In Jersey, I've seen it in bottles (e.g. Arizona brand Sweet Tea), but I've never seen it on a menu in a restaurant. Around here, "sweet tea" would be iced tea with no lemon and lots of add-it-yourself sugar, which is not the same as the "sweet tea" one gets in the south, which is pre-sweetened and much stronger than iced tea around these parts.

I had sweet tea in Georgia and liked it just fine, thank you.

Denny, you went to a Chili's and expected to get a sweet tea? What were you thinkin'?

And your friend was right about Texas. She's not really a southern state.

She's Texas.

so true.

plus all the sweet tea in texas is made with corn syrup. yeah, it's sweet alright. prolly the equivalent to drinking 3 cokes at once. wonderful stuff, and kicking the habit, killah.

still i'm glad they don't serve it everywhere. maybe in the future adm can just equip us with a steady iv corn syrup drip? wave of the future.

The only chain restaurant that I know of that serves sweet tea in Central Texas, at least in Austin, is Chik-fil-A -- which is headquartered where? Anyone? Anyone? hint

My wife is a Texan, and aparently it matters what part of the state you are in because when we go to see her family, every place we stop has sweet tea. As soon as we cross the line from Oklahoma, she wants to stop and get sweet tea and steak fingers.

Chili's does not represent Texas. They are a New Mexico eatery. Next time your in town I will take you to a restaraunt that serves sweet tea that will knock your socks off. Fuck Chochkis err...I mean Chilis.

Sonic in Oklahoma does not have sweet tea, but everyone I have gone to in Texas does. Us Texan peeps love sweet tea.

I agree that Chili's would not represent a true Texan/Southern restaurant. Red Hot and Blue, yes, Chick-fil-a, yes, Sonic, sometimes, Chicken Express - by the gallon!!!!!

I think the all the flavored tea is blah. Who wants to drink potpourri?

matterson - Chili's in Atlanta serves sweet tea. It is the default.

kerrcarto - I don't drink iced tea sweet or not. I just thought it amusing when you Supergurl, and I ate at Chili's they didn't have sweet tea. That's when Supergurl informed me that Texas is not a Southern state.

The genesis of chilis actually is in Texas. The first one opened at the N/w corner of greenville and meadow in Dallas. Just closed last month. The reason given is that "the local environment had changed over the years. damn right. low income housing.

Sweet tea is in about 60% of the places in my area, excluding fast food. have to say, when in atlanta I kept getting peach flavored tea. me likey.

Well than I'll buy you a Shiner.

Sweet Tea is a southern thing.
Didn't know about "sweet" tea until I moved to Georgia. Yumm...I'm addicted.

I don't get it. How do we pronouce sweet tea with 4 syllables? Swa-Eat Tee? Or have folks been calling it Tuh-Ee?

North Carolina born & raised and I love the stuff! ;)

I personally love Southerner's for their manners but Why can't you people walk faster? I trip over my feet when I have to follow one of you. Sorry if that sounded like sterotyping. Hehe.

[deep southern accent]
'Cuz we ain't in no rush to get anywhere. Must be why all them city types is stressed out all the time.
[/deep southern accent]

Slow down and enjoy the view, it's much nicer than trying to speed through life.

Folks as a Texan, I can confirm we are not a Southern State and yes we have sweet tea. When it comes to getting sweet tea stay away from chains and go to the family owned places. Any of the Bar-B-Que places will have sweet tea and it does not make any difference what part of the state your in.

On the subject of Chili's, I would only eat there at gun point, the food is substandard and not fit for a Texan.

Chuck from the Republic of Texas

I don't like chili's, I make better fajitas than they do. I don't know much about what 'real sweet tea' is. I can make tea and sweeten it with a simple sugar syrup and lemon over ice. I always go through gallons of it in the summer time. Someday I'll break out of the tundra and come and terrorize y'all! My best girlie freind is a great soul food cook, so I'm a learnin' a thing or two ;)

Teresa - We're much more laid back than you damn Yankees. Now put us in cars and that's a different story. I-285 around Atlanta has often been called the Watermelon 500.