S/O poll... guilty pleasure chain restaurant!

[lovelybb]

While I love locally-owned restaurants... I LOVE me some Chipotle!! I just found out that the city D lives in doesn't have them!! AHH!!!!

[prettyinpearls]

Chili’s….I could eat their chips & salsa for my entire meal. We also really like Lonestar despite being way overpriced, but that’s only because there literally are no local places that make a decent steak. It’s unfortunate, really.

We're ones that prefer to eat at local places, if possible.

[prettyinpearls]

Dec 5, 2012 14:32:37 GMT -5 lovelybb said:

While I love locally-owned restaurants... I LOVE me some Chipotle!! I just found out that the city D lives in doesn't have them!! AHH!!!!

I've never eaten at Chipotle. Ever.

[rikkiandjulie]

Red Robin. There fries and campfire sauce are my meal!

Chipotle. Mmmm. But if I was back home in Iowa City, that'd say Pancheros.

Texas Road House

That's it. Denver has a lot if great local places, I'm loving Snooze lately too bad Im moving Friday.


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[Bernadine]

Olive Garden

[bullygirl979]

I love Cheesecake Factory.

And I *seriously* love me some Mighty Taco which is a WNY chain.

Every once in a while I have a craving for Taco Bell. Nasty, I know.

[rikkiandjulie]

Duplicate.

[rikkiandjulie]

I should add one: Caribou Coffee! I love the way they melt real chocolate chips into their mochas.


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[prettyinpearls]

Ooooh, my go-to fast food chain is Schlotzky's. I could eat there every day and not get sick of it. In fact, I had their Turkey Bacon Club on sourdough for lunch today.

[winecat]

Chipotle started in Denver so I forget about the "chain" aspect of it because I used to go to the original one. I LURVE Chipotle.

Rikki- I don't think Snooze is a chain because it isn't corporate owned. It's family owned.

I do love Red Robin fries.

[jojoandleo]

I don't have the aversion to them some people seem to have, but I also live in an area where local restaurants aren't as common. We have "local chains" As in, the bar i worked at was a part of this restaurant group and the owner was a regular. I won a team contest once and we got to use his lakehouse for a weekend which he stocked with booze and stuff. Restaurants partially owned by Bob Stoops and stuff. BUT, these restaurants can also be found in other states now. Am I making any sense?

Kind of like-Chuy's for Austinites. It started in Austin,but now has spread to like 8 states,but I just don't consider it a "chain" restaurant, but I could be wrong.

[Deleted]

Bonefish Grill, while not a huge chain, is really pretty good.

Even though I live in fairly urban area, the only pizza places that really deliver are chains, so I'll get those when I feel too lazy to go pick something up.

And, Chipotle, obvs. There's one very close to my office and I get lunch from there more often than I'd care to admit.

[rikkiandjulie]

Dec 5, 2012 14:44:15 GMT -5 winecat said:

Chipotle started in Denver so I forget about the "chain" aspect of it because I used to go to the original one. I LURVE Chipotle.

Rikki- I don't think Snooze is a chain because it isn't corporate owned. It's family owned.

I do love Red Robin fries.

Yep. Snooze is local I knew that. I meant it in the "Denver has great local places, I'll miss Snooze"


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[cutter21]

Chipotle, The Melting Pot, Red Robin

[naeljun]

Texas Roadhouse is about the only chain restaurant I go to.
Sometimes Pizzeria Uno or Applebees if DD school is having a fundraiser there.

[baa1981]

When my mom came and visited me in July all she wanted was IHop. I was like mom, there are so many cool restaurants/brunch places here and you seriously want IHop. So we had IHop and it was HORRIBLE. I may have even had to do a "told ya so" when we left.

[omeomi]

Panera Bread
PF Chang's
California Pizza Kitchen
Togo's

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I actually don't hate chains either. I don't like going there for dates because the atmosphere usually sucks and it isn't as interesting. But I do LOVE Olive Garden, Outback, Red Robin and PF Changs.

[starburst604]

I'll do Texas Roadhouse too, and Cheesecake Factory. I used to like Bertucci's but when I had it recently it was bad. Their rolls are still delish though. I like Chipotle too for a quicky meal.

ETA I forgot PF Chang's. I could eat that shit all day long.

[winecat]

Dec 5, 2012 14:48:09 GMT -5 rikkiandjulie said:

Dec 5, 2012 14:44:15 GMT -5 winecat said:

Chipotle started in Denver so I forget about the "chain" aspect of it because I used to go to the original one. I LURVE Chipotle.

Rikki- I don't think Snooze is a chain because it isn't corporate owned. It's family owned.

I do love Red Robin fries.

Yep. Snooze is local I knew that. I meant it in the "Denver has great local places, I'll miss Snooze"


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Oh dear me.... This is why I shouldn't try to multi-task. Total reading comprehension fail.

Have you been to Lucille's? It's my favorite.

[clw]

I try to avoid national chain restaurants except for Ruth's Chris - hands down the best steaks EVA!

In Pittsburgh they have a local chain called Atria's. So good!

Otherwise, if I'm forced to do a national chain, Cheesecake Factory, P.F. Changs, Bravo, Houlihan's.

[bullygirl979]

Dec 5, 2012 15:05:53 GMT -5 clw said:

Otherwise, if I'm forced to do a national chain Houlihan's.

We used to have Houlihan's but it closed. I remember liking them.

[jm5855]

Olive Garden
Fuddruckers
Outback
Culvers

[rikkiandjulie]

Dec 5, 2012 15:04:39 GMT -5 winecat said:

Dec 5, 2012 14:48:09 GMT -5 rikkiandjulie said:

Yep. Snooze is local I knew that. I meant it in the "Denver has great local places, I'll miss Snooze"


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Oh dear me.... This is why I shouldn't try to multi-task. Total reading comprehension fail.

Have you been to Lucille's? It's my favorite.

No, but I've been loving Swing Thai the past month. And Crave.


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[starburst604]

Who am I kidding, I'll eat some TGI Friday's and 99 too! I think I am a closet chain lover posing as a anti-chain restaurant snob.

[udscoobychick]

Five Guys
Melting Pot

I don't really consider local chains (like, less than 5 locations) chains--we have a bagel place and a pizza place that both have maybe 3 locations each? Love the bagel place. The pizza joint is overpriced but tasty.

[Deleted]

I love Red Robin. Yum.

I also get lunch from Panchero's once every 3 weeks

I'm not gonna lie, I do love Friendly's also...but you can't go wrong with an awesome sundae to end your meal!!

[rikkiandjulie]

Dec 5, 2012 15:10:16 GMT -5 starburst604 said:

Who am I kidding, I'll eat some TGI Friday's and 99 too! I think I am a closet chain lover posing as a anti-chain restaurant snob.

Funny! Every time I've been to a TGI Fridays it's been AWFUL, the service is fine but the food is always shitty.


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[glitzyglow]

Long John Silvers. Disgusting, I know. But like, once a year, I NEED it.

[jm5855]

Need to add Buffalo Wild Wings for cheap wing night.