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Where would you take your date for dinner?

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Contributor: cherryredhead88 cherryredhead88
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Originally posted by Throwingawaysoon
Assuming the food tastes just as good at either restaurant, which environment would you rather take your partner? A formal restaurant with monkey suits and cocktail dresses, somewhere family friendly like a chain restaurant, a little roadside mom and ... more
I am a sucker for Olive Garden or a fat juicy steak (with some ketchup... shoot me. :p ) My favorites are the small businesses run by actual people of different cultures, therefore making authentic, delicious, and affordable food. Must go to El Mexicano,

Thanks for this thread, I have a date on Thursday and I was wondering where to go... yummy steak tacos... OMG *Drool*

I also absolutely love Mandarin House. BEST CRAB CHEESE EVER
12/08/2010
Contributor: SexyTabby SexyTabby
It's rare we go out but when we do I like to be comfy and cozy so I put the mom & pop restaurants. We have a really great rib place run by locals that is awesome and where it's not cheap it's not 100 bucks a plate nor do you have to dress all stuffy to enter. But more likely you'll find me cooking and I'm pretty good at it.
12/08/2010
Contributor: darthkitt3n darthkitt3n
I'd love to take him out for dinner at a nice place, but there isn't really any around here. The only nearby super expensive restaurant is in a little German town and they don't really have food we enjoy. We have gone there before and have decided that we really didn't care for the food for how much we paid for it, which was nearly $50 a person.

We both definitely prefer dinner when I cook or when we both cook. That way, we both get something made with ingredients we like, seasoned to our taste.
12/08/2010
Contributor: leatherlover leatherlover
I voted for the high end restaurant, even though I wouldn't pay for $100 a plate. My wife and I enjoy a Brazilian churrascaria steakhouse at $50 a plate, Maggiano's for good Italian, and we went for our 6 month anniversary to a restaurant on top of a tall building that rotated around. Very cool evening.
12/08/2010
Contributor: sbon sbon
I like cooking
12/17/2010
Contributor: Selective Sensualist Selective Sensualist
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Originally posted by leatherlover
I voted for the high end restaurant, even though I wouldn't pay for $100 a plate. My wife and I enjoy a Brazilian churrascaria steakhouse at $50 a plate, Maggiano's for good Italian, and we went for our 6 month anniversary to a restaurant on ... more
Hmmm . . . That restaurant that rotates on the top of a tall building wouldn't happen to be in Dallas, would it?
12/17/2010
Contributor: Avant-garde Avant-garde
I would cook or go to a fast food place. Something simple.
12/17/2010
Contributor: Lady Neshamah Lady Neshamah
i've done all of them at one point. it depends on who it is that i am with and what their tastes are.
12/18/2010
Contributor: leatherlover leatherlover
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Originally posted by Selective Sensualist
Hmmm . . . That restaurant that rotates on the top of a tall building wouldn't happen to be in Dallas, would it?
No, downtown Atlanta.
12/18/2010
Contributor: GravyCakes GravyCakes
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Originally posted by Throwingawaysoon
Assuming the food tastes just as good at either restaurant, which environment would you rather take your partner? A formal restaurant with monkey suits and cocktail dresses, somewhere family friendly like a chain restaurant, a little roadside mom and ... more
i've been wanting to cook for my guy forever, but he rarely lets me. he says im an awesome cook, he just doesn't want me to spend the money.
05/04/2011
Contributor: sexyk515 sexyk515
ill cook if he want to go out to eat he pay and take me out
05/04/2011
Contributor: padmeamidala padmeamidala
Quote:
Originally posted by Throwingawaysoon
Assuming the food tastes just as good at either restaurant, which environment would you rather take your partner? A formal restaurant with monkey suits and cocktail dresses, somewhere family friendly like a chain restaurant, a little roadside mom and ... more
I'm a really good cook
05/04/2011
Contributor: nicole07 nicole07
I like going to chain restuarants
05/04/2011
Contributor: zizfaye zizfaye
I think it's more intimate to cook for someone. Plus I love cooking for other people, especially my partner.
05/04/2011
Contributor: Fuck it. Fuck it.
We cook a lot, but it's nice to explore little local places together, too.
05/04/2011
Contributor: w-o-name w-o-name
i prefer to cook
05/04/2011
Contributor: catalunalilith catalunalilith
i prefer doing to cooking myself. i find the whole process of laning menues and grocery shopping (alright, any type of shopping...) relaxing. But I LOVE to cook, and everyone thats ever tried my food says it's quite good.

if i want a romantic dinner i would prefer to get better quality AND lower cost food by cooking myself. plus already being home makes it much easier to bring things to the bedroom. Not to mention i don't do that well with large groups of people...
07/10/2011
Contributor: Ghost Ghost
Being that I'm a strict vegetarian living in a relatively vegetarian-unfriendly locale, I find it much better to make the food. It's cheaper, tastes good, and I know it's healthy.
07/10/2011
Contributor: M121212 M121212
I would take my date to one of my favourite restaurants (they vary in price point form regular restaurant rates to about 2x regular restaurant rates), or I'd go on a picnic with some home made or deli bought delights.
07/30/2011
Contributor: themaddhatter themaddhatter
chain i guess
07/30/2011
Contributor: Ms. Spice Ms. Spice
idk it depends on what phase of the relationship we're in. if it's a first date, i wouldn't mind something like chili's or maccoroni's (and if he makes me food, that's nice too!). if it's an anniversary, i want something nicer than that. but if it's anything else, i'm content with us making dinner.
07/30/2011
Contributor: melissa1973 melissa1973
I love a good mom and pops place, I'd rather eat there than any place else.
07/30/2011
Contributor: Dear Ruby Dear Ruby
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Originally posted by Destri
Hey, just shoot me if you must, but I love Red Lobster
Agreed. I have to drive over an hour to the nearest Red Lobster, but I still do it!

For a date, it depends on the person and what they like. I cook (and damned well if I may say so), so it's more for the atmosphere. I like unusual places, whether that be Trump Tower or a beach barbecue. As long as the food is good, I'm happy. Picnics are great dates if you know the person - being preoccupied with the prep is probably not the best way to show yourself for a first date.
08/09/2011
Contributor: Sinfully Sinfully
We have some good privately owned mom & pop places to eat here. I love when a guy can cook for me though. I def can't cook
08/09/2011
Contributor: BabyL0ve BabyL0ve
cooking is more personal and way cheaper than going out
08/09/2011
Contributor: Rossie Rossie
I'll pick a restaurant that serves good food - what class of restaurant doesn't matter to me.
08/09/2011
Contributor: LostBoy988 LostBoy988
Cooking for them is always more personal and can be nice and private too
08/09/2011
Contributor: Feisty Feisty
we usually go to a Chain restaurant
07/23/2012
Contributor: thisisadeletedaccount thisisadeletedaccount
I either cook myself, we cook together, or we go to small local restaurants, usually either Thai food or this really nice but slightly pricey place where everything's vegan and organic.
07/24/2012
Contributor: gsfanatic gsfanatic
Chain, mom and pop, or home cooked. Neither of us wants to be that fancy
07/25/2012