BearlyNose said:
reduce portions sizes
I don't think I remember a time when I didn't get enough food at a chain restaurant. It's almost always a 2k mediocre calorie bomb at every restaurant.
BearlyNose said:
reduce portions sizes
I'm going to go ahead and predict that the creamy jalapeno will no longer be complimentary and will be about 4 bucks for each little bowl under Darden's ownership.Eleven-League Grant said:I suspect Darden's first move will be to increase menu prices.Quote:
BTW I think Chuy's in its current original form is great. I hope Darden doesnt change things too much.
Chuy's has done a decent job of keeping their food prices in line despite all the recent major increase in costs. It seems that was Darden's strategy when they bought Cheddars, too.
It was never the best (or even close to the best) TexMex in the city, it was just the most predatory from a business perspective. Pretty much exactly what's happened with P. Terry's and Torchy's as well.Dia del DougO said:
They seem to pretty much belong with Darden. As a lover of Mexican food, I have never been a fan of the chain. And the original Chuy's in Austin was even overrated.
for someone who grew up with the original Chuy's 5 min down the road on Barton Springs, I'm always gonna be partial to it. I have more Tex-Mex options than I know what to do with since moving to San Antonio 16 years ago, but my family still includes Chuy's in our rotation. It was my daughters favorite, and she loves chips with creamy jalepeno. Hope Dardens doesn't mess it up.Gobearsone said:
As someone who loved the original Chuys and ate there hundreds of times, i am done. I can replicate the menu items i ate the most and as an austinite prefer to eat at local family owned tex mex sites such as Matts, Maudies, Serranos etc.