Food Jam: Which chain sit-down restaurant has the firmest beans?

[smurfco]

Can we get some consensus here? I like firm beans. But not too firm (uncooked). There's nothing worse than sitting down at a restaurant and ordering a side of rice and beans and the beans are way too soft and mushy, or they are hard and dry.

But who does it best? I brought this up in our staff meeting today and there was a spirited (and borderline heated) debate on which place has the firmest beans. I'll withhold my opinion so as not to bias you, but the poll represents the five choices that we were able to generally agree upon as finalists for firmest beans.

What say you?

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I do.

 

[Bob411]

I have never ate at any of those, don't know.

 

[DdBob]

Kenny Rodgers played a Gambler in the old west and in the old west they ate a lot of beans so Ima go with Kenny Rodgers Rosters

 

[Chad]

I do.

No beans for you.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

No beans for you.

They don't call me H-Bomb for nothing.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

 

[335clone]

I have never ate at any of those, don't know.

This!

I'm in California, so we have good Mexican places.

 

[Jbird]

Never seen the last 2 restaurant chains, so of the top 3, I'll say Chili's. If I had to pick a place to eat out of Chili's, Applebee's and TGI Friday's, it'd be Chili's

 

[tiger roach]

Chez McRiblets

 

[jp_nyc]

I haven’t been to any of those in over a decade.

 

[Guitar Heel]

That Mexican place in beltsville.

 

[rickenvox]

Living where I live I never go to any of those restaurants. We have too many good choices.

Are you talking about creole style red beans and rice?

 

[Rick 381]

Popeye's

 

[Knox in Box]

Beans and Rice was like the shittiest Schoolhouse Rock episode ever.

 

[smurfco]

That Mexican place in beltsville.

I said firm beans, not firm bones!

 

[reverend1]

I don’t eat beans. Looks like a side of poop trying to contaminate my rice.