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9/17/2011 12:01:20 PM

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"you guys should try Chuck's imo the food is better than Beasley's"

that's bold.....

i may walk up there for lunch to test your opinion

[Edited on September 17, 2011 at 12:39 PM. Reason : .]

9/17/2011 12:38:48 PM

and, holy shit, Chuck's was damn good.

Dirty South, ftw -- well worth $9. i couldn't eat anything other than the burger

9/17/2011 2:08:19 PM

Chuck's has been tested.

It is indeed worth the money. Definitely one of the better burgers I've had, though I'm tentatively going to say it wasn't the best. I had the Spirit Animal, but I may end up there before the week is out to have the Dirty South, which I'm kind of mad at myself for not getting. However, the Spirit Animal has charred poblano peppers and grilled tomato... absolutely delicious.

And I don't know if it's been said, but their fries and milkshakes are awesome! The fries are the best I've had in Raleigh (and close to actual Belgian fries I've had in Belgium), and the aioli was... just really good for aioli. We split a "salty peanut butter with roasted bananas" which was not surprisingly delicious.

I mean obviously it's not the cheapest burger, fries, and milkshake out there. But damn was it good after running around SPARKcon all day.

9/18/2011 10:15:59 PM

BANK LOAN JOKES

9/18/2011 10:49:25 PM

AY YO
IS CHUCKS LIKE THE UNDERGROUND RED ROBIN?

9/19/2011 12:04:54 AM

definitely not the best burger you'll ever have, but it is pretty damn good

tried the High & the Valley today and wasn't huge on it though. Spirit Animal ftw

9/19/2011 1:10:07 AM

Had a few drinks at Fox's tonight. Pricey, but good.

9/19/2011 1:29:26 AM

Went to Chucks and Fox last night. I got the Big House burger; pretty good, but nothing overly impressive. The "comeback sauce" for fries is a fucking disastrous horseradish/cocktail sauce/1000 island abomination. Fox is a pretty cool spot, but $11 for cocktails in which there's about 4 oz and a shitton of ice is a bit much.

9/21/2011 10:40:01 AM

Going to Fox tonight. Fleet Fox, that is.

9/21/2011 10:41:04 AM

Just browsed through this thread and saw this:

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"'m just saying when you hit that price point it better have zero flaws"

Ha...$15 meal better have zero flaws?? Holy fuck. This thread was hilarious for about 7 pages.

9/21/2011 11:35:48 AM

^i mean for FRIED CHICKEN it should.

9/21/2011 11:36:21 AM

^Yeah okay.





Redirect from Downtown thread:

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"^Yeah, I'm kind of pissed off about the tiny water glasses. The self-serve is fine, but why the tiny-ass glasses? I assume that's just because if it was a large glass people would fill it up and not always drink it all, and the waiters have to refill the water container because it's not a tap setup. Still, I think it's pretty annoying. I sat there and had three shots of water before filling up a fourth and going to the table. Looked like a bit of an idiot but I was thirsty and I wasn't going to get up every 3 minutes to fill it up."

Seriously annoying, they need to replace that shit.

9/21/2011 11:40:23 AM

To clarify the zero flaws comment. The white meat was super dry and had wet uncooked flour under the outer cruelty part. I mean, i don't get those kind of flaws at bojangles and the fryers there don't consider themselves the epitome of nouveau cuisine in the area.

9/21/2011 1:07:06 PM

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"To clarify, the zero flaws comment. The white meat was super dry and had wet uncooked flour under the outer cruelty part. I mean, i don't get those kind of flaws at bojangles and the fryers there don't consider themselves the epitome of nouveau cuisine in the area. I'm a cunt"

9/21/2011 1:14:16 PM

Yeah. I should just not expect fully cooked chicken for $7.50

9/21/2011 1:18:57 PM

^the question you have to ask yourself is do they make this mistake every time or even a high percentage of the time. If so, your cuntishness is completely validated. If not, and if it was a one time mistake, or a new fry cook, or someone having a bad day that just fucked up 5-6 pieces of chicken, its $7.50, not $50.00 (and perfection is hardly achievable at any restaurant with all of the variables involved)

Same issue I have with people that get on message boards, urbanspoon, yelp and complain about waiters/service after one fucking trip. If its a trend, then fine, but there is nothing a restaurant can do, no matter how good their training program is, about a person having a bad day, being rude for a split second, or fucking up your order.

9/21/2011 1:33:42 PM

big fan of the comeback sauce

and I'm with everyone on the $11 drinks... but at least they have $3 Modelo, and it's a cool space

9/21/2011 4:08:46 PM

the bare gray walls kinda grated on me, and the whole place is a little too loungey for my taste, but the mexican firing squad was delicious and it's the best bathroom setup in raleigh

9/21/2011 4:58:24 PM

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"Same issue I have with people that get on message boards, urbanspoon, yelp and complain about waiters/service after one fucking trip. If its a trend, then fine, but there is nothing a restaurant can do, no matter how good their training program is, about a person having a bad day, being rude for a split second, or fucking up your order."

thats why you read multiple reviews and take multiple people's experiences into consideration.

9/21/2011 5:11:27 PM

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"and it's the best bathroom setup in raleigh"

cannot be said enough

Larry David would absolute love it

9/21/2011 5:16:11 PM

Damn did I have a perfect burger, and not to mention the perfect fry too. Great temp, perfect texture, and great crisp on the outside of the fry. Aioli was perfect creaminess and great flavoring, that wasn't over powering.

The ingredient's on the will's way burger were thick cut and great, just like a fresh home grown roma tomato. Burger itself was seasoned and cooked well.

I was impressed. I will definitely go back in one of my last 6 meals in Raleigh.

9/23/2011 2:37:40 PM

OMG HIPSTER

9/23/2011 2:42:13 PM

Lol I never expected this thread to reach 9 pages when I started it

9/23/2011 4:39:01 PM

^^^wow what a great review. you should be a food critic!

[Edited on September 23, 2011 at 10:10 PM. Reason : ]

9/23/2011 10:10:03 PM

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"ingredient's"

seriously?!?

9/23/2011 10:31:54 PM

Gf and I did dinner there tonight and it was a good meal
for the price, I would recommend it.

9/23/2011 11:03:50 PM

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" seriously"

Yeah jetlag is a bitch. You try being on planes for 14 hours after a 12 hour bender and try to please you assholes.

[Edited on September 23, 2011 at 11:18 PM. Reason : a]

9/23/2011 11:16:47 PM

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"OUTER CRUELTY PART"

9/23/2011 11:17:15 PM

fox's liquor bar is hard to enjoy. under the right circumstances(payday, group of many sitting on couches) it could be fun, but mostly just not appealing

9/24/2011 3:36:33 AM

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"thats why you read multiple reviews and take multiple people's experiences into consideration."

I read plenty of reviews, it just shocks me how many people post highly specific, individual, for the most part one-off experiences with waiters, staff etc on food review sites and tell others not to go.

9/24/2011 10:05:34 AM

This thread is so adorable.

9/24/2011 10:17:29 AM

you are adorable

9/24/2011 10:51:45 AM

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"steve shelley? like sonic youth steve shelley?"

yes, THAT Steve Shelley

he was playing Hopscotch with Disappears

and he apparently wanted some chicken

9/24/2011 11:29:50 AM

htf did i miss that

9/24/2011 5:26:13 PM

I went with my roomie the other week and loved my late-night chicken and waffle. We split a side of mac and each got teas and I was happy with the price-point (including tip).

Will go again but I'm not downtown as much these days.

Man, you stop working in restaurants down there for six months and then 80% of the staff faces have changed.

9/24/2011 6:00:39 PM

Tried to go for first time, today. Cool place, but we got there at 4:15 and they had just stopped serving waffles.

None of the 9 of us understood that, because their menu then went from 3 items to 2 items, until 10pm, I think.

I didn't realize it was THAT limited of a menu. We all were just kinda miffed. There were a few other people in there, and while their food looked pretty good, none of us could wrap our mind around the place. We could either order chicken, or a chicken biscuit. Really strange.

That said, I'll definitely go at some point, because i love chicken and waffles very, very much.

We ended up leaving, because, frankly, it's hard to please 8 people with a menu like that.

[Edited on September 24, 2011 at 7:07 PM. Reason : 2322]

9/24/2011 7:06:55 PM

it's chicken & waffles after 10pm, correct?

woops, you^ said that. anyway, hoping to catch that sometime soon. i've never had chicken & waffles

[Edited on September 24, 2011 at 7:35 PM. Reason : ]

9/24/2011 7:34:44 PM

as long as the place has been open you should have known that the menu was going to be limited to just the chicken or the biscuit. its still very worth it with the sides/sweets

went to Fox last night and while i wasnt blown away it was a cool place to chill. drinks are pricey but very stout. such a strong pour that when we went to Neptunes we were complaining about weak pours on almost clear glasses of rum/bourbon coke. they pour nice drinks most of the time there and the color of the drink made us just realize how strong the cocktails at Fox are.

I would say that the drinks jstpack and i had would equal the amount of liquor in 2.5-3 drinks at other places. it probably took us 20 minutes to finish our one drink. think of it as a double.

no DJ just lounging tunes ... ladies, they had all male bartenders last night and all the guys dress up which brings an upscale, big city vibe i guess. As soon as it got just a little crowded the door guy went 1/1; i liked that a lot. They kept the crowd at just the right size while we were there. Drinks take a few minutes to make but with 3 mixers last night it wasnt that long.

The bathrooms are nicely set up; 4 unisex, individual rooms with a toilet and real door. not stall type doors.

not a bad place if you are looking to start the night off with a stiff drink.

9/25/2011 12:50:26 PM

was there with WillemJoel


honestly I had wanted to go to see what the fuss was about, but I won't go back.


there is no such thing as $10 fried chicken. come the fuck on. someone has been blowing way too much smoke up Ashley Christensen's ass for her to think that people are going to frequent a place with THREE main dishes, one of which you can only get late night or all day on sunday.

I know people who make superb fried chicken and they wouldn't dare think they could charge $10 a motherfucking plate for it. Raleigh is too small for that level of hardcore fucking pretension. I'm getting so tired of this ballooning of the "places to be seen" ethos in local businesses instead of places that offer you a redeeming experience.

There were some 40-somethings at the bar drinking wine at a fried chicken place. The wine and cocktail list outnumbered the food items available. For real? This is what Raleigh goes for now? Fuck that.

9/25/2011 1:51:51 PM

^The plate of chicken is $7.50, and they have offered a few specials, including chicken salad when I have been there. I wish the chicken biscuit was white meat, and they should have chicken salad, maybe chicken fingers (upscale style), and chicken waffles all day, other than that I have no complaints.

9/25/2011 1:57:29 PM

kiljadn, WillemJoel,

that's what you get for visiting an establishment that doesn't care about serving your demographic

they're probably glad you aren't coming back or are confused by their very simple menu

it will make room for the folks they are actually marketing to



[Edited on September 25, 2011 at 5:47 PM. Reason : lol @ bad restaurant reviews by people that didn't even eat there]

9/25/2011 5:43:13 PM

There's a Chick-Fil-A at the corner of Fayetteville and Davie.

9/25/2011 5:58:02 PM

I posted this in another thread, but I don't have any issues with Beasley's. A little too rich, maybe, but I'll be going back when I'm ever down that way again.

9/25/2011 6:01:07 PM

Ahahaha, ITT tdubbers walk into a restaurant, shit their pants, then walk out, and complain online that no one was there to tell them not to shit their pants.

9/25/2011 7:16:22 PM

Poole's only has five main dishes.

No one ever complains.

9/25/2011 10:30:14 PM

thats a lot of chicken for $7.50. whats all the fuss?

9/25/2011 10:32:36 PM

^^That's because most tdubbers haven't been to Poole's. If this was a 9-page long thread about it (and I know we've talked about it in the thread but that's not the point), they'd complain about it just the same, especially since it's more expensive. "Dinner" food can't be expensive?!?!?! Fried chicken that's not some greasy toss-around from the drive-thru window? ABSURD!

9/25/2011 10:37:02 PM

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"We ended up leaving, because, frankly, it's hard to please 8 people with a menu like that."

No, it's not. If you go to a place called "Chicken and Honey", you should probably expect that the menu will consist of chicken and honey.

9/25/2011 10:58:15 PM

set em up

[Edited on September 25, 2011 at 11:10 PM. Reason : g]

9/25/2011 11:03:51 PM