Companies/restaurant
Chili's
2017-03-14, 2 mentions2019-10-27, 1 mention2019-12-08, 1 mention2020-02-16, 1 mention2021-01-31, 1 mention2022-12-04, 1 mention2024-01-20, 1 mention2026-07-25, 1 mention
Tim’s take
Chili's shows up mostly as a punchline for chain-restaurant mediocrity and corporate emptiness, whether he's riffing a fake baby-back-ribs ad 1:20:02, noting advertisers never cared about anything but selling potato salad 45:55, or picturing it as the last stop before house arrest in a surveillance state 1:04:08. He also just likes the place, saying so plainly more than once 41:36 42:35. When he's serious about it, he credits Chili's with surviving the chain-restaurant collapse on Gen Z nostalgia while places like Red Robin die off 42:35.
Every Reference (9)
"I like Fridays, and I like Outback, I like fucking Chili's. I enjoy Chili's. I think the Southwestern Egg Roll is probably the greatest casual chain restaurant appetizer of all time."
The Death of Casual Chain Restaurants: Fridays, Ruby Tuesday, and Olive Garden's Survival — Second Life (with Alex Steinberg)+40s into the segment"circumstances But I've been and I used to love this I used to go to Chili's with my friends and we would just we'd smoke so much weed And"
Nostalgia for Getting High and Driving to Chili's — Second Life (with Alex Steinberg)+34s into the segment"day or maybe was earlier that day me and my cousin had lunch at Chili's and that's what she said to me she goes I said what is you know"
Pompano Beach Gig and "I Just Love Heroin" — #171 - Brownie Boat | The Tim Dillon Show+60s into the segment"if you're lucky enough to be at Chili's there's a Southwestern egg roll or there's a little shrimp with a tangy [ __ ] you know cocktail sauce"
Getting Drunk at the Office Christmas Party — #177 - Sober December | The Tim Dillon Show"country. I want my baby back baby back baby back ribs. Come to Chili's. Come to Chili's and then go watch a movie. Go watch a movie in"
Offering to Shill for Dictators and Saudi Arabia — #187 - Waffle Sundaes and Puppet Shows | The Tim Dillon Show+25s into the segment"shut your mouth get on the app get the vaccinate chili's go from chili's right to your home don't stop and see a friend we consider that"
Rolling Quarantines and the New Normal of Surveillance Apps — #237 - Buy The Dip | The Tim Dillon Show+122s into the segment"patriot act none of these [ __ ] advertisers gave a [ __ ] did was Chili's standing with you when you refused when you when you said the"
Advertisers Never Cared About Free Speech — Christmas in Nantucket | The Tim Dillon Show #325+33s into the segment"enjoy like Gilbert Arizona you enjoy that there's probably a Chili's chilies I like chilies it's good you can race things in the dirt"
Beverly Hills Is Just Pills and Pretend Salads — Den Of Snakes | The Tim Dillon Show #378+9s into the segment"Chili's has seemed to survive because Gen Z's kind of ironically given Chili's another lease on life because Chili's there's some irony."
Red Robin's Collapse and the Death of Chain Restaurant Nostalgia — Andrew Tate, A Socialist Makeover, & The Demise Of Red Robin | The Tim Dillon Show #505+36s into the segment