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Ruth's Chris Gets Bought by Darden
from The Negotiator | The Tim Dillon Show #345 · #345
4 min
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Reacting to Darden's $715 million purchase of Ruth's Chris Steak House, Tim dismisses it as a low-end steakhouse for people who shouldn't be at a steakhouse, riffing on birthday-discount diners and its founding by a divorced single mother.
- Ruth Chris is one of the lower-end corporate steakhouses in America, not a good restaurant — it's for teachers and people who shouldn't be at a steakhouse.
- Tim describes watching people at Ruth Chris argue about birthday promotions to get money off the bill.
- Darden acquired Ruth Chris but hasn't released any plans; there's nothing to do with it.
- Ruth Chris doesn't make you feel special; Tim questions what the restaurant's actual story is or who Ruth Chris was.
- Ruth Fertell was a divorced single mother who bought the restaurant in 1965, which explains why it very much feels like a divorced single mother restaurant.
- The clientele at Ruth Chris includes people drinking blue martinis at the bar, waiting for a man with deep pockets, while con artists inside try to steal customers' money.
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