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Once-Popular Restaurant Chains That Now Barely Exist By Brian Boone Sept. 8, 2025 5:40 pm EST

There certainly isn't a dearth of places to get a bite to eat in the United States. There are more than 140,000 restaurants associated with a chain, and that accounts for fast food, fast casual , and nicer, sit-down establishments. While that climate has made for an American restaurant atmosphere that's been largely nationalized and homogenized, it also means that customers come to expect specific things and a certain level of quality from all of those networked eateries. And while it seems like there are way more than enough restaurant chains, there used to be even more, providing meals, drinks, and snacks around the week and around the clock to a grateful and recurring clie

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