The Altman family has eaten at so many restaurants over the years that the stories are endless. One particular time when I was a little kid we went to the Ground Round. For those of you who have never been treated to a meal there, let me tell you about it. It's claim to fame was not the menu nor the service, but the peanut shells that covered the floor. That about covers the Ground Round.
My dad saw "Homemade Apple Pie" on the menu. The man cannot resist homemade apple pie. But being that we were at the Ground Round, he was understandably suspicious.
"The apple pie is homemade?" he asked.
"Uh huh," she replied.
"It's not Table Talk."
"Nope."
When the pie arrived, it had that perfect machine-made lattice-top crust. It was a perfect triangle slice. My father eyeballed it with a sigh. The man was pissed. I was scared for the waitress. Very scared. He summoned her.
"This is Table Talk."
"No, it isn't."
"You're telling me this isn't Table Talk."
"Right."
"Look at this pie. You're telling me this is homemade?"
"Well, it was made in somebody's home."
7 comments:
Send that into Reader's Digest. You'll get some bucks for that story!
sounds like ground round also is the kind of restaurant that serves miracle whip instead of mayo.
hahahahahah....that story is so funny...i dont think i ever heard it....also, the story about ground round that we always laugh about is "pay what you weigh day"
so if you were under 12, your meal at ground round was your weight. i remember thinking it was so cool, and didnt understand why the large girl in my class would never want to go there. they actually made every child get on a HUGE scale on your way in (no pun intended) and that's what you would pay. i rememer weighing 56 pounds and only having to pay 56 cents!
HAHAHAHA ON YOUR WAY IN
hahahaha. a good one!
yeah, your friend had to pay nearly a dollar. rough.
wow, that is cheap meal!!!
i loved the "way in" too. you know ground round didn't take advantage of that.
Let's not forget free, stale popcorn, all you can eat.
shit i did forget about that! how could i forget? ugh. i think i'm still sick from it. 18 years ago.
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