Chain restaurants meme - ga*ked from toob

[darcydodo]

Bold the establishments you've been to. Underline your favorites. Strikethrough the ones you don't like.

1.Arby's (We went once or twice when I was carpooling in elementary school; I just remember the shake being terrible, I'm not sure I had anything else.)
2. Beefeater
3. Benihana
4. Black Angus
5. Blimpie's (I think I went to one of these last semester with wageslave, but I'm not positive)
6. Buffalo Grill
7. Burger King
8. California Pizza Kitchen
9. Carl's Jr.
10. Chick-fil-A
11. Checkers (or Rally's)
12. Chipotle (It's really not very healthy, but I adore their barbacoa, it's so damn tasty.)
13. Chuck E. Cheese's (Haven't been here since I was a kid, though!)
14. Claim Jumper
15. Cluck-U-Chicken
16. Coney Island Hot Dogs
17. Del Taco
17. Denny's
19. El Pollo Loco
20. Fatburger (It's gone a bit downhill, but yum)
21. Firehouse Subs
22. Hard Rock Cafe (I think I went to one once.)
23. Hardee's
24. Harvey's
25. HomeTown Buffet
26. Hooters
27. In-n-Out
28. Jack in the Box
29. Jimmy John's
30. Johnny Rocket's
31. Kelsey's
32. KFC
33. Krispy Kreme
34. Krystals
35. Long John Silver's
36. McDonald's (except their chicken mcnuggets, of course, which will always be good)
37. Oporto
38. Panda Express
39. Outback Steakhouse
40. Planet Hollywood
41. Quizno's
42. Rainforest Cafe
43. Red Lobster
44. Red Robin
45. Red Rooster
46. Señor Frog's
47. Skyline Chili
48. Sonic
49. Steak and Shake
50. Subway (I have a soft spot for this one, what can I say?)
51. Sweet Tomatoes
52. T.G.I.Friday's
53. Taco Bell
54. TCBY
55. The Old Spaghetti Factory
56. Tim Horton's
57. Wendy's
58. Whataburger
59. White Castle (Never been to one, but I've had white castle burgers elsewhere, and they're foul)
60. Togo's

No Andersen's? No IHOP??

I've been to a few more of these than I thought, but I don't feel too much like I've given in to corporate America.

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[arrowedumbrella.livejournal.com]

1. Arby's
7. Burger King
8. California Pizza Kitchen
9. Carl's Jr.
10. Chick-fil-A (used to get their waffle fries at the Science Center at Harvard after a long day of classes/work)
12.Chipotle (ditto comment on barbacoa)
14. Claim Jumper ... never even heard of this one!
17. Del Taco
17. Denny's
22. Hard Rock Cafe Gone twice -- once in 8th grade on a field trip to Washington, D.C.; once two years ago ... when I supervised a trip of girl scout 8th graders on a field trip to San Francisco.
23. Hardee's my brother and I loved getting road trip meals here when we were very very young.
27. In-n-Out Yum.
28. Jack in the Box Done take out here a few times in grad school, because they were open late late late.
32. KFC
33. Krispy Kreme ... does it count if I've never been to a store, but have gotten their donuts elsewhere, several times?
36. McDonald's
38. Panda Express tried once; never again!
39. Outback Steakhouse
41. Quizno's
43. Red Lobster maybe a few times, when I was a kid? not much in recent memory.
48. Sonic went once in grad school, for the cultural experience, or something like that.
50. Subway
51. Sweet Tomatoes Once, this year, on a road trip in Portland. It was pretty decent for road trip food.
52. T.G.I.Friday's
53. Taco Bell
56. Tim Horton's
57. Wendy's
60. Togo's

This is more than I expected I would have been to, but many of them I haven't been to in years and years.

[toob.livejournal.com]

I added one that I wanted on there. Feel free to do the same.

[tzeentch.livejournal.com]

1. Arby's (keep meaning to go, if nothing else to try their curly fries)
2. Beefeater
3. Benihana (always wanted to go, never have)
4. Black Angus
5. Blimpie's
6. Buffalo Grill
7. Burger King
8. California Pizza Kitchen
9. Carl's Jr.
10. Chick-fil-A
11. Checkers
12. Chipotle
13. Chuck E. Cheese's
14. Claim Jumper (I have had their frozen dinners though)
15. Cluck-U-Chicken
16. Coney Island Hot Dogs
17. Del Taco
17. Denny's
19. El Pollo Loco
20. Fatburger (can't remember if I've been to one of these)
21. Firehouse Subs
22. Hard Rock Cafe
23. Hardee's
24. Harvey's
25. HomeTown Buffet
26. Hooters (went twice at a conference in San Antonio. Surprisingly good wings.)
27. In-n-Out
28. Jack in the Box
29. Jimmy John's (Good sandwiches)
30. Johnny Rocket's
31. Kelsey's
32. KFC
33. Krispy Kreme
34. Krystals
35. Long John Silver's
36. McDonald's
37. Oporto
38. Panda Express
39. Outback Steakhouse
40. Planet Hollywood
41. Quizno's
42. Rainforest Cafe (Fun and decent food)
43. Red Lobster
44. Red Robin
45. Red Rooster
46. Señor Frog's
47. Skyline Chili
48. Sonic
49. Steak and Shake
50. Subway
51. Sweet Tomatoes
52. T.G.I.Friday's
53. Taco Bell
54. TCBY
55. The Old Spaghetti Factory (Always used to go to the one in Jack London, before it closed.)
56. Tim Horton's
57. Wendy's (As far as fast food burgers go, Wendy's tops the list, except for In-n-Out.)
58. Whataburger
59. White Castle
60. Togo's

Wow, I've been to most of these. The ones I haven't, in general, are either really low quality (Del Taco, for instance) or they don't have in CA or CO.

[tzeentch.livejournal.com]

Edit: Chipotle should also be bolded, duh.

[darcydodo]

Fatburger is strictly Los Angeles, so far as I know, so you probably haven't been to one.

[(Anonymous)]

we actually have fatburger in Atlanta. I've never been though

[ruluo-turnleaf.livejournal.com]

^ that was me.

[avani.livejournal.com]

1.Arby's (My favorite when I was little. I can stomach about half a sandwich these days)
2. Beefeater
3. Benihana
4. Black Angus
5. Blimpie's (I'm not sure. Maybe?)
6. Buffalo Grill
7. Burger King
8. California Pizza Kitchen
9. Carl's Jr.
10. Chick-fil-A
11. Checkers (or Rally's)
12. Chipotle (Healthy! Tasty!)
13. Chuck E. Cheese's (Ok, I do remember their food being mediocre. But it's Chuck E's, so who cares?)
14. Claim Jumper
15. Cluck-U-Chicken (?)
16. Coney Island Hot Dogs
17. Del Taco
17. Denny's
19. El Pollo Loco
20. Fatburger (It's gone a bit downhill, but yum)
21. Firehouse Subs
22. Hard Rock Cafe
23. Hardee's (best strawberry shakes ever)
24. Harvey's
25. HomeTown Buffet
26. Hooters
27. In-n-Out
28. Jack in the Box
29. Jimmy John's
30. Johnny Rocket's
31. Kelsey's
32. KFC
33. Krispy Kreme
34. Krystals
35. Long John Silver's
36. McDonald's
37. Oporto
38. Panda Express
39. Outback Steakhouse
40. Planet Hollywood
41. Quizno's
42. Rainforest Cafe
43. Red Lobster
44. Red Robin
45. Red Rooster
46. Señor Frog's
47. Skyline Chili
48. Sonic
49. Steak and Shake
50. Subway
51. Sweet Tomatoes
52. T.G.I.Friday's
53. Taco Bell
54. TCBY
55. The Old Spaghetti Factory
56. Tim Horton's
57. Wendy's
58. Whataburger
59. White Castle
60. Togo's

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to take the time to do this right, but I've been to all but a dozen or so of these. My parents sent me a case of canned Skyline Chili for my 40th birthday, so you can draw your own conclusions on that one.

And... how in the world have you managed to not set foot in a Wendy's?

[darcydodo]

And... how in the world have you managed to not set foot in a Wendy's?

I don't know, but I haven't.