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CDL,

I thought you had me because I did this last week in another thread and got 105 or something, but just did it more carefully and got 116. Having lived in California, New York, Chicago, Texas and Atlanta gives me a big edge over most. Tons of regional stuff on the list.

Smashburger just opened up here and I actually have plans to go to a Benihana, which I've never done before. So I'll be at 118 soon.

After that I could see myself never going to any other new places except maybe Tim Horton's if I ever find myself in Canada.

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05-08-2014 , 11:40 AM

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Omar Comin

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Tim Horton's is all over MI now, I expect them to keep expanding to other states.

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05-08-2014 , 11:56 AM

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grando1.0

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it's also ****ing terrible compared to DD

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05-08-2014 , 12:13 PM

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Porcupine

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94 although most of that is > 5-10 years ago

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05-08-2014 , 12:15 PM

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daryn

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There are a bunch of Tim Hortons in Bangor Maine. I liked the sandwiches and the chili but the place got a ton of hate in this thread.

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05-08-2014 , 12:32 PM

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SuqAta8

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Originally Posted by Omar Comin

At this point you have to find a regional niche and hope to god that McDonalds doesn't decide to add something to their menu that will put you out of buisness. I'm pretty sure BK and Wendy's are still around mainly because of name recognition which leads to people starting franchises. I'm waiting for a fast food sushi place to come into play, it'll probably start it in Cali. No idea why Long John Silver's doesn't try that.

This is relating to the USA obv, I assume that there's still room for growth worldwide.

Panda express sushi

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05-08-2014 , 12:47 PM

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mullen

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There's a couple Tim Horton's in NYC. They stink.

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05-08-2014 , 12:53 PM

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rjoefish

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Originally Posted by grando1.0

it's also ****ing terrible compared to DD

To be fair, what isn't?

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05-08-2014 , 01:13 PM

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BiiiiigChips

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Originally Posted by shaft88

the natural progression of any national franchise business is local-regional-national so you could say any part of the country could have a regional place open up and it would be "new".

chains that aren't national are plentiful-
JITB
Chick Fil A
Whataburger
Zaxby's
In-n-out
Hardee's/Carl's JR
Rallys/Checkers
Fatburger (but they are closing locations)

Hell, Five Guys went from five restaurants in 2003 to over 1,000 in 48 states today.

Isn't Hardees/Carl's Jr more or less national? One or the other is in like 40+ states.

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05-08-2014 , 01:22 PM

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BiiiiigChips

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Originally Posted by Tim Teufel

http://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/how...e-are-you?bffb
i got 68

102 for me

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05-08-2014 , 01:34 PM

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TheCodeDog

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I stopped bothering after I bumped into Joe's Crab Shack and P.F. Chang's. Those are chains, but calling that fast food seemed absurd.

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05-08-2014 , 01:50 PM

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GooseHinson

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59 lolcanada even though I've been everywhere else, haven't spent too much time in the states. Hoping to remedy this on a big road trip next week!

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05-08-2014 , 01:57 PM

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rjoefish

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99 =\

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05-08-2014 , 01:58 PM

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YouR_DooM

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05-08-2014 , 02:08 PM

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jawhoo

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Originally Posted by YouR_DooM

Seriously? Why did you open this thread?

(It would be awesome if your answer was you tried 5, then tried like CFA or something and now that's the only food you ever eat.)

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Originally Posted by TheCodeDog

I stopped bothering after I bumped into Joe's Crab Shack and P.F. Chang's. Those are chains, but calling that fast food seemed absurd.

Yeah Joe's threw me for a loop, the average check in there has to be like $25 right? It seems really random which chain casual restaurants they did or did not include (Outback was not on the list IIRC?)

I got 110 and am slightly disappointed that I didn't get at least 1/2.

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05-08-2014 , 02:15 PM

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rjoefish

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Price isn't what matters for FF though.

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05-08-2014 , 02:22 PM

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master3004

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Outback was on the list

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05-08-2014 , 02:40 PM

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jawhoo

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Oh.

Spoiler:

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05-08-2014 , 02:43 PM

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miajag

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86 here. Been to basically none of the Midwest places, and only a few of the West Coast chains.

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05-08-2014 , 05:59 PM

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punkass

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only 76. i feel ok with that.

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05-08-2014 , 06:15 PM

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midas

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Originally Posted by TheCodeDog

I stopped bothering after I bumped into Joe's Crab Shack and P.F. Chang's. Those are chains, but calling that fast food seemed absurd.

Anyplace with a waitstaff is not fast food it's casual dining.

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05-08-2014 , 06:41 PM

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Hoagie

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Originally Posted by Mark_K

Too bad they didn't include the ones that are Out of Business.

e.g. No Burger Chef, Winky's or Rax

Also they had Zaxby's but no Raising Canes (I may have missed it)

I saw a Rax in Ohio the other day. It was like seeing a unicorn. It's the only one I've seen in probably 15 years.

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05-08-2014 , 06:46 PM

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J-P

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Anyone had the new fiery sauce from TB? Wondering if it's a good replacement for lava sauce...

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05-08-2014 , 07:27 PM

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REDeYeS00

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tried the TB spicy chicken doritos locos cool ranch taco at lunch today. i don't regularly eat crispy tacos at TB when i go, so i don't have a good comparison, but i'd estimate it as a 7/10 or so. not that bad. http://www.tacobell.com/food/tacos/s...cool-ranch-dlt

now, if they would bring back the original spicy chicken and start serving that again in their food it would likely be a whole different story