Favorite "bad" chain restaurants

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Anonymous wrote:Taco Bell? (I know I hang my head in shame)

+1

Girl, hold your head up high. I love Taco Bell and I’m not ashamed. Their breakfast is surprisingly good too for the money!

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Olive Garden-but only for Zuppa Toscana, salad, and breadsticks
Cracker Barrel
Chick Fil A
Bojangles
Popeyes
Taco Bell
Anita’s, Moby Dick, Los Toltecos for local chains

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Anonymous wrote:Cracker barrel

Agree.

Cracker Barrel is vomit inducing crap on a plate. Absolute worst choice of any options.

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Cracker Barrel
Steak ‘n’ Shake

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Chili's

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Anonymous wrote:How has no one said Red Lobster?

Red Lobster.

Cheddar biscuits!

Delicious.

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Eww none of these.

I could eat a bloomin onion at outback or maybe some salad at Olive Garden but everything else mentioned here just sounds disgusting to me. I remember people talking up red lobster cheddar biscuits once. Got them when we randomly had a gift card to there. Inedible.

Also once went to Chili’s w a gift card. Everything we got was so gross.

Been to Cracker Barrel, Denny’s, ihop, Bob evans many times as a kid on family road trips and even as a kid thought they were garbage. I don’t see how anyone eats this stuff.

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I haven't been to Cracker Barrel in over 30 years, since they fired people for being gay in 1991. I know they changed their policy, but I haven't changed my heart.

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Chain food sit down? Silver Diner. At least they try to cater to vegetarians.

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Outback. Bloomin onion. So, so, so good. I don't really like any of the other food there - usually do soup and/or salad, but man, those bloomin onions are delicious.

And now I'm craving one.

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Not sure if it qualifies but love the food at Dave & Busters.- games + good food.

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Anonymous wrote:How has no one said Red Lobster?

Red Lobster.

Agree with this. Olive Garden is total crap. Red Lobster is great. The cheesecakes at Cheesecake Factory are also great. I ate at Cracker Barrel and the phrase "a river runs through it" always comes to mind when I think of or hear that restaurant's name. My stomach did not like it.

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I haven't been in years but I used to really like Chili's. We used to go to Outback regularly, but the last time we went (again, years ago, pre-COVID), it was disappointing. The salad and steak were noticeably smaller.

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Shake Shack is truly spectacular.

And a well-run Chipotle is a terrific value. Unfortunately it’s hit or miss because they suffer from staffing issues, which kills the food at certain locations.

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Anonymous wrote:California Pizza Kitchen is my guilty pleasure.

CPK is a "good" chain restaurant!

I used to like this place 20+ years ago. And I went to one recently and it was so so bad. The quality was terrible and the place just seemed tired and depressing. Are they all like this now or just the one I visited? Either I had really bad taste back then or this place has gone really downhill. Nothing seemed fresh at all. Disappointing.

It’s a safe bet CPK makes far more revenue on the frozen pizzas at grocery stores than the retail restaurants.