Oaktree
Super Member
Many mom and pop places are excellent, but bad ones while traveling can be downright miserable. If we do eat at a chain while traveling, it needs to be one that does not have a presence near home.
We don't take many road trips anymore, but when we do I try to do the same. Then again, there are very few chain restaurants with a presence near us, so that's not as hard as it sounds. We discovered a burger chain called Culver's on a trip thru the midwest last summer, highly recommended!!
One chain that I completely don't understand the cult following on is White Castle. Just awful. YMMV.
No one around here has a clue what a real 'grinder' is.
People call 'em subs around here, but I agree. Seems like it's mostly chains these days...OK, and consistent but nothing like the old mom & pop sub shops of 40 years ago. Even the general stores, pizza shops, etc. that make deli subs aren't as good as I remember them.
The chain I was referring to was called Pizza Haven or something similar. According to Wikipedia they went bankrupt in the late 90s.Sounds like the old Godfather's pizza chain with the pineapple pizza, they also had dessert pizza that was good as well, buffet everyday at lunch time until they closed.