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In reply to the discussion: 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]
GP6971
(38,212 posts)45. I've never been to Red Lobster.
I've lived on both coasts so there were plenty of seafood restaurants around.
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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 RandySF, Has it really gone that far downhill? When we went it was okay. But service, food , wait for a
debm55
May 2024
#8
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
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
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
TY I agree. How many did they sell and have people eat that put them over the edge?
debm55
May 2024
#38
TY Missing anything, What can you say about a place that only known for it's biscuits?
debm55
May 2024
#39
TY Freddie, you and Mr, Freddie may have visited one of the few good remaining ones.
debm55
May 2024
#40
Agree with your statement. They were still good in the 80's to early 90.s after that , Yuk,
debm55
May 2024
#31
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
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
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
"The restaurant's founder was Bill Darden, a white man who seated black patrons in the Jim Crow South."
mpcamb
May 2024
#48
I was a prep cook, then a line cook at a Red Lobster near Cleveland in early 80s
Easterncedar
May 2024
#55