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

Abuelo’s

Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que

Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que

Hooters

Hooters

family Dining

Cracker Barrel

Cracker Barrel

Bill Miller Bar-B-Q

Bill Miller Bar-B-Q

Village Inn

Village Inn

Fast Casual

The Old Spaghetti Factory

The Old Spaghetti Factory

Blaze Pizza

Blaze Pizza

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Fast Food

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

Arby’s

Arby’s

A&W All-American Food

A&W All-American Food

Fine Dining

Fleming’s Steakhouse

Fleming’s Steakhouse

Ruth’s Chris

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.

Chili’s

Chili’s

Larry Lavine loved burger joints growing up and always dreamed of having one, but it was a chili cook-off that really grabbed his attention. He took creativity in opening the very first location in a…

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Village Inn

Village Inn

The story of how, when, or where Village Inn began remained a mystery in my research for a long time until I discovered one article which answered almost all the questions about their beginning. The…

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White Castle

White Castle

  Walter Anderson changed American culture.  In some ways single-handedly. He is the father of the fast food craze that continues to dominate so many of our mainstream storefronts in the United States. You may…

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Texas Roadhouse

Texas Roadhouse

Kent Taylor had a dream, and he moved to Colorado from Kentucky (by way of North Carolina) to chase it. Some people are passionate about golf, some shopping, Kent was passionate about the state of…

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Maggiano’s Little Italy

Maggiano’s Little Italy

Most restaurants have some form of reasoning behind their name if not named after the founder. Maggiano’s is a little unique in that it was named in memory of someone. It was that part of…

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Firehouse Subs

Firehouse Subs

They may have fought growing up as brothers will do, but as adults brothers Chris and Robin Sorensen were close. Brothers, firefighters, entrepreneurs and simply doing life together made them that way. After a few…

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