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lizard lips
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Applebees Ensenada
Took the wife to Applebees for lunch today and decided to try a shrimp dish. BIG MISTAKE! It tasted terrible so I told the waitress and she just gave
me a bad look and said "thats the way we make it here" and went on her way.
About an hour after returning home I got violently ill......
PLEASE, PLEASE, DO NOT EAT AT THIS PLACE.............................
The bill was way too much also. I think they charge twice as much as they do in California.
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The Gull
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OK I get the picture, you want Appleby's all to yourself. It is understandable. What is your favorite item on the menu?
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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lizard lips
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DAMN-You caught me...............
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DENNIS
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Applebys....WalMart....Home Depot....Costco.... The only resemblence to the original in the states is the sign. All preconceptions vanish once you're
inside the store. It's no wonder people smuggle.
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Bruce R Leech
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wait until you try a Mexican Subway sandwich
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Natalie Ann
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Last year I had at that restaurant the same experience as Lizard Lips, except mine was with the chicken salad. I was soooo ill. Don't even wanta
drive by an Applebee's now - the memory makes my tummi ache.
Nena
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Sharksbaja
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Mr Bill was wrong?
No way Jose'! I remember the last time I climbed up on my soap box to denounce
Applebees I was lamblasted for making absurd comparisons.
Ok, I won't do that again. You just gotta learn for yourself. Right Lips?
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capt. mike
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sorry..........but WHY would anyone go to a USA chain place in mexico when there are so many great independent restaurants to sample??!! 
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
sorry..........but WHY would anyone go to a USA chain place in mexico when there are so many great independent restaurants to sample??!!
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Grande DITTO!
Bob H
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bajaguy
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Such as Mario's, just a short distance from Applebees, on the road to El Faro Beach/Resort
(Note- Edited to replace "Like" with Such as)
[Edited on 5-8-2008 by bajaguy]
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Natalie Ann
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I'd never eaten at an Applebee's even in the U.S. I went because my Mexican friend really wanted to try it out. She thought that the food would be
different from her normal fare (it was) and really good (it wasn't). I guess you could say we went for the adventure.
Never again! 
From now on I stick to street tacos.
Nena
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
.....Oscar Wilde
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lizard lips
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Yes Sharks, your right!.................I went there because it was close to the house and I really wanted to give it a chance. I've eaten at
Applebee"s in Monterrey Mx. and it wasn't too bad. My driver wanted to go there but I wanted "El Rey Cabrito" (one of my favorites) but I promise
never to go to Applebee's again. My wife wont either-----In fact she tells me today that she didn't feel well. Maybe sympathy sick?
I had better food on the Kitty Hawk! Much better.
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El Camote
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Applebees = Crapnheaves
Knowledge is good. - Emil Faber
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larry
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
sorry..........but WHY would anyone go to a USA chain place in mexico when there are so many great independent restaurants to sample??!!
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Grande DITTO!
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I couldn't agree more. I would add....why would anyone go to a USA chain place IN THE USA as well, when there are so many great independent
restaurants.
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Baja&Back
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IMHO, Applebees is the worst chain restaurant in North America. We are now infected with it in Canada also.
On the other hand, Olive Garden is my fav.
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Bruce R Leech
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaeng
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
wait until you try a Mexican Subway sandwich |
I've been afraid to try, yet real curious ... how bad is a Subway in Baja? |
your favorite sandwich wont even resemble what you are used to in the USA.
Bruce R Leech
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rogerj1
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American food in Mexico
When I was living in Mazatlan while in college, after a month or so away from home, I started to become obsessed about American fast food. I was
craving a good hamburger. Back then there was no presence by American restaurants, except maybe a KFC. The first thing I did when I got home was go to
Dick's Drive-in, a Seattle institution. Applebee's would have worked just as well.
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Martyman
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Some of the best hamburgers I've ever had were made at mexican restaurants in both Baja and California!
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comitan
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Bruce here in La Paz I can't tell the difference, just the price much more.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Oso
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The worst case of the "Toltec Two Step" I've ever had came from a Big Mac in McAllen, TX, after 3 straight years of Mexico City street tacos without
incidence.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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