Word: forts
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...Fort Lauderdale...
...plant to shut down by Sept. 30 for failure to pay fines in the thousands of dollars. Pickens is equally riled that the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) oversees and spends millions in taxpayer dollars supervising these plants - Dallas Crown in Kaufman as well as Beltex Corporation in Fort Worth, and Cavel International in DeKalb, Ill. - although selling horsemeat is banned in a lot of states. "It's incredible to me that our money is wasted on meat being shipped out of the country," he says...
...Well, there's the Frontier Fort. Just go up the street and turn right at the light...
...Frontier Fort is why Applebee's exists. Its food is more consonant with the local culture - the main offerings are beef and bison, which are both raised within a very short drive of Jamestown - but my meal was prepared with indifference. My bison sirloin was so tough and flavorless that I couldn't finish it; the fries tasted of old grease. And apart from the two deer heads on the wall, virtually every other decoration at Frontier Fort was supplied by national beer companies; the clockface read "Miller Lite, A True Pilsner Beer." The undersalted cole slaw was delivered...
...Frontier Fort served similar bread, but I can't call it Texas toast. It was just a regular slice, the kind you get in a Wonder pack. There was nothing effortful about it. It ticked me off. But now I understood Applebee's, which doesn't strive to inspire - it strives never to disappoint...