[speaker001:] so what kind of dining out do you enjoy
[speaker002:] well we usually do things that have to do with families because I have a family of four so
[speaker001:] uh-huh four children or
[speaker002:] four children yeah six of us altogether so
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah
[speaker002:] when we go out it's usually someplace that caters to children more so than adult
[speaker001:] uh-huh so that has a children's menu or uh-huh
[speaker002:] yeah how about you
[speaker001:] um well I don't have any children um and I'm a newlywed so right now I guess my favorite type of restaurant is is a place that's fairly quiet and has a pleasant atmosphere I sort of like the either an old country look or something um dim lights or something just you know the
[speaker002:] have you found one in Dallas that you like
[speaker001:] um well I enjoy Steak and Ale yeah that's that seems to have a pretty nice atmosphere usually not I don't like noise I just hate it when restaurants are like Bennigan's and
[speaker002:] yeah yeah they just opened up an Olive Garden here in Plano
[speaker001:] that's the other one that I really like yeah I haven't the in Plano I haven't um oh yeah
[speaker002:] do you like it there I'm sure they're probably the same all over I've heard that their bread sticks are terrific
[speaker001:] yeah yeah I've been to one here in Dallas yeah they are they really are I've only been there once uh but almost a year ago and I wanna go back I'd thought about it ever since it's not on our side of town
[speaker002:] huh yeah we've been meaning to try this one out here
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] do you guys like what kind of food do you like
[speaker001:] um well my husband loves anything beef so he likes steak or ribs or something but I kind of like more variety I like to be able to
[speaker002:] yeah me too when I go out I like to have things that I don't cook at home you know when just he and I go out then it
[speaker001:] yeah exactly uh-huh
[speaker002:] it's almost always fish or something that I don't wanna do at home
[speaker001:] yeah yeah I like to have a choice of fish or chicken and Italian food Mexican food
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] you know something um yeah something that I wouldn't that takes more time to cook at home
[speaker002:] yeah what um what makes you go back there
[speaker001:] um I'd say well one thing is the price I don't like it
[speaker002:] yeah I was gonna say price is probably my biggest concern
[speaker001:] yeah yeah if it's overpriced or you know I mean if it's I like to still be able to get a meal for well I'd prefer five dollars or less they that's unusual these days if you go out
[speaker002:] yeah it seems like you can get the same menu for lunch cheap have you ever tried that just going for lunch and then
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah yeah we like uh Tony Roma's it's a rib place
[speaker002:] oh yeah I've heard of that where is it
[speaker001:] uh-huh well um let's see there's there's one up at um see what is it just as um loop twelve turns into thirty five it merges it's right there it's sort of a restaurant row in Dallas there
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah
[speaker001:] and then there's also one down at the Marketplace West End Marketplace and we found out one day by mistake that lunch is about half as much as dinner is and you get about almost the same amount
[speaker002:] yeah in almost any restaurant that's almost the case that we've seen
[speaker001:] yeah um-hum so I'd say that's the first thing I look for is price and then atmosphere
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] yeah how about you
[speaker002:] probably price would be first um we're not you know we seems like we're always rushing rushing around doing something so location that would have a lot to do with it too I mean we don't really travel to Mesquite or you know somewhere that takes half an hour to get there so
[speaker001:] yeah uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] we've you know tried most of the places around here and that's kind of where we stay
[speaker001:] yeah so so what would your favorite place be or one of your favorites
[speaker002:] oh gee
[speaker001:] or some of your favorites
[speaker002:] have you tried um The Louisiana Purchase do they have any of those over there
[speaker001:] no I've never heard of that
[speaker002:] those are good and it's kind of Cajun I usually don't like spicy food but that's real good especially lunch you know because for the same reason because it's got some atmosphere and yet the price is is good
[speaker001:] um-hum uh-huh
[speaker002:] my husband really likes Chinese food so we go Chinese just a little mom and pop kind of places
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] more so than the bigger
[speaker001:] yeah I like Chinese too yeah and sometimes you can uh you can often get that at a good price
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and some of them have good atmosphere too so
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] hum
[speaker002:] Chinese places doesn't seem like they really cater to atmosphere the ones around here anyways just
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah some of them don't
[speaker002:] just authentic that's all it you know it says authentic on the outside
[speaker001:] yeah yeah so do you like places that are noisy that are lively yeah
[speaker002:] no not necessarily um when I go out with my husband I just want to be able to to talk to him so that doesn't lend itself to that and when I'm with my children the more noise there is the more nose noise they think they can make so it doesn't it tends to make them wilder so
[speaker001:] uh-huh right yeah I'm sure it does
[speaker002:] I really like the Black-Eyed Pea but I also think that's real noisy have you ever been to a Black-Eyed Pea
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah I have
[speaker002:] it's got such a open atmosphere and clanking and banging that I love the food but it is really noisy
[speaker001:] yeah yeah that's what I found too so well do you have anything else you wanted to say
[speaker002:] no I think that's pretty much what makes me go back