Anyone who knows me well knows that this is a big deal for me. I'm not a huge guy, but at 6'2 and 225 lbs, I can put away some food. In fact, eating is one of my favorite pastimes. I love restaurants, especially when I'm in a new area for whatever reason and I get to try something that I can't find at home. Unfortunately, trying new places can be hit or miss. You never know when you'll find yourself in a place that's either too fancy or too cheap to provide the huge portions that we all want. Yes, I know it's unhealthy. No, I don't care. If I leave a restaurant hungry, I leave pissed off.I'm a big advocate for cheap (or free) appetizers that don't run out. I know when I go into a Chili's, for example, that those bottomless chips will still be there if my main course doesn't fill me up... and that suits me just fine. Restaurants with cheap menus (like fast food) are alright with me too. Who cares if the combo didn't fill me up if there's a dollar menu I can take advantage of? Am I right, people?
Typically, the offenders are restaurants that are too fancy for their own good. Yeah, I get it. They're selling the atmosphere and the chef's "culinary art." Frankly, I could care less. I want good food that fills me up. If you're going to charge me more than ten bucks and then bring me tiny portions, you had better at least keep refilling that bread basket.
If I ever get the courage to do it, I want to dine at a super-fancy restaurant and then refuse to pay until they give me "my money's worth" of food. Whenever it happens, I'll probably be carted off to jail... but I guess that's okay because going to jail will piss me off too, and at least I'll have something else to write about.
