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Steak 'n' Shake at Turkey Creek
Submitted by Oren Incandenza on Thu, 2006/08/17 - 12:42pm.
My family and I recently dined at the Steak 'n' Shake in Turkey Creek. The service was incompetent and surly, the fries are like toothpicks, the burgers were mediocre, the prices were unreasonable and the after-effects were like a methane plant.
It was the farthest thing possible from a blessed day. Good shakes, though. Next time, we'll stick to those.
Commenters, please feel free to speculate on (a) how we got there, (b) how far we had to drive, (c) how many pieces of Vols clothing each of us was wearing, (d) how many "W" stickers were on our vehicle, and (e) whether we gassed up at Pilot on the way and, if so, whether we also bought a scratch lottery ticket. Oh, and also whether (f) we hate America, (g) we care about the environment, and (h) we take ourselves too seriously, or not nearly seriously enough.
Submitted by R. Neal on Thu, 2006/08/17 - 12:51pm.
Damn, I love me some Steak 'n' Shake. But not enough to drive all the way over to Turkey Creek. I wish we had one over here in our neck of Sprawlville.
Submitted by Cathy (not verified) on Thu, 2006/08/17 - 12:58pm.
My family is intimidating enough to make the most seasoned restaurant personnel swear off food, but we have never been treated anything but wonderful at the Turkey Creek "Steak 'n' Shake". I love their shakes and their fries are fun but I'm not a fan of the rest of their food. The children love it though.
I realize that not everyone can be sufficiently morally evolved to be a vegetarian, so I'm not going to hassle you about the steak, but the shaking thing has got to stop! The butterfly wing / hurricane causality has long been documented, so what do you think all the natural air currents disturbed by all that shaking are going to do? You just caused the next Katrina, asshole. I hope you can sleep at night!
It appears strip-mall restaruant reviews are the universal prime vector for discussion of any topic, and generate the most, uh, thoughtful and insightful conversations.
Therefore, I think we need a new rule at KnoxViews that all blog posts must be framed in the context of a strip-mall restaurant review, using Oren's post here as a guideline.
Submitted by Knoxquerious on Thu, 2006/08/17 - 1:34pm.
I did not mean to go off on a tangent on the last thread about Turkey Creek. Had I known it would have started an environmental war of sprawl and Dubya I would have started my own thread about the atrocity that I feel is Turkey Creek. Again, my apologies.
Submitted by WhitesCreek on Thu, 2006/08/17 - 1:34pm.
I think you people are just reviewing all these expensive downtown restaurants to make us country folks feel inadequate. I mean we may have the occaissional strip going on in the back room at the biker bar when the moon gets right but nobody's been malled down there in years.
We got nothing like a Stake and Shake out here and I think that's good. We do have Bob's Burgers and it's doing pretty well, even though Granny got the lung disease and they put in a no smoking poilicy. Bob's a Constable too, and he's got a real personally autographed picture of Barney Fife hanging on the wall for everybody to admire while Granny makes change.
(And just in case you people come by, don't count your change in front of Granny, OK? She means well and she's kinda sensitive. Think of it like the lottery...sometimes you make money, ok?)
Submitted by Stacey (not verified) on Thu, 2006/08/17 - 1:58pm.
I've been to other steak and shakes and got milkshakes to go and they were damn good. That's my only experience with that place. If you want a bad experience, try Hardees in and around Blount County. Recently I went to a Hardees in Maryville where people were lined up for over 5 minutes and no person was even at the counter so I left. I then stopped at the Hardees by Court South on Alcoa Hwy, a recently fired employees was cursing out her former boss and there was still a line and not much service, so I left again. The new Hardees on K-Pike is actually very nice, with table service. I had a great taco salad there recently. Stacey
Submitted by Les Jones on Thu, 2006/08/17 - 2:00pm.
Good stuff, Oren.
And, hey, even when the food's bad it's always good to take a Trip to Turkey Creek.
Hey, Les, why don't we just call each other assholes and get it over with. - Somebody on the old Southknoxbubba.net (if that was you, claim your quote and win net.fame!)
Submitted by Stacey (not verified) on Thu, 2006/08/17 - 2:03pm.
I dislike sprawl as much as the next guy but I have a Turkey Creek fetish, especially for the new Pinacle, it has an outside of Knoxville feel with all the fountains and music. You can actually buy some cheap goods out there. You can't beat Ross for Less for discounted namebrand clothes. I went in the Mast today. Didn't look at prices but the atmosphere is great, the place was packed and Haslam was greating folks, seriously a great vibe and no sprawl. Stacey
Submitted by Les Jones on Thu, 2006/08/17 - 2:33pm.
Tune in for my hard-hitting expose of how land where Tomato Head, Regas, and other downtown restaurants sit was ruthlessly taken from the Indians.
Hey, Les, why don't we just call each other assholes and get it over with. - Somebody on the old Southknoxbubba.net (if that was you, claim your quote and win net.fame!)
I'd be interested to see people's comments on what constitutes "incompetent" or simply "bad" service. Where do you draw the line, what straw breaks the camel's back, what tips you over the cliche border from "good" or "decent" to "hostile" and "idiotic"?
Submitted by samuel (not verified) on Thu, 2006/08/17 - 9:34pm.
A couple of years ago, on our way to purchase a used car, my wife and I drove past that Steak and Shake. We weren't planning to stop and eat, and when we saw their readerboard, which read, "It's a meal" we weren't impressed.
Damn, I love me some Steak 'n' Shake. But not enough to drive all the way over to Turkey Creek. I wish we had one over here in our neck of Sprawlville.
My family is intimidating enough to make the most seasoned restaurant personnel swear off food, but we have never been treated anything but wonderful at the Turkey Creek "Steak 'n' Shake". I love their shakes and their fries are fun but I'm not a fan of the rest of their food. The children love it though.
I realize that not everyone can be sufficiently morally evolved to be a vegetarian, so I'm not going to hassle you about the steak, but the shaking thing has got to stop! The butterfly wing / hurricane causality has long been documented, so what do you think all the natural air currents disturbed by all that shaking are going to do? You just caused the next Katrina, asshole. I hope you can sleep at night!
I think Oren is on to something here.
It appears strip-mall restaruant reviews are the universal prime vector for discussion of any topic, and generate the most, uh, thoughtful and insightful conversations.
Therefore, I think we need a new rule at KnoxViews that all blog posts must be framed in the context of a strip-mall restaurant review, using Oren's post here as a guideline.
"I realize that not everyone can be sufficiently morally evolved to be a vegetarian"
No, but we are all sufficiently physically evolved for eating meat. We have the pointy teeth and forward looking eyes for something.
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SayUncle
Can't we all just get a long gun?
I did not mean to go off on a tangent on the last thread about Turkey Creek. Had I known it would have started an environmental war of sprawl and Dubya I would have started my own thread about the atrocity that I feel is Turkey Creek. Again, my apologies.
PS...I farted on your steak!
I think you people are just reviewing all these expensive downtown restaurants to make us country folks feel inadequate. I mean we may have the occaissional strip going on in the back room at the biker bar when the moon gets right but nobody's been malled down there in years.
We got nothing like a Stake and Shake out here and I think that's good. We do have Bob's Burgers and it's doing pretty well, even though Granny got the lung disease and they put in a no smoking poilicy. Bob's a Constable too, and he's got a real personally autographed picture of Barney Fife hanging on the wall for everybody to admire while Granny makes change.
(And just in case you people come by, don't count your change in front of Granny, OK? She means well and she's kinda sensitive. Think of it like the lottery...sometimes you make money, ok?)
I've been to other steak and shakes and got milkshakes to go and they were damn good. That's my only experience with that place. If you want a bad experience, try Hardees in and around Blount County. Recently I went to a Hardees in Maryville where people were lined up for over 5 minutes and no person was even at the counter so I left. I then stopped at the Hardees by Court South on Alcoa Hwy, a recently fired employees was cursing out her former boss and there was still a line and not much service, so I left again. The new Hardees on K-Pike is actually very nice, with table service. I had a great taco salad there recently. Stacey
how you got there? Was it the Hummer H2 or Hummer H3?
Good stuff, Oren.
And, hey, even when the food's bad it's always good to take a Trip to Turkey Creek.
Hey, Les, why don't we just call each other assholes and get it over with. - Somebody on the old Southknoxbubba.net (if that was you, claim your quote and win net.fame!)
I dislike sprawl as much as the next guy but I have a Turkey Creek fetish, especially for the new Pinacle, it has an outside of Knoxville feel with all the fountains and music. You can actually buy some cheap goods out there. You can't beat Ross for Less for discounted namebrand clothes. I went in the Mast today. Didn't look at prices but the atmosphere is great, the place was packed and Haslam was greating folks, seriously a great vibe and no sprawl. Stacey
Cathy and Stacey: It's a joke. But I agree about the new KP Hardee's, it rules.
Me: It was an old military-issue Hummer, and I left the snow chains on the tires ("Woo-Hoo! Look at that pavement fly!")
Here are some restaurant review-framed posts I anticipate writing soon:
-- Litton's (the overlooked sprawl up Broadway, and early Knoxville
annexation issues)
-- Taco Bell on Cumberland (immigration)
-- Mandarin House (import/export regulations and China's human rights
record)
-- Chik-fil-A (religion in American life)
"I thought I saw the light at the end of the tunnel, but it turned out to be a bastard with a torch, bringing me more work." - The Office
Tune in for my hard-hitting expose of how land where Tomato Head, Regas, and other downtown restaurants sit was ruthlessly taken from the Indians.
Hey, Les, why don't we just call each other assholes and get it over with. - Somebody on the old Southknoxbubba.net (if that was you, claim your quote and win net.fame!)
Clarifications
Submitted by Oren Incandenza on Thu, 2006/08/17 - 2:19pm.
. . .
Me: It was an old military-issue Hummer, and I left the snow chains on the tires ("Woo-Hoo! Look at that pavement fly!")
. . .
Bitchin'
"Me: It was an old military-issue Hummer, and I left the snow chains on the tires ("Woo-Hoo! Look at that pavement fly!")
Here are some restaurant review-framed posts I anticipate writing soon:
-- Litton's (the overlooked sprawl up Broadway, and early Knoxville
annexation issues)
-- Taco Bell on Cumberland (immigration)
-- Mandarin House (import/export regulations and China's human rights
record)
-- Chik-fil-A (religion in American life)"
Bowls of LOLS to this.
I'd be interested to see people's comments on what constitutes "incompetent" or simply "bad" service. Where do you draw the line, what straw breaks the camel's back, what tips you over the cliche border from "good" or "decent" to "hostile" and "idiotic"?
Whew! I thought I'd never get through all those comments. I need to run out for a dozen Krystal gut bombs.
As a side note . . . did you know that Mike Hammer always ate in diners because Mickey Spillane had trouble spelling restaurant?
"How c-could you?" she gasped.
I only had a moment before talking to a corpse, but I got it in.
"It was easy," I said.
Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so - Willie the Barde
For my money and taste, Bone Fish has the greatest food there. Top rated service, appetizers, entries, and cold brew!
The Bang-Bang Shrimp is a wonderful way to start out.
'Bone Fish'
Pricey, small portions, fish wasn't that great. the martinis rocked, though
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SayUncle
Can't we all just get a long gun?
My approval of your Steak 'n' Shake review depends on how much you spent shopping at Wal*M*rt afterwards. JIMHFO.
A couple of years ago, on our way to purchase a used car, my wife and I drove past that Steak and Shake. We weren't planning to stop and eat, and when we saw their readerboard, which read, "It's a meal" we weren't impressed.
Steak 'n' Shake is not to impress, it is. Smashed burger, Cincinnatti chili, good shakes. I'm there.
Steak 'n' Shake's chili (*shudder*) is not Cincinnati chili!
Here's the best recipe for Cincinnati chili that I've ever found: http://soup.allrecipes.com/az/CincinnatiChili.asp
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