The 25 Best Fast Food Restaurants in 2016
This chain has the highest rankings in a recent industry survey among sub joints in the categories of food quality, likely to recommend and likely to return.
*Rankings and data from Nation’s Restaurant News.
This bagel eatery has the best rankings in value, service and craveability among bakeries and cafes.
This burger joint’s strongest ratings are for its food quality, reputation and likelihood that customers will recommend it.
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Known for its gooey sticky buns, this chain received the highest score for food quality among beverage and snack joints, and scored well in reputation, craveability and likelihood to recommend.
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Jason's Deli chicken salad
Jason's Deli chicken salad
This deli had the best rankings for cleanliness and menu variety among the 16 ranked sandwich joints, but got the lowest score for value.
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This burger joint got high marks for food quality, reputation and likelihood for a recommendation, but its menu variety failed to impress.
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This Seattle-based coffee giant topped the rankings in cleanliness, service and reputation among the 13 beverage and snack chains.
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Of the four Asian eateries, this teriyaki and sushi joint earned top honors for value, atmosphere, likely to recommend and likely to return.
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This sub shop earned high marks in the categories of food quality, cleanliness, likely to recommend and likely to return.
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This burger shop got its best marks in the categories of food quality, likely to recommend and likely to return.
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This sub chain received the highest ranking for craveability among the 16 sandwich shops, and earned impressive scores for food quality and likely to recommend.
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Of the 14 pizza joints reviewed, this one took top honors for cleanliness and likelihood to return.
Papa Murphy's
High marks for cleanliness, service and reputation put Peet’s at No. 3 among the 13 beverage and snack chains.
Among the dozen chicken fast-food restaurants, this one gets the best reviews for value and menu variety.
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The top rated sub joint, Blimpie also earned the highest marks for value among the 16 sandwich shops, while posting impressive rankings for food quality and likelihood to recommend.
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This café was the favorite among the six bakeries and cafes and got the highest scores for cleanliness, menu variety, likely to recommend and likely to return.
The best pizza chain in a group of 14, Godfather’s also had the top marks in service, menu variety, reputation and atmosphere.
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This North Carolina-based doughnut shop scored the highest in value, craveability and likelihood to recommend among the 13 beverage and snack chains.
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The best Asian chain among four, Pei Wei got the best rankings in five categories: cleanliness, service, menu variety, reputation and craveability.
The king of the beverage and snack subcategory, this chain got top honors for menu variety and likelihood of returning.
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The only Mexican joint in the top 25, Rubio’s received the best marks for nine of the 10 categories. It missed only on value.
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Among the dozen chicken places, this Southern chain scored the highest in seven of the 10 categories, including likelihood for a recommendation, reputation and food quality.
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This burger chain earned the top rankings for seven of the 10 categories among the 19 burger chains, with reputation and food quality scoring the highest.
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