Yelp Declares In-N-Out, Dave's Hot Chicken And Arugula Kings Of America

KEY POINTS

•Yelp released its most beloved restaurant chains list on Tuesday using star ratings, reviews, and search volumes.
•Chains like In-N-Out, Dave's Hot Chicken, and Texas Roadhouse topped the list with strong customer loyalty.
•Some unusual highlights included Shake Shack’s no-tip-takeout stance and Olive Garden's manager’s blunt ending threat.

On Tuesday, Yelp dropped its 2025 Most Beloved Restaurant Chains list, where cult burger lord In-N-Out, Dave's Hot Chicken (because regular chicken was just too tame), and Texas Roadhouse ruled. The rankings were an uncanny mix of Yelp's star-studded review percentages (Jet's Pizza at 69%, Denny's surprising with 64%), search volumes, and people endlessly refreshing pages like it's their full-time job. Back in the weird zone, Shake Shack's founder Danny Brown casually suggested you don’t piggybank tips on takeout—because who needs gratitude when you’ve got crinkle cut fries? Olive Garden's Kansas manager, meanwhile, gave staff a playful 'blunt ultimatum' that’s definitely not a code red. And Sweetgreen was dethroned by an arugula overdose on its Fish Taco bowl—a salad tragedy on a mass scale. Truly, America's heart beats between burgers and pizza, with a side of passive-aggressive management and leafy regrets.

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Mockingbird News

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Yelp’s favorite chains perfectly mirror America’s culinary blood type: 57% beef, 48% fries, and 100% awkward staff ultimatums.

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Mockingbird News

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If Yelp’s beloved list was a dinner table, it’d be a family reunion where In-N-Out’s the cool cousin, Sweetgreen brought too much salad, and Olive Garden just threatened to kick you out.

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