On Friday night The Wife, The Rooster and The Koala picked me up from work and we began heading for Taquiera La Hacienda #3. On the way I remembered that The Rack Bar and Grill recently opened in the old Timberlodge location in Burnsville near 35W and Burnsville Parkway. Knowing their menu was basically glorified bar food and their website touts their ‘Rack Girls’ as a highlight, I figured they would be slightly inappropriately dressed but figured it would be family friendly enough none-the-less.
We arrived before 5 and found the bar quite crowded. According to a reader, the owner was previously the manager at the long-closed Burnsville Hooters’ and many of the Hooter’s employees came to work with him at this location. There is a nice bar fully stocked with nothing but the finest domestic beers available and nothing at all interesting for 2012. Many of the tables and booths on the bar side were filled and we were directed to the dining room off to the right and sat at a table in the middle. The “Rack Girls” were standing in the back, clad in their garb for “Flannel Friday”, getting a peptalk from the manager.
Our server, friendly and knowledgeable, gave us menus while leaning over the table showing off her breasts in their push-up bra. We placed orders for 18 wings ($13.99; 6 “Hot” and 12 “Habanero”) which were explained to be meatier than her regular old haunt, Buffalo Wild Wings, a Mushroom Swiss Burger with onion rings ($7.49), Fried Pickles ($2.99; 50% for happy hour), Chicken Strips for The Rooster ($3.99) which included drink and side (several available including veggies).
Now, before I get into the food, I want to concentrate on the inappropriateness of The Rack Girls. While some were wearing clothing which covered more of their body than others, it appeared the majority were showing a lot more skin than I really care to see on chicks who are probably Deja Vu rejects. One, showing the area between her breasts and waistline which was littered with piercings including one that ran through the middle of her lower back (a new kind of “stamp” I guess) was specifically requested by a dirty old man in his late 50s who excitedly put his hand on her while he said he missed seeing her. This caused some whispers by the other servers as they stared across the dining room at him. It was a bit gross to be perfectly honest. There was one who was pregnant (and covering her belly thankfully) who The Wife remarked she was pleased they didn’t just outright fire for not fitting the mold. There were several others with tattoos in the typical stripper fashion; no, not stars along their hips but other large tattoos instead!
It was during this time that The Wife overheard some of the servers telling other customers (a couple in their mid to late 70s) about the theme nights The Rack Girls have each week. Fridays are “Flannel Fridays” which means they dress up like some sort of video porn box rendition of Daisy Duke, “Naughty Nurses”, “Cops and Robbers” and my personal favorite for its total lack of political correctness, “Cowboys and Indians”. Seriously? In a state with a rich Native history we’re going to have “Cowboys and Indians” night? Morons.
Now, The Wife and I have no real problems with women dressing like this in restaurants (or the existence of porn shops or strip clubs for that matter) however, considering the public backlash over the much tamer Hooter’s which used to be next door, I’m surprised Burnsville’s mayor wasn’t personally picketing the restaurant herself let alone all those who were so very upset the last time.
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The food arrived and and I was surprised at how large the wings were. Not only were they large, they were also quite tasty. The wings are grilled and come with a big cup of chunky bleu cheese dressing. While the “Hot” wings were just slightly hotter than you’re standard Buffalo, they weren’t anything crazy. However, the Habanero wings carried great flavor and heat. I’m used to ordering 18 wings at BW3 and being able to easily finish them but I was only able to eat 11 of The Rack’s.
The Wife’s hamburger was large, flavorful and came with a few onion rings for the comparatively low price of $7.49. I took a single bite and was surprised with how good it was. The Wife had no complaints and said she was impressed with what she got for the price.
The Rooster’s chicken fingers were good and the fries we ordered were plentiful. While he wasn’t all that interested in them, for less than $4 it was quite a deal and aside from the inappropriately dressed waitresses, this could be a decent place for families who care about that sort of thing if the waitresses waited until after 8 PM to dress like strippers.
Our only complaint came from the fried pickles. They were plentiful, especially at the $3 happy hour price and came with a nice seasoned ranch but they were extremely salty and left a large pool of grease at the bottom. We didn’t finish them but I’m guessing if you were sitting at the bar drinking some of their ridiculously lame beer selection, these would be an acceptable bar snack.
Overall, while the food was fine, especially at the price point, I’m going to guess the restaurant is going to fail due to the public’s lack of appreciation of the wait staff’s attire and the rumored trademark suit brought against them by Burnsville’s other inappropriate restaurant, Rack Shack BBQ.
Have you ever eaten at The Rack Bar and Grill in Burnsville? If so what did you have and what did you think? With the controversy surrounding Hooter’s before it closed, do you think The Rack Bar and Grill will survive the negative attention it’s likely to receive and the rumored lawsuit brought by Rack Shack? Do you plan on going to check it out? Whatever you have to say about this one, go ahead and comment on as I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Address:
The Rack Bar & Grill
13050 Aldrich Ave S
Burnsville, MN 55337
Phone:
952-736-7730
See all the pictures from The Rack Bar & Grill on Flickr here.
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October 1st, 2012 at 8:19 am
I’m not a prude. However, objectification of women does nothing to improve our societal nor individual sense of worth, nor does objectification of men for that matter.
As the father of two daughters I strongly urge everyone (especially parents of daughters) to read “Reviving Ophelia,” by Mary Pipher.
Here’s the teaser from Amazon: “Why are more American adolescent girls prey to depression, eating disorders, addictions, and suicide attempts than ever before? According to Dr. Mary Pipher, a clinical psychologist who has treated girls for more than twenty years, we live in a look-obsessed, media-saturated, “girl-poisoning” culture. Despite the advances of feminism, escalating levels of sexism and violence–from undervalued intelligence to sexual harassment in elementary school–cause girls to stifle their creative spirit and natural impulses, which, ultimately, destroys their self-esteem. Yet girls often blame themselves or their families for this “problem with no name” instead of looking at the world around them.”
October 1st, 2012 at 9:51 am
Cowboy and Indian night. Do I get half-priced food all night? Or just smallpox blankets again? I know, they march my family at gun point from our table in the restaurant out to some rickety lawn chairs on the far side of the parking lot.
October 1st, 2012 at 10:36 am
UWTM, maybe they’ll invite you to the restaurant for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner to make amends (complete with the Redskins vs. Cowboys game).
October 1st, 2012 at 11:14 am
It is interesting that there is decent food to be found.
While I can believe appearance has some relation to adolescent angst, overall I don’t believe that on a mass scale, the pressure to be pretty is the cause of all adolescent problems. i.e. the huge uptick in adolescent suicide is much more likely to be due in part to the increase in identifying depression, causing an increase in taking depression medication, which had side effects that led to suicide.
October 1st, 2012 at 11:16 am
Mikeh,
Or the social attention provided to suicide as part of “bullying” instead of putting kids in martial arts or boxing and letting them deal with the bullies the way which stops the problem quickly.
October 1st, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Given the complete lack of attention the website gives to the food there, I have to say I am shocked you found the food to be edible.
I think you may have a typo on the price of the fried pickles at $3. Everybody this side of the Lone Oak Grill knows they cost 20 dollars per pickle.
And the Rack Girls is fucking stupid, but you could not have made that Deja Vu reject joke without them. That said, I am sure the Deja Vu chicks are thinking “Get off our side” after taking a look at the picture of The Rack Girls. One of them looks about a day over 16. Disgusting.
October 1st, 2012 at 2:28 pm
January or maybe at best February 2013, then boarded up with some idiot bank loan officer who approved the loan foreclosing.
October 1st, 2012 at 3:45 pm
First thing I saw when I clicked on the link Bill put up above.
I think I’ll lump that with Rack Shack and their TV commercial doofus in the “No Thanks on Eating There” pile.
p.s. Any truth to the rumor that Mayor Kautz is moonlighting as a server there?
October 1st, 2012 at 7:44 pm
Mikeh, if you really don’t believe in Reviving Ophelia’s assertion that young women come of age within a patriarchy which determines their value as a woman based on their conforming to accepted gender roles and their desirability as a sexual object for men, then I suggest you try reading Cosmo or Glamour.
October 1st, 2012 at 7:47 pm
As for the young lady who was pregnant, I think I remember reading somewhere that Hooters was successfully sued for demoting a woman to hostess when she got pregnant. Anyway, good for them for being equal opportunity objectifiers.
October 2nd, 2012 at 6:26 am
Supporting places like this perpetuates the media stereotypes of beauty and over-sexualization that is making young girls hate their normal, healthy bodies. I don’t want any boobies with my burger, so I will skip it.
October 2nd, 2012 at 9:02 am
I for one would like to know more about the suit filed by The Rack Shack against them… Bill any more to tell on this?
October 2nd, 2012 at 11:56 am
I think I just got a threatening voicemail which I believe pertains to this review, although I’m unsure. It’s pretty hilarious: http://lazylightning.org/documents/random_threatening_voicemail.mp3
October 2nd, 2012 at 12:09 pm
LOL. I am sure it was left by someone who fancies himself as “The Boyfriend” of one of the hookers, er I mean, waitresses.
October 2nd, 2012 at 12:17 pm
It seems like you have a thing against tattoos being displayed, however, I wasn’t there so I’m just going to assume that they were gawdy/horribly executed tattoos and then I can agree with you.
However, I was quite surprised that this place had decent food. I was all prepared for the smack down on the food as well.
October 2nd, 2012 at 12:20 pm
I cant believe you would get a nasty message over this review. The review was great. Far better than I expected. Personally I have no issue with the Rack Girls. Its up to them how they want to dress imho, and up to each of us to determine if we want to spend our money there.
October 2nd, 2012 at 12:31 pm
That voicemail is the funniest thing I’ve heard in a while. Thanks for sharing it, Bill!
Burnsville really doesn’t have any good burger/wings options and I’ve been hoping one would show up. Too bad this one comes with the hoochy girls. I don’t care how good the food is, I won’t support a place that feels the need to blatantly objectify women to attract customers.
October 2nd, 2012 at 12:49 pm
Agreed, Bill’s review seems fair, decent food, but the concept is objectionable to a large portion of potential diners, and to be honest its just a tired concept in this day and age. Especially with the previous history of Hooters in that area and in other parts of the the TC.
I would also apologize if I offended the young ladies who work there, they are just trying to make a living.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:43 pm
I think he meant “inciteful,” as in to start up or excite.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Maybe…
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:35 pm
It isn’t about the boobs. They’re just body parts. It’s the icky attitude regarding this type of display of them.
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Bill, do you you know that the voicemail is referring to this particular post? The guy sounds like a mental giant, BTW.
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:45 pm
The pauses were classic. I could hear the squeaky wheels in his head turning.
October 2nd, 2012 at 6:05 pm
Boobs and Large Decent wings?!?!?
Sounds like a win.
As for oversexualizing the women who work there, is it possible that they are laughing at the poor suckers who are willing to tip 50% of a plate of wings instead?
Sex sells, women know this and – as hooters has proven – do a damn fine job of taking advantage of that fact.
Based on the habanero wing report, I plan to check this out. I love wings and if they are good I don’t care if they are served to my by a woman with her boobs in my face or a guy dressed as Carmen Miranda… Good wings are good wings.
October 2nd, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Bill… I am going to go check this place out…
While there, I am also going to talk to every male I see working there to try to match up the voice. Once I figure out who it is, I will let you know (and with a background in security and voice analytics, this should be really simple.
I will post the results here for everyone to enjoy.
October 2nd, 2012 at 6:50 pm
Hah
October 3rd, 2012 at 7:48 am
and….Hurricane Grill is open now too… waiting for Bill’s next review!
October 3rd, 2012 at 8:27 am
I already reviewed Hurricane Grill & Wings before. It sucks: http://www.lazylightning.org/hurricane-grill-wings-scranton-pa
October 4th, 2012 at 9:12 am
I guess I have not seen anywhere that they bill themselves “family friendly”? The outfits aren’t any worse than Hooters whose food sucked (IMO) and was terribly over-priced. I have never caught the trendy beer craze and pretty much stick to the traditional domestic lights. So I guess a place you can meet up with a buddy or 2 to watch the 2nd half of a game, have a plate of good wings with a couple pictures of beer, each slap down a twenty and be out the door isn’t all that bad.
October 4th, 2012 at 1:52 pm
Toke,
You’d have to be a real Fuck Nozzle if you still drink domestic Light beers.
lefty
October 4th, 2012 at 1:56 pm
What about ‘cum dumpster’?
October 4th, 2012 at 1:59 pm
As in, “The wings I got from that Cum Dumpster at The Rack aren’t all that bad?”
October 4th, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Well, replace ‘The wings’ with ‘The cold sores’ and you’re spot on.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
Ha.
I think that comment is going to leave you in trouble.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:07 pm
What I want to know is where is MSPD and his 2000th comment?
October 4th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
I think your comment is very insightful……………….Bill Roll.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:10 pm
He’s giving lefty a chance to catch up first. He’ll tease him along for the next few weeks and then right when lefty is at 1,999, MSPD will swoop in with the COTY.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Weeks?! It’ll take lefty three or four days to post that many comments.
October 4th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
That’s Great!
October 4th, 2012 at 5:36 pm
Do we have to actually read them before they count?
October 8th, 2012 at 11:50 am
We tried The Rack on Saturday. You were much more impressed with the food than we were. My husband and I left extremely unimpressed. Our waitress had a nice body, but she was STUPID. She almost didn’t seem like she knew where she was. When I order a buffalo chicken sandwich, why would I assume the chicken would have buffalo sauce on it?? When I told her I didn’t not get what I ordered, she looked at me like a deer in headlights. She didn’t understand why I wanted buffalo sauce on my chicken. Then the light bulb went off and she offered it to me on the side. After finally getting through to her that I wanted the buffalo sauce ON the chicken, she returned it to the kitchen to have it coated. I couldn’t even taste the buffalo sauce. Dislike!
I will not be back.
October 9th, 2012 at 9:58 am
I like the concept of The Rack, just like Twin Peaks, Tilted Kilt and HOOTERS. They are a Breastaurant. The servers are fairily new and still learning the menu so don’t sit there saying they are stupid. They are learning, With the Buffalo Chicken Sandwhich.. You can get your preference of wing sauce on the sandwhich if you don’t address it.. dont be surprised if you are left saucless. THEY ARE NOT HOOKERS! Ive read multiple comments of grown adults calling these girls hookers, If your such a feminist and want young ladies to do better for themselves, and comment on how girls get so emotional and caught up in the beauty scene.. Why would you call them Hookers? When NONE of them have EVER been. I can tell all of you with negative, and disgusting comments that these girls do NOT think they are better than anyone, or prettier than anyone. They are working.. doing their jobs.
I’m not saying you have to come back, I’m not saying you have to like the food or even understand the concept. I’m just asking if you will please refrain from the name calling of the ladies that work here.
I’m a full time college student, with two jobs and I pay bills just like ALL OF YOU.
.. And I’ve never considered being a hooker, and I certainly don’t think I am prettier or better than anyone. I know the girls and know they feel the same way.. We are all just regular working class employees, and most of use are in college and working to pay off bills.
For what its worth, thanks for reading this..
October 9th, 2012 at 11:31 am
A couple more generations and maybe Minnesota and American society will finally be free of many of the puritanical biases that still drive much of our reactions to the human body. Both in that displaying breasts may no longer be the easy way to get cash from a man, nor ire from the community at large. And yet, haters are always gonna hate.
October 9th, 2012 at 11:37 am
Mikeh,
I have no negative reaction to the human body, in fact, I’m all for people being allowed to show whatever it is they want. I do, however, think it’s a bit ridiculous to open a business solely with the intent of selling a different product than what most may believe you are based on your status as a restaurant. Would there be a negative reaction to female massage therapists wearing “Naughty Nurse” outfits while they perform their trade to pay off student loan debt? You bet your tight little ass covered in as little fabric as legally allowed there would be.
My main point was that with so many people hysterical over a Hooters existing in Burnsville, there should be just as many people picketing this location as well. The problem here is few in the public know The Rack is catering to this clientele while they knew Hooters was.
October 9th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
I’m sure the person who left that voicemail has no memory of doing so… nor anything else in his…. life.
dude
October 9th, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Rae, does your boyfriend always pause like that when he talks?
(Okay, that was mean of me. i know. I’m going to hell. ;) )
October 9th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
I agree, it is silly both what The Rack is doing and the lack of public outrage. Maybe when the summer comes and the car clubs come back and the bikini washes start we’ll see some public pickets?
My point though is eventually no one will care. At some point American’s will get over their hangup about sex. We’ll see the human body for what it is and quit trying to attach other connotations to it, and thus stunts like what the Rack is doing will no longer pay off. Instead great service, a fun atmosphere, and good food will be what wins.
October 9th, 2012 at 3:56 pm
Rae, you say you are a college student? I hope someone proofs your papers for you.
October 9th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Sandy, she’s full of perky rage.
October 9th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
I don’t get why everyone has to be so mean? We are human beings, just like you Sandy and Jorn, and Everyone else who has to be so negative.
October 9th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
I mean.. Is it really necessary to be so rude and hateful towards people you don’t even know?
October 9th, 2012 at 5:11 pm
How do you know I’m human? That sounds very prejudicial.
And here I called you perky. Where’s the love?
#hurt
October 9th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Well everyone else is being prejudicial about the Rack girls being hookers.. why can’t I be? and clearly assume you are human.
October 9th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Rude perhaps but hateful? Hardly.
October 9th, 2012 at 5:21 pm
How can we bring this around to being all lefty’s fault (again)?
October 9th, 2012 at 5:21 pm
Yes hateful towards the girls that work there and calling us Deja Vu rejects, and complaining about a pregnant woman working there. Everyone deserves a job. and Its fine to not like the food.. but an apology is in order to the staff at the rack. :/
October 9th, 2012 at 5:31 pm
Nope; didn’t complain at all about the pregnant woman.
October 9th, 2012 at 5:36 pm
Rae, in neither the article, nor any of the subsequent posts, could I locate anything derogatory about somebody being pregnant while working there.
October 9th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
Rae,
I also did a search for the word “hooker” on this page. It came up 6 times. Once in lefty’s obvious tongue-in-cheak comment, and the other five instances were by
you.
So, maybe you all owe *us* an apology for knowingly working in a “breastaurant” (thanks for teaching me that word) and then feigning to being oh-so-sensitive about the reactions, kidding or otherwise.
October 9th, 2012 at 5:54 pm
aye kant spel
October 9th, 2012 at 8:32 pm
Rae, I encourage you to work hard in school and at your jobs. The people here can sometimes be harsh, including me. It is sad that women need to show dumb men their breasts in the attempt to get larger tips, but that is how things can be in this world.
October 9th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Rae,
Can you even fucking read? Bill actually liked the food. You seem pretty committed to the fact that it sucks, but since you eat it every day, you are probably more in the know than Bill’s whacked one off. There are three different double meanings in that third sentence, use your college degree to figure them out.
lefty
October 9th, 2012 at 9:14 pm
A triple entendre?!
October 9th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Triple Double. I am the LeBron of LL.
October 9th, 2012 at 10:42 pm
valid points. I just don’t get why everyone has to be so rude all the time. I just was never raised that way.
October 9th, 2012 at 10:51 pm
and I am not even on my 4th semester of college. so I do not have my college degree. also, i understand you guys don’t like the concept of a breastaraunt but i do not show my boobs to people, they stay in my tank top the entire day. I don’t think showing my boobs would give me better tips I think good service, efficiency, and knowing your menu is key to making better tips. : ) and Jorn, Hooters is a breastaraunt and everyone is WELL aware of it. So why do I have to apologize for where I work? I take orders, serve food and I am a pretty confident server. I don’t recall us making a big deal about where we worked until other people started. Like I said I understand you don’t care for the concept but please refrain from being so harsh towards the employees. We are just doing our SERVING job.
October 9th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
Hooters was the center of much controversy in Burnsville when it was open. The entire point of this discussion is why The Rack isn’t when it’s exactly the same thing with a less well-known name.
October 9th, 2012 at 11:00 pm
Yes, I understand. I didn’t like the idea of these places until I started at Hooters. But it doesn’t hurt to try something new.
October 9th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
Heh.
October 10th, 2012 at 7:28 am
The impression I had was that there was a small number of people in Burnsville (i.e. Kautz and a few others) who were rather incensed about Hooters, but that most people really couldn’t have cared less. I could have been wrong on that, though. I suspect most people simply haven’t heard of this place yet and, if they have, aren’t necessarily aware of the angle. Sure, the name is a double entendre, but the Rack Shack’s can be taken that way too.
October 10th, 2012 at 8:42 am
Yeah I agree with you Tim. More advertising as a breastaraunt will define who wants to come in and who doesn’t.
October 10th, 2012 at 9:40 am
Rae,
I read all of the comments here and I don’t see one single comment that disparages hookers. I don’t think we are poking you at all.
lefty
October 10th, 2012 at 10:10 am
Rae,
Here’s yet another encouragement to read first, then comment. In other words, if you want to challenge me/anybody for what we’ve said, make sure we’ve said it. It’s stunning to see people re-explaining what is in writing here. Slow down; read. :)
• I never criticized you for where you work, nor did I ever disparage “breastaraunts.” My criticism was around the seeming irony about willfully working in a sexually-charged place, but then feigning surprise at what may come along with it. You have to take the ups and the downs when your lead product your (I’ll assume) fantastic figure. Take this as a compliment: nobody here thinks you’re that dumb.
• I also never even alluded to disliking the concept; I don’t recall rendering a vote either way. So, I’m not sure why you called me out for any of that. THAT’S mean. ;)
• By the way, there’s a metric-ass-ton of sarcasm here, especially from me. I’m sorry (seriously, I am) that you missed it. ..:: Generally, in life, he who flails about wildly over not getting the joke eventually becomes the joke. ::..
• You popped on the scene here with an impassioned, less-than-gramatically-elegant ranting defense to an attack that wasn’t really happening… at least not here. Thus, generally speaking, this community started giving you some light-hearted shit about that. What you SHOULD have done was come back with a light-hearted mea culpa and moved on. But you continued on that course, even after several folks pointed out that perhaps your assertions were misdirected. You think people are being mean; I’m amazed at how gentle they’ve been.
So, since the topic is open: I’d probably eat here, based upon Bill’s review. I’m not much of a wings guy, but a decent quality:value ratio is what most of us are after. But I won’t go because the waitresses are hot. That’s just me.
By the way, I applaud you working hard to pay off college. Really. I also have no real moral objection to the breastaurant; you’re right when you say we all know what it’s about. For me, I track more with Mikeh’s prophesy (*cough* fantasy *cough*) that we’ll all just evolve enough to chillax and walk around naked. I think the female body is a work of art; I’m a fan. I have no idea what you see in us.
There. Clear?
Welcome to the website.
October 10th, 2012 at 10:26 am
Au contraire.
edit by Bill: image temporarily removed. I have asked MSPD to edit it.
October 10th, 2012 at 10:34 am
Congrats to MSPD on becoming the first person to reach the 2000 comment milestone.
It took MSPD 5 years, 3 months, 4 days, 17 hours, 20 minutes, 21 seconds to reach 2000 comments. Just for reference, it took him 3 years, 2 months, 28 days, 19 hours and 24 minutes to reach 1000 comments and 1 year, 11 months, 15 days, 21 hours, 56 minutes, 21 seconds to go from 1000 to 2000.
You can view his 1000th comment here: http://www.lazylightning.org/favorite-sandwich-poll#comment-67072
You can view his 1st comment here: http://www.lazylightning.org/kami-japanese-restaurant-apple-valley-mn#comment-2653
(FYI, this was my 6666th comment)
October 10th, 2012 at 10:39 am
MSPD, our company should transfer you over to graphic design.
Congrats on #2000!
October 10th, 2012 at 10:45 am
Bill Roehl: 10X Satan
October 10th, 2012 at 10:48 am
jorn,
Actually that would be 6660.
MSPD. Thanks for the laugh of the day. I didn’t notice the deer head right away, so the secondary laugh was almost as good as the first one.
I am assuming that is Rae on the right side? The body is “ok”, but she needs to put on some makeup or something.
lefty
October 10th, 2012 at 10:51 am
10.0090090091!
October 10th, 2012 at 11:14 am
Hey, don’t be mean about my maths! Why do I have to apologize for that!?
October 10th, 2012 at 3:46 pm
http://www.criggo.com/2012/10/sounds-good-to-me/
October 10th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
Not only have I been staring at them for hours, they have been staring back at me. I don’t feel any different. I must be doing it wrong.
October 10th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Jorn,
I guess i did need to relax a little bit and fully comprehend all the comments and the article. I was just hurt when I saw the name calling.
and MSPD or Bill will you please remove that picture of my co-workers and that man… please…
October 10th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Which photo of your co-workers would you like me to parody instead? (We’re having fun here)
Uff da.
October 10th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
Rae,
That photo should be a clear contender for 2012 POTY. You can’t just remove that stuff. It’s not like their boobs are showing for tips or something.
lefty
October 10th, 2012 at 5:29 pm
One step forward…
Pardon my French, but, Le Sighe
October 10th, 2012 at 5:32 pm
A little more. Coooome onnnn, you can do it. Baby steps. A little more now. Smile. See, now doesn’t that feel better? :)
October 10th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Congrats to jorn on comment #300!
October 10th, 2012 at 6:18 pm
not that picture. take that one off. please.
October 10th, 2012 at 6:25 pm
Just curious as to why you decided to go out of your way to find a picture of the rack girls and some random guy on facebook.. and edit it. if you dont like the rack then why waste your time smashing it? find someplace you like and brag about it. the “im awesome” comment and swapping a beautiful young blonde with an old red head? you know not a single thing about anyone of these girls you think their pathetic? your the middle aged ones fighting a battle and talking shit behind your dell inspiron laptop. grow up. if your gonna talk about these servers then at least call them out by name. c’mon people.
October 10th, 2012 at 6:38 pm
I quit, Rae. Be paranoid and crabby; you win.
October 10th, 2012 at 6:40 pm
its not about winning or loosing. its about being respectful.
October 10th, 2012 at 6:52 pm
get a day job.
find something other than internet trash talking
to give you that feeling of power you clearly, so desperately crave.
didn’t your mothers teach you if you dont have anything nice to say..
shut your damn mouth? after a hard day of work i enjoy coming home
to laugh at the wit you middle aged men think you have. feel free to pull your
head out of your ass at least enough to see that they are people.. whether their belly is showing or their is a baby in their belly. and the owner, manager of the failed burnsville hooters? i’ve had a chance to talk with him and he care more about the well being and treatment of his employees than the success of his own business. he sets them up for success and you can make whatever jokes you want about that but its the truth. the food is good and the service is great, you said that yourself. but if you dont wanna sit and stare and the beautiful girls wanting to wait on you head and foot well let me tell you theres sure to be a mcdonalds nearby.
October 10th, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Will “That man” become the best Lazy Lightning meme of 2012?
October 10th, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Without a doubt.
October 10th, 2012 at 6:59 pm
that man is my husband…
October 10th, 2012 at 7:00 pm
It’s a joke Rae. It’s a parody on the stereotypes. I’ve done similar to myself on here, I’ve done it to Bill on here, and we’re always poking fun at each other.
I even tried to find the best one where I put a photo of “Bill’s bedroom” which was a Dungeons & Dragons game room. We make way more fun of ourselves than this silly photo.
If this is offensive to you, you’re way more insecure than your work attire would suggest.
October 10th, 2012 at 7:01 pm
im tired of you talking about him like that. it was at the mock dinner and he went to the bathroom and when he walked out my boss was taking pictures and happened to be right there and told him to jump in the picture. so stop it!
October 10th, 2012 at 7:09 pm
If I remember correctly (and I do: http://www.lazylightning.org/the-rack-bar-grill-burnsville-mn#comment-283292) it was YOU who started “that man”. All we’re doing is repeating what you said. I’m sorry that you don’t appreciate your own word choice.
October 10th, 2012 at 7:15 pm
1. “An old red head” — hilarious.
2. Your teachers must be so proud: “Anyone”, “their pathetic”, “your the middle aged ones”, “your gonna talk”.
October 10th, 2012 at 7:28 pm
that is unbelievably disrespectful that you would put the mayors face in the picture. get some class and know when to bite your tongue
October 10th, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Rae. Here’s the deal. Take 10 minutes, pop open Microsoft Paint and Powerpoint and make a picture of some overweight, middle aged guys with fake tshirts that say ” I jerk off in my mom’s basement” or “I have a small penis”, put our names on it and post it. We’ll all have a great laugh and stop pretending it’s a big freaking deal.
BTW if you don’t like the pic of your husband, tell the Rack to take it down and stop commenting about how you’re tagging it and so on.
Listen… we’re all happy for you and your job and your perfect bodies and your skimpy outfits and your college classes and your handsome boyfriends and your unconventional sense of self-esteem. Hooray.
Here’s the thing though. People that are TRULY self-confident and proud of their work would’t be so freaking defensive about one blogger’s viewpoint and a handful of tongue-in-cheek comments.
October 10th, 2012 at 7:37 pm
1. The fact that you said that about the mayor is quite possibly the most hilariously ironic thing I’ve heard all year.
2. I have no class? Let’s take a look at your online presence:
Yeah, you’ve set a standard I could only hope to attain.
October 10th, 2012 at 7:39 pm
1. i dont live in burnsville so i didnt know what the mayor looked like until i did further research. if i could delete the comment i would do so. i have nothing but respect for city representatives and people with ACTUAL authority and power positions. and
2. i think its so disgusting and creepy you would find me on facebook and creep through my history just to try and find statuses to mock me about. GET A LIFE. your facebook creeping an 18 year old you sick human.
October 10th, 2012 at 7:40 pm
clearly you’ve done your research on me and that is creepy as all hell
October 10th, 2012 at 7:43 pm
Attention Noelle….please report to guest services. Your shipment of FAIL has arrived. Thank you.
October 10th, 2012 at 7:44 pm
Attention: Your Restraining Order Will Be Arriving Here Soon.
Delivery Confirmation:756482948563728BACKOFF
October 10th, 2012 at 7:49 pm
Bill
The beard makes you look much older than 18.. I never knew after all these years. As for you being a sick human, I hope ‘your’ going to make an appointment to see the Dr. about that..
October 10th, 2012 at 7:52 pm
Wednesday’s theme must be “Alternate Reality Night” at the Rack.
October 10th, 2012 at 7:54 pm
Actually, it was Twitter but if your Facebook page is wide open, that may show how naive you are. My suggestion to you? If you don’t want people to find what you post online, well, don’t post shit to a public Twitter profile which is under the name you willingly submitted to a website.
October 10th, 2012 at 7:56 pm
And if you’re 18, might I ask why you’re drinking at all? That’s illegal after all. Shame on you.
October 10th, 2012 at 7:56 pm
i didn’t willingly submit anything. and its even creepier that you found me on twitter and decided to go through past tweets just so you can have a conversation about me.
October 10th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
Noelle,
Let’s cover the process for posting a comment here:
1. You come to this website and say, “oh cool, they’re talking about the breastaurant I work at!”
2. You decide you love our banter and want to post a comment to join the ‘Cool Kids Club” and you enter your handy dandy name (or alias as you chose to do) and an e-mail address which needs to be valid.
3. After that I get a notification that you posted a comment and haven’t done so before w/that unique combination of name and e-mail and I set about verifying this e-mail address is valid.
4. I sent you an e-mail asking you to respond to prove your e-mail address is valid and in the mean time you decided to post yet another comment.
5. You then respond to my e-mail and I approve your hilariousness for the world to see.
6. As part of my work set forth in #3 above, I check the web to see who you are and if you are who you say you are. This is especially pertinent when dealing with restaurant owners or employees who are actively engaged in being fucking stupid on my website.
7. This e-mail address you chose to provide included your real name. You had a choice to create an entirely new e-mail address which may have still be valid but you willingly submitted this one instead.
Again. Let me write it really slowly for you so you can understand:
Y O U W I L L I N G L Y S U B M I T T E D Y O U R I N F O R M A T I O N T O T H I S W E B S I T E.
That help clear things up? I’m sure it won’t but at least it will make me feel better and give us yet another thing to laugh at you for.
October 10th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Tap out, Noelle…for God’s sake, TAP OUT!
October 10th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
I can see my patience with this little girl, despite her unlettered and ignorant vitriol directed at me, was wasted. We may never know if she truly is unwilling, or utterly incapable, of reading English.
October 10th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Hookers so stupid.
October 10th, 2012 at 10:36 pm
Lefty, “Hooters so stupid,” FTFY:
October 10th, 2012 at 11:44 pm
MSPD’s #2000th comment was edited by me to temporarily remove the image until he makes some edits to it.
October 11th, 2012 at 7:09 am
Why bother.
October 11th, 2012 at 7:57 am
Believe me, I didn’t take the edit lightly.
October 11th, 2012 at 8:09 am
I am guessing that even after Noell’s hangover wears off tomorrow or Saturday, she still won’t be able to explain this one.
MSPD, Feel free to use my Twitter photo to cover up that prostitute’s husband’s face. I don’t have that “just got done pooping” look on my face that he has since he was clearly not ready for a photo to be taken.
By all means, just do what you need to do to get it back up there. It’s the most hilarious thing I have seen in quite some time.
October 11th, 2012 at 8:24 am
Ooo, salads! Yep, that;ll bring the womenz out to Hooters!
October 11th, 2012 at 9:00 am
keeping the picture off would be great and leaving my husband out of it would be a really good gesture.
Please..
October 11th, 2012 at 9:14 am
Rae,
1. Parody is a protected fair use right as long as it comments on the original work. It could be argued, by pointing out the unspoken intent of the “breastaurant” and its patrons, this would fall under this use.
2. The picture was posted on The Rack’s website. I would start there if you want it removed from the Internet.
3. The photo was not removed because of the girls in the photo or the content but because I appreciated the tone of the e-mail from someone who was disappointed in some of the content of the photo.
I have an AUP for this site which I expect all commenters to adhere to. I weighed the context of the restaurant and what it really sells as a major component of allowing the photo parody to be posted.
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While I don’t feel the need to explain myself and my actions, I am disgusted by the fact that you believe your husband is somehow protected from being included in this parody simply because he happened to agree to having a photo of himself taken in a “breastaurant”.
Yet another important lesson is taught by Lazy Lightning: DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO GET INTO EMBARRASSING PUBLIC SITUATIONS. This includes FB and Twitter feeds and pictures taken with the knowledge they will likely be added to a poorly designed website catering to dirty old men wanting to catch another glimpse of the women they tip heavily for catering to them tableside while they drink beer and eat wings.
October 11th, 2012 at 10:21 am
The saddest part about explaining yourself, Bill, is that she has proven over and over again that’s she simply will not read things. Her lack of sense of humor withstanding, she got into trouble here mostly by virtue of not being able to read what was on the screen in front of her. Even after all of this time, it’s obvious she was either unwilling or incapable of scrolling up and reading the English language. My armchair psychology also convinces me pretty strongly that she showed up here already very angry at the world, and we’re just catching the tail end of some crazy shit that’s going on in her life.
Although, I guess we can’t completely rule out just how obtuse she must be to repeatedly miss all of the ironies and everything she said. Even when many people read things back to her, and begged her to read them really really slowly, it just didn’t sink in. Lost cause. So sad.
October 11th, 2012 at 10:29 am
Dear The Rack Girls,
When you make the decision to parade around your place of work in revealing outfits for perverts to look at you, it is quite possible that one or more than one of these perverts just might take a liking to you that is beyond over tipping. While I am reasonably certain that you are relatively protected in the workplace from being touched or coddled by patrons, I doubt that protection follows you home at night.
In this thread you have talked about how wonderful the former Hooter’s manager is and how he takes care of you. You then allow him to put revealing pictures up on his website and make it really easy for anyone (including me) to know what your full names are and where you are from.
Rack Girls. Do you really want me to know your names? Do you want me to know what city you are from? What college you attend? Do you want me to know you are married to a tool named Trav?
I wouldn’t.
Do yourselves a favor for your own safety. Take that shit down. Protect your accounts and un-tag your names from your pictures on that website. As much fun as us (in your words) middle aged men with too much time on our hands are having fun with your idiotic decisions, us middle aged men may have daughters that we do care about and would never want to see them putting themselves out there for anyone to see and find and potentially harm.
This is the only message I am going to write that does not otherwise make fun of you. Get a real job.
lefty
October 11th, 2012 at 11:13 am
OK. You want a photo edit? Here is a photo edit. And here’s some comments to go with it.
If you do not want to be subject to fantastical scenarios (parody), stop willingly participating in fantastical scenarios (sexual fantasy wear). You can’t pick and choose.
Someone claims their feelings are hurt? What about the feelings of that 12 year-old girl that doesn’t have a perfectly pretty face and body or fancy outfits or — in some other way — struggles to combat the media’s and society’s portrayal of “beauty”, “sexy”, and “what men like” — that is brought to The Rack for dinner by parents who were unaware of the theme?
You don’t want to see the consequences of your chosen workplace? Well then don’t talk to the woman walking down the street having her ass or cleavage leered at by some guy who thinks “It’s OK to do that because the girls at The Rack encourage it and they’re women after all.” And sure as hell don’t talk to the hospitality industry professional that has to fight the stereotype of indentured servitude.
You don’t like to be compared to strippers and prostitutes? Stop doing the same exact thing they do — using your body and sexual imagery and sexual arousal to earn money.
You think the owners and managers of The Rack “care more about the well being and treatment of his employees than the success of his own business”? Well then why didn’t the owners and managers use their investment capital to open a private school or learning center or a child care center for low-income families or some other business that TRULY benefits people? Because…that wouldn’t be as easy and/or self-gratifying as exploiting young women’s bodies and consumer addictions (booze, sex, and food) for profit margins. No. The owner and manager (in my opinion) just want to surround themselves with hot women and make a bunch of easy money. By pretending they care, they are manipulating you into thinking they are great guys. If they truly cared about you women, they would NEVER, EVER put you in the work environment you are in much less making money hand over fist doing it.
Your overabundant defensiveness here is telling. I believe that deep down, you know you sold out — took the easy route of exploiting your fortune of a pretty face and body to make money instead of refusing to compromise your personal values and ethics. You and your sympathizers will say “but she’s doing this to pay bills and work through school”. The ends don’t justify the means there. Millions and millions of women live at home with their parents a little longer, give up the booze and partying and concerts and their cute sports cars, and hold out for a job that both honors their talents and TRULY respects and advances them in their life instead of taking the easy route.
I know what you’re thinking and what you’re going to say: “If you don’t like it, just don’t go there and support it. Leave us alone.”
Sorry. But your job and that business have an impact on the surrounding community and on people.
Do you have the right to do what you do? Abso-freaking-lutely.
But what you do has consequences. And your choices might include having your feelings hurt (or your wife’s feelings, or your husband’s, or your daughter’s).
YOU have made that choice.
You wanted serious conversation and comments here? Now you have it.
October 11th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
Best food in town!
October 16th, 2012 at 9:28 am
I should go back and see who the two people were that voted MSPD’s post down. I’d put money down that it was two Rack employees ;)
October 16th, 2012 at 9:37 am
My money is on Rae and her boyfrianceesband.
October 16th, 2012 at 9:41 am
ooooooooooo That Man! He’s so crafty.
October 16th, 2012 at 1:58 pm
I had lunch here on Sunday, during the “power hour” from 11:00 to 12:00, just prior to football.
$1 for a burger (with fries) and
$1 for 6 wings
$1 beers
The wings were big/meaty, but I did not think the flavor was all that great. The burger was a little small, but I was impressed for $1 and shocked that it still came with fries.
I did not have a beer, as I had places to go afterward, but hard to beat $1.
I was a little unhappy that the pregame special included TBS on all the TV’s. I stopped hoping to catch some football pregame and instead it was some bad show on TBS.
My waitress was nice enough, and prompt. She was wearing shorts and a football jersey, so I cant say it was all the revealing, I am sure there are people at the mall right now wearing less. I wont comment on all the silly posts above, other than to say that for a bunch of people who claim to not be offended by the hooters themed dress of the employees, it seems thou doth protest too much. If you have a problem with it, say so. If you dont, then just drop it already.
October 17th, 2012 at 9:24 am
Chad,
I checked the TBS lineup for Sunday. Here is what was on:
10:00 Risky Business
11:45 Pretty Woman
1:30 Trading Places
I can’t say for sure, but I am guessing that showing movies portraying hookers with a happy ending is probably pretty good for morale.
October 17th, 2012 at 9:49 am
The double ententre returns! Well played.
October 17th, 2012 at 10:22 am
entendre π
October 17th, 2012 at 10:23 am
Thanks. I was going to go for “heart of gold”, but then I remembered Noell’s twitterings.
“I’ll either get horny or violent bitch you’ll see #drunk”
As well, “Hooker with a belly full of Karkov” just doesn’t have that ring to it.
October 17th, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Nope, I dont think it was any of those movies. Maybe it was on TNT, but I thought it was TBS because I saw a promo for playoff baseball. Not sure, but it was not on a channel showing any football. None of the TVs in the entire dining room were. Which made me sad.
October 17th, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Chad,
Eyes on the girls. EYES ON THE GIRLS!
October 17th, 2012 at 2:06 pm
Chad, it’s a breastaurant, not a sports bar. Quit being so unrealistic.
October 17th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Chad,
I bet if you would have asked one of the prostitutes to change the channel to football, you could have had a lot of fun watching them try to figure out what football is.
lefty
October 20th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
That same picture (sans modification) was featured in this week’s Dakota County Tribune or whatever the ‘ThisWeek’ group calls that sorry excuse for a paper.
October 20th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
Holy shit, people still talk like that?
The article even suggested that the word rack might, possible, maybe also refer to food.
The owner’s attitude pretty much seems to say “Women are sex objects, plain and simple. Oh, would you like a hamburger?”
http://sunthisweek.com/2012/10/11/strip-comes-alive-with-new-restaurants/
October 22nd, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Was there a really, really……..really………long……pause before “on the eyes”?
October 25th, 2012 at 10:19 am
God Dammit. Looks like Dad got out of the house again.
October 25th, 2012 at 10:27 am
If this isn’t worse than Hooters could ever dream of being, I don’t know what is outside of KoD.
October 25th, 2012 at 10:30 am
Awesome
October 25th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
Which one’s hus-boyfr-iance is that?
October 25th, 2012 at 3:01 pm
You do all know that is me in the picture, right?
October 25th, 2012 at 3:21 pm
The ugly one top left, right?
October 25th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Top left, behind the wall. Antlers on my head.
October 25th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
I have to ask, what is the most commented post of all time at this site? I imagine this has to be getting close…
October 25th, 2012 at 4:25 pm
Nowhere near it. Not even half as many. This post is currently ranked 14th:
http://www.lazylightning.org/andiamo-italian-ristorante-eagan-mn 358
http://www.lazylightning.org/ramys-pizzeria-apple-valley-mn 316
http://www.lazylightning.org/the-valley-tap-house-apple-valley-mn 256
http://www.lazylightning.org/casa-nostra-pizzeria-ristorante-italiano-lakeville-mn 249
http://www.lazylightning.org/one-wisconsin-bars-fight-against-the-smoking-ban 243 – *
http://www.lazylightning.org/rack-shack-bbq-burnsville-mn 234
http://www.lazylightning.org/zest-bar-and-grill-eagan-mn 225
http://www.lazylightning.org/molly-cools-seafood-tavern-lakeville-mn 223
http://www.lazylightning.org/burger-time-apple-valley-mn 223
http://www.lazylightning.org/ronin-sushi-cafe-lakeville-mn 169
http://www.lazylightning.org/ansaris-mediterranean-grill-and-lounge-eagan-mn 164
http://www.lazylightning.org/galaxie-diner-apple-valley-mn 160
http://www.lazylightning.org/porter-creek-hardwood-grill-burnsville-mn 158
http://www.lazylightning.org/the-rack-bar-grill-burnsville-mn 151
* – This one racked up more than 180 comments in 72 hours and was eventually closed 17 days after posting due to trolling.
October 25th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
Okay, what about most entertaining comment thread? :-)
October 26th, 2012 at 8:27 am
Aren’t they all entertaining Nils?
October 26th, 2012 at 8:50 am
Hardly a coincidence that 4 of the top 6 have astroturfers getting busted at their “craft”.
October 26th, 2012 at 10:04 am
Err, yes. That’s what I meant.
December 26th, 2012 at 7:34 am
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