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I'm in the UK and know no one who would call McDonalds or Burger King a restaurant. I wouldn't call TGIFriday a restaurant either.

• ams6110 9y ago
  What do you call them?
  • Symbiote 9y ago
    Burger King and McDonald's are "fast food places". TGI Fridays is a "chain restaurant" if we want to distinguish it from a "restaurant".
  • LandR 9y ago
    "Shit", mostly. I actually can't think of a collective term that I would use for these places. If someone asked what a McDonalds was, I'd honestly probably reply "It's a fast food place that sells shitty burgers"
    • SippinLean 9y ago
      Yeah, they aren't restaurants, just places where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and served on the premises.
      • DanBC 9y ago
        The differences are the presence of a take-away option (which is as popular as the eat-there option), and that there's no waiter service. Nor cutlery.
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  • DanBC 9y ago
    take-away; fast food places; in a formal setting maybe fast-food restaurant but never restaurant alone.