Companies/restaurant
Friday's
Tim’s take
He consistently ranks Fridays above Applebee's and Ruby Tuesday's, calling it "the supremacy of Fridays," and later gives it a full defense — soft garlicky breadsticks, the Jack Daniel's sandwich, its invention of cocktail hour, and its Manhattan pedigree via Alan Stillman 17:33 34:29 52:39. Even when he writes off the whole category of casual chains as dying and deserving to die, he carves Fridays out as one he still likes 16:01 23:21. He also uses it as demographic shorthand — a spot for teachers and lower-level corporate types getting the appetizer platter and margaritas 1:05:10. And he keeps returning to one story, dining and dashing on a rude waitress there as a teenager by running back in to grab the money off the table before his friends could pay, telling it both as a moral lesson about deserving good service and as a straightforward prank 17:33 31:58.
Every Reference (9)
"like a breeding ground For these corporate chain restaurants Fridays Applebee's Ruby Tuesday's the Cheesecake Factory All of these"
Bennigan's: Long Island's Fake Irish Nightmare Restaurant — Protestant Blood Burger+15s into the segment"casual theme restaurants are on the edge of destruction here. Fridays, Applebee's, Ruby Tuesday's. They're going away, folks. And you"
The Death of Casual Chain Restaurants: Fridays, Ruby Tuesday, and Olive Garden's Survival — Second Life (with Alex Steinberg)+10s into the segment"ironic maybe. Yeah. I mean that that's half of the the you know Friday's man is Still decent food you eat it and you guys decent food"
Nostalgia for Getting High and Driving to Chili's — Second Life (with Alex Steinberg)+8s into the segment"up, my parents took me to a lot of theme restaurants, you know? Fridays, Applebee. And it's very jarring as a child because the waiters"
"particularly cruel because I had always argued for the supremacy of Fridays when compared to Applebee's, which is a medical facility where"
The Entitlement Debate: Do You Deserve Good Service? — The Big Booth (with Devan Costa)+177s into the segment"because Friday is a great place. The breadsticks are soft and garlicky, but not overpowering. The Jack, the three for all is amazing. The Jack Daniel sandwich at one time was one of the top sandwiches in the fast casual."
Devin's Bakery Delivery Job and Socialists Who Hate Work — The Big Booth (with Devan Costa)+150s into the segment"even dates good doesn't even taste good but Alan Stillman knew this you started Fridays and TJ Smith of olinsky's DT tell Frisco knew"
Long Island Deli Sandwiches vs. Chick-fil-A — #175 - Corporate Steakhouse | The Tim Dillon Show+325s into the segment"once at Fridays I I I've probably told this story before the waitress was very vicious and rude she was a very rude person sure because she worked at Fridays"
Teenage Dine and Dash Stories — Knuckleheads & Dodo Birds | The Tim Dillon Show #366+95s into the segment"Lobster's choice. They had a demographic choice, okay? It's like Friday's. Friday's for a while like their choice it was like they went"
Theme Restaurants Explain America Better Than Museums — Donald Trump & Cracker Barrel | The Tim Dillon Show #394+339s into the segment