Originally Posted by thegeneral
There is something specifically wrong about each chain restaurant. By definition, they're run by people who are more concerned about things like food cost and adhering to whatever their regional manager says than they are in your overall experience. I've never been impressed by franchise restaurant I've been in (high end steak houses included). Personally, I would rank Burger King/Wendy's above the chains everyone has talked about here. At least they help me when I'm hungover.
If more of the business travel set actively sought out independent restaurants, then we wouldn't be faced with the generic mass manufactured crap that chains sell.
Yea! In post #332 someone finally got the point of the thread. I started this thread in hopes of finding a decent chain restaurant that bucked the supposition you made that they are more about business than providing a good meal. There are clearly a few such restaurants that do well, but the vast majority is quite poor.
This business traveler does NOT eat at chain restaurants. Unless I'm hung over in a place like Japan and faced with raw squid or a cheeseburger for breakfast.
