Top 51 Food Places in America, According To "Survey"

Top 51 Food Places in America

Think of this as a "Food Joint Of The Month" contest. Except here, a jury didn't get to choose who gets what. This time, we allowed all the 322,871,369 people living in USA to be jurors by picking up various signals they created, including reviews, online & offline sentiment metrics, citations, Google search result rankings, links between websites, brand mentions, social media activity, and more.

Essentially, this competition focuses on the love of food, combined with the passion for cooking and sharing culinary creations with others. We discovered and reviewed all 37,999 food places in USA, then shortlisted 51 (restaurants, diners, cafeterias, drive-thrus, food trucks, fast foods, etc.). Finally, we ranked them based on their food quality, service, atmosphere, value for money, customer feedback, and overall impression.

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Updated: December 17, 2024

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Food places, ranked by the good people of USA

Rank	Domain	PopulationServed	Visibility	AveragePosition	States	Cities	Pages	Rankings	ZIPs	Top1	Top3	Top10
#1	applebees.com	14,651,612	4.5%	17.6	51	27378	400	32836	32653	0	3	1517
#2	chilis.com	3,346,732	1.0%	40.6	51	25877	466	30920	30838	0	0	20
#3	moes.com	2,992,723	0.9%	28.3	51	27352	312	32640	32597	0	0	22
#4	panerabread.com	2,766,308	0.9%	31.5	51	27317	183	32587	32548	0	0	0
#5	wendys.com	2,624,918	0.8%	73.0	51	18317	3246	20711	20700	0	0	482
#6	pandaexpress.com	2,345,343	0.7%	37.4	51	27371	4	32645	32645	0	0	0
#7	chicagofoodplanet.com	2,080,792	0.6%	100.7	3	50	2	105	105	1	21	96
#8	olivegarden.com	1,910,818	0.6%	47.6	51	26804	340	31654	31628	0	0	1
#9	ihop.com	1,856,967	0.6%	50.1	51	25971	271	30532	30520	0	0	0
#10	gfs.com	1,667,463	0.5%	57.0	51	25863	6	30370	30369	0	0	2
#11	dickeys.com	1,666,142	0.5%	55.4	51	27056	2	32000	32000	0	0	0
#12	awrestaurants.com	1,489,836	0.5%	63.3	51	18554	10	22133	22132	0	0	0
#13	subway.com	1,344,985	0.4%	69.2	51	24639	646	27890	27865	0	0	23
#14	mcalistersdeli.com	1,249,845	0.4%	66.4	51	26266	60	30471	30471	0	0	1
#15	meltingpot.com	1,229,072	0.4%	70.0	51	24521	106	28669	28662	0	0	0
#16	qdoba.com	1,220,364	0.4%	69.6	51	26593	414	30874	30856	0	0	3
#17	thehalalguys.com	1,176,034	0.4%	70.8	51	25459	15	29765	29765	0	0	0
#18	pitastreetfood.com	1,099,894	0.3%	71.8	51	16291	11	18748	18748	0	0	48
#19	carrabbas.com	1,022,946	0.3%	74.3	51	25926	71	29778	29777	0	0	1
#20	crackerbarrel.com	948,521	0.3%	79.0	51	11843	527	14258	14243	0	0	5
#21	outback.com	939,816	0.3%	86.2	51	7955	86	10776	10775	0	0	0
#22	saharagrill.com	930,678	0.3%	76.5	51	25668	1	29077	29077	0	0	0
#23	texasroadhouse.com	854,236	0.3%	78.0	51	19258	204	21930	21924	0	0	0
#24	redlobster.com	822,889	0.3%	86.2	51	10834	5	14087	14087	0	0	0
#25	peiwei.com	804,328	0.2%	81.2	51	24106	104	26660	26660	0	0	0
#26	wienerschnitzel.com	803,478	0.2%	79.9	51	9702	77	10975	10974	0	0	0
#27	bucadibeppo.com	782,732	0.2%	80.5	51	24761	39	27635	27635	0	0	0
#28	99restaurants.com	762,594	0.2%	80.3	51	17012	79	19279	19273	0	0	0
#29	food-la.com	675,550	0.2%	100.7	1	30	2	92	92	0	1	42
#30	truefoodkitchen.com	669,471	0.2%	96.6	50	1580	43	2267	2265	0	0	5
#31	eatpdq.com	664,809	0.2%	84.4	51	16315	3	18425	18425	0	0	9
#32	bolay.com	628,101	0.2%	85.9	51	9552	5	10786	10785	0	0	16
#33	shirinrestaurant.com	622,509	0.2%	83.4	50	23220	1	25140	25140	0	0	0
#34	skylinechili.com	578,057	0.2%	85.7	51	18079	1	19890	19890	0	0	0
#35	aladdins.com	530,732	0.2%	87.2	51	8566	1	9763	9763	0	0	76
#36	firstwatch.com	465,771	0.1%	92.8	51	5010	38	6392	6391	0	0	0
#37	plantpowerfastfood.com	372,888	0.1%	91.6	51	7108	1	7924	7924	0	0	3
#38	goldencorral.com	369,193	0.1%	95.0	51	7001	101	8511	8510	0	0	0
#39	pfchangs.com	352,323	0.1%	94.0	51	4020	130	4826	4824	0	0	2
#40	louisianatravel.com	343,994	0.1%	100.6	3	124	45	142	142	0	0	93
#41	culvers.com	285,654	0.1%	95.2	38	2874	608	3516	3488	0	0	0
#42	maggianos.com	263,893	0.1%	97.6	51	3558	138	4304	4304	0	0	11
#43	rubios.com	260,717	0.1%	93.2	50	17575	58	17907	17907	0	0	0
#44	unclejulios.com	252,690	0.1%	94.0	51	11671	22	12173	12173	0	0	0
#45	krystal.com	232,795	0.1%	93.9	51	16482	89	16760	16760	0	0	1
#46	wafflehouse.com	218,369	0.1%	94.4	51	6030	6	6443	6443	0	0	0
#47	curryupnow.com	202,217	0.1%	96.1	51	4044	3	4406	4406	0	0	9
#48	longhornsteakhouse.com	186,262	0.1%	98.5	49	1647	344	1942	1942	0	0	2
#49	hardees.com	179,086	0.1%	92.9	50	8797	3	9093	9091	0	0	0
#50	bobevans.com	173,219	0.1%	95.8	51	5296	22	5593	5591	0	0	93
#51	snoozeeatery.com	172,128	0.1%	96.6	51	4992	1	5427	5427	0	0	0

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