Buca di Beppo, America’s Most Postmodern Red Sauce Chain

Re:Buca di Beppo, America’s Most Postmodern Red Sauce Chain by dsr_ on Monday April 22, 2019 @05:56PM (#19723408)

Olive Garden's appeal in Times Square is the same as McDonald's: you're in a strange place, but you know what you can expect to find inside, and you know your kids will eat it while you have a glass of mediocre wine.

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Re:Buca di Beppo, America’s Most Postmodern Red Sauce Chain by ocdtrekkie on Monday April 22, 2019 @05:58PM (#19723429)

FWIW, if you go to McDonald's in some foreign countries you will be in for a shock as they serve many region-specific items. (Though in Paris, it's a pleasant shock, it's mostly the same but all of the food is better/healthier.)

Source: Yes, I traveled to the capital of a country known explicitly for it's exquisite food and did patronize a McDonald's.

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Re:Buca di Beppo, America’s Most Postmodern Red Sauce Chain by dagw on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @06:37AM (#19727202)

FWIW, if you go to McDonald's in some foreign countries you will be in for a shock as they serve many region-specific items.

I still remember getting a surprisingly nice pepperoni pizza at a McDonald's in the US many years ago. Undoubtedly the nicest thing I've eaten at a McDonald's anywhere in the world.

Yes, I traveled to the capital of a country known explicitly for it's exquisite food and did patronize a McDonald's.

Some of the, by far, worst restaurants I've ever eaten at have been in France so there's a chance that McDonald's wasn't the worst choice you could have made.

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Re:Buca di Beppo, America’s Most Postmodern Red Sauce Chain by mgarfias on Monday April 22, 2019 @11:35PM (#19725378)

i stopped in at one in new zealand for shits and grins. got some sorta tandoori wtfever chicken thing. it was vile. but it was exploring the unknown known.

also: walmarts in mexico are a step up from the ones in the us.

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