Why chain restaurants are so much better in the suburbs

Yelp never lies. 

The truth is in the stars, and they tell us this: suburban chain restaurant franchises are inherently superior to ones located in cities.

As a New Yorker I’m not supposed to admit any affection for the suburbs at all. But I’ve known this in my heart for as long as I’ve lived here. 

Countless times I’ve ordered New York Applebee’s mozzarella sticks only to be served deep fried glue sticks on a mixed appetizer platter of subway infections, posing as a plate. Never have I ever been in a chain restaurant bathroom with proper ventilation. Only in New York do you wait over two hours to be eat iHOP pancakes, congealed to form a singular fetid blob, in a booth stripped off its padding, with only its hard wooden skeleton — and your eviscerated hope — to pad you. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Why chain restaurants are so much better in the suburbs