run my life for me!

[jwgh]

My home Internet connection was up and down this morning, so I decamped to the mall. I am working from the Borders at Providence Place today.

Which I guess means I'll eat lunch here. But which of the mall's eateries should I go to? So many choices! There seems to be a list here: http://www.providenceplace.com/html/mallattractions.asp

I figured I would turn this into a poll so I could SHARE THE ENNUI![Poll #888740]

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I guess I'll go eat in an hour or so, so get your votes in now!

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Edit: Maybe I should provide some information about these restaurants, so people who are not familiar with them have a basis for their votes.

Cafe Nordstrom -- I've eaten here a few times. It's one of those places where you take a plastic tray and carry it along past various stations where you can get different kinds of food and then you end up at the cash register where you order your food. They have sandwiches and salads and pizza and stuff.

Dave & Buster's -- D&B is kind of like what Chuck-E-Cheese would be if it were for adults, which is to say, kind of depressing. They incorporate a restaurant with standard american restaurant food: hamburgers, maybe a pasta dish or two, etc.

Fire + Ice -- this is a Mongolian barbecue, although they don't use those words.

Joe's American Bar & Grill -- I'm not sure I've ever been here, but it's a bar and grill, so I imagine it's like every other bar & grill in the world.

Napa Valley Grille -- I've never been here, so I dunno. I think it's kind of expensive, probably to help pay for the 'e' at the end of 'grille'.

Smokey Bones -- Chain barbecue.

The Cheesecake Factory -- I went to one of these in Chicago a while back for some cheesecake, not realizing it was a chain. Apparently they have other food too. Notable because a friend told me a story about how when someone from out of town asked where one should go for Italian food in Providence, one of her coworkers said, "The Cheesecake Factory!" and then, when it was pointed out that this isn't actually an Italian restaurant, said, "But they have everything!"

Uno Chicago Grill -- Remember when this chain was called 'Pizzaria Uno'? I guess that was too limiting.

crappy food court places -- including some generic chinese place, Spike's Junkyard Dogs, Johnny Rockets, I think some kind of generic Indian place, etc. (I know some of these aren't actually crappy restaurants, but they get to be called that anyway because they are, after all, in the food court.)

Comments

none of the above!

[catherinejulian.livejournal.com]

there's an awesome Indian place in the food court. I can't remember the name of it, but it's the only Indian place, so how hard could it be. While it's not Kabob and Curry good, it comes close. And it's only like $6-$7...Cheesecake will be at least $10-$12.

Susan

[cgoldfish.livejournal.com]

i picked cheesecake factory because it's got a big menu and it's not fake chicago pizza.

no fake chicago pizza. go to chicago and get *real* chicago pizza. and then you'll know how great the world can be.

[katrinkles.livejournal.com]

i really like the indian place at the mall, which is why i chose "food court".
and there's always taco bell.
although i had a hard time deciding between indian and cafe nordstrom, which is my other favorite lunchtime haunt.
i would meet you there, but this is the first day that i've actually brought my lunch to work (and considering i was two hours late for work i don't really even deserve a break today). maybe some other time.

[jwgh]

Maybe I will give the indian food place a try. We'll see!

[katrinkles.livejournal.com]

despite the wide variety of answers you've received have you found this poll helpful?

[jwgh]

It's been entertaining, at least! I'm curious whether the four-way tie I'm currently seeing will be resolved or not.

[katrinkles.livejournal.com]

well technically since catherinejulian voted for Indian too outside of the poll the food court is currently winning.

[twillis.livejournal.com]

Where the hell is the dumpster option? Crappy food court food just ain't crappy enough!

HAW! HAW!

[samantha2074.livejournal.com]

I realize I'm too late to vote in the poll, but for the record, Joe's makes a pretty mean cheeseburger and fries. Of course, I like my fries to be as potato-y as possible. If that's not your preference, you may be less impressed.

I'll always associate the Cheesecake Factory with labor. That's where my contractions really picked up, to the point that I had trouble walking out of the restaurant and had to stop for a few minutes.

[nervousmotion.livejournal.com]

Sorry that I am an ocean away from the Borders in Providence Place or I would have made you a tasty beverage. I hope someone picked up my slack! :þ

[jwgh]

I actually thought I might run into you here, but eventually I remembered that you fled Rhode Island on Tuesday.

Maybe next time my Internet connection goes down ... (which knowing Cox Communications probably won't be that long).

[nervousmotion.livejournal.com]

I'm working mostly late evenings until the New Year...after that, normal hours and a moderate amount of sanity will resume.

(And oh yeah, I'll return to Rhode Island on Wednesday night.)

[plant-geek.livejournal.com]

for future reference- napa valley grille is actually very good- but it is expensive- too expensive for a regular day lunch- but a nice option for a special occassion (although it being at the mall certainly doesn't add any charm)

[jwgh]

I guess that particular kind of fusion meal is hard to achieve outside of a mall.

A cafe employee heated the snickerdoodle up for me, so it was nice and warm when I ate it.

[nervousmotion.livejournal.com]

Glad to see they're providing quality service!