[westopher]

Originally Posted by Great68

I find it difficult to go to casual restaurants/pubs anymore these days.
I'm so bored of the menus, they're all the same. Your typical appies (fried crap, Nachos,), Salads, Burgers, Steak entrees, Pastas, maybe pizzas, and "ethnic" bowls.

When I eat out, it's for food I can't or don't cook at home. There are very few restaurants that cook a better steak than I can at home, so that's out. Same with burgers.
Very few casual restaurants do pizza better than an actual pizza place, so that's out as well. Same with those "ethnic bowls", if I want those then I'll just go to that respective ethnic restaurant (the only problem with that is that those restaurants are usually not the nicest places to dine at).

We went out to the Fireside Grill last night, the only thing on the menu that really interested me was the duck breast with Potato Pavé, and that was $44 for two 1/2" slices of the duck breast.

They are all the same for the most part as they are just getting mostly prepared stuff from Sysco or GFS
There’s lots of good stuff around though. Go to au comptoir or faux bourgeois for good burgers or steak or duck or simple French stuff if you want casual, not cactus or whatever place that’s trying to be them this week.