Best regional restaurant chains

[Cosmo]

I do know my breakfast sandwiches. I also enjoy the everything bagel with a deli egg from Bodo's in Charlottesville. They have three locations in town, so I don't know if that qualifies as a regional chain, but I don't get why they don't open up stores in Richmond, Blacksburg, Harrisonburg, etc. I'm sure they'd be a hit.

Any time I head to the western part of the state for work, I make a Bodo's stop for breakfast. It's awesome. Fast service. Great sandwich.

I was partial to Macados in college as a regional chain, but it depends on the location. Blacksburg and Lexington fine. Lynchburg's is white trash central.

 

[Chef2]

Taco Tico > Taco John's
Potato Ole's > everything else
Those little fried potato bastards are like crack.

 

[daytonadan1983]

Cook Out - Fresh Burgers, BBQ, Hot Dogs, and Shakes

Mainly in the SEC and southern ACC

And the prices are amazing

 

[Oggiedoggie]

Gates and Sons Bar-B-Q has six restaurants spanning two states.

(But they're all in the Kansas City area, so it probably doesn't qualify as regional.)

 

[SportsHack1818]

Gates is also about the worst BBQ that Kansas City has to offer.

 

[Cape_Fear]

How this is the first mention of In-N-Out is beyond me. But In-N-Out.

 

[expendable]

Any time I head to the western part of the state for work, I make a Bodo's stop for breakfast. It's awesome. Fast service. Great sandwich.

I was partial to Macados in college as a regional chain, but it depends on the location. Blacksburg and Lexington fine. Lynchburg's is white trash central.

I'm thinking Macados has to be in a dedicated college town. Lynchburg has colleges, but it's not a college town.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

I've been to Macados in Blacksburg and Salem, both were pretty good. For some reason I've never been to the ones that are actually closest to me.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

I love Macados.
In college, the one in Bluefield was a Monday night tradition.
I crave Bobaggers and Brooklyn Bridges. The nachos grande was primo.

Family ate at the one in Beckley over Labor Day Weekend.

Great food. shirt service.

 

[Riptide]

When in Missouri, go here. And stay the heck away from Imo's Pizza.

 

[Vombatus]

This chain has 69 locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Who named that joint?* Park first, then eat!



* OK, mystery solved here: Eat'n Park Restaurant
The chain also used to have a Big Boy affiliation.

Well, the reverse order could encourage teenage drivers to do bad things.

 

[Vombatus]

The Union Deposit original was where I met my wife.

Yeah, it burned down. That entire area exploded with strip malls anyway.

There are four Your Places now: Harrisburg, Mechanicsburg (Carlisle Pike), Hershey, Lancaster.

They offer lunch buffet M-F and dinner buffet on Wednesday nights, all the boli, pizza and extras you can eat for $10.95. If I go for lunch, I touch only one thing.

Did you marry a waitress? If so, that explains something...