I’ve never understood why people in general sometimes settle for sub-par food. I see it over and over again – a somewhat unsettling addition to a particular chain or even an individual restaurant, a place you go because “that’s where we always go.” I have people in my immediate circle of friends who feel this way about McDonald’s and Red Lobster. Meh.

And then… then there are the parents who go some place because it’s where the kids always want to go. I’m probably going to be doomed to this sort of behavior from Hunter at some point or another. I’ve been blessed that she’s been cooperative just about everywhere we’ve taken her, and (with the exception of one night at Buffalo Grill, completely our fault for taking her before she could take a nap) she’s always been at least manageable, even when she hasn’t been especially hungry.

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Last night, we went to one of those places full of parents and their kids, a place I had not stepped foot inside in 15 years. We went to Shotgun Dan’s.

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