and Church’s Chicken is vacating their recipe for their original founder’s recipe.
There are too many restaurants in the market right now. It’s consolidating around smaller, higher margin and segment-themed outfits. Middle class patrons just aren’t enthusiastic about paying for a waitress and 90’s music anymore. I believe that’s why Applebee’s hasn’t expanded beyond their one unit on the east side. They’re clinging to their producers.
TGI should have been gone a long time ago - they’ve sucked for years.
Cheap money and stock market pressure made a lot of these chains do stupid things to pursue growth.
Funny enough, I tried going to Chilis last night, just for old time sake, and as soon as I was seated, I told my family that it doesn’t look like its worth it and left. The place was so run down. The worst part was they replaced all their lights with bright blue LEDs. Terrible. So I can see why these legacy chains can’t compete. All their locations are run down.
Home delivery is also eating into restaurants revenue.
Changing markets…a wonderful benefit of capitalism.
How so? Don’t you order from the same restaurant for delivery? I would think it would boost revenue, not take away from it.
I think it largely replaces in-person dining, which means they lose out on a lot of add-n revenue from drinks and such.
I think chain restaurants have past their peak, in addition to food delivery and the way fast food chains have reinvented themselves via marketing campaigns. IHOP attempted and failed. (IHOB)
That said, inflation has made food production more expensive, and these chain restaurants simply do not have enough customers to cover costs.
It’s that and paying a cut to the delivery services. They make a lot more when you show up.
Chilis has struggled for years. The leds is one thing but very inconsistent service and quality. I still go or get Togo but only for convenience or familiarity.
I remember before Bennigans shut down part of their problem was they hadn’t updated the look of the restaurant in a long time whereas Chilis had been.
So weird how life works. I hadn’t been to a Chili’s in 20 years. Read this article a few weeks back, then just yesterday, my wife and I had time to kill in a suburb we weren’t familiar with, and the movie we were going to was next to a Chili’s. It was as good or bad as any other experience I"ve had in one. It was more than fine.
But yeah, they’re making a comeback. Several articles on the Google.
We eat at Chili’s occasionally. It’s solidly fine. Just what you expect from a place like that.
Even with all of the amazing Mexican restaurants, I think Chilis has some of the best chips and salsa around.
I don’t know if it’s the best but it’s solid.
Chili’s is a good place for Veteran’s Day.
Good free menu for Vets.
I’ve eaten there many times on that holiday.
This. Delivery services can get 30% of the order too. Plus it just changes the market. Pure delivery places now have more competition.
Thanks for the tip, I didn’t know that.
I knew someone that worked at one years ago but I have never been in a TGI’s in my life. I remember they used to have one in the Texas Rangers old stadium in the 90’s.
TGI Fridays has been around I know for decades. But man the quality of their food depleted over the years. We ordered during the covids and it just seemed like over-priced fake food. Chewy and dry. When I lived in Miami we used to go and they had a big caesar’s salad. It was good. I wouldn’t put that food in my gut now. But I don’t really like fantasy food anymore.
It is inconsistent but when they do it right, it’s awesome. Though I think Becks Prime has really good salsa too, it’s on the spicier side so not everyone in the family will agree on it.
Fun fact: It was at a Chilis on 290, in 1999, that my wife told me she was pregnant with our first child.
I was trying to find it recently and I think the location shut down. My hazy memory puts it in a strip center outside the 610 loop, NW of Mangum, on 290. Not there now but there’s a stand alone Chili’s past Pinemont.
Edit: Yep, closed in 2010 or 11 per this old website/app
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