What restaurants/stores are ONLY found in your state/city? (home, bill)

[bgrn198]

Originally Posted by Lovely95

Texas
H-E-B
Taco Cabana
Luby's (http://www.lubys.com/en/ - broken link)
Bill Miller's

San Antonio
Rome's Pizza
Las Palapas
Goomba's Pizzeria
Sea Island

All I can think of right now.

Jim's

Jim’s Restaurants and Coffee Shops, 24-hour family-style dining in San Antonio and Austin

[imperialmog]

Originally Posted by tahiti

America's becoming so homogenized so this is a difficult question to answer. I assume you mean chain, otherwise I can rattle off 50,000 "mom and pop" pizza places in the state of NJ. Chain though? I'm drawing a blank. I can name a lot we DON'T have, but a chain exclusive to NJ? Can't think of one.

It is chains that are exclusive to one area is what is being discussed.

I do know for the St. Louis area for example has a large number of local chains. This is even moreso if you consider some that may have some stores in outstate Missouri or Illinois or a couple in neighboring metros. (often either KC or Memphis) But have the majority of their operations in the St. Louis area.

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by imperialmog

It is chains that are exclusive to one area is what is being discussed.

I do know for the St. Louis area for example has a large number of local chains. This is even moreso if you consider some that may have some stores in outstate Missouri or Illinois or a couple in neighboring metros. (often either KC or Memphis) But have the majority of their operations in the St. Louis area.

Well, I'll have to rely on my fellow Jersey posters - we're not known for chains.

[ckhthankgod]

Some more in Upstate NY that I can think of are: Pavone's Pizza(Syracuse area), Gino & Joe's(Syracuse area), Canale's(Syracuse), Harrison Bakery(Syracuse), Gannon's Ice Cream(Syracuse), Carmella's/Babe's(Utica), The Brooklyn Pickle(Syracuse), Duff's(Buffalo) and maybe Nick Tahou's(Rochester).

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by bgrn198

Few out of Austin

AMY'S ICE CREAMS

DoubleDaves Pizzaworks Home: Home

Texadelphia

Chuy's Dot Com

Checked out the Texadelphia link - must say the Texican looks tasty - How is that?

[kidphilly]

Mack and Mancos Pizza NJ

[pumbaa]

Charleston SC
Kickin Chicken they did just open a single store in NC though.
Red's Ice House
Sticky Fingers started here but has a couple more outside of Charleston

[AZLiam]

Originally Posted by SoCalBrad

Well Rubios was started here. and I until recently was just local

and I thought in n out was just a CA thing cause that's what people always ask me when I visit other states

Rubio's has been in AZ for awhile. They used to be called Rubio's Baja Grill, now Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill.

In-N-Out Burger has had AZ locations since 2000.

[BPerone201]

White Manna (burger joint)
Mr. Bruno's Pizza and Restaurant
Charlie Brown's Steakhouse? I think they have them in NY too, but not like NJ.

[hdwell]

Podnuh's BBQ in Shreveport and Monroe. Strangely looks like those Luther's BBQ down in South Louisiana and around Houston.

Mac's Fresh Market in NE La and Central La. Supermarket.

Numerous convenience stores and gas stations-Kangaroo, Spirit, NowSave, etc. located in NE La.

Fiesta Linda and San Miquel Mexican restaurants and El Jarrito.