What Local Foodies Are Tired of

Not sure what other city dining scenes are like but seems like around here, once a certain type of food gains popularity…LOTS of restaurants follow suit and add it to their menu. Sometimes it’s just a copy cat of each other.

Local foodists are observant and have noticed the lack of ingenuity on some restaurant menus.  We posed the question “What are you tired of seeing on a menu” and received lots of great quality feedback.

Restaurants take note – here’s what your customers are saying:

Mine’s – pricey edamame and sliders (I had cheap sliders at Regal Beagle like 5 years ago)

Overpriced nachos. $17 – seriously??????

I’d toss in craptastic nachos into that list. Mushy chips, process cheese, uneven topping distro, always the same, etc.

Tired of seeing on a menu? Hate that anything that resembles a jam is now called a chutney!

Garlic mashed potatoes, yam fries

Got to agree on the edamame. Mine would be “gourmet” chicken wings. I used to work in the industry, I know what they cost!

Seared scallop, lightly dressed…. Gotta have a new way to deal with scallop…

Pretencious carpaccios and “gourmet” grilled cheese sandwiches

So tired of seeing salads having dressings with more calories then multiple burgers!

What I’m tired of seeing on menus is bruscetta and overpriced tiny bowls of olives.

Especially overpriced edamame! & yam fries! & butternut squash anything!

Totally in agreement with ready made sliders…as 4 what i hate seeing on menus how about all the stuff not MADE ON SITE…

All if not most of these have been on menus for years.  Are they really that popular and high in demand?
What makes me notice a restaurant’s originality is their very unique spin on a regular menu item…and that place is well known for it.

Restaurants, try to make a standard dish really your own (and make it good)…..where people would not want to to go anywhere else and be enticed to make reservations, come sit at your table and order that special something something.