What chain restaurant has the best food?

In My Humble Opinion
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As a counterweight to this thread:

[list=*]
[li]Culvers (WI/N IL)[/li][li]In-N-Out (SoCal, as mentioned in The Big Lebowski)[/li][li]Rockfish (Southwest fish place…good Copper River Wild Salmon and great clam chowder)[/li][li]Paradise Bakery & Grill (Phoenix area, including one in Sky Harbor International; great sandwiches, great tomato-basil soup…just great.)[/li][li]Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse (Two in New Orleans and one in most other major cities. Pricey but well worth it.)[/li][li]Houston’s (even though I used to work at one…a little overpriced but they serve a good steak.)[/li][li]Legal Seafoods. Bostonians will know what I mean. [/list] [/li]
What am I missing?

Stranger

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Simul-threads. That’s so cute. :slight_smile: (but you win time-wise…)

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Although others seem to be succumbing to the siren call of excessive capitalization and astericks. (maybe that’s the secret to a popular thread…)

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I’ll post in this thread since it was started first. I really like Pizzeria Uno. I even find their steaks to be yummy.

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On the central coast of California, Baja Fresh is (or was) pretty damned good. They specialize in low-fat, fresh, grilled Mexican food. And their salsa bar is hard to beat.

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My favorites:

Outback Steakhouse
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse
Popeye’s Chicken and Biscuits
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Quizno’s Subs
Chevy’s
IHOP

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Someone put Bojangle’s under worst, but I’m pretty fond of their greasy nasty biscuits on rare occasions.

My wife loves Captain D’s seafood: fried goodness!

Daniel

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Fuddruckers
Cheesecake Factory
Quizno’s Subs
Sonny’s Real Pit Barbecue
Smokey Bones

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The best steakhouse is Texas Roadhouse.

Whatever seasonings they use on their steak is incredible and their cinnimon butter is fantastic. I usually skip the bread at most restaurants, but not there.

If only they’d stop playing that damn country music. Oh well.

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Mmmmmmm…Bojangles. Most of their food is strangely bad (white gravy on mashed potatoes?) but their biscuits are yummy! I like Bojangles just because their sweet tea is so good (very strong, sweet, and with real lemons!), but the clincher is the cajun seasoning on the fries. I can go to places that have much better biscuits, but I’d still rather go to Bojangles.

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Panera Bread – incredible sandwiches
Red, Hot, and Blue – small chain of BBQ pork and beef. Great stuff; whenever we’re in the DC area, we’re there.
Original Pancake House – best breakfast anywhere. Try the Dutch Baby.

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KFC, I could eat there chicken every day for a month and still want more.

Del Taco, Good “Mexican Food” better than their big name competitor.

Sizzler, for a cheap date and they have great steak and shrimp.

Applebees, I like the atmosphere because it’s usually packed with people and oh yeah the food isn’t bad either.

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BJ’s makes an awesome pizza IMHO, and has decent beer as well.

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Some good places have been mentioned already:

Chipotle
BJ’s
Panera
Baja Fresh
In-N-Out

I’m also a big fan of Maggiano’s (family style Italian), but only if you have enough people to order family-style.

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Their Four Cheese Pizza has got to be one of the best pizzas I have ever had the pleasure to eat. I recommend it very highly!