Cooking gadgets
Weber Summit Charcoal Grill Center
Weber Summit Platinum D6
Blue Rhino Razor
Dyna-Glo XL Premium Dual Chamber
Camp Chef Somerset IV along with their Artisan Pizza Oven 90
Anova WiFi
Thermometers
Thermapen Mk4 - ThermaQ High Temp Kit - ThermaQ Meathead Kit - ThermaQ WiFi - ThermoWorks IR-GUN-S - ThermoWorks Signals & Billows - ThermoPop -ThermoWorks ProNeedle - ThermoWorks TimeStick Trio x2 - and a Christopher Kimball timer - NO, I do not work for ThermoWorks...I just like their products.
Other useful bits...
KitchenAid 7-qt Pro Line stand mixer
A Black & Decker food processor that I can't seem to murder
A couple of immersion blenders, one a "consumer" model & the other a "high end" Italian thing. Yes, the Italian one is a bit better, but only marginally
Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus 8-qt + accessories like egg-bite & egg holders
All-Clad pots & pans, along with some cast iron...everything from 7" Skookie pans to 8.5qt Dutch ovens
Weber GBS griddle, pizza stone, and wok
Knives range from Mercer to F. Dick to "You spent how much for one knife? One knife?!" LOL
Being completely honest here…prior to this thread…I had NO IDEA that they were changing the logo. Or not…as may be the case. It’s just not something on my radar. I’ve been twice for certain, and perhaps as many as three times. Not my thing.
I get it, some like the kitschy Americana look. I’m not a huge fan, but that would NOT prevent me from eating there.
Ya know what DOES prevent me from eating there? The food. I find it bland & boring. I’ll probably never order meatloaf in a restaurant. Ever. Yeah yeah, it’s “comfort food.” I don’t care, it’s not what interests me. At least Denny’s will try new things occasionally. They’re generally not good, but at least they try. LOL That said, I probably haven’t been into a Denny’s for twenty years. But I do see some of their signs in my travels. CB is just yet another corporate diner IMO.
But to think that a “refresh” of the logo & interiors is going to fix the problem shows that the CEO (well, all of the upper management) has lost the plot. Focus on the food. Get that right and most people won’t care about the decor, especially for a diner. Denny’s & IHOP seem to prove that. They seemingly skipped style altogether and yet appear to be busy whenever I pass one.
I understand wanting to appeal to a wider/younger demographic. But don’t alienate the core customers. This just screams of desperation…that and they have no idea who their customers are or what they want. That said, seeing as I don’t eat there, I don’t know who makes up the majority of their customers either. One SIL likes them, my parents are “meh” and would rather go to one of a handful of local one-off diners instead. Fix the food, figure out who the customers are and go from there.
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