Favorite "bad" chain restaurants

[Anonymous]

Other than Chipotle and Cava, I despise most chains. The one that I like, that most love to hate on, is Olive Garden. I know it's not the best Italian, and the texture on the chicken is a little rubbery, but the flavors are good and I never leave hungry- thanks salad/soup, breadsticks, and then meal. It's a lot of food. I also don't mind Texas Roadhouse.

[Anonymous]

Cracker barrel

[Anonymous]

There is only one answer to this and it is Buffalo Wild Wings. Long live B-Dubs!

[Anonymous]

I agree with Olive Garden. Haven’t been to one in ages though.

[Anonymous]

Outback. I don't think you can get a better steak for the money.

[Anonymous]

I personally have a weakspot for:

Fish Taco
Cava
Popeyes

If I am going to go somewhere with a waitstaff, I'm not doing Olive Garden, Applebees or Cracker Barrel. Not to say that the food is inedible, but never feels worth it at the final bill.

Many, many years ago, I will confess that I didn't mind Denny's and Marie Calendars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Outback. I don't think you can get a better steak for the money.

Agreed. I love Outback and Carraba's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cracker barrel

Agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I personally have a weakspot for:

Fish Taco
Cava
Popeyes

If I am going to go somewhere with a waitstaff, I'm not doing Olive Garden, Applebees or Cracker Barrel. Not to say that the food is inedible, but never feels worth it at the final bill.

Many, many years ago, I will confess that I didn't mind Denny's and Marie Calendars.

Denny's is the worst of the worst.

[Anonymous]

Texas Roadhouse

[Anonymous]

Chili's. The answer is Chilis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I personally have a weakspot for:

Fish Taco
Cava
Popeyes

If I am going to go somewhere with a waitstaff, I'm not doing Olive Garden, Applebees or Cracker Barrel. Not to say that the food is inedible, but never feels worth it at the final bill.

Many, many years ago, I will confess that I didn't mind Denny's and Marie Calendars.

Fish Taco is barely a chain. They have 3 restaurants all within a few miles of each other, run by a local family.

[Anonymous]

For fast food:
Chick-fil-A
Sonic
Shake Shack

For sit-down restaurants:
Buffalo Wild Wings
Red Robin

[Anonymous]

The Texas Roadhouse near is really tasty. We get takeout from there all the time and the food it always hot (or cold, if it's salad) and they do a great job. I'm a big fan.

[Anonymous]

Depends on what you count as a chain. I like some of the smaller restaurant group type chains (BarTaco, True Food Kitchen, the Great Americans, etc.) But I think places like Chili’s and TGIFriday’s are re-heated frozen garbage. Olive Garden is a guilty pleasure though, but only because I love the soup, salad, and breadsticks.