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Clutterfree
Member
10-24-2003
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 10:47 am
Actually, Subway restaurant chain. Like their healthy whole wheat grinders, and veggie patties, and even better when they added spinach to their choices (no more limp iceburg lettuce). I have a 1/2 grinder in my fridge right now. When I stray from vegetarian, I get the chicken teriyaki (my body still loves the tryptophan in chicken/turkey, to my dismay!).
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 10:54 am
Mine has to be Old Country Buffet, the food isn't the greatest, but they have a great variety and you can eat all you want. I really love their salad bar, which sucks at times because I fill up on salad and am hungry a few hours later. Plus the price is pretty good. I don't eat out much so when I do I like to get my moneys worth.
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 11:25 am
As tourist director for my parish (county to folks outside of LA), I have to say every restaurant in my parish. I can tell you which dish I like at each one. 
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Buttercup
Member
09-10-2000
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 11:29 am
La Fondue in Saratoga, CA
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 11:40 am
We have a funky local place called, The Bean Depot. It's a tiny run-down looking place, with mismatched old patio tables and chairs. The building used to be an old post office and it's main section is only a screened porch. There's a local blues, country or folk band there every weekend. They serve the best fried grouper and fried shrimp with cole slaw. There's nothing like sitting outside at night, relaxing in a lawn chair and listening to excellent entertainment. The only thing missing is hush puppies!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 12:30 pm
Recently, Baja Fresh Craving that is out of reach: Skyline Chili and I love Ruby's Diner for burgers, fries and shakes!

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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 1:30 pm
I very very seldom eat meals out, but the first/only restaurant that came to my mind was The Salisbury House; Eeyore beat me to it. Whenever I have been in Winnipeg, a trip to the Sals is mandatory for a cheese nip and a piece of flapper pie.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 1:59 pm
OOOHHH! La Fondue in Saratoga, CA is good! Expensive, but really, really good and fun, too. Heck, I don't know that there is a bad place to eat in Saratoga -- as long as you're on an expense account anyhow. When I still lived in my hometown, my favorite was Brother's Place in Sloat, California. Unfortunately, when Brother retired, so did the restaurant and I never did get him to give me his wife's recipe for sweet potatoe pie -- the best I ever ate anywhere. Couldn't beat a plate of Brother's ribs with creamy potatoe salad and cornbread, followed by that pie. Geez, I'm hungry just thinking of it! Nowadays, I'd have to say one of my favorite places is P.F. Chang's. Love their lettuce wraps and Mongolian Beef! 
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Grannyg
Member
05-28-2002
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 2:40 pm
Local: Rancho Grande (Mexican) best margarita's any where. Chain: Outback (Boomerang Shrimp)
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 2:55 pm
What?????

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Irishtxgrl
Member
12-07-2005
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 3:31 pm
My favorite is Olive Garden
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Grannyg
Member
05-28-2002
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 3:55 pm
hahahahha Half, I almost put that pic there but I didn't figure you would see it. lol And yes that is the most special place in the world!!
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 3:58 pm
nakato (japanese), zio's (italian) and mexican villa (yes, it's mexican) yum!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 5:45 pm
Recently Eddy and I have been eating a lot at Johnny Carino's Italian Restaurant. We're trying to go through the entire menu. So far they haven't disappointed us. 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 6:36 pm
Olive Garden. I used to love Bobby McGee's in Newport, dont know if it is still around
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Springer
Member
03-12-2004
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 7:17 pm
We love Benihana's, an oriental place, where they grill and serve the food right in front of you. The steak strips, shrimp and rice with shrimp sauce is the best.
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 7:40 am
Good morning everyone and Happy Tuesday! Looks like Olive Garden is a pretty popular place to eat. I have never eaten there, but I'll have to give it a try sometime. Thanks for all of your answers. They made me hungry! lol Today's question is: What is the biggest gamble you've ever taken and did it pay off? My brother came up with this question today, and we were talking how it could be something like a monetary gamble, or a personal gamble or any variety of things. He talked about how he is taking a gamble by quitting his job and going to graduate school. So, I thought about it for awhile and I guess the biggest gamble I ever took was when I made a decision to leave my husband and move into my own place with basically no money and no car. It was a tough decision, but it was the right one for me, and it definitely paid off! I'm a much happier person now. 
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 7:43 am
I'd have to say moving 100 miles away from my family to shack up with some kook I met online who owns guns. It paid off. 
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 7:44 am
ROFL!!
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 7:45 am
I have not took any big gamble in my life as of right now
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 8:05 am
I think starting my own business. I had to sign a contract saying I would pay $70,000 over the course of a year, without being sure it would pay off in *any* way at all. But it did, 12 years and 13 employees later!
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 8:06 am
i moved 3 hours away from my family to take a job at the beach where i always wanted to live. i have since married my wonderful dh who chased me down and i have almost doubled my salary. so, i'd say it payed off in more than one way.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 9:15 am
I'm currently thinking about taking the biggest gamble in my life by quitting my job and moving to Texas/Oklahoma.
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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 9:16 am
Leaving my husband while not having a full-time job to support me (I work from home). But as soon as I made the decision to leave, one of my clients offered me more work, and every time things start to look bleak, a new client always comes through with more work, so I've always been able to make ends meet. I'll never get rich this way, but I'm so much happier than I ever was before!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 9:25 am
I bought the cheap toilet paper once. It paid off in that I saved 30 cents, but man, my butt was not happy. (I take no gambles. My mom tells a story of me as a baby in the "jolly jumper" thing that hung from a doorway: ONE foot off the ground was a BIG risk for me. Never did I jump.)
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