Ah, Stir Crazy, we also miss it. My daughter had mastered the art of filling the wok with more vegetables than seemed humanly possible. She built out the bowl with snow peas and then piled everything on. We always got a laugh when we’d see people leaving the cooking station with plates barely full while hers was overflowing.
Their AYCE model was not how it worked originally and was destined to fail. Originally you got a single trip and that was it (which was really more than enough if you did it correctly). I remember one time I did a plate of food and didn’t care for it that much so the server just said I should make another one. I took the first home and had it for lunch during the week. I did enjoy their Blazing Noodles, which turn out to be pretty close to the Drunken Noodles at a local Chinese place (although they don’t use the Fresno peppers that SC did).
We ate at Yard House last weekend because we had not been there in a while and I picked up a couple of promo gift cards at the holiday, which combined with AMEX offers saved me a $50 on a $105 gift card (which can be used at other Darden properties). Anyway, it was OK but not as good as it had been in the past (we hadn’t been there in over a year). I really wanted to try the duck wings and they were OK but too heavily breaded (which I guess I should have expected given that their chicken wings are also heavily breaded). I used to order the Thai noodle salad and my wife usually got the burger with avocado and goat cheese and both of those have been removed from the menu.
The Brazilian place downstairs (I think where Restoration HW was) still has their “coming soon” sign. I wonder if they’re still planning to open?
