[QUOTE=Seated in First;11559412]Like most chain restaurants they're for the lazy who can't be bothered to spend two minutes on the internet looking up a decent local place with real food. Chain restaurants tend to serve garbage that's engineered to taste OK-ish having been prepared somewhere miles off site.

Fast food places have something of a purpose, they fill me up if I'm short on time but with chain restaurants I really fail to see the point. The local establishments rarely cost more than the Applebee's and Chili's of this world

you want to bet. I can name at least 10 restaurants that are way way more expensive than Applebees. can you afford to go to a local decent place every Friday night?