John Cletheroe's
USA and Canada Holiday Hints


External Links - US and Canadian Restaurant Chain Web Sites

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As far as I know these restaurant chains operate across the whole of the USA except where noted but some chains do not operate in Canada.

Suggestions for additional entries are very welcome but only for well-known regional and national chains please. Please email me using the link at the bottom of this page.

Help please - restaurant chain web site URL's needed

4B's

This chain operates in Montana, and I'm told that it also has one location in New Mexico, in Grants. Verified Mar-02.

A And W - Canada

Fast food; locations throughout southern Canada. Famous for their rootbeer. This site demands a username and password for access and cannot be viewed by the general public. Verified Mar-02.

A And W - Canada - Franchising Information

This site offers information for potential A And W franchisers. There is also a limited amount of information on the history of the chain and its current products. Verified Mar-02.

A And W - USA

Fast food; locations throughout the USA. Verified Mar-02.

A And W - USA

Fast food; locations throughout the USA. Different content to the other sites. Verified Mar-02.

A And W - USA

This site belongs to Yorkshire Global Restaurants, who own A And W in the USA, and Long John Silver's. It was under development when I visited it in Mar-02. Verified Mar-02.

Applebee's

This chain has 1200 restaurants in 49 US states. Verified Mar-02.

Arby's

Fast food, especially roast beef sandwiches. Locations throughout the USA and Canada. A particularly excellent feature of this web site is the very complete list of the make-up of each product on the menu and ingredients page. Verified May-03.

Arctic Circle

Fast food. Locations in Montana and maybe some other states. Verified Mar-02.

Arthur Treacher's Fish And Chips

Verified Mar-02.

Baker's Square

Associated with the Village Inn chain. Verified Mar-02.

Baskin Robbins

Ice cream. Verified Mar-02.

Bennigan's

Verified Mar-02.

Blake's LotaBurger

Fast food. This hamburger and chicken chain has 75 locations across New Mexico. Verified Mar-02.

Blimpie

Fast food. Submarine sandwiches. Includes a store location guide (use the official two letter state abbreviations when searching). Verified Mar-02.

Bob Evans

Verified Mar-02.

Bojangles

Fast food (or semi-cafeteria?). Chicken and biscuits. Locations in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New York State, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Verified Mar-02.

Bonanza Steak Houses

This site covers both the Bonanza and the Ponderosa chains, and includes a location list. Verified Mar-02.

Boston Market

Verified Mar-02.

Boston Pizza

Verified Mar-02.

Burger King

Fast food; locations throughout the USA and southern Canada. Breakfasts, hamburgers, etc. Includes a store location guide (use the official two letter state abbreviations when searching). Verified Mar-02.

Captain D's

Seafood etc. Southern and southwestern states only. This site includes a location guide and details of current promotions. Verified Mar-02.

Carl's Jr

Fast food; locations throughout the western USA. Hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, breakfasts. Includes a store location guide (use the official two letter state abbreviations when searching). Verified Feb-04.

Carrow's

Verified Mar-02.

Checkers and Rally's

Two very closely related and very similar fast food chains, offering burgers, chicken, hot dogs, fries, soft drinks and milkshakes. Locations have drive-thru's (in many cases with dual lanes) and walk-up windows, but no seating. Verified Aug-03.

Chester Fried Chicken

"Chicken To Go!". Verified Jun-02.

Chili's Bar And Grill

Verified Mar-02.

Chuck E Cheese

I think this chain specialises in pizzas. Verified Mar-02.

Church's Chicken

Fast food. Fried chicken. Verified Mar-02.

Cinnabon Bakeries

A chain of bakery/cafes, featuring various varieties of cinnamon rolls and coffee. Most locations appear to be in shopping malls. Verified Apr-03.

CKE Restaurants

The parent company of the Carl's Jr, Hardee's and La Salsa fast food restaurant chains. Includes links to the web sites of each chain. Verified Feb-04.

Country Kitchen

Includes details of menu items and locations. Verified May-03.

Cracker Barrel

Verified Mar-02.

Dairy Queen

Fast food; locations throughout the USA and southern Canada. Hamburgers, chicken, ice cream desserts and breakfasts at some Canadian locations. This site includes a location guide and menu details. Verified Mar-02.

Del Taco

Fast food. Mexican food. Locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. Although this site offers a store location guide it seems that it is only possible to search by ZIP code. Verified Mar-02.

Denny's

Somewhat similar in concept to Britain's "Little Chef" chain. Locations throughout the USA. Verified Mar-02.

Domino's Pizza

Verified Mar-02.

Dunkin Donuts

Verified Mar-02.

El Pollo Loco

Fast food. Verified Mar-03.

Fast Food Source

This site has reviews of many fast food chains, indexed by city. In most cases there is a very useful list of menu items and prices, although for some chains this link goes to the chain's own web site instead. Verified Apr-02.

Fatburger

This regional fast food hamburger chain has most of its locations in southern California, with a small number in Arizona, southern Nevada and western Washington State. Verified Mar-02.

Friendly's

Verified Mar-02.

Furr's Family Cafeterias

This chain has locations in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Their web site includes a list of locations in each state. Verified Mar-02.

Godfather's Pizza

Verified Mar-02.

Golden Corral

Family steakhouse chain. Includes location guide. Verified Mar-02.

Happy Chef

This regional chain has locations in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Verified Mar-02.

Hardee's or Hardee's

Fast food. Locations in the eastern USA and the mid-west. Breakfasts, hamburgers, fried chicken, roast beef sandwiches, salads. Both URL's lead to the same content. Includes a restaurant location guide. Both URL's verified Feb-04.

Harvey's

Fast food. Operates only in Canada. Verified Mar-02.

HomeTown Buffet

Buffet-style restaurant chain, very similar to King's Table and Royal Fork. This site includes their daily menu but as yet no list of locations. Verified Mar-02.

Huddle House

Verified Mar-02.

IHOP (International House Of Pancakes)

Locations throughout the USA but in larger towns only. Verified Mar-02.

In-N-Out Burgers

Fast food. Includes full directions to each of this excellent fast food chain's locations, most of which are in central and southern California. Verified Feb-04.

Jack In The Box

Fast food. According to a story in USA Today on 16-Sep-04, this chain has about 2000 locations. Verified Mar-02.

Jersey Mike's Subs

This submarine sandwich restaurant chain has locations in Georgia, Indiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia. Verified Dec-02.

Joey's Only Seafood Restaurants or Joey's Only Seafood Restaurants

This relatively small chain has locations in California, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan. The two URL's lead to different content but presumably refer to the same chain. Verified Oct-02.

Karmelkorn

A chain of takeaway kiosks found in shopping malls. The pervasive aroma always reveals their location in the mall. Verified Mar-02.

Kenny Rogers Roasters

Verified Mar-02.

KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)

Fast food; locations throughout the USA and southern Canada. Verified Mar-02.

Krystal

This fast food chain operates in southeastern states only, offering breakfasts and hamburgers. Verified Mar-02.

La Salsa

This chain, owned by the same company as Carl's Jr and Hardee's, is described as a "Fresh Mexican Grill". It has locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Nevada, Ohio and Texas. Verified Feb-04.

Leeann Chin

This Chinese cuisine restaurant chain operates in Minnesota. Its locations vary in style - some are buffets, some are quick service restaurants and other are take-outs. Verified Jul-02.

Little Caesar's

Pizza. Verified Mar-02.

Lollicup

This Chinese cuisine quick service restaurant chain operates mainly in southern California but is currently expanding into large cities such as Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, New York City and Salt Lake City. They offer a variety of Chinese and Taiwanese cold beverages and light meals. The web sites has full details of their locations and products. Verified Jul-02.

Long John Silver's

Fast food. Locations in larger towns only. Fried fish, shrimps and chicken. Verified Mar-02.

Manchu Wok

Fast food. Chinese cuisine. Includes details of menu choices and locations, most of which are in the form of kiosks in shopping mall food courts. This chain operates in both the USA and Canada. Their web site seemed very slow when I visited it in June 2002. Verified Jun-02.

Marie Callender's

Verified Mar-02.

Mark Pi's Express

Chinese cuisine. This relatively small chain has locations in Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada and Ohio. Verified Oct-02.

McDonald's

Fast food; locations throughout the USA and southern Canada. Breakfasts, hamburgers. Includes a location guide (use the official two letter state abbreviations when searching). Verified Mar-02.

Mr Chau's Fast Food

A Chinese cuisine fast food chain in the San Francisco Bay/Silicon Valley area or California. Verified Aug-02.

Norm's Restaurants Of Southern California

A family restaurant chain. Verified Aug-02.

Olive Garden

Italian. Verified Mar-02.

Orange Julius

A chain of takeaway kiosks found in shopping malls, offering orange drinks and various snacks. Verified Mar-02.

Outback Steakhouse

Verified Feb-07.

Panda Express

Fast food. Chinese cuisine. Includes details of menu choices and locations, most of which are in the northeast, the mid-west and the west coast, and I think mainly in the form of kiosks in shopping mall food courts rather than separate buildings. This chain does not operate in Canada. Verified Jun-02.

Panera Bread

A bakery/cafe chain, offering bread, bagels, croissants, muffins, pastries, sandwiches, salads and soups. Verified Apr-03.

Perkins

Verified Mar-02.

Pho Hoa Noodle Soup

A chain of Vietnamese cuisine restaurants with locations throughout the USA and Canada. Verified Aug-02.

Pick Up Stix

A Chinese cuisine fast food restaurant chain with locations in southern California, Las Vegas (Nevada) and Arizona. Verified Aug-02.

Pizza Hut

Locations throughout the USA and southern Canada. Verified Mar-02.

Pizza Inn

Verified Mar-02.

Ponderosa Steak Houses

This site covers both the Bonanza and the Ponderosa chains, and includes a location list. Verified Mar-02.

Popeye's Chicken

Verified Mar-02.

Quizno's Subs

A submarine sandwich fast food chain with 1400 locations across the USA and southern Canada. Verified Mar-02.

Rally's

See the entry for Checkers on this page.

Rax

This fast food chain has locations in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Verified Mar-02.

Red Lobster

Seafood. Verified Mar-02.

Round Table Pizza

Verified Mar-02.

Roy Rogers

This fast food chain currently (April 2006) operates in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Their menu features roast beef sandwiches, fried chicken and grilled chicken sandwiches, and hamburgers. Verified Apr-06.

Ryan's Family Steakhouses

Includes a location guide with maps. Verified Apr-06.

Sbarro

An Italian cuisine fast food restaurant chain with 800 locations throughout the USA and some in Canada. Verified Aug-02.

Shoney's

Verified Mar-02.

Sirloin Stockade

Verified Mar-02.

Sizzler

Steak restaurant chain. Large graphics and sound files make this site a pain unless you have a high speed connection. Its gimmicky technical features are inoperative unless you have a very modern web browser. The site includes a restaurant locator facility but this did not work with my browser. An excellent example of how not to design a web site. Verified Mar-02.

Skipper's

Seafood. Verified Mar-02.

Smitty's

A Canadian chain. Verified Apr-06.

Sonic or Sonic

This drive-in fast food chain has locations extending the whole of the southern USA (from the southwest to the southeast), with most locations in Texas and adjacent states. The first site includes a location guide and menu; verified Mar-02. The second site had a list of menu items and prices; it was operative in Dec-00 but failed Mar-02.

Souplantation

This chain of salad buffet restaurants has ninety locations in various US states. Verified Sep-02.

Starbucks

A coffee bar chain. Verified Apr-03.

Steak n Shake

Verified Mar-02.

Subway

Fast food; locations throughout the USA and southern Canada, including in many very small towns which don't have any other fast food. Submarine sandwiches. Includes a location guide (use the official two letter state abbreviations when searching). Verified Feb-04.

Taco Bell

Fast food; locations throughout the USA and southern Canada. Mexican food such as tacos, burritos and nachos. Includes a location guide (use the official two letter state abbreviations when searching). Verified Feb-04.

Taco Del Mar

Mexican food. This chain started in 1992 and currently (Mar-03) has about 55 locations, mostly in Washington State and Oregon. They plan to open a further 25 stores during 2003 and intend to expand into most western states. The prices listed on their web site seem rather high for fast food, so perhaps they are waitress service or some other factor applies. Verified Mar-03.

Taco Time

Fast food. Mexican food. Verified Mar-02.

Tastee Freez (fast food chain)

Fast food. This web site fails in Netscape Navigator V4.6 but is ok in Internet Explorer V4.01. Verified Mar-02.

Tasty Goody

Fast food; Chinese cuisine. This chain has eight locations in southern California, mainly in the area between Los Angeles and Riverside. Unlike some of the other Chinese fast food chains, this one appears to operate restaurants rather than kiosks and some of their menu items are cooked to order. Their web site includes details of menu offerings and location addresses. Verified Jun-02.

TCBY (The Country's Best Yogurt)

Verified Mar-02.

TESG's Guide To Big Chain Road Food Consumption

Reviews of many of restaurant chains found in the USA, including fast food (or QSR - Quick Service Restaurants), family steakhouses and waitress service chains. Verified Mar-02.

TGI Fridays

Verified Jan-06.

Tim Horton's

Cakes and cookies. Most locations are in Canada. Some joint locations with Wendy's Hamburgers. Verified Mar-02.

TK Noodle or TK Noodle

A Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine restaurant chain with twelve locations in the San Francisco Bay/Silicon Valley area of California. Verified Aug-02.

Togo's Speed Lunch

A submarine sandwich chain. The site has full details of menu items with prices, plus a location search facility and even an online ordering facility. However, I couldn't find any way of obtaining a list of locations, or which states the chain operates in. Verified Jun-03.

USA Steak Buffet

Family steakhouse chain. This chain has a limited number of locations in Iowa, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. This site was operative in Mar-00 but failed in Mar-02.

Village Inn Pancake House

Verified Mar-02.

Waffle House

Verified Mar-02.

Wazwan

"A chain of Indian fast food restaurants located in upscale malls and financial districts in metropolitan downtown areas." Verified Aug-02.

Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers

Fast food; locations throughout the USA and southern Canada. Some Canadian locations are shared with Tim Horton's. Hamburgers, salads. Includes a location guide with maps. Verified Feb-04.

Western Sizzlin'

Family steakhouse chain. Includes a location guide and menu. Verified Mar-02.

Whataburger

Fast food. Breakfasts, burgers, chicken and salads. Locations in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Verified Mar-02.

White Castle

The original fast food chain still operates in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York State, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Verified Mar-02.

Wienerschnitzel

Fast food. Hot dogs and hamburgers, but not it seems wienerschnitzels! Includes location guide and menu. Verified Mar-02.

Winchell's Donuts

Verified Apr-02.

Yoshinoya Restaurants

"Traditional Japanese cuisine served in an American fast food environment." Verified Aug-02.
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