# Top U.S. Chain Restaurants - where HAVEN'T you been?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-u-s-chain-restaurants-where-havent-you-been/520674>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 10, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-u-s-chain-restaurants-where-havent-you-been/520674 "2009-12-10T02:17:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-u-s-chain-restaurants-where-havent-you-been/520674/201 "2009-12-14T16:36:45Z")

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> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> The lowest ranking chain I’ve been to is the last one, #400 Spaghetti Warehouse.

Oops. Like someone else upthread, I confused Spaghetti Warehouse with Old Spaghetti Factory.

So the lowest chain I’ve been to is #360, Ground Round. They used to have a big presence in the NYC area, and served popcorn before the meal! I haven’t seen one in at least 10 years, and the popcorn was gone last time I visited one.

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**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-u-s-chain-restaurants-where-havent-you-been/520674/202 "2009-12-14T16:47:21Z")

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> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> So the lowest chain I’ve been to is #360, Ground Round. They used to have a big presence in the NYC area, and served popcorn before the meal! I haven’t seen one in at least 10 years, and the popcorn was gone last time I visited one.

Yeah…The Ground Round was one of our favorite hangouts in the early 80s. The one in Green Bay also had live music on Saturday evenings.

There are still a few left, but most of them are long gone. According to their web site, there’s only something like 30 of them now.

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**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-u-s-chain-restaurants-where-havent-you-been/520674/203 "2009-12-14T16:55:49Z")

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I thought Zaxby’s was a clothing chain.

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