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Iconic establishments like the now-defunct Howard Johnson's trained customers to look toward its distinctive orange roofs for consistency and comfort, while McDonald's revolutionized the industry with its focus on speed and affordability.
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- Positive opinion score: 52%
-- Popularity among boomers: 34%
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- Positive opinion score: 52%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
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-- Popularity among boomers: 43%
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-- Popularity among boomers: 50%
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- Positive opinion score: 54%
-- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
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- Positive opinion score: 55%
-- Popularity among boomers: 53%
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- Positive opinion score: 55%
-- Popularity among boomers: 46%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 55%
-- Popularity among boomers: 62%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
-- Popularity among boomers: 63%
- oasisamuel // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
-- Popularity among boomers: 53%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
-- Popularity among boomers: 47%
- Robert V Schwemmer // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
-- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- oneinchpunch // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
-- Popularity among boomers: 44%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
-- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Deutschlandreform // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
-- Popularity among boomers: 51%
- Vadym Shapran // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
-- Popularity among boomers: 52%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
-- Popularity among boomers: 52%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
-- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Eric Glenn // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
-- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 60%
-- Popularity among boomers: 48%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 60%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Tada Images // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 60%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 69%
- Felipe Sanchez // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 63%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- Helen89 // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- Billy F Blume Jr // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
-- Popularity among boomers: 59%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
-- Popularity among boomers: 61%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 52%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 62%
- QualityHD / Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 55%
- Cassiohabib // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- TonelsonProductions // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 63%
- Eric Glenn // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
-- Popularity among boomers: 63%
- KULLAPONG PARCHERAT // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
-- Popularity among boomers: 59%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 66%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- George Sheldon // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 66%
-- Popularity among boomers: 78%
- rachel ko // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 68%
-- Popularity among boomers: 68%
- Davdeka // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 69%
-- Popularity among boomers: 71%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 72%
-- Popularity among boomers: 81%
- kevin brine // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 52%
-- Popularity among boomers: 46%
- Vadym Shapran // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
-- Popularity among boomers: 34%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
-- Popularity among boomers: 43%
- Robert V Schwemmer // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
-- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
-- Popularity among boomers: 39%
- Miro Vrlik Photography // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
-- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Leonard Zhukovsky // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Billy F Blume Jr // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
-- Popularity among boomers: 60%
- oneinchpunch // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 55%
-- Popularity among boomers: 60%
- Deutschlandreform // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
-- Popularity among boomers: 60%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
-- Popularity among boomers: 48%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
-- Popularity among boomers: 52%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
-- Popularity among boomers: 43%
- Sadie Mantell // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
-- Popularity among boomers: 51%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
-- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
-- Popularity among boomers: 57%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
-- Popularity among boomers: 55%
- Thomas Kelley // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
-- Popularity among boomers: 43%
- Felipe Sanchez // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
-- Popularity among boomers: 59%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 60%
-- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- QualityHD / Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 60%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- Helen89 // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 57%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 49%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 57%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 62%
- Tada Images // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
-- Popularity among boomers: 60%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
-- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Eric Glenn // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
-- Popularity among boomers: 59%
- Eric Glenn // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- Felipe Sanchez // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
-- Popularity among boomers: 69%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
-- Popularity among boomers: 66%
- oasisamuel // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
-- Popularity among boomers: 57%
- KULLAPONG PARCHERAT // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
-- Popularity among boomers: 63%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
-- Popularity among boomers: 73%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 66%
-- Popularity among boomers: 55%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 66%
-- Popularity among boomers: 62%
- George Sheldon // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 67%
-- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- Davdeka // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 68%
-- Popularity among boomers: 74%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 68%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 68%
-- Popularity among boomers: 54%
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- Positive opinion score: 72%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
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- Positive opinion score: 73%
-- Popularity among boomers: 75%
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- Positive opinion score: 74%
-- Popularity among boomers: 84%
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50 most popular chain restaurants in America
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50 most popular chain restaurants in America
Since A&W Root Beer became the first American restaurant to franchise in 1925, the U.S.—not to mention the rest of the world—has been dominated by chains.Â
Iconic establishments like the now-defunct Howard Johnson's trained customers to look toward its distinctive orange roofs for consistency and comfort, while McDonald's revolutionized the industry with its focus on speed and affordability.
- shirleyjoo // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 52%
-- Popularity among boomers: 34%
- Sadie Mantell // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 52%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Helen89 // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
-- Popularity among boomers: 43%
- Felipe Sanchez // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
-- Popularity among boomers: 42%
- Miro Vrlik Photography // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
-- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
-- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 55%
-- Popularity among boomers: 53%
- Thomas Kelley // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 55%
-- Popularity among boomers: 46%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 55%
-- Popularity among boomers: 62%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
-- Popularity among boomers: 63%
- oasisamuel // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
-- Popularity among boomers: 53%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
-- Popularity among boomers: 47%
- Robert V Schwemmer // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
-- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- oneinchpunch // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
-- Popularity among boomers: 44%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
-- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Deutschlandreform // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
-- Popularity among boomers: 51%
- Vadym Shapran // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
-- Popularity among boomers: 52%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
-- Popularity among boomers: 52%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
-- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Eric Glenn // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
-- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 60%
-- Popularity among boomers: 48%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 60%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Tada Images // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 60%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 69%
- Felipe Sanchez // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 63%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- Helen89 // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- Billy F Blume Jr // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
-- Popularity among boomers: 59%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
-- Popularity among boomers: 61%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 52%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 62%
- QualityHD / Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 55%
- Cassiohabib // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- TonelsonProductions // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 63%
- Eric Glenn // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
-- Popularity among boomers: 63%
- KULLAPONG PARCHERAT // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
-- Popularity among boomers: 59%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 66%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- George Sheldon // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 66%
-- Popularity among boomers: 78%
- rachel ko // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 68%
-- Popularity among boomers: 68%
- Davdeka // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 69%
-- Popularity among boomers: 71%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 72%
-- Popularity among boomers: 81%
- kevin brine // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 52%
-- Popularity among boomers: 46%
- Vadym Shapran // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
-- Popularity among boomers: 34%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
-- Popularity among boomers: 43%
- Robert V Schwemmer // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
-- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
-- Popularity among boomers: 39%
- Miro Vrlik Photography // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
-- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Leonard Zhukovsky // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Billy F Blume Jr // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
-- Popularity among boomers: 60%
- oneinchpunch // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 55%
-- Popularity among boomers: 60%
- Deutschlandreform // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
-- Popularity among boomers: 60%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
-- Popularity among boomers: 48%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
-- Popularity among boomers: 52%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
-- Popularity among boomers: 43%
- Sadie Mantell // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
-- Popularity among boomers: 51%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
-- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
-- Popularity among boomers: 57%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
-- Popularity among boomers: 55%
- Thomas Kelley // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
-- Popularity among boomers: 43%
- Felipe Sanchez // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
-- Popularity among boomers: 59%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 60%
-- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- QualityHD / Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 60%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- Helen89 // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 57%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 49%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 57%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
-- Popularity among boomers: 62%
- Tada Images // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
-- Popularity among boomers: 60%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
-- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Eric Glenn // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
-- Popularity among boomers: 59%
- Eric Glenn // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- Felipe Sanchez // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
-- Popularity among boomers: 69%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
-- Popularity among boomers: 66%
- oasisamuel // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
-- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
-- Popularity among boomers: 57%
- KULLAPONG PARCHERAT // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
-- Popularity among boomers: 63%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
-- Popularity among boomers: 73%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 66%
-- Popularity among boomers: 55%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 66%
-- Popularity among boomers: 62%
- George Sheldon // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 67%
-- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- Davdeka // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 68%
-- Popularity among boomers: 74%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 68%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 68%
-- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Cassiohabib // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 72%
-- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- TonelsonProductions // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 73%
-- Popularity among boomers: 75%
- kevin brine // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 74%
-- Popularity among boomers: 84%
- rachel ko // Shutterstock

