Chris LM wrote:I needed to satisfy a red meat craving recently & went to Texas Roadhouse for the prime rib, baked potato, and tossed salad. All that for about $12 and everything was excellent. One of the best values I have had in a while.
Not sure if a local independent place could match the quality & value I received that night.
Deb Hall
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Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:46 pm
Highlands , Louisville
Deb Hall wrote:Lots of Panera ( both that my daughter works there and because they post calories)
Qdoba
McDonalds for Egg McMuffin and twice a year big Macs
Zoes Kitchen
Papa Johns or Dominoes pizza by the pool
Burger King
Dunkin Donuts
While we eat at fast food on the Interstate sometimes, I'm a big user of Yelp/Urbanspoon to find great local places while travelling and will go happily out of my way for great unique food. We've found some real gems this way.
Never: Tumbleweed, White Castle, KFC, Applebees, Texas Roadhouse, Long Johns, O'Charleys, Olive Garden
Deb
Deb
Mark R. wrote:andrew mellman wrote:---"Real restaurants" by my definition are former stand-alone restaurants which became successful in their areas, spawned more into a local chain, and then gradually expanded around the country staying corporate owned and controlling quality.
Just wondering, what restaurants do you put into this category?
Mark R. wrote:I didn't know the story about the Cheesecake Factory nor Fleming's they're interesting stories. I've been to the Cheesecake Factory several times and while the food is pretty good I really don't enjoy the restaurant because of the menu format (the advertising is ridiculous), how crowded they are and I feel their menu is overpriced. I have been to Fleming's one time and did really enjoy it.
I don't think I would consider Jeff Ruby's a national chain, they're barely a regional chain. Actually BoomBazz's, Tumbleweed and J. Gumbo's probably have as many restaurants.
Lettuce Entertain You seems to be more of a holding company that has many concept restaurants in it from what I can find. Quite sure how that would fit into the chain restaurant picture. BR Guest is even more obscure because they have restaurants and hotels in their portfolio. It doesn't really appear that either one of these would be considered restaurant chains. If they are then Darden Restaurants group should also be considered as a chain which I don't believe anybody does.
andrew mellman wrote:There are 7 Ruby's in three states. Yes, they are "regional", but I think that qualifies as a chain still run by the founder!
Carla G wrote:Some of these chains started out as Louisville locals didn't they? Moby Dicks has already been mentioned but Long John Silvers started as a Louisville chain I thought . (Didn't the Kaphammer family originate that chain?) And I thought Qdoba was owned by the Grisanti family but I could be wrong about that. Then of course there's KFC and Papa John's.
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