list of restaurant chains in the United States

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The following is a list of notable restaurant chains in the United States.

Contents [hide] 1 Nationwide/regional 2 Fast-food 3 Fast-casual 4 Casual dining 5 References

[edit] Nationwide/regional

A&W Restaurants Applebee's Arby's Atlanta Bread Company Auntie Anne's Bahama Breeze Baja Fresh Bakers Square Benihana Bennigan's Bertucci's Big Boy Bill Knapp's Restaurant Black Angus Steakhouse Black-Eyed Pea Restaurant Blimpie Bob Evans Bojangles' Bonefish Grill Boston Market Braum's Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Buca di Beppo Buffalo Wild Wings Bugaboo Creek Steak House Burger King Burger Street Burgerville, USA Cafe Rio California Pizza Kitchen California Tortilla Camille's Sidewalk Cafe Captain D's Carino’s Italian Grill Carl's Jr. Carrabba's Italian Grill Carrows Champps Americana Charlie Brown's Steakhouse Checkers Cheeburger Cheeburger Cheeseburger in Paradise Cheesecake Factory Cheddar's Chevy's Fresh Mex Restaurants Chi-Chi's Chicken Express Chick-Fil-A Chili's Chipotle Mexican Grill Chronic Tacos Chuck-A-Rama Chuck E. Cheese's Church's CiCi's Pizza Cinnabon Claim Jumper Coco's Bakery Copeland's Country Buffet Cracker Barrel Culver's Dairy Queen Damon's Grill Dave & Buster's Denny's Del Taco Dixie Chili Domino's Pizza Don Pablo's Donatos Pizza Dutch Pantry Family Restaurants East of Chicago Pizza EatZi's Eat 'n Park Ed Debevic's El Guapo El Chico El Pollo Loco Elephant Bar

Famous Dave's Farmer Boy's Fatburger FATZ Fazoli's Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar Freebirds World Burrito Fresh Choice Friendly's Fuddruckers Godfather's Pizza Golden Corral Green Burrito Ground Round Hard Rock Cafe Hardee's Hobee's Restaurant Hooters Houlihan's Howard Johnson's Huddle House HuHot Mongolian Grill Hungry Howie's Pizza IHOP In-N-Out Burger Jack In The Box Jack's Hamburgers Jamba Juice Jason's Deli Jerry's Subs & Pizza Jersey Mike's Jimmy John's Jim's Restaurants Joe's Crab Shack Johnny Rockets Juice Stop KFC Krystal L&L Hawaiian Barbecue Landry's Restaurants Ledo Pizza Lee Roy Selmon's Little Caesars Pizza Logan's Roadhouse Lone Star Steakhouse Longhorn Steakhouse Long John Silver's Luby's Lyon's Maggiano's Little Italy Marie Callender's Max & Erma's McAlister's Deli McDonald's The Melting Pot Miller's Ale House Milo's Hamburgers Mitchell's Fish Market/Columbus Fish Market Moe's Southwest Grill Montana Mike's Mr. Hero Naugles Ninety-Nine Restaurant and Pub Noodles & Company O'Charley's Old Country Buffet Olive Garden Ono Hawaiian BBQ On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina Outback Steakhouse The Old Spaghetti Factory The Original Italian Pie The Original Pancake House Panera Bread Panda Express Papa Gino's Papa John's Papa Murphy's Take 'N' Bake pizza

Pei Wei Asian Diner Penn Station (restaurant) Perkins Restaurant and Bakery P. F. Chang's China Bistro Pizza Hut Pizza Inn Pizza Ranch Planet Hollywood Ponderosa/Bonanza Steakhouse Popeye's Portillo's Port of Subs Potbelly Sandwich Works Qdoba Mexican Grill Quaker Steak and Lube Quiznos Sub RA Sushi Rainforest Cafe Rally's Rax Restaurant Red Lobster Red Robin Redstone American Grill Robeks Rock Bottom Romano's Macaroni Grill Round Table Pizza Roy Rogers Family Restaurants Roy's Ruby Tuesday Ruth's Chris Steakhouse Runza Saladworks Schlotzsky's Seattle's Best Coffee Shane's Rib Shack Shoney's Sizzler Skyline Chili Smokey Bones Sneaky Pete's Sonic Drive-In Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes Spangles (restaurant) Starbucks Steak 'n Ale Steak 'n Shake Sticky Fingers Stir Crazy Sub Station II Subway Sweet Tomatoes Swensen's Swensons TGI Friday's Taco Bell Taco Bueno Taco Cabana Taco Johns Texas Roadhouse Tony Roma's Trader Vic's Uno Chicago Grill Valentino's Village Inn Waffle House Wendy's Whataburger Which Wich? White Castle Wienerschnitzel Wings To Go York Steak House Zaxby's

[edit] Fast-food

See: List of fast food restaurants in United States

[edit] Fast-casual

Atlanta Bread Company Au Bon Pain Back Yard Burgers Baja Fresh Boston Market Bruegger's Buffalo Wild Wings California Tortilla Charley's Grilled Subs Chicken Out Rotisserie Chipotle Mexican Grill CiCi's Pizza Cold Stone Creamery Corner Bakery Cafe Cosi Culver's Damon's Grill Daphne's Greek Cafe Dickey's Barbecue Pit

Donatos Pizza Fazoli's Firehouse Subs Five Guys Burgers & Fries Freebirds Fuddruckers Jason's Deli Jimmy John's Jerry's Subs & Pizza McAlister's Deli Moe's Southwest Grill Noodles & Company Panda Express Panera Bread Pei Wei Asian Diner Penn Station Pick Up Stix Pollo Campero

Portillo's Potbelly Sandwich Works Qdoba Mexican Grill Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill Rumbi Island Grill Skyline Chili Schlotzsky's Spicy Pickle Stewart's Drive-In Taco John's Tijuana Flats Tim Hortons Vapiano Which Wich Wings To Go Wingstop Zankou Chicken Zaxby's Zoës Kitchen Rax Roast Beef

[edit] Casual dining

Main article: List of casual dining restaurant chains

Restaurant	Type	Locale	Locations	Notes
Applebee's	Bar & Grill	17 countries	2,000	Owned by DineEquity[1]
Bahama Breeze	Seafood		32	Affiliated with Red Lobster, Owned by Darden Restaurants
Baker's Square	Family	Great Lakes, California	151
Benihana	Japanese		80	80 teppanyaki locations, also owns Haru Sushi, RA Sushi Bar and Doraku Restaurant
Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern	Irish Bar & Grill		~800	Metromedia Restaurant Group
Bertucci's	Italian	U.S. (predominantly Northeast)	92	Jacobsen Partners
Black Angus Steakhouse	Steakhouse	Western U.S.	88	Also known as Stuart Anderson's
Bob Evans Restaurants	Family	Midwest, Mid-Atlantic states, Florida	600	Also operates Owens Restaurants in Texas; parent company sells sausage in supermarkets
Bubba Gump Shrimp Company	Seafood		~25
Buca di Beppo	Italian		105
California Pizza Kitchen	Pizza		170
Carrabba's Italian Grill	Italian	27 U.S. states	>200	Owned by OSI Restaurant Partners
Carrows	Family	Western U.S.	>100	Owned by Japanese company Zensho Co., Ltd.
Cheddar's Restaurant	Family	Predominantly Texas & Illinois; various locations Mid-West (Oklahoma, Missouri)	~20
Cheesecake Factory			123
Carlos'n Charlie's	Mexican	Mexico & Caribbean	11	Grupo Anderson’s
Chevys Fresh Mex	Mexican	U.S. (nationwide)	123	Was owned by PFS (Pepsi)
Chili's	Bar & Grill	Global	1,168+	Owned by Brinker Intl.
Claim Jumper	Steakhouse
Coco's Bakery	Family	Western U.S.	~115	Owned by Japanese company Zensho Co., Ltd.
Cracker Barrel	Family, Old Time ambiance	Nationwide except west coast	~566
Earls	Bar & Grill	U.S./Canada	52
El Rodeo	Mexican	South-Central Pennsylvania	8
El Torito	Mexican
Famous Dave's	Barbecue
FATZ	American family dining	South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia	47	Serving popular American fare with a Southern influence.
Hackney's	Irish	Chicago area	6
Happy Chef	Family	Midwestern United States	14	Sal Frederick, founder
Hard Rock Cafe	Bar & Grill	England, Global	140	Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, Founders
Hops Restaurant and Bar	Bar & Grill	U.S.	72
Houlihan's	Bar & Grill	U.S.		Houston's
Howard Johnson's	Family	Northeastern U.S.; formerly nationwide	3	One of the first restaurant chains. At one time had over 1,000 locations across the U.S.
Hurricane Grill & Wings	Family	Florida, Georgia, Ohio with future locations in California, Illinois, Michigan, Texas, and New York
Joe's Crab Shack	Seafood
Jim's Restaurants	Family	Texas	20	Owned by Frontier Enterprises, which also owns Magic Time Machine restaurants
Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville
La Madeleine	French	Southern United States and Washington, DC	60	Country French ambiance
Logan's Roadhouse	Steakhouse		135
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon	Steakhouse
Marie Callender's Restaurant & Bakery	Family	West/Southwest U.S.	160	Home cooking ambiance
Mimi's Cafe	French Café, New Orleans, and American	United States	144	Owned by Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
O'Charley's	Bar & Grill	South/Midwest U.S.	270
The Old Spaghetti Factory	Italian		37
Olive Garden	Italian	U.S./Canada	556	Owned by Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, etc.)
On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina	Mexican
Outback Steakhouse	Steakhouse	Global	900	Australian ambiance
Parnello's Pizza	Pizzeria	Columbus, Georgia	2	Old school pizza joint ambiance
Perkins Restaurant and Bakery	Family	U.S./Canada	500
P.F. Chang's China Bistro	Chinese		141	Also owns Pei Wei Asian Diner
Pei Wei Asian Diner	Asian			Affiliated with P.F. Chang's
Piccadilly Pub	Bar & Grill	Massachusetts	14
Pick Up Stix Fresh Asian Kitchen	Chinese	Western U.S. (predominantly California)		Owned by Carlson Restaurants, which also owns T.G.I. Friday's, Friday's Sports Grill and Friday's American Bar.
Pizza Joint	Pizzeria	Augusta, Georgia	3
PJ Harrigan's	Casual Irish Bar and Grill	State College, Pennsylvania	1	Menu ranges from filet mignon to cheeseburgers. However, most famous for burgers.
PoFolks	Family		14	Southern ambiance
Ponderosa Steakhouse	Steakhouse		700	Also known as Bonanza in some states
Quaker Steak & Lube	Chicken wings	Eastern U.S.	27	Vehicle garage theme
Rainforest Cafe	Family Theme			Jungle ambiance, Landry's Restaurants
Red Lobster	Seafood	U.S./Canada	670	Darden Restaurants
Red Robin	Burgers	U.S./Canada	290
Rockfish Seafood Grill	Seafood		19	Brinker International
Romano's Macaroni Grill	Italian	Global	235	Brinker International (Chili's, On the Border, etc.)
Ruby Tuesday	Bar & Grill		880
Santa Fe Cattle Company	Family	Southern USA	32
Señor Frog’s	Mexican Bar	Mexico, Caribbean, South America, U.S.	12	Grupo Anderson's
Shoney's	Family	Southeast, lower Midwest	318	Once affiliated with Big Boy Restaurants; dropped in 1980s so company could expand beyond territorial restrictions
Sizzler	Steak & Seafood		270
Smokey Bones Barbeque and Grill	BBQ & Grill	Eastern and Central United States	126
Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q	BBQ	Southern USA	138
Strings Italian Cafe	Italian	Northern California
Texas Roadhouse	Steakhouse		~235
T.G.I. Friday's	Bar & Grill	United States, United Kingdom, and 54 other countries	782	Also includes Friday's Sports Grill and Friday's American Bar. Owned by Carlson Restaurants, owns Pick Up Sticks Fresh Asian Kitchen.
Tony Roma's	BBQ	Global	260	Ribs
Tumbleweed Southwest Grill	Mexican	Midwest
Uno Chicago Grill	Bar & Grill		200	Formerly known as Pizzeria Uno
Village Inn	Family		222

[edit] References

1. ^ "Form 10-Q". DineEquity, Inc. 3 November 2010. pp. 21–23. http://investors.dineequity.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=104384&p=IROL-secToc&TOC=aHR0cDovL2lyLmludC53ZXN0bGF3YnVzaW5lc3MuY29tL2RvY3VtZW50L3YxLzAwMDExMDQ2NTktMTAtMDU1MzU2L3RvYy9wYWdl&ListAll=1. Retrieved 30 January 2011. 

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