The two most overrated national "Sports Bar" type places

Bluzmann57

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Sun Sep-06-09 04:47 PM
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The two most overrated national "Sports Bar" type places

Hooters and Buffalo Wild Wings. Crappy food, not real comfortable seating, lousy service and overpriced. Those two chains have it all.

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TK421

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Sun Sep-06-09 04:49 PM
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1. Never been to Buffalo Wild Wings, but Hooters sucks in my opinion

food is way overrated, and I can get wings ten times better at bars within two miles from where I live.

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LostInAnomie

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Sun Sep-06-09 04:54 PM
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2. The food at BWW isn't that bad.

You're right about everything else though.

Hooter's is the worst. The food is horrible, the service is horrible, the seats are awful, and it's expensive as hell. I know you're supposed to go for the scenery, but it's not worth it by a long shot.

All things being equal, I would go to BWW. I can't stand the disingenuous "flirting" the waitresses do at Hooters (and I'm saying that as a straight male).

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Taitertots

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Sun Sep-06-09 05:36 PM
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7. Yeah the "flirting" is just annoying

I can't stand people who I can tell are being fake for money.

If I wanted scenery I'd go to a strip club. I don't and I've never been to a strip club. I don't pay people to lie to me, I get more than enough of that in my daily life for free.

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greenbriar

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Sun Sep-06-09 04:56 PM
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3. we like BWW ... they have a gluten free menu

so it is one of the places we can go

hubby is allergic to wheat and we follow the gluten free guide so he doesn't die

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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Sep-06-09 05:17 PM
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4. Hooters food sucks and is overpriced.

As a straight male I love to see beautiful women as much as the next guy. However one must be hard up if they have to go to Hooters for this.

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Zavulon

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Sun Sep-06-09 05:23 PM
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5. Never been to an ESPN Zone?

I believe it'd have made your list if you had...complete ripoff.

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Bluzmann57

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Sun Sep-06-09 05:32 PM
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6. No I haven't

But a friend told me the same thing you did. So the next time I'm in Chicago, no ESPN Zone.

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Zavulon

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Sun Sep-06-09 05:38 PM
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8. I've been to the ones in Baltimore and DC.

The Baltimore one wasn't bad, the food was a bit more expensive than it should have been but it was pretty damn good. The DC one is a disaster, despite being a first-class facility vastly superior to the Baltimore one. I wouldn't set foot in that place again even to ask directions.

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Shell Beau

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Sun Sep-06-09 06:14 PM
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13. I actually enjoyed the ESPN Zone. I had a blast. It cost me

a butt load to have said blast, but it was fun.

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Zavulon

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Sun Sep-06-09 07:00 PM
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14. Which one was it? (NT)

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Shell Beau

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Sun Sep-06-09 07:36 PM
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16. The one in DC.

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Zavulon

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Sun Sep-06-09 07:49 PM
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17. Man, did I have a miserable time there.

I'm glad it worked out for you, but the only thing I found favorable was Sierra Nevada Pale on tap.

I did have a decent time there once, on Thanksgiving Day in 2003 or so when I sat in one of the loungers up front, but the place was practically empty. I've found that the bigger the crowd, the worse the time.

Actually, I prefer Harry's across the street. Better food, better bang for the buck, almost as conducive to watching a sporting event (unless you're a soccer fan).

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flvegan

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Sun Sep-06-09 05:39 PM
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9. I like Hooters' curly fries.

That's all I got.

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susanr516

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Sun Sep-06-09 05:52 PM
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10. I've never been to Hooters

but Buffalo Wild Wings was awful. Lousy, overpriced food, and all those TV screens were extremely distracting. I'll never go back. I have never set foot in a Hooters. The name alone tells you that the price of the entrees has been bumped up several dollars just for the privilege of staring at boobies in tight t-shirts.

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hippywife

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Sun Sep-06-09 06:03 PM
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11. I tend to be of the belief

Edited on Sun Sep-06-09 06:04 PM by hippywife

that all sports type bars are overrated. Only been to Hooters once because I love hot wings but was disappointed in the wings and the fact that they use a cheap bleu cheese dressing pre-packaged in little cups.

There's a local chain in the Columbus, Ohio area called Roosters who's wings are totally out of this world. I don't do such a bad job at home, either, since I've had to due to moving far far away from there.

:hi:

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Shell Beau

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Sun Sep-06-09 06:13 PM
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12. BWW does have uncomfortable seats and shitty food, but

I love playing the trivia games!

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triguy46

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Sun Sep-06-09 07:11 PM
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15. No surprise here, nor any insight either, I'm afraid.

Cookie cutter franchised crap.

I cannot imagine anything less entertaining than having to drink in an adult version of Mcdonalds.

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SoxFan

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Sun Sep-06-09 11:13 PM
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18. T.G.I.Fridays+big breasts=Hooters

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