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13. Yes, that is so very true. TY Blue Owl.

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Red Lobster is going bankrupt and might very well be closing. My first date with my husband was when I was 21 and he was [View all] debm55 May 2024 OP

The restaurant's founder was Bill Darden, a white man who seated black patrons in the Jim Crow south. Lunabell May 2024 #1

Thank you, Lunabell, debm55 May 2024 #3

thank you. AllaN01Bear May 2024 #21

I loved the biscuits. Ocelot II May 2024 #2

Ty Ocelot II So did I. debm55 May 2024 #4

Fortunately, there are recipes that replicate them. And box mixes niyad May 2024 #7

It really went downhill over the last decade. RandySF May 2024 #5

Thank you RandySF, Has it really gone that far downhill? When we went it was okay. But service, food , wait for a debm55 May 2024 #8

The food at the ones I've eaten at in the last few years was really bad. BComplex May 2024 #14

TY BComplex. The last time we ate there, I had scallops they were undercooked. I sent them back.I think I got the same debm55 May 2024 #15

I wasn't impressed. I went in 1998 and never went back. jimfields33 May 2024 #18

The food. RandySF May 2024 #36

TY RandySF and it got worse as I got older. debm55 May 2024 #37

I still take my one son there. appleannie1 May 2024 #6

Thank you appleannie1, I live near the old Century III Mall. I have gone to the one in Monvoeville. I thought it was debm55 May 2024 #10

Ate there often decades ago, especially when working full-time. Probably haven't been in 4 years. Silent Type May 2024 #9

Wow, we were young, and right out of college we would not have been able to afford that. TY SilentType. debm55 May 2024 #12

And yet they can't turn a profit at those prices unblock May 2024 #17

TY unblock. I think they had unlimited crab legs too, debm55 May 2024 #26

They failed to heed the Simpson's warning Blue Owl May 2024 #11

Yes, that is so very true. TY Blue Owl. debm55 May 2024 #13

It's the only place in my area to get seafood. Elessar Zappa May 2024 #16

Thank you Elessar Zappa. I quess you are lucky. debm55 May 2024 #24

My youngest son worked for them anciano May 2024 #19

Thank you, We like them too. debm55 May 2024 #22

havnt heard of these in many moons . so sad. AllaN01Bear May 2024 #20

TY AllaN01Bear. It's sad that when you talked about Red Lobster, people would just bring up the cheese biscuits. debm55 May 2024 #23

i live in a small area market , lucky to have taco bell, jack in the box and others AllaN01Bear May 2024 #25

I guess they underestimated the glutiney of the American public when they said doc03 May 2024 #27

TY I agree. How many did they sell and have people eat that put them over the edge? debm55 May 2024 #38

I vaguely recall having it once Shermann May 2024 #28

TY Missing anything, What can you say about a place that only known for it's biscuits? debm55 May 2024 #39

Went there recently with husband Freddie May 2024 #29

TY Freddie, you and Mr, Freddie may have visited one of the few good remaining ones. debm55 May 2024 #40

I wonder gay texan May 2024 #30

Agree with your statement. They were still good in the 80's to early 90.s after that , Yuk, debm55 May 2024 #31

They were bought out in 2014 GP6971 May 2024 #34

oh no gay texan May 2024 #35

Thank you, GP6971 debm55 May 2024 #41

They are no where near the seafood place they used to be. They are worse. They are just like the Olive Garden--another debm55 May 2024 #42

I've never been to Red Lobster. GP6971 May 2024 #45

ty, You can get really good seafood there near the coasts debm55 May 2024 #50

The one in my city closed late last year. Fla Dem May 2024 #32

TY FLa Dem , There will probably be more. I don't mind paying money for food and service. I will not for the crap at RL. debm55 May 2024 #43

I wonder if they were attacked by "vulture capitalists"... Grins May 2024 #33

Agree. Have you notice that not many posters said they still like them??? debm55 May 2024 #44

That maybe their only hope for at least a few more years, unless RLob is willing to make it profitable. Silent Type May 2024 #51

They have the best fish sandwich around. Emile May 2024 #46

TY Emile. debm55 May 2024 #47

"The restaurant's founder was Bill Darden, a white man who seated black patrons in the Jim Crow South." mpcamb May 2024 #48

Thank you debm55 May 2024 #49

Just to clarify True Dough May 2024 #52

I've never lived close to one, Mr.Bill May 2024 #53

Their stuffed mushrooms and crab linguine Alfredo. woodsprite May 2024 #54

I was a prep cook, then a line cook at a Red Lobster near Cleveland in early 80s Easterncedar May 2024 #55