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-   -   Chain restaurants that are actually good (https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/diningbuzz/376335-chain-restaurants-actually-good.html)

buckeyeboy Nov 7, 2010 6:04 pm
Another nod to Seasons 52. Just wish they would make it to Ohio.

jchiguy1 Nov 10, 2010 9:48 am
We love Maggiano's, Grand Lux and In-N-Out. For those living in the DFW Metroplex, In-N-Out will be opening their first unit outside the West in Ft.Worth sometime in mid-2011.

Max M Nov 10, 2010 11:41 am
I enjoy the mini-chain Twin Peaks with locations in NM, OK, and TX.

95 Z/28 LT1 Nov 10, 2010 2:39 pm
Another vote for Carraba's!

http://www.carrabbas.com/

SWCPHX Nov 11, 2010 2:32 pm
Originally Posted by CMK10 (Post 15089354)
Agreed. I used to love going here when I lived in AZ. Amazingly their Tempe location that was on Mill Avenue closed. I used to walk over when I went to ASU and it was my favorite location.
So has the one on Alma School just South of US60 in Mesa. They just closed first week of November, waitstaff told me that according to the company during a 2 year period they'd only made money in 5 months. Whenever I was there it seemed busy but I guess I just eat at popular times/days and don't go during the long dead periods.

CMK10 Nov 12, 2010 12:24 pm
Originally Posted by SWCPHX (Post 15122057)
So has the one on Alma School just South of US60 in Mesa. They just closed first week of November, waitstaff told me that according to the company during a 2 year period they'd only made money in 5 months. Whenever I was there it seemed busy but I guess I just eat at popular times/days and don't go during the long dead periods.
Oh wow. That was the one I started going to after the Mill Avenue one closed! Guess I'm just a curse on Islands Locations :(

cubbie Nov 15, 2010 8:53 pm
Originally Posted by SWCPHX (Post 15122057)
So has the one on Alma School just South of US60 in Mesa. They just closed first week of November, waitstaff told me that according to the company during a 2 year period they'd only made money in 5 months. Whenever I was there it seemed busy but I guess I just eat at popular times/days and don't go during the long dead periods.
Sorry to hear that. I've been to that one and liked it. Wish I could have done more to help keep them in business, but I'm only there once a year or less.

CalVol Nov 15, 2010 10:14 pm
Rubio's

dchristiva Nov 16, 2010 11:19 am
Originally Posted by gfunkdave (Post 15083085)
When I'm in the south, I always make a stop at Chick Fil-a.
Great call! ^

trach500 Nov 16, 2010 12:41 pm
Chick-fila is great. They have them in the Philadelphia area, so whenever I am in the area, I stop by. Sonic is pretty good too. Bonefish grill is also very good for an "upscale" chain restaurant.

jbcarioca Dec 17, 2010 9:29 am
Long ago I intended to add Pardo's to this list. There was one in the West Village in New York but I think it closed. It's a Peruvian chain and is quite outstanding. The location in Coral Gables, FL may be the only branch in the US now, but I am not certain of that.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pardos...i/144052686477

PhlyingRPh Dec 17, 2010 9:37 am
Originally Posted by 95 Z/28 LT1 (Post 15115096)
Another vote for Carraba's!
http://www.carrabbas.com/
The best Carabba's are the family's original restaurants in Houston. I have been a visitor at the original location (on Kirby Drive) since the mid-eighties. In fact, it was the first restaurant I dined at after arriving from England to go to university in the US. For some reason, the food at that location still tastes better than at the chain locations.

PhlyingRPh Dec 17, 2010 9:43 am
There's another chain I like that started off in Houston, and that is La Madeleine. I've always enjoyed their spinach pochette and chicken friand.

ainternational Dec 17, 2010 10:02 am
Originally Posted by CalVol (Post 15151730)
Rubio's
Really? What do you like there? I went once and absolutely hated it. Had a variety of soft tacos as I remember. It was the sauces that did me in.

PhlyingRPh Dec 17, 2010 11:12 am
I just glanced through the whole thread. I think it lists pretty much every chain imaginable, except the really, really nasty ones (Pancho's anybody?). I think I even saw Taco Bell in here somewhere :(


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