Facts About Our Favorite Chain Restaurants

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8 ай бұрын

Weird History Food is going to pick up the check on this one with some Chain Restaurant Facts. There's a certain level of comfort when diners walk into a popular American food chain. No matter where patrons travel throughout the US, they know that entering a chain restaurant titan will provide them with the same menu, food, and service they experience back home. Establishments like Olive Garden, Waffle House, Applebee's, T.G.I. Friday's, Outback Steakhouse, and others take pride in providing diners with consistent atmospheres no matter where life takes them.
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@petergriffiinbirdistheword 8 ай бұрын

I wish people could see behind the scenes of Panera Bread. They don't make their bakery items onsite, at least not all. The soups and macs are microwaved and heated straight out of a bag. Starbucks breakfast sandwiches are basically 7/11 premade heat and eat sandwiches... but I'm talking about American 7/11's (if you know you know).

@btetschner 8 ай бұрын

I second a video about Panera Bread!

@JumCuggler 8 ай бұрын

As someone who worked at Panera bread, I can speak to this, at least a little. The vast majority of the baked goods are made onsite. The only one not baked at the restaurant that I can remember are the coffee cakes. While the Mac and cheese is sometimes microwaved, usually it and the soups are warmed in large hot water baths. We only microwave the Mac when no one has had time to throw some in the water bath to heat up. All veggies are prepared in the back, so they cut and mix salads and such from fresh veggies. Panera definitely has some issues, but as far as restaurants that I've worked at go, I still eat there occasionally.

@fredjiejones 8 ай бұрын

did yall think they were shredding cheese in back for u????

@josuelemus6751 8 ай бұрын

I worked at a cracker barrel most of the shit came in proportioned bags too. Then heated in water. Except the the meat & chicken was cooked there

@CordeliaWagner 8 ай бұрын

Why look behind the scenes when every JunkFood franchise is the dame? Unhealthy food for ppor uneducated people. Just don't eat this trash.

@thecalham 8 ай бұрын

Dennys at 4am is like going to the zoo always something interesting and animalistic

@GotTheBestLigma 8 ай бұрын

Me and a couple friends went to one at about 3 AM sometime in 2000, tripping on acid and what really did it was our server legit had long vampire fangs. The food hit the spot though and it was quite the ambience for a few 20 something dudes tripping balls. 10/10 definitely recommend.

@markadams7046 8 ай бұрын

The fact that Denny's was originally a donut shop called Danny's is what surprised me.

@Lobonova 8 ай бұрын

Ihop has gone down hill. Nowadays i walk in and the place is empty and with one employee who hides in the kitchen or bathroom.

@gdubya83 8 ай бұрын

I don't care for ihop. Dennys has always been good especially at truck stops. Ryan's was the $#!+ in my town and Golden Corral came in but it ruined everything. I went to the Golden Corral a few years and only one item was more than semi warm. Screw GC

@Merylstreep1949 8 ай бұрын

In the bathroom....how else will the sausage links get made???😂😂😂😂

@ingridfong-daley5899 8 ай бұрын

If everybody's left or goes into hiding, it makes me wonder what you did at IHOP in the past! :)

@_jc726 8 ай бұрын

They should change their name to iHide

@lawrencetalbot8346 8 ай бұрын

I haven’t been to ihop in over a decade. The last time I was going to go, I was college kid and it was late at night. I decided not to go and that turned out to potentially save my life because that IHOP got shot up that evening.

@sweatynutlover4827 8 ай бұрын

Honestly did NOT expect to see the “Dennys Grand Slamdance” video LMFAOOOO

@ahotdj07 8 ай бұрын

@5:37 - Managers that are selected to go to Italy to Olive Garden school is really there for an abridge version of cooking. It is not like they’re in classes the entire time there. It’s more of a paid vacation with a few hours of classes mixed in. It’s all a marketing ploy.

@B.H.56 8 ай бұрын

You forgot to mention that Waffle House has its own record label and music.

@anthonywade8880 6 ай бұрын

They covered that on their Waffle House video before. It’s been covered.

@mentalhealthnetwork 8 ай бұрын

Outback used to be awesome. Their deep fried mushrooms were my fav app. Unfortunately they became so expensive it's unaffordable to eat there.

@nwerd7584 8 ай бұрын

Personally, I remember it always being expensive.. and ironically is cheaper with all the grubhub coupons and shit if you live close to one now, but not without.

@barbarawilsonpadgett6400 6 ай бұрын

The portions are so small!

@arfriedman4577 2 ай бұрын

Around 2021, we went to edgewater nj outback for lunch during the week. They gave me a huge portion of fried mushrooms. Maybe it was $8.99

@jasonvaquero9739 8 ай бұрын

If you live in SoCal, the fact about The Cheesecake Factory means that the location at the Topanga mall has the “freshest” cheesecake

@NewMessage 8 ай бұрын

I've worked in two chain restaurant kitchens... and man, you could not pay me to eat in one now.

@tremorsfan 8 ай бұрын

The founder of TGIF created the company specifically so that HE could pick up single girls.

@wailingalen 8 ай бұрын

I used to work st a TGIF and there was a creepy manager that used to flirt with the underage hostesses 😂😂 Our little crew came up with the term Hostess with the Mostest !!!!

@matthewsermons7247 8 ай бұрын

By far, my favorite segment was Outback: Paul Hogan was labeled a "knife expert" and you name-dropped Yahoo Serious. You have given me a good morning.

@justayoutuber1906 8 ай бұрын

Hogan

@matthewsermons7247 8 ай бұрын

@@justayoutuber1906 Thanks, corrected

@johnmeyers8588 8 ай бұрын

You mean a G'Day! 😁

@Oliviux78 7 ай бұрын

Marie Calendars, Carrows, Hometown Buffet (if they still have them), Sizzler…

@jezeraeuppal3544 8 ай бұрын

Oh my that Cilis *NSYNC 🎙️baby back ribs commercial lives rent free in my brain 🧠. Hhahahahah I was like 7/8yrs old when I first saw that commercial talk about nostalgia 😂

@amandacimarossa5214 8 ай бұрын

Worked at waffle house as a waitress and a cook and not gonna lie i dont ever wanna eat their food ever again lol

@btetschner 8 ай бұрын

A+ video! LOVE IT! I have been to all those restaurants!

@maximoelpalomo3649 8 ай бұрын

Have you thought about an episode about food containers? Like who did invent the pizza box?

@samiam619 3 ай бұрын

From 1995 to 2000, I delivered food to National Chain restaurants. One was Red Lobster. 1999 or 2000 they had a AYCE crab leg promo. I was sent from L.A. to Las Vegas with 45’ trailer FULL OF CRAB LEGS! The stores COULD NOT refuse their order. One store in San Bernardino Ca. ordered more boxes than their freezer could hold. I left them to figure out what to do with all of them…

@Bakazmann74 8 ай бұрын

I hate knocking this Lady narrator, she’s trying, but the guy just make these videos more entertaining

@marvingecko1232 8 ай бұрын

WN😂

@TKaePetras 11 күн бұрын

Totally agree. The female narrators mojo uses are just grating on my nerves. Too high pitched maybe?

@packertai1 7 ай бұрын

Crazy video! Cheesecake Factory fact surprised me! 😮 also interesting fact about Denny’s too!❤

@FirebirdDude 8 ай бұрын

The guy always says, "Befoe we get started..." I'm not used to hearing "before".

@richardadams4928 8 ай бұрын

The Denny's segment reminded me of when they bought out Jojo's and converted most of them. The Jojo's down the street from me made fresh rolls and breads (SO good!), and they served up a chicken noodle soup that, to this day, was the best I've ever eaten. RIP, Jojo's, you ARE missed....

@TKaePetras 11 күн бұрын

I worked for jojos many years. The quality of their food was impressive. Dennys could not hold a candle to them.

@richardadams4928 11 күн бұрын

@@TKaePetras 👍

@ridureyu 8 ай бұрын

Rx For edibles and elixirs” has a totally different connotation now.

@sherrihaight2724 2 ай бұрын

"When you're here, your family. " Eeeeeekk! *flees*

@daltonanderson2918 8 ай бұрын

Born and raised in Joplin Missouri here, I honestly heard about the Waffle House Index about 5 years before the tornado. It's interesting to know it wasn't an official thing before then. Still learning things about the day almost 13 years later

@thefumexxl 8 ай бұрын

LOL OT level 8 under Tom Cruise's name is a fucking excellent jab.

@auntvesuvi3872 8 ай бұрын

Interesting... thank you! 🔗

@TheGammingPie 8 ай бұрын

God... this channel is addicting as Olive Gardens bred sticks...

@samiam619 3 ай бұрын

Have you tried the Red Lobster biscuits? Both owned by the same Company.

@arfriedman4577 2 ай бұрын

@@samiam619my parents used to buy the red lobster biscuits for us to take home.

@justinlawson4374 2 ай бұрын

The IHOP in Vermont is also only open for like 6 hours a day

@The_Food_Chronicles 8 ай бұрын

Your content motivated me to start making content

@jdl2962 8 ай бұрын

Your comment motivated me to comment

@thetvbaby83 8 ай бұрын

@@jdl2962your like motivated me to like both content and comment.

@ingridfong-daley5899 8 ай бұрын

Your interaction motivated me to smile. :) @@jdl2962

@The_Food_Chronicles 8 ай бұрын

@@jdl2962 lol glad it did

@CanMav 8 ай бұрын

Olive garden is disgusting. Tried it once and you couldn’t pay me enough to go again.

@BeyondDaX 8 ай бұрын

Good for you I suppose?

@sebastiancolyar 8 ай бұрын

They made a company wide corporate decision to use cheaper, thicker, blander sauce at all locations. I used to love it years ago but every location I go to in northern Illinois is gross

@CanMav 8 ай бұрын

@@sebastiancolyar To me it was sweet sauces, lettuce floating in oil and stale bread. No thanks

@sebastiancolyar 8 ай бұрын

@@CanMav that sucks. It was sooo good in the past. I'm an Alfredo fiend and was soooooo disappointed

@DavidLLambertmobile Ай бұрын

It's like the OG execs went to a senior nurse home 🏥 & said- YES! Bland no spice food. Wine with small bottles 🍷 ....

@nensondubois 7 ай бұрын

Baby back baby back riiiiiibs!

@oribron 8 ай бұрын

"Roughly" is very accurate lol

@btetschner 8 ай бұрын

5:57 I went to an Outback Steakhouse in Charleston, South Carolina, it was the first time I went out with my neighbor/friend in the city.

@jimtaylor6930 5 ай бұрын

Went to a TGIF once and had to wait an hour and a half to be seated. And there were emty tables all over in there . That was the first and only time ever went there. Won't go back to one if they are still around.

@ridureyu 8 ай бұрын

“If you’re here, you’re family. But have you seen how I treat my family?”

@soysaucetilapia2893 8 ай бұрын

well, the jingle he composed gave him the chance to taste the baby back ribs

@jerranspearman3369 8 ай бұрын

good video

@SomeOrangeCat 8 ай бұрын

You haven't truly lived, until you've passed out on an IHOP toilet in the wee hours of the morning.

@samiam619 3 ай бұрын

Not my idea of fun…

@sherrihaight2724 2 ай бұрын

Cracker barrel was awesome in 80s in Alabama. My mom tried one just opened in 2020's pacific northwest. It was reported to be horrible.

@asvpfern 8 ай бұрын

what the fck is up Denny’s is the absolute perfect clip to place in their segment

@btetschner 8 ай бұрын

10:35 "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)" by Alabama is an awesome music video, love it!

@soia421 8 ай бұрын

You tube has more commercials than Pluto TV

@justayoutuber1906 8 ай бұрын

what commercials? i never see them

@SnarkyRC 8 ай бұрын

Commercials? Stop living as a poor and spend a few bucks for KZfaq premium.

@soia421 8 ай бұрын

@@SnarkyRC you guys work at KZfaq? Maybe hook me up

@btetschner 8 ай бұрын

9:21 My aunt is a flight attendant. Kris Jenner was a flight attendant for American Airlines and apparently was very good at her job. Even her ex-boyfriend said she was a social person and "was always looking out for the gold at the end of the rainbow" (Distractify)

@gjd424 8 ай бұрын

Chilis back back ribs song is the best! 🍖🎶

@Puppetgirl93 8 ай бұрын

I haven’t been to IHop in years. I think the last time I ate there was in 2018

@btetschner 8 ай бұрын

10:47 "Cracker Jack" by Dolly Parton is an awesome music video, such a classic!

@btetschner 8 ай бұрын

11:10 When I lived in Charleston, South Carolina, Denny's was the restaurant the Navy trainees would go to the most (my friend was in the Navy).

@addisondeluna1787 8 ай бұрын

Hahaha yeah add Friday's to the literary meeeee

@justayoutuber1906 8 ай бұрын

Red Lobster encountered too many Homer Simpsons

@btetschner 8 ай бұрын

8:29 If anyone asked me what type of restaurant Applebee's is, I would tell them it is a Traditional American Cuisine restaurant.

@ianvision 8 ай бұрын

Needs a bit more moshing at Denny’s! Just got a small taste haha

@kazuhasgloves 8 ай бұрын

Ayy, good morning!! 🔥🔥🔥

@SnarkyRC 8 ай бұрын

How you doin'?

@bashildy 8 ай бұрын

RIP to the hobbit menu at dennys. Best tie in ever. Won’t ever watch the movie or go back to dennys since it left us

@gracekim25 8 ай бұрын

There’s so many American places I’ve never heard of before 😅

@VegasBuggMan 8 ай бұрын

“Possibly still drunk”? Lady Ive never been sober in a Waffle House! 🤣🤣

@alexelectricx 8 ай бұрын

You should do a video on Arby's!!

@samiam619 3 ай бұрын

You wouldn’t like the video. Their Roast Beef doesn’t start out life as roast beef… I used to deliver their food to them from 1995 to around 1998.

@garycarpenter6433 Ай бұрын

Red Lobster is starting to fold up...in other words closing down 👇

@ravenmills-prouduscitizenm9609 5 ай бұрын

Waffle House at 5am on a Sunday.. the best ever

@StickandPoke44 8 ай бұрын

yooo thats why there so many Vermont license plates in the ihop in upstate NY

@nunyabznz 8 ай бұрын

I was at a Denneys the other day and say an on picture of a sign said 'Donuts'. I asked the 93 year old woman I was with if she ever remembered that and she said no. Nor do I.

@ashleestevenson7991 8 ай бұрын

the history of lollipops would be good

@mnhoss2100 8 ай бұрын

👍👍

@HappyGodFlower 8 ай бұрын

All these restaurants microwave meals. Their fast food restaurants.

@btetschner 8 ай бұрын

Eating ANOTHER Weird History Meal, this time a Weird History breakfast! Eating Pop-Tarts* (Frosted Strawberry) and drinking Folgers Classic Roast^...while watching this Weird History video! * From the thumbnail of the Weird History Food video "What Was the Most Popular Junk Food From Every Decade In the 20th Century?" ^ From the Weird History Food video "Incredible Things Coffee Does To Your Body"

@todddembsky8321 4 ай бұрын

When push comes to shove, I just want to see the face behind the voice. Wonderful Southern Midwestern dialect.

@Rekkenze 4 ай бұрын

Wrote that shit without having eaten any of those ribs while saving his ad agency in 5 minutes. PEAK American

@samiam619 3 ай бұрын

So what? The songwriters of Take Me out to the Ballgame never saw a game before writing the song.

@NASCARFAN93100 8 ай бұрын

Weird History Food Going Real Early On This One

@ylin5543 7 ай бұрын

I love this narrator I don’t know why most people hate this narrator

@alonzosmalls3523 8 ай бұрын

Good morning

@charmsyou7146 7 ай бұрын

If eat apple bees, I only get appetizers

@arfriedman4577 2 ай бұрын

I dont go to olive garden after 3 different times and states. I grew up with better Italian food in nyc. Never been to waffle house. Cant recall if i went to cheesecake factory. Been to dennys in early 2000s maybe twice. Ihop ive been to a few times since i was a child. I was to Applebee's a few times in late 1990s. I went to outback with my parents around 2004, and one time in 2021. The few times i went to Starbucks, i had a gift card. I was at red lobster a few times with my family. The last time was 2005. TGIFridays and houihans we went to several times in hs and college. I like to cook and bake. We dont go out to eat much. Thanks for the info and memories.

@imustbecrazy5626 8 ай бұрын

The worst meal we were ever served was Red Lobster. It was our 15th anniversary and everything was terrible. Crab legs that bent. Scampi was rubbery. Salad was wilted with bad dressing. The dressing was watery mayonnaise. Not ceaser. 100$. Never been back. That was 10 yrs ago. We complained and nothing was done.

@Littlestraincloud 7 ай бұрын

Vermont really is South Quebec, huh

@drewidlifestyle7883 8 ай бұрын

For the Olive Garden one it’s an odd thing to harp on “guys they’re not locked in the kitchen for a work straight so does it Reeeeassllly count?”

@jenniferlonnes7420 8 ай бұрын

What?

@thewiirocks 8 ай бұрын

It's not about being locked in a kitchen. It's about whether there's any serious attempts at structured education going on. And the reality is that Olive Garden can't afford to do such a thing, despite the positive PR. If you go to an Olive Garden and look at the plate brought to you, you'll notice that the sauces are spooned on top of the pasta. That's a very American method, but will absolutely get you run out of town in Italy. Italians want their pasta and sauce married together properly! Why is that a problem? Because taking the time to marry the sauce and pasta in a pan would greatly increase the prep time on Olive Garden dishes. OG wants to achieve "good enough" in a highly structured, hard to mess up fashion that ensures maximum throughput over product quality. For what they're trying to achieve, a "Hamburger U" type of setting that teaches management techniques would be a more effective approach. But it lacks the PR advantages, so instead they send their managers on all expenses paid vacations with a few fun cooking workshops thrown in.

@baylorsailor 3 ай бұрын

IHOP has turned into Denny's.

@SauceBlob 3 ай бұрын

What if guy fieri was a building 😂

@FirebirdDude 8 ай бұрын

Olive Garden!!!! Unlimited pasta is on now, baby!!

@notsyzagts7967 8 ай бұрын

Guy Bommarito: "But why start now?" Sounds like a genius way to promote your own signature dish. What an ass.

@AdamasOldblade 7 ай бұрын

still like Denny’s to this day. I don’t expect greatness. It’s why I still eat there from time to time.

@samiam619 3 ай бұрын

But they BETTER have the Grand Slam available!

@rohan750 8 ай бұрын

How much is red lobster buffet these days?

@MOBMJ Ай бұрын

sadly TGI Fridays is not what it use to be. went there last week with my dad, use to go there all the time when I was a kid with my dad. The food is so shit and over priced. small portions. Never going there again, so sad. great times and good memories.

@chrismayer3919 8 ай бұрын

You guys just HAD to mention ribs to me… 🤤

@clubmogambo3214 8 ай бұрын

No contest, Cheesecake Factory hands down. 2nd place isn't even close.

@pattyg1184 8 ай бұрын

There are barely any waffle houses in the Midwest 😂

@jabecrowell4247 7 ай бұрын

Panera bread

@TwoMenInACloset 8 ай бұрын

So early

@cyrusgraham292 2 ай бұрын

🍍Metro Center Mall Phoenix,Arizona Coconut Shrimp, Lobster Linguine

@winnerscreed6767 2 ай бұрын

Gone

@ericwalker8382 8 ай бұрын

Olive Garden sends not cooks to Tuscany.

@btetschner 8 ай бұрын

2:49 The first time I ate at a Waffle House was in Columbia, Missouri.

@putoutmyfirewithgasoline1877 8 ай бұрын

No one cares

@hugeuglygorillaz9599 8 ай бұрын

Since you rarely hear anyone say "IHOP" and "International House of Pancakes" during the same conversation, I didn't realize they were the same place till I was like 28. My city only has one IHOP and I didn't know it existed til I was drunk and everyone wanted to go... at 3AM. Drunk revelations, no matter how stupid, blow your fucking mind!

@starlalilymoon 8 ай бұрын

I didn't know it was the same thing till this video. I thought the international house of pancakes is to be added at the end of IHOP. >

@hugeuglygorillaz9599 8 ай бұрын

@@starlalilymoon Now, any time we don't understand something stupid obvious, or do/say something without thinking. *SMH* "IHOP" is all you can say.

@starlalilymoon 8 ай бұрын

@@hugeuglygorillaz9599 Indeed xD

@starlalilymoon 8 ай бұрын

@@hugeuglygorillaz9599 The sad part is I'm 35 when I figured this out like today x.x

@hugeuglygorillaz9599 8 ай бұрын

@@starlalilymoon Nah, if you've never been exposed to something, how can you expect yourself to have knowledge of it? You never hear both names used at once so sometimes the connection just isn't made. Now, if you grew up with your house directly next to an IHOP and didn't make the connection, then... well...

@rohan750 8 ай бұрын

Was waffle house open during the lockdowns?

@TheOtherBill 8 ай бұрын

Ever have Maine lobster at Red Lobster? Yet there's not a single Red Lobster restaurant in the whole state.

@joshuafletcher598 8 ай бұрын

How ironic

@cavalierliberty6838 8 ай бұрын

It's more battleboro than rocky mount.

@Spockston 8 ай бұрын

Why do old people LOVE filet-o-fish? I swear its all they order

@dramallamaabq8121 7 ай бұрын

Hey, who's the new narrator? Want to make sure it's not a artificially generated voice

@braniganirby3586 6 ай бұрын

5:49 ❤🥖🧄🍝🥗🍷🍸🍹🧉🍾

@christophejergales7852 7 ай бұрын

There's a waffle House near me that has been closed two out of the last three times I visited.

@DavidLLambertmobile Ай бұрын

I have a small WaHo near me. I never ate there 2018-2022. 0. I worked PT armed security there 2022. Never ate 1 item. 0. 🍳🍩☕️🍔🍟🌭 . The location was filthy. The staff were drug users, drunks. WaHo litterly paid them daily. My shifts were like Iraq 🇮🇶 2004. I'd add I saw just 1 car 🚗 there a few times; day evening.