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Best restaurants: newer chains take high honors.

Consumer Reports

| July 01, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Eating out is no longer a treat; it's a way of life. Americans spend half of every food dollar at restaurants, and most of those dollars are going to waiter-service establishments like those we asked about in the latest Consumer Reports National Research Center survey. Results suggest that respondents were especially happy with meals at chains so newly expanded that we had never rated them before. On average, they were "very satisfied"-the highest praise earned by any chain-with 14 of the 20 newcomers.

New names include: Red Hot & Blue, a blues-themed barbecue chain co-founded by a former governor of Tennessee; Bravo! Cucina Italiana, home to faux Roman ruins; ...

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