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Calorie count laws

Calorie count laws are a type of law that require restaurant chains of fifteen or more to publish detailed food energy and nutritional information on the food served, in a font equal to or larger than the size of the name of the item.

Charlie Chalk

The UK based restaurant chain Brewers Fayre originally used Charlie Chalk as their mascot, but this image has since changed to the firm's own 'Brewster the Bear' who has nowadays been replaced with new kids character called 'Penny the Pineapple'.

Gilmore Station

Locations of a number of popular stores and restaurants are near the station, such as Home Depot, Staples, White Spot, Earls, Swiss Chalet, Boston Pizza, Tim Hortons, Extreme Pita, Quiznos, Taco del Mar as well as two hotels - Accent Inn and Executive Inn.

Lovie Yancey

Lovie Yancey (January 3, 1912 – January 26, 2008) was the American founder of the Fatburger restaurant chain.


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Afroditi Krassa

In 2004 Krassa was commissioned by the entrepreneur Julian Metcalfe to design the interior and branding of sushi restaurant chain Itsu.

Bacolod Chicken Inasal

Portraits of local actress Judy Ann Santos, holding an inasal, are often seen on ads that promote the restaurant chain.

Café Rouge

The restaurant chain gained much exposure after frequently being mentioned in the 1996 novel Bridget Jones's Diary, with the main character Bridget Jones (and her friends) visiting her local branch of the restaurant regularly throughout the novel.

CfSi

Culver's Franchising System, Inc., a fast-casual restaurant chain, headquartered in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.

Chicken shack

Harold's Chicken Shack, an American restaurant chain in Chicago, Illinois

Chicken Shack, an American restaurant chain in metro Detroit, Michigan

Crash! Boom! Bang!

A shorter version of the album was made available a few months earlier, as a special deal at the McDonald's restaurant chain, called Favorites from Crash!

Danny Stubbs

The Stubbs Sandwich is a food item named in his honor, that is sold in a restaurant chain in Coppell, Texas and heavily-endorsed by John Madden.

Don Eaddy

After retiring from baseball, Eaddy became a franchisee for the Burger King restaurant chain.

Eileen Barton

By age six, she appeared on The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour, a radio program sponsored by Horn & Hardart's Automat, a then-well-known restaurant chain, and, by age 7, she was working with Milton Berle on his Community Sing radio program, using the name "Jolly Gillette" and playing the sponsor's "daughter" (the sponsor was Gillette Razors).

El Rodeo

El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant, South-central Pennsylvania Mexican restaurant chain

Fergie Time

Upon Ferguson's retirement in May 2013, a Manchester branch of the restaurant chain Nando's stayed open for an extra five minutes, in a light-hearted tribute to him.

Forest Park Hotel

In 1983, restaurateur Harold Butler, founder of the restaurant chain Denny's, bought the Forest Park Hotel and performed $7 million in renovations.

Fridays

T.G.I. Friday's, a restaurant chain that is often referred to as "Friday's"

Fried clams

For years Soffron Brothers Clam Co., based in Ipswich, Massachusetts, served as the exclusive supplier of clam strips to the Howard Johnson's restaurant chain, which sold the whole country on this Down East delicacy.

Greene King Brewery

In August 2007 Greene King announced it had acquired the 35-strong Loch Fyne fish-restaurant chain.

Hala Moddelmog

In 1995, Moddelmog was appointed as president of Church's Chicken, a division of Atlanta-based AFC Enterprises, making her the first female president of a quick service restaurant chain (also known as fast food restaurants).

Herb Capozzi

He was a founder of The Keg restaurant chain and was instrumental in bringing McDonald's restaurants to Canada.

Iron Cactus

Iron Cactus: Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar is a Mexican restaurant chain with 5 locations in Texas: Downtown Austin, North Austin, Hill Country Galleria Mall, Dallas, & San Antonio.

Jeff Benedict

His most recent book, Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat, details the story of Bill Marler's work on the Jack in the Box restaurant chain's E. Coli scandal.

Jerry's

Jerry's Subs & Pizza, a fast casual sandwich and pizza restaurant chain in the Washington, D.C. area

Joe Skeen

In the 2002 Republican primary to choose a nominee to succeed Skeen, the party turned to Steve Pearce, who defeated Edward R. Tinsley, an attorney and businessman who owns the K-Bob's Steakhouse restaurant chain.

Kerri Strug

In 2008, she appeared in a television commercial for the Zaxby's restaurant chain.

Marina Nemat

Nemat worked at the Aurora franchise of the Swiss Chalet restaurant chain, and wrote her life story in 78,000 words.

Mercy for Animals

An undercover investigation at one of the country's largest chicken and turkey slaughterhouses resulted in the Denny's restaurant chain ending its supplier relationship with the slaughterhouse.

MV Ventura

Frankie's Pizzeria and Grill are located by the Laguna pool and are inspired by the informal restaurant chain created by Marco Pierre White and Frankie Dettori.

Natasha Law

In 2012 she worked with Italian restaurant chain Zizzi, acting as mentor and judge in their Fresh Talent initiative to find undiscovered art talent in Britain.

NGA Pro Golf Tour

The NGA Pro Golf Tour is a private company founded by T. C. "Rick" Jordan in 1988 and later sold to Hooters restaurant chain owner Robert H. Brooks in 1994.

Pasadena International House of Prayer

The Pasadena International House of Prayer is one of the seven defendants named in a lawsuit filed by IHOP, the Glendale, California based restaurant chain, in September 2010, alleging trademark infringement.

Pepe the King Prawn

In 2002 he was the "spokesprawn" for restaurant chain Long John Silver's.

Pickup Man

In 2005, a rewritten version of "Pickup Man" was used in television commercials for the restaurant chain Applebee's, to promote their "Carside To Go" service.

Pierre Franey

Franey, along with Jacques Pépin, then an aspiring young cook on the staff of Le Pavillon, was hired in 1960 by the hotel and restaurant entrepreneur Howard Johnson, Sr., (a regular client at Le Pavillon) to revamp some of the Howard Johnson's restaurant chain’s recipes.

Ponderosa Steakhouse and Bonanza Steakhouse

Sam Wyly and his brother Charles Wyly bought the small Bonanza restaurant chain three years later.

Prince Family Paper

Michael plans to meet Dwight at the IHOP pancake eatery after they visit Prince Family Paper, but Dwight insists IHOP is "socialist" and prefers the American restaurant chain Denny's.

Queer Nation

The Queer Nation chapters in Atlanta, Georgia; Columbia, South Carolina; Berea and Lexington, Kentucky and Nashville, Tennessee were active in protesting homophobic policies of the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain.

Richard and Maurice McDonald

The McDonald brothers began franchising their successful restaurant chain in 1953, beginning in Phoenix, Arizona with Neil Fox.

Rodilla

Rodilla is a restaurant chain in Madrid (Spain) specializing in sandwiches.

Ruby's Diner

Ruby’s Diner is a restaurant chain that reproduces the look and feel of the classic American Diner.

Southgate, Michigan

The city of Southgate features the Splash Park/Downriver YMCA (also called Southgate Fun & Fitness Centre), as well as the Michigan headquarters for the Sonic Drive-In fast food restaurant chain.

The Hut

Pizza Hut, an American restaurant chain and international franchise

Types of restaurant

A Ruth's Chris restaurant in America may seem somewhat strange to a first time visitor from India; but many Americans are familiar with it as a large restaurant chain, albeit one that features high prices and a formal atmosphere.

Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble

In North America, the GameCube version of the game was included as part of promotion by the Johnny Rockets restaurant chain.