How Many of These New York State Restaurants Have You Visited?
Recently Buzzfeed featured a list of 240 fast food, fast casual and chain restaurants and asked readers how many of them had been checked off their food bucket list. (I got 104, by the way, no big deal.) Buzzfeed's list is a little unfair unless you're extremely well traveled, as many of the restaurants are highly localized to different regions of the country or even Canada.
So I decided to modify their list for a chain restaurant gut-check that's a little more focused on New York State. So check out this list below. Each of these eateries, both national and local chains has at least one location somewhere in New York State. Count up the number of places where you've dined and let us know in the comments below.
1 McDonald's
2 Burger King
3 Wendy's
4 Subway
5 Taco Bell
6 DiBella's Old Fashioned Subs
7 Long John Silvers
8 A & W
9 Pizza Hut
10 Domino's
11 Papa John's
12 Little Ceaser's
13 Mighty Taco
14 Popeye's
15 Zebb's
16 Kirby's
17 Dinosaur Bar B Que
18 Bomber's Burrito Bar
19 Jimmy John's
20 99 Steakhouse
21 Red Lobster
22 Mr. Subb
22 Dairy Queen
23 Abbot's Frozen Custard
24 Rita's Water Ice
25 Kentucky Fried Chicken
26 Arby's
27 Chipotle
28 Jreck Subs
29 Five Guys Burger and Fries
30 Quizno's
31 Dunkin' Donuts
32 Pita Pit
33 Tim Horton's
34 Nathan's Famous
35 Friendly's
36 Wegman's
37 Stewart's Shops
38 Cosi
39 Delmonico's Steakhouse
40 Tom Wahl's
41 Buffalo Wild Wings
42 Moe's Southwest Grill
43 Hoopla Frozen Yogurt
44 Quaker Steak and Lube
45 Uno's Chicago Grill
46 Carvel Ice Cream
47 Empire/Oswego Sub Shop
48 Mark's Pizzeria
49 Cheesecake Factory
50 Dickey's BBQ Pit
51 Panera Bread
52 Outback Steakhouse
53 Olive Garden
54 Sonic Drive-In
55 Speidie and Rib Pit
56 Roly Poly
57 Ponderosa
58 Tilted Kilt
59 Applebee's
60 Cracker Barrel
Your Score
0-15 You may not be from around here. Check your driver's licence. Does it say Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Massachusetts? We thought so.
15-30 Not bad. You are well traveled on the thruway of life that is New York.
30-45 A true Empire Eater! You likely know all the good spots from Buffalo to the Bronx.
45-60 Welcome to the Governor's Council on Exceptional Eating! Just be sure to get some exercise, we don't want your waistline to resemble Rochester's Inner Loop.