Bennigans, Steak & Ale closed

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:49 pm

Sorry, Mustangsabu

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1217347 ... lenews_wsj

CalallenStang · Post by **CalallenStang** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:49 pm

What will I do without the Guinness Grill?

RGV Pony · Post by **RGV Pony** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:20 pm

wow. Steak and Ale I understand. Bennigans was better than Fridays and a bunch of others, IMO. Cardiologists will applaud the loss of the Monte Cristo sandwich.

Two of the original restaurant row-ers at 35 & Walnut Hill.

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:42 pm

RGV Pony wrote:Cardiologists will applaud the loss of the Monte Cristo sandwich.

My arteries are opening up.

Bennigan's has been going downhill for a long time, imho. Frankly, I thought that S&A had closed long ago.

FWMustangGirl · Post by **FWMustangGirl** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:02 pm

MrMustang1965 wrote:
RGV Pony wrote:Cardiologists will applaud the loss of the Monte Cristo sandwich.
My arteries are opening up. Bennigan's has been going downhill for a long time, imho. Frankly, I thought that S&A had closed long ago.

I don't think I've eaten at a Bennigan's in 5 years or so. Almost as long for Chili's. Longer for S&A.

kent dorfman · Post by **kent dorfman** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:40 pm

Yeah no big loss there. You can go to a place like Chipotle and get a better meal for the same price.

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:21 pm

FWMustangGirl wrote:Almost as long for Chili's.

Chili's removed the Caribbean Chicken Salad from their menu a couple of weeks ago. It was BornRed&Blue's favorite item on their menu. When we asked the manager why it was taken off, he had a puzzled look on his face and said, "I'm not really sure. It was our most popular non-burger item. The 'corporate office' decided to remove it for reasons that we're still unsure of."

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:46 pm

Chili's is the McDonald's of full service restaurants.

ThadFilms · Post by **ThadFilms** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:01 pm

Steak & Ale ain't what it used to be..... I remember it being awesome as a kid (granted I liked Luby's and McDonald's as a kid), but I mean, I actually remember it being good. The Steak & Ale on 635 around/between Skillman and Abrams was where my folks told my older brother and sister that they were gonna' have a little brother.

Last time I was at a Steak and Ale I was meeting up with a fellow PF'er at the closest restaurant to his office. Haven't been to a Shenanigans, err, Bennigans since senior year in high school. Maybe that was a TGI Fridays. Funny enough, Longhornfan68's then girlfriend had yet to meet me, so she wanted to buy me dinner.... can't turn down a free dinner, huh? (Yes, despite the "68" for those who haven't met him, he's my age, we went to high school together.)

So those are my best tales of those establishments.... any of you got some other stories? Oh, my roommate sophomore year -- when we lived in the Peach Palace by the law school -- was a Bennigan's waiter, I never visited him at work. Not once.

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:06 pm

ThadFilms wrote:The Steak & Ale on 635 around/between Skillman and Abrams was where my folks told my older brother and sister that they were gonna' have a little brother.

I bet the Dallas Health Department officials weren't pleased with that one bit! No wonder it closed! Did your Mom have a Caesarean section delivery near the Caesar salad at the salad bar?

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:07 pm

ThadFilms wrote:Steak & Ale ain't what it used to be..... I remember it being awesome as a kid (granted I liked Luby's and McDonald's as a kid), but I mean, I actually remember it being good. The Steak & Ale on 635 around/between Skillman and Abrams was where my folks told my older brother and sister that they were gonna' have a little brother.

Last time I was at a Steak and Ale I was meeting up with a fellow PF'er at the closest restaurant to his office. Haven't been to a Shenanigans, err, Bennigans since senior year in high school. Maybe that was a TGI Fridays. Funny enough, Longhornfan68's then girlfriend had yet to meet me, so she wanted to buy me dinner.... can't turn down a free dinner, huh? (Yes, despite the "68" for those who haven't met him, he's my age, we went to high school together.)

So those are my best tales of those establishments.... any of you got some other stories? Oh, my roommate sophomore year -- when we lived in the Peach Palace by the law school -- was a Bennigan's waiter, I never visited him at work. Not once.

Did they wear plenty of flair?

expony18 · Post by **expony18** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:11 pm

i love lubys

RGV Pony · Post by **RGV Pony** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:48 pm

Had a friend who was a bartender at the Bennigan's on NW Hwy right in front of Embassy Suites. It's been gone for some time, but when it was there it was convenient for lots of beer on the cheap.

FWMustangGirl · Post by **FWMustangGirl** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:16 pm

MrMustang1965 wrote:
FWMustangGirl wrote:Almost as long for Chili's.
Chili's removed the Caribbean Chicken Salad from their menu a couple of weeks ago. It was BornRed&Blue's favorite item on their menu. When we asked the manager why it was taken off, he had a puzzled look on his face and said, "I'm not really sure. It was our most popular non-burger item. The 'corporate office' decided to remove it for reasons that we're still unsure of."

I'm still pissed at their corporate office for closing Big Bowl. It was the best restaurant of that whole group.

SMU 86 · Post by **SMU 86** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:02 am

I am really going to miss that Kensington Club steak at Steak and Ale.