Talk:Outback Steakhouse

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This article is undergoing a rewrite to provide more information in a more neutral way with better organization. Divinus 23:07, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Looks much better already. Feeeshboy 13:51, 3 September 2006 (UTC)


"[ yellow tail ]" is the actual branding of the wine. I think it's ridiculous, but their brand is not Yellow Tail, and we can't express it as such. There are several examples of unusually formatted names that are also kept (eBay, :CueCat, /dev/null). Additionally, while "Lone Star Steak House & Saloon" was incorrect, changing it to "Lone Star Steakhouse" is only a fix in that it redirects to where it should. I've changed it to "Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon", which is both the actual name of the restaurant and that of its article. Divinus 19:14, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks). EBay has special dispensation, the CueCat article should be fixed, and /dev/null is not a trademark, so doesn't apply by analogy. We don't actually have to slavishly copy whimsical marketing treatments of trademarks. Nohat 01:40, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Looks good. Divinus 10:43, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

The version of the article before the rewrite had a lot of hooplah about how Australians don't drink Foster's, etc. The most verifiable and factual way of stating such is, as currently, that it is largely sold outside of Australia. Stating that a particular beer is not part of Australian culture is unverifiable and a contentious. There is no contention about how its market is distributed. That makes for a more solid article. If there is to be a discussion about the relationship between Foster's Lager and Australian culture, it should probably be written about, as it is currently, in the article on Foster's itself, and not in an article about a restaurant that serves it. Divinus 09:04, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beer

Do any Outbacks really serve Coopers? And how common is it? I may actually try the place out sometime if this is true... now if only they were to serve the Dark Ale on tap, I may never leave. --Xyzzyva 02:23, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Involvement" sections

The "community involvement" and "political involvement" sections are, for the most part, begging for citations from secondary sources, if they exist. I wonder if they were mostly written by someone affiliated with the company. "Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, Outback was one of the first groups to deliver food services on-site to rescue workers and emergency personnel"? That seems somewhat unlikely to me in its current wording, but I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt and leaving it in with a {{fact}} tag next to it. Grandmasterka 09:27, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

References added. The community/political involvement sections exist because the company demonstrates a level of involvement beyond that of a normal restaurant chain. Political campaign contributions for the 2006 election cycle were $350k, substantially above the $94k average (which is a $46k average without the National Restaurant Association and Outback, the two largest donors by far). It doesn't place the company in the top donor list by a longshot, but it does put them at about the same level as much larger companies with significantly more disposable assets than a restaurant chain, like Intel ($339k), Time Warner ($337k), Walt Disney ($300k), Chevron Corporation ($281k)(all 2006 data, via same references as in article). There isn't monetary data on community involvement, I'm afraid, but I think that a company willing to volunteer to take food into an active war zone deserves mentioning if only for its uncommonality. Divinus 09:03, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] frying

I noticed the article states that Outback fries their foods in beef tallow. I had to let my job at their Conway, AR location go a few weeks ago but worked back of house and can testify to their exclusive use (at least at time present) of vegetable shortening, not beef tallow, in their "friers" (what's the name?). I'm going to go ahead and change it.

JDGatlin 02:15, 14 September 2007 (UTC)