# If you had to pick one restaurant for all your meals... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398 "2016-07-08T15:14:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398/61 "2016-07-11T22:29:31Z")
I normally try to stay away from chains, but I’ll go with Sweet Tomatoes: so many choices which change frequently, lots of vegetarian items, posted nutritional info, fairly healthy. ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398/62 "2016-07-12T01:06:22Z")
A casino buffet. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398/63 "2016-07-12T01:18:30Z")
Saint Dinette, except it currently isn’t open for breakfast or lunch weekdays (lunch/brunch on weekends). The cheeseburger there is five pounds of meat ground up with one pound of butter…its SOOOOO good. But the tacos are better. On the other hand, if you are eating that much butter, you might not need breakfast or lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Lydia\_Phalfav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lydia\_Phalfav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lydia_Phalfav)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398/64 "2016-07-12T07:02:36Z")
Anatolia or Cantina Laredo in Nashville. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398/65 "2016-07-12T13:30:23Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Cracker Barrel. Can get breakfast, fish, pork chops, mashed potatoes, green beans, sandwiches. This. Besides, they have (in my opinion) the best pancakes of any chain restaurant anywhere, and I can eat breakfast three meals a day. Their non-breakfast menu is mediocre, in my view, but enough to get by when I need variety. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398/66 "2016-07-12T15:02:23Z")
I’d pick Eats Place, a chef incubator in my neighborhood. Every month or so, a different chef comes in and runs the place. You’d get lots of variety and they have a good bar. ---
**Author:** ![Bamaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@Bamaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bamaman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398/67 "2016-07-12T15:15:20Z")
CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE They were founded just east of Nashville–my home town. The recipes are how my mother and grandmother cooked, and they’re open for breakfast, lunch and supper. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398/68 "2016-07-12T15:37:16Z")
It’s 11 miles to [Manresa.](http://www.manresarestaurant.com/) I could do it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398/69 "2016-07-12T16:55:43Z")
For me, one restaurant only means I need one open 24/7. In my area that means a _Perkins_ or an IHOP. I’m not wild about either, but I would go with the Perkins as its menu has a little more variety. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398/70 "2016-07-12T19:10:53Z")
I’d go with Village Inn (regional diner-type chain) or IHOP. Both are relatively close to my home and have a decent balance of breakfast, lunch, and dinner items. I’d prefer a locally-owned diner over a chain, since they tend to have more varied and interesting menus, but there’s nothing available nearby. Unfortunately neither of them is open 24 hours (at least not the locations in my neighborhood) and that might be a problem for me. The OP’s proviso that you cannot eat _anywhere_ but the chosen restaurant is a little disturbing. I might start sneaking out to the 7-Eleven in the dead of night for Cheetos or a Slim Jim, which I’d furtively consume in a dark alley. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398/71 "2016-07-14T18:17:38Z")
Chap-A-Nosh on Elm Street in Brooklyn. They have deli, they have Chinese, they have Tex-Mex, so I’d have variety and it’s always good. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398/72 "2016-07-15T15:59:58Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > I normally try to stay away from chains, but I’ll go with Sweet Tomatoes: so many choices which change frequently, lots of vegetarian items, posted nutritional info, fairly healthy. This is the place I came in to mention. Then when I went there, I wouldn’t have to eat to the bursting point to try everything–all so good. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398/73 "2016-07-15T16:08:16Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > **Denny’s,** for sure. Their menu is huge. One of the reasons restaurants like this can have a huge menu is everything is prepared elsewhere and stored frozen, to be microwaved as needed. Very little is made fresh. Not that it matters to some people. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398/74 "2016-07-15T16:12:16Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > everything is prepared elsewhere and stored frozen, to be microwaved as needed. That describes everything I eat at home. It’s either frozen or in a box/can. I actually eat better at restaurants – even Denny’s. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-restaurant-for-all-your-meals/759398.md?page=3)