He eats in chain restaurants

O B E S E
B
E
S
E

Pity
Such a waste

It's called casual dining in the US. Generally it's cheaper, faster and a more laid back family oriented atmosphere. It's the type of place you take your kids when don't feel like cooking, or you go to with friends when you're bored as shit, hungry and also want to throw back a couple beers. The lower classes and teens will go to these places on dates and stuff, but overall none of these places are thought by most Americans to be of high quality. They are places where you can get a decent amount of food for a low price in a social setting and most people can predict the menu items before even walking through the door. When we actually go out to dinner we will choose more refined establishments.

>This is mainly an American thing. Can anyone explain why?

First, because the U.S. is a nation of opportunity that didn't used to have a socialist hell-hole system of ridiculous taxation and regulation the way Europe does, so it's easier to start a business here.

Second, because the U.S. wasn't such a fucking nanny state, citizens could actually keep some of the money they earned to spend on luxury items and dining out, making food chains potentially profitable.

I suppose it depends on where you live but there are usually just as many if not more locally owned restaurants than chains. It's just that nobody needs to know or care about them except for the people who live in the area so nobody outside there ever hears about them.

it's cute how your infant prissy euromind just repeats the same obsessed thing over and over

>At least they actually cook food in European restaurants

There are different types of restaurants in Europe just as there are in the states, pumpkin. Some serve the same shitty microwave food that gets served here, and others make their food from scratch just like ours do here in the states.

You'd know that if you actually had some world experience.

Samefag who gets his world experience from shitposting on /pol/

those casual restaurant chains are actually dying...

but they can still make a killing in the third country, such as brazil

I lived in Italy for 3 years, Ameriboo, and traveled all over the continent as a result.

Amazingly enough, most of the people I met weren't like the petulant European brats that seem to populate Veeky Forums....except for the British, of course. They were pure cancer.

Oh bless us, wise and noble eurogod, with your wisdom and culinary knowledge gained from hundreds of years of civilization! No? Another obsessed thread, instead? Shocking.

These places thrive in a large swath of the country where the vast majority of the populace are ignorant conformists who desire bland, unimaginitive food that matches their boring, tightly closed minds. This area goes by several different monikers including "flyover" and "red states." They've built successful business models that cater to the least common denominator in good taste.

Sure, Ameriboo.

Sure.

tfw not a single one of these exists in my city because we reject chains like the garbage they are.

Only chain we have is houstons.

Haha

Wetherspoons
Gregs

Entrecôte de relaise
Leon de Bruxelles
Hippopotamus

England and France have gross chains that are always busy

1. Chain restaurants can be pretty good. I know several in my country that are great. (Not American or Eurofaggot)

2. Why are Eurofaggots so obsessed with the USA?

3. Are you aware the only reason your continent isn't a third world shithole is because of the Marshall Plan and 50 years of the US protecting your borders?

Are you dumb Americans so retarded that you can't differentiate between a normal question and an attack on your country? Do you derive your sense of self worth from corporate chain restaurants?

Pathetic

I only eat at local places/bars when I go out.

fuck off you semen sucking shithead

...and because you live in a shithole in the middle of nowhere.

Still need more attention, Ameriboo?

You have posted at least 5 times in this thread. You are the one that needs the attention and it's very clear. Have another (You) buddy, I'm feeling generous tonight.

merry cunts BTFO

>attempts to defend shit quality Sysco sourced megacorporate restaurants out of some absurd notion of nationalism that refuses to recognize the foibles of idiocy in a large portion of the US so the country can improve

Fucking ignorant moron.

cheddars is good

false! I live in a city with actual culinary culture. Its called New Orleans faggot. Chains cant live here because we have the most unique culinary culture in north america.

Every time an Ameriboo posts, it's like a shout out for attention...

The factory farming techniques in America lends itself to centralized food production and distribution, so chains have an easier time getting the same food to all their locations. Europeans can get better local ingredients which lends itself to more mom and pop type places that can produce great daily menus

And there are plenty of chains in the UK from what I remember

>this is what yuropoors actually believe

Yup. That's the reason. Not that the restaurants don't want to deal with the shitty customer base, the shitty weather that would cause them to flood every year, the looting during the shitty weather, and inevitable claims that people were raped in their bathrooms.

Where in Europe are you, nigga? Perhaps not all countries in the continent have the same amount of American chains, but we have plenty of chain restaurants that can be spread all over the country or regional franchises.

>Ameriboo
Faggot.

Had a brainfart, sorry. I meant local chains.

we have the oldest continuously running restaurants in the us?
we havent flooded in 12 years?

where do you live faggot? you sound like a flyover nigger

Largely because it has a standardized and largely same taste and menu across the board and regardless of where you are it'll always be the same, so it saves people from having to go out and find places or potentially go somewhere they won't like.

Not saying I'm a fan, but that's the reason.

>Gregs
>Restaurant
user.

From a marketing standpoint, before online reviews where a huge motivator for consumers, a food chain restaurant would guarantee a certain amount of quality through their brand. If you go to a Fridays in PA versus a Fridays in Florida, it's largerly the same. The consumer takes "less of a risk" with something they know versus something they don't.

I'm not saying these places are high quality (most of them are trash) its just that American's hold brands to higher regard and like the predictability.

>Chains cant live here because we have the most unique culinary culture in north america
Chains cant live there because its too expensive to bother rebuilding.
You live in a literal shithole, and always have.

or, we have had restaurants in operation in their current locations for the last 150-200 years. So its too expensive for a chain to come along and buy up property thats been owned since literal slavery.

Relax. Someone would have to be a complete retard to claim southern LA doesn't have the best original food in the US. No one would take their argument seriously.

Fuck off Texas. Your chili is Vaquero trail food. Live it up simpletons.

USA is really big and very drivable. When road trip vacations were a big thing (50s to 80s) customers looked for consistency rather than new experiences. Kansas ain't got much "cultural cuisine." 1000 miles of driving in most parts of the world, and there will be a different language and likely different food. Not so here. So, chains filled that niche: a familiar taste while on the road, with a little bit of everything for fussy kids... and clean bathrooms. As a culture, we got used to them and they mostly priced out Mom and Pop eateries that didn't have their own specialty (delis, ethnic food, BBQ, etc). Fast food started to fill their old shoes, so that model evolved and began to spread into the "niche" market. As profit margins become more beaten to death by overmanagement and selfish CEO culture, the quality continues to drop and many chains are serving some really lousy food. But we like crappy food as a nation, I guess, because Applebee's and Chili's always seem full when I drive by.

> southern LA doesn't have the best original food in the US
I love listening to retards living in complete shitholes try and justify them and claim they have the best food.
inb4 flyover onion. There are tons of fantastic cities out there, but Orleans, NYC, LA, and SF are nowhere even close to even "okay"

Putting avocado on everything doesn't make it good. The only decent food CA has is Mexican

>Americans defending this

I am American and chain restaurants are objectively shit. The ingredients are all heavily salted and frozen so they can be trucked all over the country. They make up for it by frying the fuck out of it. Its hogchow for jack tier fly-over people.

Panera ain't bad

>>This is mainly an American thing.

Funny that. I saw plenty of American chain restaurants all over Europe and they were ALWAYS packed.

the best steak i've ever had in my life came from texas roadhouse

fight me

I have no clue why we do this desu

Best answer in the thread

>You just go to privately owned restaurants.
Any good places?

Some of it is reasonably decent quality for people who want something they know will be alright.
Cheesecake Factory actually has some pretty impressive sourcing and cooking work behind the scenes. There's an article in the New Yorker online explaining it, sucking it's dick a little and comparing it to health care.

Also free appetizer fries at Red Robin is pretty nice