Outback is open in Assembly Row!

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

I just got back from my first trip to Outback Steakhouse in Somerville's Assembly Row.  Good food, standard "Outback" fare.  I really like it.  They apparently opened last Monday, so it's been just over a week that they've been open.  Parking is getting weird, the big lot outside of Sports Authority/ACMoore/Bed,Bath,Beyond is getting difficult to park in, as it fills up.  Expect it to, since they put meters on the sidewalk about 6 feet from the curb (!) so free parking in the large lot is likely to go poof as soon as more folks decide that it's easier to park for free and closer than to pay to park further from the restaurants.

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[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

My one recent outing to Texas Roadhouse (with in-laws, no less!) gave me a "WTF is this?" feeling... If I wanted to eat in a western cowgirl circus, I'd do that. But I didn't want to do that. The food was okay, but the atmosphere was too chaotic to enjoy the food. (For the record, Outback rates as just okay on a different axis -- they over-season everything. The food is decent quality but most of the meats are so salty I can barely tolerate them.)