Food Types

Restaurants can be broken down into not only multiple types of restaurants such as casual dining, fine dining etc, but also in the food types they prepare and serve. Although there are just a few different types of restaurants, there are endless foods they may focus on. This is true especially if you consider all the ethnic food choices out there. This site breaks all the food choices into 15 types :

American

TGI Fridays

TGI Fridays

Chili’s

Chili’s

Asian

Noodles & Company

Noodles & Company

Panda Express

Panda Express

Bakery

Au Bon Pain

Au Bon Pain

Barbecue

Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que

Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que

Bill Miller Bar-B-Q

Bill Miller Bar-B-Q

Chicken

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

Zaxby’s

Zaxby’s

Coffeehouses

Biggby Coffee

Biggby Coffee

Dunkin’ Donuts

Dunkin’ Donuts

Desserts (and more)

Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt

Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt

Bruster’s Ice Cream

Bruster’s Ice Cream

Family Style

Cracker Barrel

Cracker Barrel

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

Hamburgers

Raising Cane’s

Raising Cane’s

Shake Shack

Shake Shack

Italian and Pizza

The Old Spaghetti Factory

The Old Spaghetti Factory

Blaze Pizza

Blaze Pizza

mexican

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Abuelo’s

Abuelo’s

Sandwiches

Arby’s

Arby’s

Schlotzsky’s

Schlotzsky’s

Seafood

Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen

Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen

Captain D’s

Captain D’s

Steakhouse

Fleming’s Steakhouse

Fleming’s Steakhouse

Ruth’s Chris

Ruth’s Chris

Wings

Hooters

Hooters

Buffalo Wild Wings

Buffalo Wild Wings

 

There are of course so many more food types than that and hopefully, as our restaurant database grows so will our different food types. Keep checking back for any additional food groups you may be looking for.

Dickey’s BBQ

Dickey’s BBQ

Travis Dickey had two things going for him when he opened his first restaurant in 1941, the love for talking and the one to make barbecue. A big personality and the ability to smoke barbecue…

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Jason’s Deli

Jason’s Deli

Success was in the family of Joe (not Jason) Tortorice Jr. More than just success, but also two prior generations of successful restaurant owners. Both Joe’s dad and grandfather had owned restaurants themselves before Joe…

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Denny’s

Denny’s

What began as a simple little donut shop grew quickly for Harold Butler and Rich Jezak. The two men opened Danny’s Donuts in 1953 to focus on good coffee, good donuts, and a clean restaurant.…

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Applebee’s

Applebee’s

In 1980, Applebee’s was started in Decatur, Georgia by husband and wife Bill and T.J. Palmer. Their goal was to create a neighborhood restaurant or pub setting where people could come and get good food…

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Villa Italian Kitchen

Villa Italian Kitchen

There isn’t a story here to be found, not at least in my research. The founder, Michele “Michael” Scotto came from Italy with some Italian pizza recipes and opened a store in New York City…

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In-N-Out

In-N-Out

The husband and wife team of Harry and Esther began in a southern California with a stand not much bigger than that of a lemonade stand. Harry was an innovator though and brought to us…

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