This is a list of casual dining restaurant chains around the world, arranged in alphabetical order. A
casual dining restaurant
Restaurants fall into several industry classifications, based upon menu style, preparation methods and pricing, as well as the means by which the food is served to the customer. This article mainly describes the situation in the USA, while categ ...
is a restaurant that serves moderately priced food in a casual atmosphere. Except for
buffet
A buffet can be either a sideboard (a flat-topped piece of furniture with cupboards and drawers, used for storing crockery, glasses, and table linen) or a system of serving meals in which food is placed in a public area where the diners serve ...
-style restaurants and, more recently,
fast casual restaurant
A fast casual restaurant, found primarily in the United States and Canada, does not offer full table service, but advertises higher quality food than fast food restaurants, with fewer frozen or processed ingredients. It is an intermediate concep ...
s, casual dining restaurants usually provide
table service
The foodservice (US English) or catering (British English) industry includes the businesses, institutions, and companies which prepare meals outside the home. It includes restaurants, school and hospital cafeterias, catering operations, and many ...
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Casual
Fast casual
Nearly defunct former casual restaurant chains
This list contains chains that were much larger in the past (some as large as over 1,000) but have been reduced to a single restaurant location (and cannot really be considered a chain anymore).
Defunct chains
See also
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Fast casual restaurant
A fast casual restaurant, found primarily in the United States and Canada, does not offer full table service, but advertises higher quality food than fast food restaurants, with fewer frozen or processed ingredients. It is an intermediate concep ...
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List of defunct restaurants of the United States
Below is a list of defunct restaurants of the United States.
Defunct restaurants in the United States
* Arthur Treacher's fish and chips, one location remains
* Aunt Jemima's Kitchen
* Big Daddy's Restaurants
* Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill
* B ...
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List of buffet restaurants
This is a list of notable buffet restaurants. A buffet is a system of serving meals in which food is placed in a public area where the diners generally serve themselves. Buffets are offered at various places including hotels and many social events ...
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List of coffeehouse chains
This list of notable coffeehouse chains catalogues the spread and markets share of coffeehouses world-wide. This list excludes the many companies which operate coffeeshops within retail establishments, notably bookstores and department stores, or ...
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List of fast food restaurant chains
The following is a list of notable current and former fast food restaurant chains, as distinct from fast casual restaurants (see List of casual dining restaurant chains), coffeehouses (see List of coffeehouse chains), ice cream parlors (see List ...
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List of hamburger restaurants
This is a list of notable hamburger restaurants. A hamburger is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat (usually beef) usually placed inside a sliced hamburger bun. Hamburgers are often served with lettuce, bacon, tom ...
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List of ice cream parlor chains
This is a list of notable ice cream parlor chains. Ice cream parlors are places that sell ice cream, gelato, sorbet and/or frozen yogurt to consumers. Ice cream is typically sold as regular ice cream (also called hard-packed ice cream), gelato an ...
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List of pizza chains
This list of pizza chains includes notable pizzerias and pizza chains. Pizza is a dish of Neapolitan origin and cuisine, made with an oven-baked, flat, generally round bread that is often covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based sauce and mozzarell ...
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List of restaurant chains
The following is a list of restaurant chains.
International
Argentina
*California Burrito Co.
* Mostaza
Australia
Canada
Costa Rica
* Rostipollos
Denmark
* Jensen's Bøfhus
Egypt
* Cook Door
* Mo'men
Finland
* Hesburger
* Kotipizza ...
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Lists of restaurants
This is an index of restaurant-related lists. A restaurant is a business establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money, either paid before the meal, after the meal, or with a running tab. Meals are generall ...
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List of revolving restaurants
The following is a list of revolving restaurants. A revolving restaurant is usually a tower restaurant designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are ...
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Types of restaurant
Restaurants fall into several industry classifications, based upon menu style, preparation methods and pricing, as well as the means by which the food is served to the customer. This article mainly describes the situation in the USA, while catego ...
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