Chain Restaurants by HightB

Viewers of Talladega Nights might remember Ricky Bobby and his family being thrown out of this national chain restaurant, as well as a scene where an ad for this chain is shown in the middle of a slow motion wreck.

An April 2012 episode of Mad Men found Don and Megan visiting a motor lodge named after this restaurant chain, known at the time for orange roofs and 28 flavors of ice cream. The motel chain still exists, but only one orange roof restaurant remains, located in Lake George, NY.

Catching the first touchdown pass in Super Bowl history is notable enough, but this former Packers receiver makes this quiz for his role as a co-founder of the Chi-Chi’s restaurant chain.

An administrator at FEMA created an informal index based on the operating conditions of this restaurant chain, due in part to their high number of locations in areas of the U.S. that are subject to hurricanes and tornadoes and due to their high-level planning, which often allows them to offer basic menus during emergency situations.

TV character Michael Scott of Scranton loved “getting a New York slice” at this chain, which went through a quick bankruptcy in 2014 and moved their headquarters from Long Island to Ohio.

Currently a primary sponsor of the Grand Ole Opry, this Tennessee-based chain sells assorted items in their “country stores” in addition to selling home-style meals.

Product sourcing issues have produced a shortage of this menu item in Chipotle restaurants in various regions of the U.S.

This chain of “Family Casual” restaurants briefly had a recent moment in the national spotlight thanks to a 1991 internal promotional video that went viral earlier this year. This video featured patriotic imagery and extraordinary usage of the words “freedom” and “choices” as part of the backing vocals.

A September 2014 presentation by the Starboard Group was aimed at shaking up the board of the Darden Group, which included a 290+ slide deck presentation criticizing to-go packaging and breadstick policies at this flagship Darden Group restaurant.

In 1927, this Washington, D.C. businessman added food items to his A&W stand franchise, creating the first “Hot Shoppe”. His son, (BLANK), Jr. would diversify the family business by opening a motor lodge in 1957 and turning the family company into a leader in the global hospitality industry. Name this businessman.

The fictitious Paunch Burger chain was part of several plotlines in this recently concluded NBC sitcom.

This musician has been able to work two of his hit songs into chain restaurant names, one from a 1977 hit, the other from a 1978 single. Both were repackaged as "Songs You Know By Heart".