Zebediah's Angel Fire, New Mexico
The Worst Restaurant Ever  - Disappointed

From the salad bar with old and browning, cheap iceberg lettuce with
one dressing selection to the cold mashed potatoes and canned
vegetables, eating at Zebadiah's makes one ask: are there even chefs,
or do the waiters take turns standing in front of the microwave? The
overall dining experience at Zeb's is terrible.  The food is flavorless
and has the feeling of being reheated, and the atmosphere is a step
down from cafeteria dining. Blaring and obnoxious music coming from
the bar area can be heard at all times--even when no one is there, and
the staff are spacey and seem to be in a daze from working in such a
horrible restaurant. When me and my family ate there we were very
hungry, and despite the low quality of the food, finished most of it.
When the waitress came to collect everything, she remarked, surprised:
"Oh wow, clean plates!" This apparently was a rare occurrence. You
would think that for such a bad eating experience, it could not be too
taxing on the wallet, but you would be mistaken. Most of the plates
are ten dollars and up, and come with rice-a-roni and the
aforementioned notorious cold mashed potatoes. On one of the waitress'
shirts, it stated: "Bad girls go to Zeb's." I disagreed at first,
thinking that it implied Zebadiah's was the place to be, and that it
was a party spot that would be fun to go to. After pondering over it,
I realized that I did agree with it, because that is not what it
implied. What it really meant was that Zeb's is Hell on Earth, and
that it is a punishment for people who have sinned. After more
pondering I realized this could not be true, and that Zebadiah's is in
fact purgatory; for hell would at least have food with more spice.

SHELFLIFEMAGAZINE ARCHIVES: issue #001