Case: Although I usually like the food and atmosphere at Cracker Barrel, this visit with my wife and daughter did not end well.\nI had the country fried steak dinner, with greens, Mac and cheese, and okra. The flavor was great, but within an hour after leaving the restaurant, I was hit with some serious food poisoning. Luckily, neither my wife or daughter ended up ill, but I am dealing with the after effects today with severe abdominal pain and most of my day spent in the lavatory.\n\nNever again.
Classification: Campodeidae


Case: Bear in mind, Montreal is close to no ocean so though we are on an island fresh seafood can be hard to find. When fish and chips is fresh and perfect it's probably in my top 5 favourite foods, and when it's anything less than perfect it kinda breaks my heart because it just doesn't bring those same memories back. Le Comptoir 21 today was perfect - the fish was so light and fresh and buttery and not at all fishy I couldn't believe it; according to the owner it comes up from Boston (which explains it's bold Maritime-y American attitude =). The batter was perfect, especially squirted with the bottles of malt and regular vinegar provided, and dipped in the homemade tartar. I had a pint of local blonde beer from the tap, but saw they also had bottles of that lovely and inexpensive C'est La Vie wine from the Pays D'Oc. The fries were perfect and my date said his steak sandwich was above average: the panini was warm and light and full of peppers, mushrooms and onions and gooood with the hot sauce. \n\nWe also really dug the communal seating at the counter wrapped around the smiling franglais waitress who seemed happy working in 360, dealing out the little baskets lined with blue and white check wax paper full up with breaded shrimp, calamari, burgers and darkly golden fries. You could almost almost hear the ocean and on this fall day in Canada we were just loving it.
Classification: unfondled


Case: This place is way out of Las Vegas. It is in Henderson. Apparently Henderson is bigger than I thought. Located on Lake Las Vegas. About 1/3 of the businesses are closed including the Casino. I asked Joe the bartender about the casino and when it closed. He was dodging my questions saying it is reopening under new management. He was not very polite. I ordered the Sheppard's Pie which was bad. He asked me if I ever tried Sheppard's Pie before and I must not like lamb. I told him I lived in England for a year and have tried Sheppard's Pie hundreds of times and I do like lamb. I ended up getting the French dip sandwich which was OK. The Sausage Rolls were OK. The decor is nice.
Classification: Campodeidae


Case: Not as local as I'd like to see (what with the fruit and veggies that come with stickers that say \""California\""). Excellent price, assuming you can eat it all, compared to supermarket pricing. My first pickup I got about 10 sweet potatoes, which I like, but 10?? Had to give some away. And 2 weeks in a row received 2 acorn squash, which I like but now I have 4 acorn squash....\nLast time also ordered the Italian basket with came with lots of herbs, eggplant, zucchini, onion, garlic.. It was well worth the extra $7.50 it cost.
Classification: unfondled
Classify the following: #8 on the National Registry of Places that Suck.  I stopped here only to wait for/meet someone.  It was over $15 for an orange juice and a weak sauce vodka tonic.  Why?  There are no white tigers lolling about, no girls in skimpy costumes, just people fresh from the pool trying to decide who's room they are gonna go upstairs and mess up.