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User Info Christmas Shoppers Not Eating ?; entered at 2007-12-02 12:41:52
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Registered: 2007-10-02
Another report from Houston, TX:

Took the familiy to an Outback Steakhouse that shares a parking lot with a Lowe's and is across the freeway from another shopping center w/ Target, Circuit City, Borders, JCPenney, Bed Bath & Beyond, and others.

We have gone to this restaurant before on the weekend and 95% of the time, we have to wait for a seat, even if we get there at 5:00 or 5:30. When we got there a little after 6:30pm, the restaurant was dead - the parking lot was half full. Restaurant was maybe 1/3 full. When we left at about 7:15, it was still dead.

Have been in several other restaurants in and around Houston over the past couple of weeks and they have all been dead as well.
2007-12-02 12:41:52