Restaurants & Dining
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18 Vintage Photos of Classic Drive-Ins Restaurants
Whatever happened to drive-in culture? You’d cruise your car to the restaurant (not to be confused with drive-in theaters, though those two together made for perfect date nights), flash your lights to get the attention of a rollerskate-wearing carhop, and…
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20 Oldest Ice Cream Shops in America
America’s love affair with ice cream goes back more than 100 years. For proof, look no further than these ice cream shops that have been scooping up fresh flavors longer than any others in the nation. From shops that brightened…
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The Best Restaurant for Cheap Eats in Every State
Diners are always looking for a cheap and delicious bite. To that end, Cheapism compiled this list of well-reviewed and cheap restaurants in all 50 states and Washington D.C. We picked the restaurants after looking at reviews on TripAdvisor, Yelp,…
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Raising Cane’s Opening New Locations in 6 States This Month. Here’s The List
The popularity of fast food chicken is undeniable, which is why fried chicken chains have been opening more locations while other restaurants are closing locations left and right. The latest news? Raising Cane’s is opening new restaurants in six states…
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8 Overrated Chain Restaurants That Don’t Deserve Your Money
Casual chain restaurants peaked in the 1990s. They were fun and affordable, and it felt like a special event to take your family for dinner. Sometime since then, the luster has worn off, and sit-down chains have fallen out of…
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Best Hole-in-the-Wall Pizza Joints Across America
You can find good pizza almost anywhere, even at the most unassuming pizzerias. And sure, pizza delivery from the usual chains is easy (and sometimes necessary — we get it), but it pays to travel off the beaten path when…
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Popular Pizza Chains That Are Disappearing
These were the pizza spots you begged your parents to take you to — birthday parties, arcade tokens, bottomless soda, and slices as big as your face. But while some…
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The Best Burrito in Every State
We love Mexican food in this country. The list of incredible Mexican restaurants spread across the United States is long and beautiful, but not every restaurant is famous for its…
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Where to Get Free Donuts This Friday for National Donut Day
We don’t know who comes up with silly food “holidays,” but we do love the free food that often accompanies them. This Friday, June 6, is National Donut Day, and…
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McDonald’s Discontinued Snack Wraps Are Returning to the Menu
After years of “bring back the Snack Wrap” petitions, social media pleas, and mild public unrest, McDonald’s finally gave in. Next month, the fast-food giant is bringing back the discontinued…
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8 Fast-Food Chains That Need to Go
In a popular thread on the social media site Reddit, thousands of Redditors debated a quintessentially American question: What fast food chains need to go? It might seem hard to…
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Beloved Burger Chain Culver’s Opening Locations in 14 States. Here’s the Full List
While some chain restaurants and retail outlets are failing (we see you, Joann and Big Lots), others are expanding. One of those successful chains is Culver’s, which is bringing its…
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The Best Italian Deli in Every State
There are few things as magical as a great Italian deli. When you’re heading out of the deli with jars of marinated artichokes, bags of Italian cookies, and a huge…
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Famous Foods From 32 American Cities
Sampling local cuisine is a priority for most travelers, and certain foods are so synonymous with their native cities that it ought to be illegal to visit without eating them.…
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27 Olive Garden Copycat Recipes
Founded in 1982, Olive Garden has served up some of America’s favorite Italian-inspired dishes for decades. There are now 900 locations all around the world, so you can be sure…
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The 10 Best Sandwich Chains, Ranked
We live in a world of fast-food chain sandwiches, and depending on the town you live in, the best sandwich near you might actually be the chain down the street.…
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8 Fast-Food Burgers That Are Worst for Your Cholesterol
About 86 million Americans over 20 have total cholesterol levels above 200 mg/dL, which already puts them at borderline-high risk for heart disease, according to CDC. Around 1 in 10…
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The Best (and Worst) Chain Restaurants in America
There are so many chain restaurants in this country that most of us haven’t even heard of them all. They vary from region to region, flavor to flavor, and when…
