Luby's
Glenn
was noon, and there was no line. That alone should have waved a red flag in
my direction. Bear in mind it has been a couple of years since I last ate
at any Luby's. The selections all looked good and fresh with the exception
of the salads. They only had about 6 or 7 types and none of them looked
desirable. I selected a dinner salad and lite ranch dressing. They didn't
have lite ranch. So I asked the normal queston, what lite dressing do you
have. The server (who apparently couldn't understand me, she was spanish)
shrugged her shoulders. I ended up with regular ranch dressing.
I selected the roast beef, mashed potatoes and spinach. They automatically
gave me the LuAnn plate that I didn't order. I don't speak spanish so I had
extreme difficulty telling the server that I wanted a full order and not the
LuAnn order. It took about 4 or 5 minutes and another server that spoke
english to get my order straight (there was no one behind me so it didn't
hold up the line). My wife asked for liver and onions and got baked fish,
but she didn't want to get it exchanged since the baked fish sounded ok to
her.
Both of our meals were fairly good, but not the quality that a cafeteria
should produce. We finished and when we got to the cashier I found out that
the bill for the two of us was $23.
Its been a couple of years since I last visited a Luby's, but I seem to
recall much better service from servers that spoke english, much better food
quality, and lower prices. I then got a couple of mints which were sitting
in a bowl at the checkout stand. The cashier then charged me an extra 20
cents (10 cents per mint).
I just wish I had gone across the street to Luthers BBQ and got one of their
BBQ plates with all the trimmings for $9.99 each. I'm not a Luthers fan,
but at least there you can communicate with the servers and don't have to
pay for a couple or mints when you leave.
Glenn
Le Mimic
else where you can. Perhaps when you asked for "lite". she didn't
understand because you spelled it wrong.
Its been awhile since I was in Luthers - but last time everyone spoke
with a drawl and had a distinct red glow on their neck and a bad smell
from their breath. Next time go to HEB
buy some and Liver and Onions and tell the wife to cook it if she can
unnerstan' and tell
her to bring you a can of rolling rock and tell her shut the door on
your double-wide.
Glenn
Glenn
"Le Mimic" <mi...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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MicroM
everyone to speak some English in an establishment like Luby's. It's very
frustrating when you ask for a napkin and they don't know what you want.
Tell me if I'm wrong, but if customer can't communicate with employee, then
how can you make any business?
My girlfriend's donut shops employ many Hispanic workers, and even though
they have very thick accents, they can understand what the customer wants.
I guess at least that's all we ask for. You don't have to know the whole
language, but know enough that pertains to your job.
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Le Mimic
understand a pair of
customers who mumble. If they can't enunciate, then they shouldn't
masticate outside their
own double-wide. His wife may have a speech impediment, but don't get
your "knickers in a twist" just because when she says liver and onions
it sounds like fish. There is nothing wrong with learning a few words
of spanish. You might enjoy it.
Meanwhile here is a restaurant guide
in a mexican restaurant say ich bin cuello rojo, in french say ich bin
cuo rouge and so on..
red neck = cuello rojo - spanish
red neck = cuo rouge - french
" roter Ansatz - german
" collo rosso - italian
" garganta vermelha - portuguese
" rode hals - dutch
" rod hals - norwegian
" hong ling - chinese
can soeone help with vietnamese, thai, or japanese translations...
anything to help
MicroM wrote:
>
> Why the hostility?
exactly, why?
Jack Tyler
"Glenn" <gh11...@nosp.net> wrote in message
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> I just wish I had gone across the street to Luthers BBQ and got one of
their
> BBQ plates with all the trimmings for $9.99 each. I'm not a Luthers fan,
> but at least there you can communicate with the servers and don't have to
> pay for a couple or mints when you leave.
>
> Glenn
>
was hired as Corporate Chef... I expected that things would be changing for
the better..... I was planning to try it again sometime. I haven't read one
single positive post about the chain in this forum for months. Wow. I'm
befuddled. I'm also somewhat surprised about the English/Spanish problem,
as I know that they have a policy of hiring employees that can speak with
their customers... certainly, you would have expected bi-lingual service....
especially in a predominately English-speaking neighborhood. I guess I'll
wait for the quality and service to improve a little. As I'm quite fond of
our Hispanic culture that is so large a part of Houston, I happen to love
Hispanics and speak Spanish relatively well... but, I don't believe it is
the language of choice in the Champions area.
Jack Tyler
Jack Sloan
> her to bring you a can of rolling rock and tell her shut the door on
> your double-wide.
Rolling Rock??? We're under attack by the yankee children again.
Bill
Glenn made several comments regarding a cafeteria. Most of his comments
were good, a few were neutral, and even fewer were bad. In contrast, all of
your comments were idiotic. From your message it is evident that you need
to grow up a little. I feel sorry for you if you have to resort to making
fun of a man's wife.
Bill
vonroach
wrote:
> I'm also somewhat surprised about the English/Spanish problem,
>as I know that they have a policy of hiring employees that can speak with
>their customers... certainly, you would have expected bi-lingual service....
>especially in a predominately English-speaking neighborhood
And I'm surprised that you are surprised, this has been an outstanding problem
at Luby's for years. Long before the recent deterioration in food. Luby's has
always been a place where pointing is necessary to get what one wants from the
English-challenged servers. Only those who circulate with little coffee carts
are able to communicate well in English.
Mike Epperson
<bsa...@houston.rr.com> wrote:
It has 22 posts to usenet. All to houston.eats. All flaming trolls.
Please don't feed the trolls.
Ignore them
Glenn
> On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 00:50:55 GMT, "Jack Tyler"
<market...@houston.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm also somewhat surprised about the English/Spanish problem,
> >as I know that they have a policy of hiring employees that can speak with
> >their customers... certainly, you would have expected bi-lingual
service....
> >especially in a predominately English-speaking neighborhood
Jack, I've only recently eaten at the Luby's in the 800 blk of FM 1960, so I
can't say that all Luby's are bi-lingual in regards to their service
persons. However, this particular Luby's was a real headache when it came
to communications. This is a predominately English speaking area, and you
would think that the communications between customer and service person
would be better than pointing, hand signals, and interpreters. Don't get me
wrong, I have absolutely nothing against Hispanics on the servcing line, as
long as they are bi-lingual. This isn't a racial thing, it is simply a
communication problem between customer and service person. I am going to
try this particular Lubys again next weekend, and I'll let you know what
happens.
Glenn
Le Mimic
tutor. Instead of complaining about the service people, maybe you could
help these poorly paid people improve their english skills. Perhaps
you would be willing to pay more for the meal with a percentage tied to
english lessons. Or you and the other bigots could accept it and start
taking spanish lessons. Maybe one of Jack's friends could pay better
wages instead of pocketing it himself.
Take your bigotry to houston.general or houson.politics.
George Brown
Le Mimic wrote:
>
> Let's see, you could be a sponsor for english lessons, be a volunteer
> tutor. Instead of complaining about the service people, maybe you could
> help these poorly paid people improve their english skills. Perhaps
> you would be willing to pay more for the meal with a percentage tied to
> english lessons. Or you and the other bigots could accept it and start
> taking spanish lessons. Maybe one of Jack's friends could pay better
> wages instead of pocketing it himself.
> Take your bigotry to houston.general or houson.politics.
>
>
I hardly think that his comments meet the definition of bigotry. When I
go into a tacquira I expect to have to point to items on the menu from
time to time. Why? Because I don't speak spanish and sometimes some of
the wait staff doesn't speak english. This I expect.
But, when I go into Lubys or into Sweet Tomatoe or into Uncle Bob's
Great White Plains, I expect to be able to communicate in english, not
spanish, not french, not german, not japanese. I don't expect to have
to carry a multilingual dictionary with me.
Le Mimic
You can try to communicate anyway you please. However, your goal is to
be understood. This is a global economy. OLD DOGS need to learn new
tricks and you might want to take spanish lessons. Accept it. Why
treat Luby's different then any "tacquira"? Did you successfully
communicate in the "tacquira" then why are you unable to communicate in
Luby's. Drop your expectations, you will be alot happier. Volunteer to
be an english tutor if you must.
Jack Sloan
> Luby's. Drop your expectations, you will be alot happier. Volunteer to
> be an english tutor if you must.
"Dropped expectations" is exactly why our education system (read<government
schools>) has and is failing us. We no longer lead the world in many areas
in which we once excelled.
Jack
Le Mimic
cebollas" Shrub went to Harvard and Yale (private schools) and it
didn't help him. Perhaps the reason government schools "is" so bad
because we lead the world in military spending and "nuculear" weapons
and those other dumb countries spend all their "stupid" money on
"gub'mint healthcare" and "gub'mint schooling". As long as greedy
xenophobic bigots populate the "Alone star" state, it will continue to
get "worse" and the only thing you will lead the world is in corrupt
trailer trash.
vonroach
wrote:
George are you unaware that this bastard is trolling in this group. These
psychos crave attention. Just killfile his entries. Why be bothered.
Liz
variable. i.e. the one on Southmore in Pasadena is excellent all the way
around, the one in River Oaks has fair service but the food is awful. The
one at I-45 and Greens Rd. is pretty good for both service and food. It's
pretty much a crap shoot as to what you'll get.
Liz
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Frank Matthews
moderately incompetent in French & German and can manage a smattering of
technical Russian, or at least could many years ago. I see no reason to
bother with spanish.
Frank Matthews
Jack Sloan
Jack Sloan
"Liz" <eliza...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> I find that the quality of food and service at Luby's cafeterias is highly
> variable. i.e. the one on Southmore in Pasadena is excellent all the way
> around, the one in River Oaks has fair service but the food is awful. The
> one at I-45 and Greens Rd. is pretty good for both service and food. It's
> pretty much a crap shoot as to what you'll get.
> Liz
comes to eating.
George Brown
time to as an english tutor enjoy your input.
LGH
Tu mamá me ama, me ama tu mamá.
Tu mamá me mama, me mama tu mamá.
vonroach
wrote:
>Nah I never wanted to bother with a remote language like spanish. I am
>moderately incompetent in French & German and can manage a smattering of
>technical Russian, or at least could many years ago. I see no reason to
>bother with spanish.
>
>Frank Matthews
Aw c'mon Frank, you know a lot of Spanish: chili, fajitas, rodeo, ranch(o),
corral, guitar, tequila, San Jacinto, San Antonio, Alamo, .... You just don't
know that you know it.
lance hirsch
After twenty years of eating there I can no longer do it. Like many if not
all all Luby's - mediocre to bad food, high prices, indifferent service, and
some language issues.
Lance
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"...Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most
of them seemed to come from Texas."
Casino Royale. Chapter VII
Chris Barker
Spanish, so I just point to the food that I want... and usually get it.
What happened to Wyatt's Cafeteria? There's not much competetion for Luby's
these days..
chris
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Tracey-.
$7.99 depending on the time of day,
you can return to the counter for unlimited amounts of food for one
price, but there is a catch or two, as you would expect.
In the past when my husband and I ate at Lubys, the total cost for our
meals including a
piece of pie or some other desert came to about $20.00. With Lubys new,
higher prices,
even though its all you can eat, its now costing $24.00 for the two of
us, which is not much less than
eating at any common restaurant in Houston, including Dennys, Momas,
Ninfa's, House of Pies, etc.
At those restaurants, you're being well taken care of, you're eating
very nice and hot food that is full of flavor.
Lubys is offering "all the steak you can eat" or anything else for the
above price scheme, but the quality of their Sirloin
steak is low. It had no seasoning, and no charbroiled flavor like it
would have from a real steak place.
For $7.99, you get all the food you can eat. Your drink will cost you
an extra $1.49. And desert will be extra, and most are
around $2.00 each. So, you can see that before tax, you're up to $11.49
which is probably no more than you would have paid if you
had not opted for "all you can eat" if you could eat all that much
anyway.
The only advantage is the fact that if you're a serious eater, you can
return to the buffet for more food, but not desert.
Considering the actual costs of a glass of tea, or softdrink, Lubys
should sweeten this deal by not charging extra for tea and soft drinks.
On a Sunday afternoon, Lubys used to be packed. Yesterday, it was
virtually empty, even with this "all you can eat" program which as it
turns out,
is rather expensive for a neighborhood cafeteria.
For some reason, they guys over at Papas Bros have it in their head that
Lubys can be operated just like Papasitos, or any of their other
pricey, noisy restaurants. And, they are going to drive it into the
ground to prove they are correct.
Prediction: Lubys will go under within 18 months unless the top end
management can return to reality.
Jack Tyler
"Tracey-." <trace...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Lubys is offering "all the steak you can eat" or anything else for the
> above price scheme, but the quality of their Sirloin
> steak is low.
The quality of ALL sirloin steak is low..... unless you're making chili.
Jack Tyler
Glenn
The last Luby's that I ate at, about 2 weeks ago, was horrible. The food
was luke warm, the waitpersons could not understand English (and I don't
speak Spanish), the prices were extremely high for what I got ($23 for the
wife and I), and the waitperson insisted on giving me a Luann plate that I
didn't want. To top all of that off, the same waitperson gave my wife the
wrong order and could not understand my wife (she does speak a little
Spanish) when she was told that the order was supposed to be fish and not
liver. She ended up with the liver because she didn't want to create a
scene at the empty line. As to the AYCE, I couldn't eat most of the
sub-quality food that I received, much less standing in line again.
I wrote them a letter (no comment cards could be found) and suggested that
they "Force" the store managers to eat a sample of the food each day, from
the serving live. I don't know if that would help, but at least they might
also partake of the sub-standard quality, luke warm food also.
Gh
Wingman
you think sirloin steak is of low quality.
Call your County Extension Agent and see if he can arrange to hook you
up with a farmer near you that sells quality beef.
With your sensitive taste buds you have probably already figured out
that "Certified Angus Beef" doesn't mean squat. It is just a
marketing gimmick. It doesn't even mean it is Angus. All it means is
the steer is not an old scrub and is 51% black or more. There are
some loose nonrestrictive minimums on quality. There is no mention
of breed in the standard.
Just as it was 100 years ago, if you want good beef you need to go to
the family farmer that raises them and pick it out yourself. The
factory farms are raising beef for quantity and bulk. Taste and
cutability mean nothing to them.
Soapbox speech over.
jennie
take a stab at their fish on Friday, which my Mother-in-Law used to really
enjoy. Hardly anyone in front of us when we got there---- bad omen. (It
did pick up after we were seated, though.) The pricing was difficult to
understand, as they had fish specials in addition to their new AYCE pricing.
There was also a sign that said a la carte pricing was available, but I
suppose you had to ask or hope for the best. When I arrived at the entrées,
and asked for the fish, she said "a whole piece or LuAnn?" I was relieved,
as I'm never one to benefit from AYCE, and generally find it a waste of
money. So, I got a regular LuAnn platter, with the old pricing.
The fish was alarmingly lukewarm, alternately tough and mushy. Side dishes
OK, but also lukewarm. Roll was stale. Very disappointing meal, and likely
the last one we'll have at that location. We had a pretty good dinner the
last time we tried the one at Baybrook mall, but that one was scarily empty.
We wondered whether we were the only people in town to have missed a Marvin
Zindler report or something.
Too bad. Luby's used to be wonderful. I remember when it was Romano's year
ago. It's a shame that it's fallen off.
--
Jen
kurt
now only $1 per share. When the Pappas boys took over everybody said they
will improve it. At the time it was $7.50 a share. They sure didn't improve
it
Glenn
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I don't know the actual truth of this, but I was told by the Luby's cashier
on FM1960 when I asked him who was the present owner of Luby's. He said
that was presently up in the air because Pappas bought out 51% of the
corporation and Luby's in San Antonio retained the balance. He told me that
they are expecting Pappas to sell-out because Luby's defaulted on a $80
million debt on January 31, 2003. I verified the debt situation by viewing
a newsrelease from Chris Pappas, CEO of Luby's. The newsrelease states that
Pappas is attempting to restructure the debt.
Gh
Glenn
The news release can be viewed at http://www.lubys.com/newsrelease.asp?ID=69
Gh
Chris Barker
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Robert E. Lewis
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... Or CFS; sirloin is just the right quality and cut for that.
I use a recipe I found I think as a result of something posted to
houston.eats, at:
http://www.texascooking.com/features/june2002chickenfriedsteak.htm
I've tried making CFS with ribeye - too fatty (and If felt guilty doing that
to a ribeye). I can never seem to tenderize round steak enough, when I've
tried it.
Robert
Robert E. Lewis
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> One more thumbs down for Luby's. We were in Deer Park, and thought we'd
> take a stab at their fish on Friday, which my Mother-in-Law used to really
<snip>
> Too bad. Luby's used to be wonderful. I remember when it was Romano's
year
> ago. It's a shame that it's fallen off.
What I'm finding is that the quality at Luby's both from place to place and
day to day, seems to vary widely. Last summer I went to the Luby's at Meyer
Park with a friend who wanted to eat there, and had their fried shrimp
special. It was surprisingly good - large, fresh-tasting shrimp with a very
crunchy coating (almost like cracker-crumb), atop a large pile of good
French fries. I notice the Luby's in Lake Jackson advertising the same
special a couple of months ago and was drawn by the memory of the previous
time to try it, only the have a few lukewarm shrimp that reminded me of the
things you get pre-breaded and frozen in a box at the grocery store , and a
small side of limp greasy shoestring fries.
I've had such mixed results from several locations - Waugh Drive, the
relatively new one on (S. MacGregor? - just west of 288) - sometimes good,
sometimes bad. My last visit was a couple of weeks ago back to the Meyer
Park, for the AYCE breakfast, and it was very good.
Robert
kerr
> understand,
Even for their employees it's difficult! I got some food there, got my
ticket and sat down to eat. Then I realized that the AYCE turned out to be
cheaper than the separate pricing per item that I had been charged. So I
had to go back and have the ticket adjusted after I explained to the cashier
about the pricing scheme. The food was bad. They've become a disaster.
Kerr.
Judy
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I agree about the weird pricing. I went to the Luby's on O.S.T. near Fannin
last night and couldn't figure out all the signs. I finally just asked for
the baked fish on a LuAnn plate (even though there is no such thing on their
signs!) and luckily the lady behind the counter could understand me. The
food was good, though.
Judy
Tra-cey...
Yes, you can eat all you want for a price, but the fact remains that you're paying more for their
food than you should be.
Prediction: Lubys will fail within 18 months unless the majority stock holders come up with a reasonable pricing scheme for their restaurants.
I was in a Lubys over the weekend and there were about 10 couples there when in the past, when prices were reasonable, the place would have been packed.
Bill
"Tra-cey..." <trace...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3E717EFD...@yahoo.com...
Lubys has a new all you can eat policy that is no real help in pricing.
Yes, you can eat all you want for a price, but the fact remains that you're paying more for their
food than you should be.
Prediction: Lubys will fail within 18 months unless the majority stock holders come up with a reasonable pricing scheme for their restaurants.
Lubys is already in financial trouble. On January 31, 2003, their CEO (Chris Pappas) announced that Lubys was in default on a debt of $80 million. On February 11, 2003 Lubys announced that it had received Official Notice of Default. The news-releases can be seen on www.lubys.com It appears that Lubys will more than likely end up in bankrupcy court unless they can find a financial entitity that will loan them in excess of $80 million to pay off their debt, and restructure their operation.Bill
Steve Cutchen
they were obviously surprised. The cash register gal told us this was
a huge crowd for them. They had their 10 Shrimp for $6.99 on their
marquee out front, as well as a Seafood Platter deal. Maybe that's
why?
This Luby's still makes good food, at least for what we order. (The
Baybrook Mall location seems to have gone downhill. We won't go
there.) It seems that consistancy across the chain has really fallen
off.
---Steve
In article <3E717EFD...@yahoo.com>, Tra-cey...
vonroach
> Prediction: Lubys will fail within 18 months unless the majority stock =
>holders come up with a reasonable pricing scheme for their restaurants.
They have been on a collision path with closing since the death of the founder a
couple of years ago. An old, old story in the food business.
Bill
"vonroach" <vonr...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Vonroach, get your sources straight before you quote someone. I did not
make the statement that you attributed to me above. Tracey made it on March
14, 2003. This is a prime example of your continuous postings that never
make any sense. I know that it's against your social and political creed,
but open your eyes and see who wrote what before you attribute something to
them.
Bill
vonroach
Do you have any concept of what those little ">" indicate Billy. I didn't
attribute a damn thing to you Billyboy. Just curiosity is the `_nouston.rr.com'
intentional or just sloppiness?
Bill
Yea roachie. Got back and count them if, if you can count to three.
Then re-read your message. If you didn't attribute that statement to me
then your fingers are older than your mind. In other words they are
probably around 3 years old. As far as the address is concerned, an idiot
would know what my address is. Houston is mispelled to prevent spamming,
which is apparently what you tried to do and it bounced on you. Oh well,
little kiddies will have their fun, won't they roachie. Intentional is the
answer to your question. Damn I hate to lower myself to your level to
converse with you.
Bill
vonroach
>
You flatter yourself if you think anyone wants to send you email. You are just a
new addition to the well-known rr.com trollers, but being devoid of any talent
for trolling, you limit yourself to adolescent insults. Rave on, Baby Billy
Bill
Tra-cey
I know what it takes to attract people to Lubys. I have the perfect solution.
stephen s.
pick up some lunch today, I noticed the signage for Luby's on Bellaire
near Hillcroft is now bilingual, Spanish on one side and English on
the other.
I am unsure if it is just this location or is it a corporate decision?
Curious if other readers could respond about their neighborhood
locations.
Still trying to figure out what has happened to Pappas Restaurants.
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:24:36 GMT, Tra-cey <trace...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Jack Tyler
"stephen s." <m...@email.com> wrote in message
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> Normally, I would have ignored this thread again. But on a trip to
> pick up some lunch today, I noticed the signage for Luby's on Bellaire
> near Hillcroft is now bilingual, Spanish on one side and English on
> the other.
If I had any business at Hillcroft and Bellaire, I would have my sign be
bilingual. That makes more sense than having servers in Champions area who
speak only Spanish. Maybe that signals that they are looking at each
location and making it more responsive to the neighborhood it's in, rather
than a cookie cutter approach to the market.
Jack
Robert E. Lewis
>I know what it takes to attract people to Lubys. I have the