Today is the ultimate battle of the bar food. – Let’s talk about that. (curious music playing) (liquid bubbling) (UFO whirring) (fames igniting) “Good Mythical Morning”? – Alright, picture this, Link. It’s 7:00 PM, you forgot to defrost the beef! – Ooh! – The kids are craving some greasy appetizers and some burgers, where are you gonna go? – Probably the doghouse if Christy finds out that I forgot to defrost the beef. – Ooh, always defrost your beef before time with your wife. Now listen, I’d have a hard time choosing between Yard House and TGI Fridays. Isn’t that convenient, given what we’re about to do on today’s episode? – It is, Rhett. – So, it is our duty to all the forgetful dads out there to find out which is the better restaurant! It’s time for “Food Feuds: Yard House versus TGI Fridays!” (upbeat music) – We’re gonna taste and compare popular dishes found at both of these American chain restaurants, and rate each one head-to-head. – Whichever restaurant scores highest will be dubbed the Czar of the Bar Food and will win a chance to sponsor a future “GMM” episode. – Let’s feud it. (upbeat music returns) I’m hungry! Hey. – Oh hey, how you guys doin’? – Good and hungry, man. – I’m Yard House Yanni. – Yanni. (laughing) – Yeah, and I love sports! It’s a sports bar. So this- – Yeah, it is. (“Mythical” crew laughing) Thank you. – These are our 10 crispy traditional wings with Buffalo sauce. – Got it. – For $14.99. It’s delicious, it’s the perfect snack for during the big game, where people are like… The one where they throw the ball. Everyone’s like, “Ah!” Or like, “Come on, man!” – Yeah, we’re familiar with sports. – Yeah, yeah, yeah. – Yeah. I love sports, dude! – Yeah, we’re familiar with sports, yeah. – See ya, Yanni. – Hey, guys. – Hey, Tiffany. – This… I’m TGI Tiffany. I’m sorry, I have like five tables that are bachelorette parties, and they’re like, “Do a shot with us,” so I did it. (“Mythical” crew laughing) – Wow. Just one, huh? – Are you guys celebrating anything tonight? Cool. So, these are our wings, they are with Buffalo sauce. It’s $12.99. – Okay, so- – Okay, alright. – These are very breaded, you know? – What’s your mindset on the front side of TGI Fridays versus the Yard House? – I have had a number of good experiences at Yard House. You know what you’re going to a Yard House for, it is bar food. – I don’t go to Yard House, but I find myself at a Yard House occasionally. It’s just like, I need food. – You get lured in? – I got people, I’m like, “Well, there it is.” – It’s usually available. – Yeah. – I’m not dipping. – And TGI Fridays, I don’t know, sometimes I would exit the Walmart and then I would go right into a TGA Fridays. But, that was a previous life. – That kinda tastes like something I might have pulled out of the freezer in my own home and put in the oven, just to be honest with you. – These look a lot better, don’t they? – Those look like fried wings. This is like those Tyson frozen wings. Again, I’ll eat those- – Right. – But, it’s not what I’m expecting from a restaurant. – Yeah, I’m not impressed, and I thought I had a Yard House bias. – The old Yard House bias, we gotta watch out for it. – It is said that Alan Stillman opened TGI Fridays in order to meet the single quote “stewardesses” that lived in his neighborhood. Quote, “My business plan was to meet a lot of women.” – Hmm. – “It’s a hell of a business plan, I’ll tell you that.” End quote. – You can’t comment on your own business plan like that. Let your business plan just speak for itself. – It’s a hell of a business plan, I’ll tell you that. – I’ll tell you that right now. – A much better wing over here at Fridays. – It’s much better, but it’s still not great. But, it is more of like a fried wing. Let me see if there’s anything interesting about Yard House. “Yard House restaurant was founded in 1996 by Steele Platt, Tom Yelenick, William Wollrab and Steve Reynolds.” – Nope, not interesting. (“Mythical” crew laughing) I’m gonna give this a three. – I’m gonna give it a four. – Okay, you’re gonna be generous. I’m gonna give this… You wanna go first? – They’re better, but they’re not getting above a five for me. I’m giving it a five. They’re better than this, but I was very disappointed in both wings. – I’m gonna give it a six. (bell dinging) (upbeat music returns) Mmm, the cheese round. – Cheese round. – Yes. – Hey. – Whoa. – So, these are our mozzarella and Asiago cheese sticks with Parmesan cheese for $11.29. – Did you have another shot? (clearing throat) (everyone laughing) – So, is it like your birthday, or what’s up? – We’re just business partners. – Yeah, this is a research. – We’re doing research. – We’re actually working. – Do you know someone like with a birthday or? – Yeah, we both have a birthday around once a year. – What are you guys doing here? This is where you have birthdays. (laughing) – Okay, well, she has a perspective. – Hey, what’s up, sports fans? – Hey! – So, these are our Wisconsin fried cheese curds. – Oh, okay. – You got honey hot sauce and horseradish aioli for $12.49. I always eat these when I’m watching my favorite sport where the guys are all on the big field, and one’s wearing one color and the other’s wearing the other color, and they’re running around on big old… – Yeah. – And they’re on horses. – Oh, okay. (“Mythical” crew laughing) – I believe it’s called horseketball. – Yup. – (laughing) I thought I was tracking with him. So, they give you sticks for the… – But, who needs sticks? – I didn’t use a stick. I mean, this is not an apples to apples, still cheese to cheese. – I love a cheese curd though. – Very tempting. What did he say this was, hot honey? – Hot honey. – Oh my goodness. – Oh, man. You okay? You just got some honey on you. – Mmm, mmm, mmm. – That’s good. The cheese has got a nice- – Very spongy. – Yeah, a nice texture, nice flavor. – I’m gonna go with the white stuff. – That’s horseradish. I wouldn’t have done that if I were you, I don’t like… I mean, I know you don’t like it. (laughing) – Not great. (“Mythical” crew laughing) – I like ’em better without the honey, I just like ’em straight-up. – Mm-hmm. – This is a thick daddy mozzarella stick. – And this is what you expect from an appetizer at a bar place. – Oh gosh, look at the inside of that. – Is it hollowed out? – Look at that, we’ve just got a finger sleeve. (“Mythical” crew laughing) – Mine’s not that bad. – Let me see. – Mine has a little side sleeve. – Oh, it’s hard to do that though, hard to do that well. – I think these taste really good. – I think they taste good. – I don’t think that they’re made in the place, I don’t know for sure. Let me give you a fact, somethin’ I do know. “Owner Allen Stillman,” you know, the stewardess guy? He claimed that Tom Cruise’s character in “Cocktail” was based on him. Quote, “Have you seen the movie ‘Cocktail’? Tom Cruise played me. I was lucky enough to do it for three years, he only did it to make a movie.” (laughing) – This Allen Stillman character. – I really like him a lot. (“Mythical” crew laughing) He’s really growing on me. – I will say, it does make the backstory of TGI Fridays very interesting. Let me see what Yard House has to offer. – Yeah, gimme something interesting. – “Yard House does not provide catering services to customers, but they do offer a party platter menu.” – Not interesting. – Not interesting. (“Mythical” crew laughing) I like the cheese taste on these- – This is tough. – There’s more cheese per pound of food. And I actually like the cheese flavor better. – And it’s pretty unique. – This is pretty strong right here, man, I’m giving these eight. – Especially with the hot honey. – I’m giving them an eight. – I am too, dude, I’m gonna give them an eight. – Whoa, all the way to an eight? (bell dinging) – Over here, you know what it? They’re not bad. They’re flavorful, they have this shipped in a truck kinda vibe- – Which can be good. – But, that’s not bad for a bar spot. – Okay, and look, I mean it’s not that there’s not cheese in there. – I’m either gonna give it a solid six or a weak seven. – I’m giving it a six just so you know. – Well, I’m gonna give it a seven. (bell dinging) – There you go, everybody gets their way. – And because it’s weak, that doesn’t mean anything. (upbeat music returns) – Are you ready for some horseketball? – Alright. – No. – So, this is our barbecue bacon cheddar burger. It’s got burger, it’s got bacon, it’s got cheddar, it’s got barbecue sauce, and it’s got garlic aioli, for $16.49. – Well, okay. – So, my favorite sports player is the one who is wearing the jail outfit suit, you know, with the bars on it, and he’s got the whistle, and he is always like, “Stop!” You know? That’s my favorite guy. – Mine too. – He’s in every sport! – Yeah, yeah, right, he’s multitalented. – He’s everywhere. – [Yard House Yanni] He deserves an award! (“Mythical” crew laughing) – Oh no, I messed it up. (laughing) Aw. – Well, I’m sure it can be fixed. – It’s okay. – Oh, you messed it up again. – Sorry. – It’s okay, we can… (“Mythical” crew laughing) – Sorry. – We can fix it. – So, this is our… Thank you. This is our maple whiskey glazed burger. It’s got cheddar, it’s got the burgers in there, and then bacon, and lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle. $11.29. Did he say something about jail, are you guys cops? – No. – ‘Cause if you are, you have to tell me because you get a discount on fries or something. – We’re detectives. – Oh, okay. – Okay, this kinda got me excited- – She’s hurtin’. – Just hearin’ her talk about it. – She’s gonna be hurtin’ later. – And look at the patty on that thing. That’s actually more patty than I’m used to. – That’s a tall daddy patty. – Yeah. – And the black and brown seeds on top is something that I’m gonna mention. (“Mythical” crew laughing) – Yeah, the old black and brown seed bud. – That’s pretty good. – It’s not great, you know what I’m saying? But, I wasn’t expecting great, I was expecting pretty good and I got pretty good. – Now this, this one’s got a not as tall of a daddy patty. – There’s a lot of vegetables on this. – Oh gosh, what happened in the middle? Like, there’s a slice of stuff. – Mmm. Mmm. – What is that, bourbon sauce, is that what she said? What kinda sauce did you say? – [TGI Tiffany] Whiskey! – They’re actually very similar. – Oh, whiskey sauce. Well, I do not like that sauce. – I feel like they’re pretty evenly matched, to be honest with you. Maybe there’s something about, you know- – Ugh! – Maybe there’s some interesting facts that might- – What’s wrong with this whiskey? – Help us sway our opinion. You got anything interesting about TGI Fridays? – Ellen DeGeneres worked at TGI Fridays- – Oh. – And so did author Ann Patchett. – Really? – I’m kinda scraping the bottom of the barrel on that. – Well, how about this? Try this on for size. “Yard House has a rewards program where you can earn and redeem points.” – Even worse. – Six. – Over here- – Four. – Three. – Oh, you didn’t! – It’s hurtin’, man. The whiskey sauce, no. (upbeat music returns) So, you know, “MythiCon” is coming up later this month, and one of the things we’re doing is we’re taking the stage and doing a crazy show while we’re gonna be there. But you know what, not everybody can be at MythiCon. So, what we’re doing is we’re gonna stream that show live. It is a live ticketed event, and you can stream it and enjoy it from the comfort of your own home. – And let me tell ya, this is gonna be a highlight of MythiCon, so it’s the part that we wanted to make sure that you are able to access, that we’re able to stream to you, so get that ticket. We are pouring lots of creativity into our stage show, things we’ve never done and that we’ll never do again. Not because they were mistakes, but because we want it to be that special. – But, if they were mistakes, you’ll see ’em one time. – You’ll see ’em ’cause it’ll be live. – Yes. – General tickets for MythiCon livestream on sale today. – Mythicontickets.com! – Hey. – Hey, Tiffany. – Oh my God, it’s so loud. – It’s his birthday today. – It’s your birthday? Oh God, I don’t wanna do the song right now apparently. – Don’t worry about it. – You don’t have to, I just want you to feel welcome. – Thanks. Okay, that’s our beer battered cod, and it comes with tartar sauce, and coleslaw, and fries. And I’ve got a lot of bachelorette parties. Why doesn’t anyone wanna marry me? (crying) – Okay, so… You know what? You’re not really sad, you’re just drunk. – (laughing) Yeah. – Oh yeah, you’re so right. (laughing) – Yeah, you’re not really sad, you’re just drunk. (“Mythical” crew laughing) More people need to hear that. (laughing) Calm down, you’re just drunk. – I’ll marry her. She’s beautiful. So, this is our beer battered white fish, and we got house fries, and we got a jalapeno tartar sauce, we have a malt vinegar aioli, and also ‘slaw. And did you know there’s a sport where people are on a giant frozen lake, and they put razor blades on their feet, and then they- – Yeah, hockey, yeah. – I didn’t know that. – Yeah, yeah. (“Mythical” crew laughing) Yeah, yeah, yeah. – It’s crazy. – It’s pretty popular. – He’s drunk too. Look at the difference in these beer battered… – This is a big fish. I mean, let’s see what kind of flaky action we have here. – Oh, you’re gonna- – I mean, look at that. That is just a solid piece of fish. – You want me to go with this one? I can’t pull it apart. – It’s a real piece of fish, these are not fish nuggets. – I don’t know, man. I’m about to trust the Gorton’s fisherman over here, you know what I’m saying? – Trust him? ♪ Trust the Gorton’s fisherman ♪ – It’s a jingle. What is up with… What’s in this tartar sauce? – He said jalapeno tartar sauce. – That’s amazing. I’m so intrigued. – That’s a really tasty piece of fish. I mean, there’s nothing wrong about that at all as far as I’m concerned. – It’s big. You only get two of them. Over here, you get one, two, you got a bunch of little semi… Almost tenders. Maybe even a nugget. – The fries are nothing to write home about, but they’re not bad at all. Whoa, jalapeno tartar sauce. – Yeah, that’s a fun little thing. – That’s good. Okay, let’s see about this. – I’m gonna use their tartar sauce. – It’s not bad, but you know what, with that breading on it, it’s more reminiscent of a fish stick from the grocery store, does that make sense? – Gorton’s. I’ve already had these fries. – It’s a fish stick kind of thing. – Fries are even. – I think these fries are better. But, this fish is significantly better. – Mm-hmm. – Just so I can be even and taste it all. – So, the fishes are better over here and the tarter sauce is more interesting over here, and then you’ve also got the aioli over here that they don’t even put near this. So to me, I gotta give this the win in this round. – Well, I’m going all the way to an eight on this. Fish and chips is a simple dish. You would expect a bar to do a good job. They do a really good job on this. Like, I mean, it’s just fish and chips, it’s fried fish and chips. Like, how much better can it get? I’m saying it could get two points better, but not a whole lot better. – I’m gonna give it a seven. But, you really built it up for me and I can’t disagree. Over here, these nuggets, straight out of the freezer section it feels like. – I wouldn’t say that ’cause you don’t know that’s true. – It feels like. – It feels like. It feels like they’re from the frozen section. – I’m still eatin’ it. – Six, I would finish it, but I wouldn’t be too happy about it. – I gotta give it a four. – Whoa! – The tartar sauce is great though. (upbeat music returns) And finally, dessert. – Mmm, this is our brookie. It is a cookie dough fudge brownie with chocolate and caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream, for $9.99. – Oh my God. – It is the perfect way- – Hold your horses! – I can’t. – I’m just saying, first of all, you have to wait ’cause that was rude. – Yeah. – I’m sorry, dude. (“Mythical” crew laughing) – We need one of those guys with the striped shirts with a whistle! – That’s his middle name. (laughing) – I wasn’t listening. – Anyways, enjoy it. And you know, if you guys ever wanna watch a game- – Yeah, a sports game, yeah, we know where to be. – You can tell me. – Yup. (“Mythical” crew laughing) – Sorry. – Alright, this is our peanut butter fudge obsession. It’s got Oreo cookie, crust in the bottom, and then M and M’s, and vanilla bean ice cream, and it’s $9.29. (snoring loudly) (laughing) – Don’t fall. – Oh my God, Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday! – Power nap! Take a power nap. – Sit down. I’m sorry for being rude! – [Yard House Yanni] It’s fine! – (clearing throat) Let me throw some facts at ya because- – Oh, yeah. – I didn’t hit you with one in the last round. – Yeah, this is important. – The Memphis location of TGI Fridays was wildly popular in the 80s- – Really? – I’m sure you heard about it. – Yeah, yeah, yeah. – It quickly became a hub for Memphis’s counterculture. – Oh, okay. – Apparently, it had an underground queer scene- – Interesting. – And a stage where local bands performed. – Wow, that’s really interesting. Well, Yard House is controlled and operated by a domestic group in China. (“Mythical” crew laughing) – Alright. Now, this is a fudgy doughy finish. – This has got a lotta things goin’ for it. – Having already tasted it. – It’s like a bar dessert, you know? – Mm-hmm. – Because brownie really hits the spot in that setting. – Whew, that’s good! I mean, I would like more cookie and less chocolate, but- – It’s pretty solid. – That is nice. I mean, it’s so fudgy. Good gracious. – Okay. – Mmm! – But, this has got peanut butter, how do we feel about that? – No peanut butter in that, but there’s nothing to complain about, even though I did complain about something. Over here, they’ve got peanuts on top, M and M’s on top, you got the fudgy brownie, but then you got the peanut butter thingy. – It’s not a fudgy brownie at all, it is a crispy brownie. It’s almost just like a brownie crust. And the only fudgy part is the actual… See that? – They’re throwing a lot at it. – That’s a crispy crust. – I mean, it’s really good. These are both very decadent. Did you know that TGI Fridays petitioned the Olympic Committee to try to make bartending an official Olympic sport? – That is really interesting. Did you know that- – They failed. – Yard House offers a vegetarian and vegan menu called the garden menu, or the gardein menu? – No, I didn’t know that, Rhett. (“Mythical” crew laughing) I don’t love the M and M’s, but you get to the good stuff, and boy, is it good. – Both pretty solid bar desserts. – Mm-hmm. – Seven. – I’m not afraid to give this an eight. (bell dinging) – Well, yeah, don’t hold back. – I give it an eight. – Six. It’s not quite as good. – With the stuff that they’ve thrown on top, oh man, I’m still gonna give it a seven. (bell dinging) But, it’s gonna lose. It just did. – Yeah, it’s not as good. – Let’s get our totals. TGI Fridays with 54 points, and Yard House coming in with 65! Congratulations, the House of Yard, you are the Czar of the Bar, and you’ve won the chance to sponsor a “GMM” episode. – You know, I think ultimately, what we learned here is that while TGI Fridays has a very interesting and colorful backstory, and Yard House in terms of facts is very uninteresting- – Yeah. – They’re actually doing a better job in making bar food. So, congratulations. You know what, that’s a really interesting thing about you guys. – You’re so interesting. (“Mythical” crew laughing) – Thanks for subscribing and clickin’ that bell. – You know what time it is. – Happy Cotton Candy Day, daddies! – Hi, I’m Chaz from lower Southeastern suburban Pennsylvania. Today’s my 19th birthday. I’m here with Miles, my Russian tortoise, Cookiepus, and Rhett and Link. And now it’s time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality. – You know, you gotta get things the way you want it on your birthday. (everyone laughing) You know what I’m saying? – (laughing) That’s right. – Click the top link to watch just guess some international mascots in “Good Mythical More.” – And to find out where the Wheel of Mythicality’s gonna land. – [Rhett] Tickets for the MythiCon livestream are on sale today, at mythicontickets.com.