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Date Night Rut

Russell and I LOVE to go to dinner every Friday night. I especially love it because it means I don't have to cook and it gives me something to look forward to in my otherwise mundane routine. The sad thing is we are a little boring when it comes to our dining out choices. I don't really like Mexican (Cafe Rio doesn't count but I do feel it is more of  a lunch place:)), we don't do Chinese and we certainly don't do Thai. So, due to my lack of adventure, it seems we pick the same two restaurants over and over. It started out that we would go to Texas Roadhouse almost every Friday. The food is great, the prices are great and it is just a fun place to go. I started getting a little bored and we decided to compromise. We would trade off every other week picking which restaurant we would eat at. So, we would go to Roadhouse one Friday and Johnny Carinos the next only to repeat the cycle. I was pretty excited when we were planning to go to dinner with friends and I left it up to them to choose. This was our chance to really eat outside the box! Turns outs they liked the same places we did. We settled on Joe Morleys. 

It was one of my unwritten New Year's resolutions to be a little more creative when it came to our dining out options. We started the streak with Roadhouse, followed by Ruby Tuesdays, then Joe Morleys and last week we ended up at Marie Calendars. It wasn't completely by choice. We did try to hit Roadhouse in there twice but both times the wait was too long.  And, I had Buy One Get One Free meals at two of those establishments.  So, rather by choice or by chance, we have fulfilled one of my unofficial goals and really spiced up our Friday nights as of late!  We just may have to throw a trip to Sizzler in there!  Bon appetite!
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wylie said…
Just reading about all those restaurants makes me hungry! We also did the Ruby Tuesday (buy one get one free). I had the Talapia it was good--but I know you don't like fish. Casey had a steak AND we shared a blondie for dessert. It was decently good food and a nice price. We are trying to come up with more date activity ideas ourselves.
January 30, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Patti said…
We ALWAYS go to Sizzler. Finally, I asked Bud if we could go somewhere different...IHOP. I need help. Seriously!
January 31, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Aimee said…
I know the line is long, but Cheesecake Factory is awesome. We like Mimi's Cafe and Pei Wei (okay, it's asian, but try it -- it's the same as PF Chang's, only cheaper). TGI Fridays is a new hit lately, too. A really great place is Good Wood off 123rd and I-15. They have the best potato salad. It's a BBQ place -- you can share a meal and save money, too.
February 2, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Habs said…
I agree with Aimee, Good Wood is a great place for dinner. It can be crowded at times though. There is a great pizza place downtown called Settabello. It's an authentic Italian place and you can get gellato!
February 4, 2009 at 12:26 PM
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