# Restaurant chains that serve only one meat **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 14, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221 "2024-07-14T20:52:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/21 "2024-07-17T06:35:43Z")
I wonder if we could figure out the opposite - what fast food chain has the most meat options? When I worked at Jack in the Box, we had beef (three sizes of burger patty plus chopped steak), chicken (five fried varieties, two grilled, and cold chopped chicken for salads), fish, bacon (strips and bits), deli ham, sausage (patty and crumbled), chorizo, and for a brief period we also carried deli-sliced turkey and salami, which has got to be up there for restaurants with a drive-thru. Subway probably has more overall. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/22 "2024-07-17T06:43:19Z")
Catfish joints only have catfish. I know a bunch of local ones. But doesn’t Long John Silver or that other one only have seafood? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/23 "2024-07-17T06:50:52Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > But doesn’t Long John Silver or that other one only have seafood? Long John Silver has chicken, and for awhile they had some locations that were co-branded with KFC, although I think that crossover was done away with a few years ago as our former KFC/LJS is just a regular KFC now. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/24 "2024-07-17T07:02:00Z")
Ewww. I wouldn’t want chicken deep fried in a fish place. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/25 "2024-07-17T07:30:32Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > There seems to be a surge in “chicken finger” fast food joints that only serve breaded chicken strips, usually in a variety of hot spices. Besides the aforementioned **Raising Canes** we also have **Dave’s Hot Chicken** and **Flip the Bird**. > > I note that when Boston Market started out, it was Boston Chicken, snd chicken was the only meat it served. McDonald’s originally only served ground beef hamburgers. Over time these places tend to branch out and try other types. Ironically, the last Boston Market I know of near Boston has closed, and is now a Dave’s Hot Chicken. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/26 "2024-07-17T12:12:45Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > But doesn’t Long John Silver or that other one only have seafood? Don’t the rest of the restaurants only have land food? Or is chicken sky food? Just barely, more like land and fence food. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/27 "2024-07-17T13:56:41Z")
Their chicken was one of me and my brothers childhood favorites. I thought it was really good, if a bit salty. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/28 "2024-07-17T14:21:14Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Ewww. I wouldn’t want chicken deep fried in a fish place. It’s a natural crossover (along with fries) for restaurants that cook everything in deep fryers. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/29 "2024-07-17T16:31:34Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > But doesn’t Long John Silver or that other one only have seafood? In addition to chicken they have shrimp. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/30 "2024-07-17T16:37:55Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Long John Silver has chicken, and for awhile they had some locations that were co-branded with KFC, although I think that crossover was done away with a few years ago as our former KFC/LJS is just a regular KFC now. Those co-branded ones started to come about in the early 2000s, when Tricon (owner of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut) merged with Yorkshire Global Restaurants (owner of Long John Silver’s and A&W) to form Yum! Brands; one began to frequently see restaurants which offered food from two or three of the Yum! brands. Yum! spun off A&W and Long John Silver’s in 2011, and so, their co-branded restaurants which incorporated those two brands were eventually discontinued or remodeled (probably when specific agreements with individual franchisees ended). But, even before all of that, I’m pretty sure that LJS offered chicken (which they still offer today). ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/31 "2024-07-17T19:36:48Z")
We have two thai chicken and rice places that recently opened. You get rice, a choice of 4 styles of cooked chicken, plus a couple cucumber slices for a veg. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/32 "2024-07-17T20:45:01Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Culver’s sells meats that trot, fly and swim. Horses, bats, and eels? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/33 "2024-07-17T20:54:04Z")
Zebras, swans, and penguins; which all taste like chicken. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/34 "2024-07-17T23:03:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I wonder if we could figure out the opposite - what fast food chain has the most meat options? How are we defining “different meats”? Looking at Red Lobster’s\* menu, it looks like they’ve got lobster, crab, shrimp, clams, scallops, calamari (squid), salmon, trout, flounder, and cod, plus steaks and chicken. On one hand, everything but the steak and chicken falls under the umbrella of seafood, but on the other hand they’re all different species. I mean, I think we would all consider beef, pork, and lamb to be different meats even though they’re all “land food”. \*Not fast food, but the OP did just say chain restaurants for the original question, not fast food specifically. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/35 "2024-07-17T23:24:07Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > How are we defining “different meats”? Looking at Red Lobster’s\* menu, it looks like they’ve got lobster, crab, shrimp, clams, scallops, calamari (squid), salmon, trout, flounder, and cod, plus steaks and chicken I think broadly speaking we’re dividing everything into fish, fowl, or beast. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/36 "2024-07-17T23:35:26Z")
You funny! I’ve never been to Long John Silvers. We cook our own fish at home. So I see the big fish fryer after Son-of-a-wrek is done cooking it. I think the most he’s had at a fish fry is about 30 folks. Not nearly restaurant level. And the oil is not usable afterwards. I’m even afraid to leave it around too long. It smells fishy and loud. I’m very sure it would attract wildlife. We have a devil of a time disposing of it. Son has a friend who lets him dump it in his grease pit. For now. These arrangements don’t last very long, usually. Yeah. No. I’m not eating chicken fried in fish grease. Now… You know why Sonic doesn’t serve fish!! Fishy Corndogs just won’t do. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/37 "2024-07-17T23:37:27Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yeah. I’m not eating chicken fried in fish grease If you eat chicken at McDonald’s, I bet you are. Perhaps a former or current employee can chime in, but I can’t imagine they use a separate oil for their filet o’ fish. It sounds like your fish fry mainly consists of freshwater fish? They seem a lot stinkier, IMO, than ocean fish. I don’t think any fast food restaurants serve freshwater fish that I’m aware of. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/38 "2024-07-17T23:39:19Z")
Well, I don’t eat there. But I understand that. The kids can tell if they get chicken nuggets that taste fishy. Plus, is a filet of fish from Mickey D’s truly fish? ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/39 "2024-07-17T23:41:16Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Plus, is a filet of fish from Mickey D’s truly fish? Yes, of course, but ocean fish is a lot less smelly than fresh water fish. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221/40 "2024-07-17T23:47:20Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > If you eat chicken at McDonald’s, I bet you are. Perhaps a former or current employee can chime in, but I can’t imagine they use a separate oil for their filet o’ fish. According to Wikipedia, the Filet-O-Fish is cooked in a separate fryer. The McDonald’s literature I could find is on a UK webpage; I can’t find the question on the American cite. I haven’t found anything contradicting this in a cursory search so far, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221.md?page=3)