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

Contents 1 Nationwide/Regional 2 Fast-food 3 Fast-casual 4 Casual Dining

[edit] Nationwide/Regional

A&W Applebee's Arby's Arizona Pizza Company Atlanta Bread Company Bahama Breeze Baja Fresh Bakers Square Barnhill's Buffet Beef 'O Brady's Benihana Bennigan's Big Boy Bill Knapp's Restaurant Black Angus Steakhouse Black Bear Diner Black-eyed Pea Blimpie Bluepoint Fish Club Bob Evans Bojangles' Bonefish Grill Border Cafe Boston Market Bravo Burgers Bravo Cucina Italiana Brio Tuscan Grille British Beer Company Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Buca di Beppo Buffalo Wild Wings Bugaboo Creek Steak House Buona Burger King Burger Street Burgerville, USA California Chicken Grill Cafe Dodici California Pizza Kitchen California Tortilla Camille's Sidewalk Cafe Carino’s Italian Grill Carlos O'Kelly's Mexican Cafe Carl's Jr. Carrabba's Italian Grill Carrows Cattlemen Charlie Brown's Chart House Checkers Cheeburger Cheeburger Cheers Cheeseburger in Paradise Cheesecake Factory Chevy's Fresh Mex Restaurants Chi-Chi's Chicken Express Chick-Fil-A Chili's Chipotle Mexican Grill Chuck E. Cheese's Church's Cici's Pizza Cinnabon Claim Jumper Coco's Bakery Copeland's Country Buffet Country Kitchen Cozymel's Mexican Grill Cracker Barrel Culver's Dairy Queen Damon's Grill Danver's Dave & Buster's Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House Denny's Doc Chey's Domino's Pizza Don Pablo's Donatos Pizza EatZi's Eat 'n Park Ed Debevic's El Chico Elephant Bar Erik's Delicafe Famous Dave's

Fatburger Fatz Cafe Fazoli's Fire Mountain Firkin and Kegler Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries Five Star Pizza Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar Florentine Restaurant and Pasta Market Freebirds World Burrito Fresh Choice Fresh City Friendly's Fuddruckers Giordano's Glory Days Grill Godfather's Pizza Golden Corral Granite City Food & Brewery Green Burrito Ground Pat'i Ground Round Hard Rock Cafe Hardee's Hobee's Restaurant HomeTown Buffet Hooters Houlihan's Howard Johnson's Huddle House Hungry Hunter IHOP (formerly known as International House of Pancakes) In-N-Out Burger Jack In The Box Jamba Juice Jason's Deli J. Alexander's JB's Family Restaurants Jerry's Subs & Pizza Jersey Mike's Jim's Restaurants Jm-ba-lyle's Jambalaya Joe's Crab Shack Johnny Rockets Jose Tejas J.R.'s Family Bar-B-Q KFC Kildaire's la rosa's pizza La Tolteca Lalo's Mexican Restaurant Landry's Restaurants Le Peep Restaurants Ledo Pizza Lee Roy Selmon's Little Ceasers Pizza Logan's Roadhouse Lone Star Steakhouse Longhorn Steakhouse Long John Silver's Luby's Lyon's Maggiano's Little Italy Marie's The Marble Slab Max & Erma's McAlister's Deli McDonald's The Melting Pot Mitchell's Fish Market/Columbus Fish Market Moe's Southwest Grill Miyake New Orleans Pizza and Submarines Ninety-Nine Restaurant and Pub Noodles & Company O'Charley's Old Chicago Pasta & Pizza Old Country Buffet The Old Spaghetti Factory Olive Garden On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina The Original Italian Pie The Original Pancake House Panera Bread Panda Express Papa Gino's Papa John's Pat's Pizzeria Paul Lee’s Chinese Kitchen Pei Wei Asian Diner Peppers Pizzeria Perkins Restaurant and Bakery Perko's Cafe P. F. Chang's China Bistro

Pizza Hut Pizza Inn Pizza Ranch Planet Burrito Ponderosa/Bonanza Steakhouse Popeye's Portillo's Port of Subs Potbelly Sandwich Works Pudge Brothers Pizza Qdoba Mexican Grill Quaker Steak and Lube Quiznos Sub RA Sushi Rainforest Cafe Rally's Rax Restaurant Red Fish Grill Red Lobster Red Robin Red Star Tavern RJ Gators (Based in Florida) Robeks Rock Bottom Rockfish Seafood Grill Roly Poly Sandwiches Roma Pizza Romano's Macaroni Grill Round Table Pizza Roy's Restaurants Roy Rogers Family Restaurants Ruby Tuesday Ruby's Diner Ruth's Chris Steakhouse Runza Ryan's Schlotzsky's Shane's Rib Shack Shoney's Sizzler Slack's Hoagie Shack Sloppy Jo's Lunchroom Smokey Bones Sonic Drive-In Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes Starbucks Steak 'n Ale Steak 'n Egg Kitchen Steak 'n Shake Steak-Out Sticky Fingers Stir Crazy Sub Station II Subway Sullvan's Steakhouse Sushi Boy Sweet Tomatoes Swensen's TGI Friday's Taco Bell Taco Bueno Taco Cabana Taco Johns Taco Mac Texas Roadhouse Timber Lodge Steakhouse Todai Japanese Sushi & Seafood Buffet Tony Roma's Trader Vic's Tumbleweed Mesquite Grill Tung Kee Noodle House Uno Chicago Grill Valentino's Village Inn Waffle House Wendy's Whataburger Which Wich? White Castle Wild Wing Cafe Wild Noodles Yard House York Steak House Z' Tejas Southwestern Grill Zaxby's Zeboes

[edit] Fast-food

A&W Restaurants Amigos/Kings Classic Alberto's Andy's Frozen Custard Arby's Arctic Circle Restaurants Are U Hungry? Arthur Treacher's Au Bon Pain Back Yard Burgers Baja Fresh Baker's Drive-Thru Baskin Robbins Beef-A-Roo Big Apple Bagels Bill Thomas' Halo Burger Biscuitville Blake's Lotaburger Blimpie Bob's Burgers Bojangles' Boston Market Burger King Braum's Brown's Chicken & Pasta Bruster's Ice Cream Burger House Burger Street Cafe Rio Captain D's Carl's Jr. Carolina Fine Foods Charley's Grilled Subs Checkers (also called Rally's Drive-In) Cheeburger Cheeburger Chick-fil-A Chicken Express Chicken Shack Chipotle Mexican Grill Chubby's Diner Church's Chicken Cici's Pizza Cluck-U Chicken Cookout Cosi Country Waffles Crown Burgers Crown Fried Chicken Culver's The Daily Bagel Dairy Queen Danver's Del Rancho Del Taco Denny's Dick's Drive-In Dog n Suds Domino's Pizza Donatos Pizza Duchess Restaurants Dunkin' Donuts Einstein Bros. Bagels El Pollo Loco Erbert & Gerbert's Erik's Deli Cafe Fatburger Fazoli's Filiberto's Firehouse Subs Five Guys Fosters Freeze Godfather's Pizza Gold Star Chili Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard Grandy's Gray's Papaya The Great American Bagel The Great Steak & Potato Green Burrito Griff's Hamburgers

Happy Daz Happy Joe's Hardee's Henrys Hamburgers Hogi Yogi Home Run Inn Pizza Honey Dew Donuts Hot Dog on a Stick Hot 'n Now Hungry Howie's In-N-Out Burger Inta Juice Ivar's Jack in the Box Jamba Juice James Coney Island Jerry's Subs & Pizza Jimboys Tacos Jimmy John's Jimmy John's Pipin' Hot Sandwiches Jim's Burger Haven Johnny Rockets Johnny's Pizza House Juice It Up Juice Stop K&W Cafeteria Kansas Fried Chicken Kennedy Fried Chicken Kenny Rogers Roasters Kewpee KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) Kopp's Frozen Custard Krispy Kreme Krystal L&L Hawaiian Barbecue La Salsa LaMar's Donuts Larry's Giant Subs Lenny's Sub Shop Little Caesar's Long John Silver's Lyon's Maid-Rite Manchu Wok McDonald's Meadows Frozen Custard Me N Eds Pizza Mighty Taco Milio's Sandwiches Milo's Hamburgers Moby Dick's House of Kabob Moe's Southwest Grill Mr. Chicken Mr. Goodcents Subs & Pasta Mrs. Winners Chicken Nathan's Famous Nedicks Noah's Bagels Nu Way Cafe Old School Burgers Ollie's Trolley Orange Julius The Original Hamburger Stand with Der Wienerschnitzel and Tastee-Freez The Original Taco House Original Tommy's Pablo's Pizza Parlor Pal's Sudden Service Panda Express Papa Gino's Papa John's Papa Murphy's Peter Piper Pizza Petro's Philly Connection Pick Up Stix Pioneer Chicken Pizza Hut Pizza Ranch

Pollo Tropical Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits Port of Subs Portillo's Potbelly Sandwich Works Qdoba Mexican Grill Quiznos Sub Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers Rally's Ranch One Rax Restaurants Red Burrito Round Table Pizza Roy Rogers Family Restaurants Rubio's Ruby's Rudy's Barbecue Runza Samurai Sam's Teriyaki Grill Sbarro Schlotzsky's Shakey's Pizza Shane's Rib Shack Skipper's Skyline Chili Simple Simon's Pizza Sonic Drive-In Spicy Pickle Sparkies Starbucks Steak n Shake Steak N' Ale Steak N' Egg Kitchen Stewart's Drive-In Submarina Subway Superman's Fried Chicken Palace Surf City Squeeze Swensons Taco Bell Taco Bueno Taco Cabana Taco Casa Taco del Mar Taco John's Taco Mayo Taco Tico Taco Time Taco Via Tastee-Freez Tasty Tacos Taxi's Teriyaki Boy Texas Burger Tokyo Joes Teriyaki Stix The Hat Togo's Eateries Tudor's Biscuit World Twin Donut Una Mas! Waffle House Waffle Shop Wendy's Wetzel's Pretzels Whataburger White Castle Wienerschnitzel Winchell's Donuts WingStreet Winsteads Woody's Chicago Style Yello Sub Yogen Fruz Yum-Yum Donuts Zaxby's Zippy's

[edit] Fast-casual

Artuzzi's Aruba juice Asian Too Pan-Asian Eatery Atlanta Bread Company Au Bon Pain Back Yard Burgers Baja Fresh Bajio Grill Boston Market Bruegger's Buffalo Wild Wings Buona California Tortilla Charley's Grilled Subs Chicken Out Rotisserie Chipotle Mexican Grill CiCi's Pizza Cold Stone Creamery Corner Bakery Cafe Cosi Crossa Culver's Damon's Grill Daphne's Greek Cafe Dickey's Barbecue Pit Donatos Pizza Fazoli's Firehouse Subs

Five Guys Burgers & Fries Freebirds Fresh City Fuddruckers Jason's Deli Jimmy John's Jerry's Subs and Pizza KnowFat! Lifestyle Grille La Salsa The Loop Pizza Grill Mama Fu's Asian House Mark Pi's Asian Fast Food McAlister's Deli Moe's Southwest Grill Noodles & Company Panda Express Panera Bread Paradise Bakery 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 Salsarita's Sauce Schlotzsky's Spicy Pickle Stewart's Drive-In Tahitian Noni Cafe Taco John's Taxi's Tijuana Flats Tim Hortons Tin Star UFood Grill Vapiano W.g. Grinders Wingstop Wolfgang Puck Express ZPizza Zankou Chicken Zaxby's

[edit] Casual Dining

Restaurant	Type	Locale	Locations	Notes
American Cafe	Bar & Grill
Applebees	Bar & Grill	Global	1,800
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	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
Carrows	Family	Western U.S.	>100	Owned by Catalina Restaurant Group, Inc.
Champps Americana	American Bar & Grill	United States	61	Traded on NASDAQ under CMPP
Charlie Brown's Steakhouse	Steakhouse	Northeast (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York)	56	The largest steakhouse chain in New Jersey, with additional locations in New York and Pennsylvania. Considerably more upscale than most steakhouses in the Northeast area. Also owns The Office and Jolly Trolley.
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 Catalina Restaurant Group, Inc.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	Family, Old Time ambiance	Nationwide except west coast	~566
Earls	Bar & Grill	U.S./Canada	52
El Torito	Mexican
Famous Dave's	Barbecue
Fatz Cafe		South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee	36
Fratelli La Bufala	Italian
Ground Pat'i Grille and Bar		Louisiana	10
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.
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.
Jerry's J-Boy Restaurants	Family	Kentucky, Indiana	15	Was much larger, but sold most locations to Denny's in 1980s; was also parent company of Long John Silver's
Jocks & Jills	Family	U.S.	>Multiple	Owned by Jocks & Jills Restaurants, LLC.
Joe's Crab Shack	Seafood
Jim's Restaurants	Family	Texas	20	Owned by Frontier Enterprises, which also owns Magic Time Machine restaurants
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 Cafe		101	Owned by Bob Evans Farms
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, GA	2	Old school pizzajoint 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, GA	3
PJ Harrigan's	Casual Irish Bar and Grill	State College, PA	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	Steakhouse	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
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
Strings Italian Cafe	Italian	Northern California
Texas Roadhouse	Steakhouse		~235
Tin Spirits	New American - Southern fusion	Grapevine, Texas	1	Founded , Owned & Operated by Jeremy J. J. Allen & Debra K. Allen (Mother & Son) Dining, Spirits, & Entertainment : Live Music
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
Wild Wing Cafe	Bar & Grill	Multiple locations in SC, NC, GA, VA, TX Also Knoxville, TN and Tampa, FL	~30	Wings and unique variations of grilled and wrap items. The 33 wing marinades can be added/substituted on almost every menu item.
Uno Chicago Grill	Bar & Grill		200	Formerly known as Pizzeria Uno
Village Inn	Family		222
Zach's	Bar & Grill	Altoona, PA	1
Z'Tejas Southwestern Grill	Southwest	TX, AZ, CA, NV, UT,	10