Something else IceMan either ignores or is unaware of. Y'all remember The Devil Wears Prada? That wonderful scene where Meryl Streep goes through this litany of how and why the blue, discount-house blouse being worn by her soon to be assistant originated as a high-fashion statement by a top designer two years before.
It's the same in our world. Casual dining restaurants are a trailing indicator of what the real top chefs of America have been doing the past few years.
Complicating it further is that the Midwest is, itself, a trailing indicator. Whether the world of food, or fashion, or much else, there is a two-year gap between what becomes popular on the coasts and when it hits the charts in the Midwest. That's not a value judgement, btw, just an observation.
So, returning it home, it might be four or five years after the Kellers, and Andres', and Riparts do something that it trickles down. But eventually it does; in a diluted, barely recognizable, blue, discount-house sort of way.
So, if Red Lobster and Olive Garden and the like are IceMan's preferences, that's fine. But he needs to keep in mind where their inspiration comes from.
And of course, as he made plain on the other thread, he is impressed with Sandra and Giada and etc. not because of their cookery skills, but because of their mammary displays---which, of course, is one of FNs main criteria for female stars in the first place.