In article <Igfdd.270355$MQ5.251699@attbi_s52>, notbob
> wrote:

> On 2004-10-19, Jack Schidt® > wrote:
>
> > I skip all those chain places anyway.....
>
> I do too, for the most part. I've recently discovered a reletively new one
> that's not bad, at least so far. It's called Mimi's Cafe and the food if
> pretty good quality for a chain. It's primarily a West Coast chain, but I
> understand they've just opened up back East. It's a bit pricier ...not too
> painfully... than the Applebees and Chilis, but the food is the real deal.
>
I sat next to a regional manager for Bob Evans on a plane a couple
weeks ago and he said they have bought the Mimi's chain and will be
expanding it nationwide as a "higher" end BE.

Allen