Comment by PopRevanchist on 05/01/2025 at 02:49 UTC

1376 upvotes, 32 direct replies (showing 25)

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Busboys and Poets. Someone called it “woke Applebees” and i can’t unsee it

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Comment by hmm138 at 05/01/2025 at 03:16 UTC

174 upvotes, 4 direct replies

I’m sad to agree. 10 years ago it was great.

Comment by Ill_Speaker_5908 at 05/01/2025 at 03:49 UTC

94 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Oohh yes. And I’ve never had good service at ANY of the locations. You’ll be there for two hours for lunch and not because you want to.

Comment by juicebox567 at 05/01/2025 at 03:02 UTC

35 upvotes, 0 direct replies

agreed, it was so overpriced for the quality

Comment by froz3nbabies at 05/01/2025 at 03:02 UTC

54 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This is hilarious

Comment by diminutive_sebastian at 05/01/2025 at 03:35 UTC

14 upvotes, 0 direct replies

That’s so good lmao

Comment by tylerehrhardt at 05/01/2025 at 04:05 UTC

12 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Does this apply to the Columbia location too? I always thought that was place was good.

Comment by Salt-Tweety17 at 05/01/2025 at 03:27 UTC

35 upvotes, 3 direct replies

lol, i can't unsee that either. they had a few great vegan items on the menu, but they've since been decommissioned. i miss the lentil sliders and the coconut tofu bites.

Comment by jaymagic1125 at 05/01/2025 at 04:54 UTC

44 upvotes, 2 direct replies

I order doordash from the one at the Catholic Univ. all the time. Their burgers are always slamming. And their bread pudding is also good, so it's not all bad, especially if you order it to go.

Comment by RingGiver at 05/01/2025 at 07:31 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

That is...not wrong.

Comment by [deleted] at 05/01/2025 at 05:05 UTC*

22 upvotes, 2 direct replies

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Comment by EB4950 at 05/01/2025 at 04:05 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

bruh😭

Comment by CPKbeach at 05/01/2025 at 04:54 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

🎯🗣️

Comment by GTFOHY at 05/01/2025 at 07:07 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Monday’s 1/2 price burgers

Comment by dashingthrough at 06/01/2025 at 04:06 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Hey hey hey... their happy hour wings, nachos, and brussel sprouts are fabulous!

Comment by jasperdiablo at 05/01/2025 at 11:58 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I LOVE Busboy and Poets. It’s been me and my closest friends go to spot for years now. Service at K Street location is always trash though

Comment by Substantial-Bad9267 at 06/01/2025 at 05:52 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The lies you tell.

Comment by Stock_Beginning4808 at 06/01/2025 at 20:45 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Lmao

Yeah it low key is

The food is 50/50. Some dishes are really good. Then some I can’t believe they serve

Comment by 0mike0like at 05/01/2025 at 13:15 UTC

0 upvotes, 0 direct replies

My wife used to work for this company and knows the owner well. It seems like he cares more about scoring political points than running his restaurant chain. And that’s allowed the quality of the food, staff, and management to suffer.

I’ve heard first hard from several people (including my wife) that working at any of them is such a terrible gig because of Andy’s lack of care when management is hired. They do nothing but cut hours and ignore sexual harassment complaints.

I’ll never eat there again.

Comment by BallDesperate2140 at 05/01/2025 at 03:41 UTC

0 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Consider this an updoot well spent

Comment by Left_Struggle691 at 05/01/2025 at 03:46 UTC

0 upvotes, 0 direct replies

That is so wrong, but so right!

Comment by no_mudbug at 05/01/2025 at 04:56 UTC

0 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Yup. I used to go there all the time. Not because it was “good”, because it was “fine”. Haha

Comment by TheHaplessBard at 05/01/2025 at 05:28 UTC

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Dude, that's fucking wild lmao.

Comment by geekallstar at 05/01/2025 at 09:13 UTC

0 upvotes, 0 direct replies

never understood the hype. i went a few times, couldn't even fake "liking it"

Comment by NickAndHisGuitar at 05/01/2025 at 12:48 UTC

0 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This is hysterical.

Comment by Bitchi3atppl at 05/01/2025 at 12:55 UTC

0 upvotes, 0 direct replies

They opened one in Baltimore…same shit different Applebees. And Surprise didn’t last long. The open mics were mid to boot.