNE HERE] place will bring your toddler a bowl of plain rice and a glass of milk).

http://www.washingtonian.com/packages/cheapeats

Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!

by DevilGrad on Dec 21, 2010 4:30 PM EST up reply actions  

If only

Having eleventy-billion ethnic restaurants requires having, you know, other ethnicities. Down here we’re pretty much limited to Mexican (which, I will eat at any hole in the wall Mexican joint…the seedier, the better), Chinese, sushi/Japanese, and maybe a couple Thai or Greek places in the big cities.

Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.

by allicolls on Dec 21, 2010 4:34 PM EST up reply actions  

True enough

My kids went to a neighborhood elementary school with children from 28 different countries.

Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!

by DevilGrad on Dec 21, 2010 4:36 PM EST up reply actions  

What we lack

In Korean, Indian, (insert exotic cuisine here), we make up for in BBQ and soul food.

Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.

by allicolls on Dec 21, 2010 4:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Barbecue here is largely a wasteland

There are a couple of places that are passable but nearly as many as one would expect in a city with so many southern transplants. We’ve got more good Afghan restaurants than barbecue joints.

Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!

by DevilGrad on Dec 21, 2010 4:43 PM EST up reply actions  

In Herndon

we were pretty much resigned to the horrible reality that the best barbecue within 10 miles was probably Famous Daves.

My new blog: Those Other Guys. Critiques welcome.

by jonfmorse on Dec 21, 2010 6:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh yeah, allicolls, living in a port city has its perks.

The seafood is great, relatively cheap, and plentiful. I am able to forage my own much of the year. We still have lots of chains, because we have lots and lots of tourists. (Timid souls who don’t want to risk any type of disturbance in the dinner hour).

Since Charleston is also an historical city with established trade patterns to places on six of the seven continets, we also have an nice variety of ethinicites. (My nephew’s soccer coach used to own a Jamaican restaurant where you could get jerk goat [don’t laugh, really good with enough Red Stripes]) I really do miss a few special places that I have come to love. Specificaly, Armenian, Syrian and Basque.

"My goal is to win a national championship at West Virginia University, and I firmly believe that coach Stewart has built a solid foundation, which will allow us to compete with the very best in the country." Dana Holgorsen

by MtnEer_in_SC on Dec 21, 2010 5:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Maybe it's snobbery, but if that gets me called a snob, then I'd gladly accept that label

I’ve seen far too many good restaurants have to close their doors because they can’t compete with the chains. It’s incredibly frustrating to know that it is way more profitable to spend money on a franchise which allows you to use lower quality ingredients and zero originality, than it is to hire an actual chef and develop a menu.

I’ve been widely praised for the Prime Rib at my place, only to be told that $22 is too much for a 16 oz portion, because because you can get the two for $20 meal at one of the chains.

Omnis Vestri Substructio Es Servus Ad Nobis

by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 4:20 PM EST up reply actions   3 recs

People have different priorities and wallets.

C’est la vie.

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 4:25 PM EST up reply actions  

I hope you remember this quote when you or your friends lose work

because someone was able to undercut them by using cheaper labor and/or materials

Omnis Vestri Substructio Es Servus Ad Nobis

by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 4:31 PM EST up reply actions  

You mean like my sister's in laws who lost their locally owned bookstore...

or my grandparents and their locally owned office supply store?

Thanks Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Office Depot, and Staples.

It happens.

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 4:33 PM EST up reply actions  

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree

I think chain restaurants suck and will not be moved from this position, you like chain restaurants and will not be moved from your position. We’re looking at the issue from 2 totally different perspectives. I see them as taking food off my table, you see them as putting food on yours.

Omnis Vestri Substructio Es Servus Ad Nobis

by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 4:39 PM EST up reply actions  

It's really not a blanket statement on my part, but okay.

And if I am ever in your neck of the woods I will gladly pay $22 for some prime rib.

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 4:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Much Obliged

/tips hat

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by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 4:45 PM EST up reply actions  

Shh... our house red is Montes Cabernet Sauvignon

Don’t tell anybody

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by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 4:58 PM EST up reply actions  

Deal

Pinky swear?

Pink swear

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by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 5:00 PM EST up reply actions  

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 5:02 PM EST up reply actions  

This was awesome to read.

1. Snark
2. More Snark
3. PERSONAL SNARK
4. REALLY PERSONAL SNARK
5. Step back – perspective shot
6. Step back – RESPEK
7. Acknowledgment
8. Witty rejoinder
9. Gratis
10. Vulnerable confession
11. Reciprocating confession
12. Reciprocating reciprocating confession
13. Consensus achieved.
14. Witty visual acknowledgment.

Shall we consider this a textbook example of proper EDSBS commentary?

"Wer viel Bier trinkt, schläft gut. Wer gut schläft, sündigt nicht. Und wer nicht sündigt, kommt in den Himmel!" Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Dec 21, 2010 5:32 PM EST up reply actions   3 recs

And you as a trained counselor...

(third definition of a pastor) would notice the progression. I am not very religious, but I feel good that at least some of the next geberation of Americans will be raised, in part, by you.

"My goal is to win a national championship at West Virginia University, and I firmly believe that coach Stewart has built a solid foundation, which will allow us to compete with the very best in the country." Dana Holgorsen

by MtnEer_in_SC on Dec 21, 2010 5:36 PM EST up reply actions  

Ditto

And I also want to have a beer with the owner.

Although, what bizarre set of circumstances would ever get this Southern girl to wherever-the-hell cold-ass place your restaurant is, I do not know.

Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.

by allicolls on Dec 21, 2010 4:47 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

Everybody has to make...

the trip to the Restaurant at the Edge of the Universe.

"My goal is to win a national championship at West Virginia University, and I firmly believe that coach Stewart has built a solid foundation, which will allow us to compete with the very best in the country." Dana Holgorsen

by MtnEer_in_SC on Dec 21, 2010 5:37 PM EST up reply actions  

rec'd

Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
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by Old South on Dec 22, 2010 1:09 AM EST up reply actions  

Folly only lays claim to being

the Edge of America.

But you knew that.

"My goal is to win a national championship at West Virginia University, and I firmly believe that coach Stewart has built a solid foundation, which will allow us to compete with the very best in the country." Dana Holgorsen

by MtnEer_in_SC on Dec 22, 2010 7:07 AM EST up reply actions  

By the way $22 is the price for the 16 oz cut

The 8 oz cut is 14.99 with choice of potato and salad bar. The 12 oz cut is 18.49

Omnis Vestri Substructio Es Servus Ad Nobis

by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions  

As a capitalist

I support someone’s right to develop an insanely profitable restaurant chain using cheap labor and shitty food. It’s the American dream, yo!

As an eater, I routinely exercise my right to vote with my wallet and tell said insanely profitable restaurant chains, “Yo, your service is shitty and your food sucks.”

Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.

by allicolls on Dec 21, 2010 4:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Shit, is this the Jersey Shore?

Penalizing myself -5 cocktails for double use of “yo.”

Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.

by allicolls on Dec 21, 2010 4:28 PM EST up reply actions  

At least there was no fist pumping...

was there?

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions  

If I ever fist-pump

I give you permission to fist-pump my face.

Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.

by allicolls on Dec 21, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions  

Noted.

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 4:31 PM EST up reply actions  

Where is your place?

I do like a good prime rib… If it is even relatively close to where I am or anywhere I will be going I will definitely stop in

by Irishjugg on Dec 21, 2010 6:11 PM EST up reply actions  

you say that a lot

but it’s not gonna help me find my way to your place. i’m not about to start at Canada or wherever the hell Wisconsin is and raft bobsled my ass down the Mississippi until I see a restaurant on the riverside with a name i do not know.

Quality is our Dignity; Service is our Lift.
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by Old South on Dec 22, 2010 1:12 AM EST up reply actions  

See, you gotta come in the summertime.

The weather is fabulous that time of year. You can hitch your canoe to a couple of mosquitoes and they’ll pull you along until you find the place.

"Wer viel Bier trinkt, schläft gut. Wer gut schläft, sündigt nicht. Und wer nicht sündigt, kommt in den Himmel!" Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Dec 22, 2010 9:42 AM EST up reply actions  

Mosquitoes aren't too bad on this part of the river, the water moves fast enough

that they can’t lay they’re eggs. A little bit south where the river widens out and slows down, would fit your description quite well

"Ah, that's repulsive, that's repugnant, that's recorrigible, that's retragnicent. These aren't even words. These aren't even wo...what am I saying, I don't even know. I can't go on, I can't go on anymore, make it stop." ~ Puppet Michael Floyd

by stempke on Dec 22, 2010 11:48 AM EST up reply actions  

I would be more specific, but I've revealed some incredibly personal stuff on here

I live in a small enough town that even if I gave you the name of the town, it would be pretty easy to figure out who I am. When your staff is mostly high school kids, you can’t give them more grist for the rumor mill.

"Ah, that's repulsive, that's repugnant, that's recorrigible, that's retragnicent. These aren't even words. These aren't even wo...what am I saying, I don't even know. I can't go on, I can't go on anymore, make it stop." ~ Puppet Michael Floyd

by stempke on Dec 22, 2010 11:46 AM EST up reply actions  

Ah, I see

Any Casinos near by? That could be the only reason I see myself in western Wisconsin in the near future.

by Irishjugg on Dec 22, 2010 9:14 AM EST up reply actions  

Not really

"Ah, that's repulsive, that's repugnant, that's recorrigible, that's retragnicent. These aren't even words. These aren't even wo...what am I saying, I don't even know. I can't go on, I can't go on anymore, make it stop." ~ Puppet Michael Floyd

by stempke on Dec 22, 2010 11:45 AM EST up reply actions  

The executive chef at Applebee’s HQ should be ashamed of himself, and turn in his apron.

by Spartan D on Dec 21, 2010 6:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

so, so painfully true.

even when not in a Zinger’s or Grizzlebee’s, these goats attempt to order food as if they were. i see it everyday.
/needzmoarranchdressin’

everybody!sorry bother your time a min,

by thetennesseethumper on Dec 22, 2010 8:50 AM EST up reply actions  

Sizzler

Better or worse? And is “better” really an appropriate term in this context?

by Tracer Bullet on Dec 21, 2010 1:02 PM EST reply actions  

It's all relative, of course...

…but I’d take Beef ‘O’ Brady’s over a Sizzler. YMMV.

by CKGator on Dec 21, 2010 1:04 PM EST up reply actions  

Same here...Beef's isn't pretending to be a steak house.

It’s just pub food in a place where kids can run around.

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 1:05 PM EST up reply actions  

That may be my biggest problem with it

I like my pub food to be in a pub.

And I wouldnt mind kids in a pub if their parents realized they were in a pub.

Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.

by gtne91 on Dec 21, 2010 4:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Better

Because it knows it’s place in the world. Sizzler never tries to be anything more than it’s not. It’s a place to get below average food at a below average price.

Beef O’Brady’s and the like (looking at you Buffalo Wild Wings, you’re dead to me since you dropped the Weck) put out an image that they are serving you quality food.

Omnis Vestri Substructio Es Servus Ad Nobis

by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 1:05 PM EST up reply actions  

You really think so?

I’ve never had that impression from Beef’s or Buffalo Wild Wings…always seemed like it was more about all the TVs.

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 1:07 PM EST up reply actions  

I've never understood the fascination with Buffalo Wild Wings.

It’s about $18 for six mediocre chicken wings. You can do much better making them yourself, and you get to play with boiling oil.

Beat the rush.

by Ancient Chinese Secret on Dec 21, 2010 1:09 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

Perhaps this is the thing...

I never order wings at either place.

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 1:10 PM EST up reply actions  

Only time and place I order wings

is when I got to Quaker Steak, when they have all you can eat wings. Fifty or so wings later and the price is okay.

by Pariahwulfen on Dec 21, 2010 1:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Buffalo Wild Wings was good back when it was Buffalo Wild Wings and Weck

Hence the BW3s nickname.

But then they dropped the Weck sandwhich because it was considered too regional for a national chain and They’re dead to me.

Why would you take this off the menu?

Omnis Vestri Substructio Es Servus Ad Nobis

by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 1:18 PM EST up reply actions  

Why would you continue to call it the Big Ten when you have eleven/twelve teams?

Why would you choose “Leaders” and “Legends?”

Answer: marketing people are tools and should never be allowed to run ANYTHING.

"Wer viel Bier trinkt, schläft gut. Wer gut schläft, sündigt nicht. Und wer nicht sündigt, kommt in den Himmel!" Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Dec 21, 2010 1:20 PM EST up reply actions  

I LOL'd

Now I rebut, in a format used generously yesterday:

"Wer viel Bier trinkt, schläft gut. Wer gut schläft, sündigt nicht. Und wer nicht sündigt, kommt in den Himmel!" Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Dec 21, 2010 1:55 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

recd for greatest blowout not involving a team I care about EVER

Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.

by gtne91 on Dec 21, 2010 4:30 PM EST up reply actions  

God, I love the Dog and Duck

particularly the one at the end of Old Trolley Road.

"My goal is to win a national championship at West Virginia University, and I firmly believe that coach Stewart has built a solid foundation, which will allow us to compete with the very best in the country." Dana Holgorsen

by MtnEer_in_SC on Dec 21, 2010 2:38 PM EST up reply actions  

Weck Sandwiches in South Carolina?

A sandwich invented in Western New York, made famous by a chain based in Minnesota is found in Sakerlina? Proof that BW3s assertion that it was too regional was as wrong as it was short sighted.

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by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 6:00 PM EST up reply actions  

Different name, same sandwich.

The place that sells them in West Ashley is just right down the road.

by PalmettoTiger on Dec 21, 2010 10:25 PM EST up reply actions  

As long as it's medium rare roast beef on a kummelweck roll

You can call it whatever the hell you want

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by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 11:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Rec'd so hard I think I have a nosebleed.

Fuck that place up it deep fried ass in a paper carton. $7 for 6 wings? At least give me a fucking plate.

by Big Jon on Dec 21, 2010 1:20 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

I think you may have just created your own signature line.

“$7 for 6 wings? At least give me a fucking plate.”

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 1:26 PM EST up reply actions  

Yes

Beef O’Brady’s ad:
<img src=“http://www.beefobradys.com/images/mi_wings.jpg”/

Buffalo Wild Wings ad (sorry for the size)

Both are attempting to imply that their product is somehow the best thing ever. By placing “Award Winning” without mentioning which award, and the second by implying that the sauce is akin to champagne.

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by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 1:12 PM EST up reply actions  

Since the Beef O'Brady's one isn't loading

Here’s a different image of the same theme

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by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 1:14 PM EST up reply actions  

Soooo rec'd

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by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 4:11 PM EST up reply actions  

At least you have a place to get wings.

I’m lookin at you, Athens, GA.

ESS BEE CEEE SPEEEEEED!

by MightyMightyMitzu on Dec 21, 2010 1:20 PM EST up reply actions  

OT: Has everyone seen that "Roll Tide" spot they keep running on ESPN?

It would be so much funnier if they used Sakerlina fans instead.

The old guys climb in the jacuzzi together, look at each other and say, “Go Cocks.”

Standing at the funeral and the preacher says, “He was a good man, God rest his soul. Go Cocks.”

by USCndaATL on Dec 21, 2010 1:10 PM EST reply actions  

Nah.

But a “fuck Clemson” spot I could really get behind.

He was a good man. God rest his soul. Fuck Clemson.

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by She Blinded Me With Violence on Dec 21, 2010 1:16 PM EST up reply actions  

I exposed my friends to the wonderment of Paul Finebaum callers last night

only the ones familiar with college football and stereotypical alabama fans found it funny. I hate my friends, can I live with any of y’all?

Holly hates me

Dean of Auburn Institute for Exploding Dog Studies

THE Oscar Whiskey

by Oscar Whiskey on Dec 21, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions  

No doubt...

I forget there are people who don’t find the things we talk about on here as funny as I do.

"It's not gonna be free this time."

by zzgator on Dec 21, 2010 1:24 PM EST up reply actions  

I think I could support Beef's more

if they dropped the “Beef.” Just go with O’Brady’s, call it a bar that sells food and market to people that really don’t want/expect anything more.

As for the kid part… I was raised eating in the bar part of every restaurant – I turned out just fine and have a superior sports knowledge due to my upbringing (I find such knowledge to be far more applicable than my law degree). Of course, I’m also single, childless and spending my lunch hour posting on a sports blog while eating at my desk so make any assumptions you may deem necessary.

by Wes Tex on Dec 21, 2010 1:13 PM EST reply actions  

If you want a glimpse of hell..

Step One: Go to downtown St. Petersburg. On any given day it’s populated entirely by old men who, in an earlier generation, you’d find patronizing the local “adult theater.”

Step Two: Visit the Trop. Other stadia may be abortions, but the Trop is the post-procedure infection and guilt.

Step Three: Swing by the Dali museum. No seriously, it’s the only redeeming thing about the city.

Step Four: Dinner at B O’B’s!!!

"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them, well, I have others."

by Jack Fact on Dec 21, 2010 1:21 PM EST reply actions  

Thanks, but no thanks

Except for the side trip to the Museo Dali (love me some Salvador), I’d rather hang out on Anna Maria or Longboat Key.

"My goal is to win a national championship at West Virginia University, and I firmly believe that coach Stewart has built a solid foundation, which will allow us to compete with the very best in the country." Dana Holgorsen

by MtnEer_in_SC on Dec 21, 2010 2:44 PM EST up reply actions  

agreed.

I got a cold one for reece.

"Cleveland, is in Ohio."---Braylon Edwards
Charter member of the Tyrann Mathieu fan club

by WatsonTiger on Dec 21, 2010 2:09 PM EST reply actions  

He must have fucked someone's wife.

That and a “no termination without causation” clause in his contract are the only explanations for the shitty assignments he drew this year.

by Big Jon on Dec 21, 2010 3:11 PM EST up reply actions  

I think the saddest story of my life

Is that I once interviewed for a cooking job at Beef o’ Brady’s. And didn’t get it.

by Blocky on Dec 21, 2010 2:30 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

coming next year:

The Mobile, Alabama Guthrie’s Bowl

/i’d go

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"It's time for everyone's favorite apartment game: 'Find the Smell!'"

by CoastalCowbell on Dec 21, 2010 2:37 PM EST reply actions  

I'd boycott

Out of fierce loyalty to Foosackly’s.

Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.

by allicolls on Dec 21, 2010 3:01 PM EST up reply actions  

can't fake the Foo

Foosackly’s is good, i just havent frequented it enough to create devotion.

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"It's time for everyone's favorite apartment game: 'Find the Smell!'"

by CoastalCowbell on Dec 21, 2010 3:40 PM EST up reply actions  

It's a quarter mile from my house.

I’ve gone through their drive thru in my pajamas on many a hungover Sunday morning. Nothing like that toast dipped in the sauce to cure what ails you.

Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.

by allicolls on Dec 21, 2010 4:00 PM EST up reply actions  

False

They’ll pry that bowl out of GoDaddy.com’s cold dead hands

ESS BEE CEEE SPEEEEEED!

by MightyMightyMitzu on Dec 21, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions  

GoDaddy plans to move up in Bowl teirs

/Shreveadishu, here they come!

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"It's time for everyone's favorite apartment game: 'Find the Smell!'"

by CoastalCowbell on Dec 21, 2010 3:42 PM EST up reply actions  

Just throwin this out there

Is it just me, or does our fearless leader sound a little like Kevin Smith on the podcasts?

by Mikanakinos on Dec 21, 2010 4:30 PM EST reply actions  

THREADJACK -- MAC Crisis Averted!

According to FootballScoop.com:

Florida: Chip Brown of OrangeBloods.com reports that Mack Brown has hired Steve Addazio as offensive line coach.

Temple and Miami fans can now downgrade coaching search panic to DEFCON 3.

Et Universitatis Ohioensis delenda est!

by DevilGrad on Dec 21, 2010 4:50 PM EST reply actions  

I would say that's a crisis averted

For nearly every fanbase, except Texas if they ever give him more responsibility, and of course fans of the Addazidive meme. Thanks for taking one for the team, Mack Brown!

Much easier to ignore the questionable quality of things that are covered in cheese.

by allicolls on Dec 21, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions  

WOOHOOOO!

This means he’s not taking Bostad!!! There will be much rejoicing in Madison tonight

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by stempke on Dec 21, 2010 4:53 PM EST up reply actions  

I cannot believe

that a post on BEEF O’BRADY’S inspired a foodie fight. You are all amazing and we love you.

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I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.

by Holly Anderson on Dec 21, 2010 5:14 PM EST reply actions  

This game is absurd

And setting back college footbaw about a hundred years. Per play.

by Kid Tenderloin on Dec 21, 2010 8:36 PM EST reply actions  

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