Famous Chains/Big Names don't equal serving everyone....

I don't normally rant twice in one day but this one bothered me due to some friends I have. When we hang out and go out to eat there are always going to be some disagreements sure, maybe Indian food makes your stomach hurt or you had a few bad times at a local Denny's(http://1stwr.blogspot.com/2013/02/dennys-restaurant.html) 

My point being that today a few of us went to see Man of Steel http://hmmadnessmovies.blogspot.com/2013/06/man-of-steel.html and afterwords we wanted to eat as it was over 2 hours and none of us had eaten before. As Baby A's was right across the road we headed there first, we took our seats and my friend Phineas asked about Vegetarian/Vegan, and NOTHING on their whole menu could be made Vegan...

So we left, we did a search for local places then P used Laughing Cow or Happy Cow which is an app or website that allows you to find Vegan/Vegetarian places, most of the places the local app pulled up didn't apply...We got something called TacoDeli and we went there, only to find out it CLOSES AT 3!  

P said there were lots of places that cater to Vegans but seriously this is kind of silly, Austin is a cool town and as Shana keeps telling me a town that knows more about health and gluten and Vegan's then anywhere she has lived, her customers at Walgreen's are more knowledgable then any place she has lived before, yet major chains can't get their act together. Vegan is a popular choice and Vegetarian has been for way longer. These are not new things that just popped up.

Everyone should be allowed to eat when we go to a major name or a brand. I am excluding if you market on a certain item. A Burger Bar is not what I am aiming at here but overall you should be able to at least have a few Vegan choices when you go out to your favorite restaurant, Hell Taco Bell has a few Vegetarian/ almost Vegan items you can choose for and its fast food.

Like most things I was more upset over this then the people it affects but it annoys me to see things like this. I find it really lame that either you can't get it or the ones that serve it close early even on THE WEEKENDS. We settled on Kerby Lane which is good but we were in the Gateway/Arboretum area which should have more choices altogether. 

I know this is just me but Vegan is a popular and growing choice, some due to not wanting meat, some due to how thats done, some due to health, some do to having to go full vegan. But it doesn't even matter why, the point its popular places and well known chains need to get on the ball and met the requirments of the people out there or be left behind.

Denny's Restaurant

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Denny's Restaurant and Audra Haywood. So reading over Facebook recently a friend of mine posted this, Dear Denny's on 183/620
I ordered 3 times and every time you came back and said I'm sorry we don't have that..... Then the manager came over to see and cough by my infant and not apologize then the food tasted horrid......thanks so much never returning Audra 
This would be the Denny's at 10930 Lakeline Mall Drive, phone number(512) 401-0628.  The reason I decided to rant about this one is its not the first time I have heard of issues there or had them myself.

That all sounds about Denny's Speed

  The last two times Shana and I visited this Denny's (which were the Last two times as well) they were out of Dr. Pepper both times which is what I drink, and the first of the two times they were out of what I ordered and had to get something else, the second visit, still no Dr. Pepper( and this was a good month later) and two things I ordered were not there, one being a basic Chicken Strip meal....

Before Shana had moved here, I had stopped going to this Denny's has it had been out of Dr. Pepper twice before and then out of FRIES, FRIES???!!! I left that time and went to IHOP. 

I understand that sometimes things happen that one can not control but just looking at the Dr. Pepper, it runs out alot, must sell quite a bit or the employees drink it all day, either way it shows you should be ordering more of it, not less. Common sense, the food its self is average but its Denny's so thats to be expected.
 Under that note I had a customer at my place of business that worked for Denny's telling me that his and a few of his friends paychecks didn't clear on top of everything. That is a bad bad sign for any business and not one you want to hear.

Which the many places you can go, even just overnight, You have IHOP, Waffle House, Kerby Lane, Star Seeds, and while not every place is open all night, there are many that are open late downtown with many options, Denny's really should be more careful. People can spend their money anywhere and as they have less they will be more and more choosy.

Final Thoughts:

I know everyone has their own thoughts and feelings but this rant was brought up due to someone elses bad time at Denny's. I know this won't change minds overall but maybe others who have had a bad time there will point out that maybe this is not the place to go expect for...