Dubious restaurants game

Donny's
This must be a misprint. Who the heck would go into a restaurant named Donny's? That name is ruined forever.

Denny's! That what they meant! It's good food, and they're honest.

Wetzel's Pretzels
Don't get tied in a knot looking for something funny here. But, jeeze! A big, warm, fresh pretzel is something else again.

Boomarang Diner
The idea of the name, I suppose, is that if you serve good food and service, the people will return. It works, apparently, because it thrives in Oklahoma in many locations.

Hopkin's Eatery (sandwich shop)
There are only two locations in Tallahassee, so it's hardly a chain. I accompanied somebody there, and I wasn't very hungry but I ordered something called a garden salad sandwich on pumpernickel rye. I didn't expect anything special, but it was unforgettably good, something you rave about for a long time. How a sandwich can be that good, I don't know. I mean, it's only a sandwich, right? The person I was with raved about the mushroom soup while eating it.
So if you're ever in Tallahassee....

Pizza Hutch
You can't expect that much from a pizza restaurant with that name, but it's actually for rabbits, pizza for lagomorphs. I bought a rabbit pizza once, and the rabbit turned his nose up at it. It had mint on it. Rabbit's don't like mint, apparently. I should've bought the stonecrop pizza. I know from past experience that rabbits love stonecrop.

Nathan's Famous
They sell frankfurters.
Opened in 1916 and sold for five cents! They're higher than that now.
You can sit in a Major League Baseball stadium and eat a Nathan's frankfurter for 4 to 8 dollars. Some say it's worth it to avoid the boredom. What do you think?

Peter Piper Pizza
This is a popular franchise, but I wonder about the name. What worries me is the title and the association with Peter Piper. He was a rat catcher who lured rats out of a town with his flute. Then there is the association of rats and cheese. I don't get it. Is this supposed to lure us into the restaurant like rats?

Golden Corral
The name is ambiguous. Do the steaks come from cattle from the wealthiest ranches? Or is this a sumptuous, aureate food corral rounding people up for the zenith of a dining experience? The food is plentiful. That's for sure. It's all you can eat.

Golden Corral
The name is ambiguous. Do the steaks come from cattle from the wealthiest ranches? Or is this a sumptuous, aureate food corral rounding people up for the richest dining experience? The food is plentiful. That's for sure. It's all you can eat.

Bonanza Steakhouses
Originally founded by Dan Blocker, "Hoss" of the TV show. There are also Ponderosa Steakhouses although both are now ownwd by the same company. Still, when you walk in either one, you must think of Hoss Cartwright.

Ben and Gerry's Ice Cream Pizza
Anchovies?

Shake Shack
How clever! Just one letter away from repetition. Just think, it could have been Snake Snack. Whew! That was a close call.
There are 400 locations, so the food must be good.

The Pickle Barrel
A big juicy pickle on your plate with sides of fries and coleslaw.

Opus 5 Guys Hamburgers
Classical music played on our giant TV screens while you eat. Don't miss the complete Ring Cycle next week.

Bonefish Grill
They apparantly named their restaurant after a particular fish, the bonefish (Albula vulpes), which is usually considered inedible because of its many small bones, but it is considered to be a good sport fish caught in the shallow sea flats around the Florida Keys.

In essence, they serve any fish except for the bonefish, so don't ask how they came up with that name for the restaurant. I imagine someone suggested Bony Fish, but that was rejected as being stupid. Anyway, there are 166 locations in the US, so whatever they're serving must be good.

BeaverTails

"Its namesake products are fried dough pastries, individually hand-stretched to resemble beaver's tails, with various toppings added on the pastry."

Although, there are many fixed locations in Canada for the BeaverTails franchises, they frequently operate in food trucks in the high traffic events like festivals and fairs.

The beaver is a national symbol of Canada having great ecological importance as a keystone species in Canada's vast wetlands.

Riley's Smash Burgers, where we smash them with sledgehammers, buns, meat, fixings, and all.

Big Smoke Burgers

A Canadian company with a small number of locations.

It was named after the nickname for Toronto: Big Smoke, not the most flattering name, which is reminiscent of the city's former heavy Industrial smoke and smog. Maybe the burgers are charbroiled.

Sizzler Stakehouse
Your choice of pickets, scorched on the grill. Special sauce

Freshly Chopped
This is a restaurant chain based in The Republic of Ireland. It specializes in salads, which are prepared in front of the public using mezzaluna knives. Why salads? Ireland is the Emerald Isle, after all, green, just like salad.