Twitter Is Raising Armies After Red Lobster Slander

The tweet that started the controversy wasn’t just about Red Lobster. Account @anothercohen stated, “I don’t understand how the following restaurant are still in business: Chilis, Applebees, Olive Garden, Red Lobster.” While fans of the other restaurants named also came to their defense, Red Lobster’s fans were so passionate that they actually got it trending on Twitter. “Tell me you haven’t had ‘endless shrimp‘ at Red Lobster without telling me you haven’t had ‘endless shrimp’ at Red Lobster,” replied one person. “Red Lobster is the only seafood option in a lot of the non-urban Midwest,” another offered.

The original poster isn’t the only one who might have been surprised that Red Lobster’s defenders were so passionate. The Red Lobster CEO himself was shocked in the past when confronted with the chain’s popularity. When the restaurant was named one of millennials’ favorite casual dining restaurants in a 2016 Nation’s Restaurant News poll, CEO Kim Lopdrup told Business Insider, “Red Lobster is not the first place people think of as a favorite restaurant for Millenials.” Perhaps he would also be surprised that just six years later, fans of the chain are willing to go so hard for it on social media.