What's your favorite (non fast food) American chain restaurant?

[loco]

Benihanas for me

 

[Barrin]

Longhorns is decent and seems less hit or miss than the other steakhouses.

Don't care if they aren't authentic but Spaghetti Factory and PF Changs are decent quality every time I go. Love Italian but Olive Garden's menu isn't as good as it was before beyond soup and salad.

 

[Kill3r7]

Maggiano's

They used to be excellent. They are still good but have slipped a notch or two the last decade.

 

[Ensorcell]

Texas Roadhouse has problems with consistency, at least the one near me does.

 

[DrFunk]

Benihanas, Outback, Friday's and Longhorn are favorites

 

[Ernest]

Not a huge fan of chains, but Lucille's BBQ is usually pretty solid (though there are better BBQs in my area, Lucille's is the closest).

 

[Citizencope]

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[WillRobBanks]

Longhorn for national chains - always a good experience and good value.

Local chain - Tommy's Tavern and Tap. Excellent food and atmosphere. Was pricey before covid but now the rest of the world caught up. They handle gluten free so well that it's always my choice for a lunch/dinner out

 

[Torpedo Vegas]

I miss Chi-Chi's and Tumbleweeds

 

[ponzies]

Not a huge fan of chains, but Lucille's BBQ is usually pretty solid (though there are better BBQs in my area, Lucille's is the closest).

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Yeah that was our go to BBQ place when we lived in socal because of the lack of other bbq places.

 

[balohna]

I have a soft spot for Red Robin.

 

[Trey]

Texas Roadhouse for sure, always does what it needs to and I've never had a bad time.

 

[forrest]

Much prefer Longhorn to Texas Roadhouse.

 

[digit_zero]

I'd go with Perkins, I'm a sucker for a diner, and of the chain ones, Perkins is easily my favorite of them.

 

[BRsomebody]

Uno's is the easy choice for me but I also really love Bonchon and (unironically) Chili's.
There's just something about a Chili's that captures my soul and warms my heart because it's changed the least out of all of the popular-in-the-90s-to-2000s chains. TGI Fridays lost the fun, Ruby Tuesdays all closed, you can't eat-in Pizza Hut like anywhere anymore - but Chili's still stands.

I really like the appetizers at Cheesecake Factory but I think the rest of the experience is just too much, and the wait is always an hour+ around us so it's rarely worth it.

 

[mute]

For the big chains I think Chilis is probably my favorite. Their salsa+skillet queso is really good.

Maggianos, PF Changs for honorable mentions. Most places I eat are local/local chains though.

 

[Violence Jack]

My son and wife loves Red Robin. They're pretty passable to me.

Pancake House

Mellow Mushroom

 

[Skai]

Longhorns for sure.

 

[RightChandMan]

I LOVE Buffalo Wild Wings
I also like Gyu Kaku

 

[Naijaboy]

Olive Garden sucks for Italian but I'll throw down on their unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks

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Give me the Tour of Italy witj the lasagna cake and I'm set.

 

[SuperDevilJoe]

Texas Longhorn steakhouse is pretty good most of the time.
Red Robin is up there too.

 

[Kyrios]

+1 for Texas Roadhouse.

 

[Vyrance]

Chilis or Texas Roadhouse. Never had a problem with either

 

[thewienke]

Texas Roadhouse is probably my personal winner

Chilis and Cheesecake Factory both have the same issue of "how the fuck are you packing this many calories into this stuff?"

They really need to contract out with the DoD to make their MREs for troops with how efficiently caloric their stuff is.

 

[DrForester]

Does this chain still exist?

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Mostly in Texas.

 

[Horns]

I am partial to Red Robin although I have not been in a while. The burgers have always been solid.