Restaurant Types
Restaurant types are based on the menu style, price, type of food as well as how the food is served. No matter what kinds of food the restaurant serves, the restaurant type normally fits into just a few categories. Although there are some additional ones out there (i.e. food trucks), this site focuses on the following:
Casual Dining
Abuelo’s
Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que
Hooters
family Dining
Cracker Barrel
Bill Miller Bar-B-Q
Village Inn
Fast Casual
The Old Spaghetti Factory
Blaze Pizza
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Fast Food
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Arby’s
A&W All-American Food
Fine Dining
Fleming’s Steakhouse
Ruth’s Chris
On this site, you can choose any restaurant by their type, food type, or by the night kids eat free. You can also search for any restaurant by their name on the right side of the page More restaurants are being added each day so check back soon if you don’t see one.
A&W All-American Food
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View PostLucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que
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View PostSchlotzsky’s
Schlotzsky’s was started by Don and Dolores Dissman in 1971. They should be credited with doing one thing very well. Not many restaurants could pull off a menu with one sandwich but they found a…
View PostAu Bon Pain
Part one of a three part trilogy. Au Bon Pain (we’ll tackle the pronunciation later) began in France, now resides in Germany with one American businessman in the center. The story begins in 1976 when…
View PostFreebirds World Burrito
“Born in California. Raised in Texas” is their slogan. Mark Orfalea originally designed the restaurant around the roasted chicken concept similar to El Pollo Loco and wanted to deliver food to the UC Santa Barbara students.…
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