Last weekend in London, after lunch at a cute little patisserie in Soho, I was feeling all satisfied with myself until I saw the same patisserie -- same food, same interior, same smell coming out the door. Oh, I thought, deflated. It's a chain. But what am I actually against?

Sonic Drive-In is urging its franchisees to use a new restaurant building design that downplays its signature carhops in favor of the drive-thru windows seen at almost every other quick-service chain.

We love a lot of foods. We love going out to restaurants (including chains!). We don't love when we repeatedly see restaurants serve watered-down vers...

You know what smells awesome? Pizza. You know who's taking advantage of that? Pizza Hut.

First We Feast, the new food blog from Complex Media, only debuted a few weeks ago, but the site has already tackled a range of food topics, from how ...

A restaurant in Wales has apologized for serving whiskey instead of fruit juice to a 2-year-old child who allegedly became intoxicated after drinking ...

NEW YORK — Olive Garden is tossing out its famous "When You're Here, You're Family" slogan to cater to a more modern lifestyle. After a 14-year...

You may know Chili's as the overall winner of our Chain Restaurant Showdown. But are you tired of baby back ribs and fajitas? Then you'll love this ne...

The International House of Pancakes just got even more international. IHOP opened its first Middle East location this week, in Dubai's Mall of The ...

Chain restaurants are a huge force in America, and they come in every shape and size. Yesterday, Nation's Restaurant News announced their consumer pic...

Everyone is allowed a small mid-life crisis -- even the world's largest casual dining chain. Applebee's President Mike Archer told USA Today that he w...

March 23 (Reuters) - Darden Restaurants Inc's Olive Garden chain, which generates almost half of company revenue, posted its first rise in quarterly...

The most recent recession hit the entire restaurant industry hard. According to a report from the NPD Group, the total number of restaurant visits in ...

Dunkin' Brands opened its 10,000th location of Dunkin' Donuts in mid-December. That's a major milestone; only a few restaurant chains have made it to ...

The Center for Science in the Public Interest has released this year's "winners" of the Xtreme Eating Awards. [pdf] The awards dishonor fatty and calo...

WASHINGTON -- Parents seeking healthier restaurant meals for their kids can start to look beyond chicken nuggets and macaroni-and-cheese. At least 19...

Consumer Reports magazine has released the results of its latest national survey of chain restaurants—and for once, the results are not surprising. ...