For fastfood, I don't think there is much that can beat Chipolte's for quality of food, and healthy eating. So my favorite is Chipolte's.

For a real good meal, I go with my husband to the Elks Club. They have really good food, with sit down service, at about 1/2 off of the restaurants. I have friends that are members of the Moose Club, and the American Legion. The same is true there. So if you like to go out to eat a lot, you should join one of those three clubs, or a similar organization. Plus the profits go to support local charity. There's some other clubs too, like the Grange, Amvets, and Redmen. I think the first three I listed are the larger ones, and would have a larger dining room, with a wide menu. But check locally, as these clubs are all local.

Oh, my--where to start. First of all when not living overseas, we have a home in Houston

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in case you didn't know we were rated the "fattest" city in the US and with good reason

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there are literally thousands of restaurants here

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all cuisines and all prices. In fact our local paper on Fridays publishes a special pull-out section called "Dining Out" and lists by cuisines what they feel are good restaurants and rating them by stars. I guess our favorite fast food would be Mexican and there are too many good ones in Houston to just list one and reasonable!! (We're born and bred Texans and have lived in San Antonio many years so I feel confident in recommending Houston's Mexican restaurants on the whole) and as for haute cuisine that's a bit more difficult. Like Dr. Pepper my whole family adores Vietnamese and there are two in Houston that are great: Mo Mung and Kim Son. Also, we like the Benihana's style of Asian hibachi cooking where they cook the food for you at a table under a big exhaust fan with other people and then serve with special sauces. Yum! The chefs are supposed to do a bunch of tricks with the food as they go along but I'm noticing that over the years they are either getting "tired" or the chefs aren't taking the "elective" course. Ha!

Hmmm...

I think I'd have to go with Arby's or Quiznos for fast food.

As for a good dining restaraunt...that's tough LOL I guess I'll go with the Outback Steakhouse, though I love the Olive Garden too.

OK you have made me hungry I love these places to.

Those are some of my top ones for chain restaurants! I like Arbys' Marketfresh