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Who Really Invented the Blooming Onion? Peeling Open the World’s Greasiest Mystery

From New Orleans to Tampa to Springfield, New Jersey — the only place the Bloomin’ Onion definitely didn’t come from was Australia

Millennials Are Mourning a Fallen ’90s Icon: Sit-Down Pizza Hut

In our youth, the Hut worshipped at the altar of casual dining. Now that it’s takeout only, we’ve lost an important slice of pre-pandemic life

Into the Heart of Darkness of Red Lobster’s Endless Crab

The infamous 2003 marketing disaster spawned a cult of all-you-can-eat crustacean — which still tortures waiters today

Ranking Chain-Restaurant Thanksgiving Feasts by How Healthy They Are

Marie Callender’s? Boston Market? Popeyes? Which takeout feast is least likely to end my insides?