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Old 04-02-2008, 03:30 PM
 
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What chain restaurants are based in your city or in a surrounding area? What restaurants may have started in your area but moved headquarters?

For Atlanta and North Georgia:

Chick-Fil-A



Waffle House




Moe's



Zaxby's (based in nearby Athens, GA)



Arby's (moved from Fort Lauderdale. Started in Ohio)



Applebees (started in Atlanta area. Now based in metro KC)

http://www.stcharleshome.org/images/Applebees%20logo2.jpg (broken link)

The Varsity (a small chain in the Atlanta area)


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Old 04-02-2008, 05:01 PM
 
Location: Southern Maine, Greater Portland
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In the Portland area we have a Bugaboo creek, TGI Fridays, Outback Steakhouse, On the border, Ninety Nine, applebees and a bunch more. My favorite is Bugaboo-smashed garlic potatoes mmmmmmmm
 
Old 04-02-2008, 06:29 PM
 
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In the Portland area we have a Bugaboo creek, TGI Fridays, Outback Steakhouse, On the border, Ninety Nine, applebees and a bunch more. My favorite is Bugaboo-smashed garlic potatoes mmmmmmmm
I'm not talking about location. I'm talking about headquarters, or chain restaurants that started in your area.

Applebees started in metro Atlanta and moved its headquarters from Atlanta to the Kansas City suburbs.
 
Old 04-02-2008, 08:09 PM
 
Location: la la land
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we have KRisy Kreme...

MUAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA

such a shame- the original store is a block away from the college I went to. freshman 15? try freshman 25! lol
 
Old 04-02-2008, 08:18 PM
 
Location: Southern Oregon
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The Black Bear Diner is our "local". Started in Strawberry Valley/Mt Shasta, CA. They are headquartered in Susanville, CA. Still small town minded.
 
Old 04-02-2008, 08:33 PM
 
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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Atlanta also has Popeyes Chicken which started in New Orleans.
 
Old 04-02-2008, 08:52 PM
 
Location: Dayton OH
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The best known local "chain restaurant" that was started and is based in Orange County, CA is Wahoo's Fish Tacos. It is one of the few places that resembles a casual dining restaurant that I like to eat at once a week or so (fish tacos of course). Reasonable prices too, it is a local icon. They have about 30 location, has recently expanded to Colorado and soon Northern Cal.

Wahoo's Fish Taco
 
Old 04-02-2008, 08:58 PM
 
Location: Floribama
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We have Zaxby's in both Mobile and Pensacola. I love that dipping sauce (Zax sauce).
 
Old 04-03-2008, 05:35 AM
 
Location: Az.
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Arby's, Applebee's, Chili's, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Native New Yorker.

The Applebee's in the Metrocenter area of N. Phoenix is the best!!!

Native New Yorker in Mesa is my favorite one!! (they just had a buffalo wings eating contest yesterday. I wasn't there, but I saw it on the news).
 
Old 04-03-2008, 06:16 AM
 
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we have KRisy Kreme...

MUAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA

such a shame- the original store is a block away from the college I went to. freshman 15? try freshman 25! lol
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