Liberals Eat Here. Conservatives Eat There.

Tuesday, May 6th, 2014

Liberals and conservatives eat at different restaurants — although most of the effect seems geographical:

Restaurant	Conservative Index	Liberal Index
CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN	75	146
ROMANO’S MACARONI GRILL	96	141
RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE	93	137
ON THE BORDER	94	136
P.F. CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO	80	133
BERTUCCI’S	87	132
THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY	87	132
FRIENDLY’S	69	132
MARIE CALLENDER’S	104	123
CHEVY’S	93	123
HOOTERS	105	121
BUFFALO WILD WINGS BAR & GRILL	86	118
PONDEROSA STEAKHOUSE	97	112
OLD COUNTRY BUFFET	81	111
CARRABBA’S ITALIAN GRILL	110	110
FUDDRUCKER’S	84	110
JOE’S CRAB SHACK	84	110
RUBY TUESDAY	93	109
O’CHARLEY’S	121	108
PERKINS	95	108
RED ROBIN	105	106
IHOP (INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKES)	94	106
MIMI’S CAFE	103	105
SHONEY’S	110	104
TGI FRIDAY’S	92	104
LONE STAR STEAKHOUSE & SALOON	104	102
OLIVE GARDEN	101	102
CHUCK E. CHEESE’S	89	101
PAPA MURPHY’S	116	98
RED LOBSTER	101	97
APPLEBEE’S	100	97
OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE	100	97
DENNY’S	99	96
BIG BOY	98	96
CHILI’S GRILL & BAR	99	94
BLACK ANGUS STEAKHOUSE	101	93
HOMETOWN BUFFET	116	88
GOLDEN CORRAL	101	86
SIZZLER	103	85
LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE	115	82
CRACKER BARREL	118	75
BOB EVANS	110	71

(Hat tip to Tyler Cowen.)

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Steve Johnson says:

May 6, 2014 at 4:24 pm

Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse vs Cracker Barrel and yet the left postures as if they’re the party of the middle standing up to the rich.

The only accurate model of American politics is top and bottom allied against the middle. The parasite class that curates the bottom is part of the top coalition.
Marc Pisco says:

May 6, 2014 at 6:50 pm

Any of you guys ever been to an Old Country Buffet? It’s a fixed price self-serve feedlot. I’ve never seen so many morbidly obese people in one place. Going on stereotypes I wouldn’t have thought conservative.

Maybe it’s big in the upper Midwest Fat Democrat Zone?
Aretae says:

May 8, 2014 at 9:58 am

Having moved around a lot, the most interesting thing about the list was the number of restaurants that only occur in areas that are heavily biased in one direction or another.

Whataburger doesn’t appear on the list, but it’s heavily patronized by Republicans for some reason. Oh, right, it’s only in Texas.

Bob Evans, Cracker Barrel, and Longhorn Steakhouse suffer the same results of being heavily south-weighted.

Perkins appears to be a west-coast thing.

Ones that surprise me are places where it seems as if there isn’t a demonstrable geographic bias, yet there’s a big difference. Fuddruckers, I’ve been to all over the country. Chicago, all over Texas, Omaha, etc. And yet, it’s got a huge liberal bias.

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