andrew mellman wrote:We pretty much eat everywhere - maybe 70% local stand-alone or local chains, 30% national.
(One national didn't see listed is Fox & Hound - we think it far better than Appleby's, and also open to 2am 7 days/week.)
The national chains we do go to tend to be more either "real" restaurants or franchises:
---Franchises, because for many the money is local and stays here (I think Famous Dave's here is a franchise, tho I'm not sure)
---"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.
We try to avoid "concept" chains; although these can be decent, we'd just rather support the little guys who have made it, and at least theoretically are still watching over quality.
Jason G wrote:moby dick (awesome fried fish i don't care what anybody says)
Robin Garr wrote:Jason G wrote:moby dick (awesome fried fish i don't care what anybody says)
Totally agree. And bear in mind that Moby Dick, despite its "chainy" look, is strictly a Louisville-area chain, like Boombozz or Gumbo's, that kept the faith and retained indie quality in spite of their success at replicating the brand.
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.
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.
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Matthew D wrote:For every little guy who has made it and retains the same quality, there are 10 if not 100 Tumbleweeds.
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