I'm a fan of Red Robin. There was one that opened in PA when I was about 12 (12 years ago) and I spent a lot of Friday and Saturday nights there as a teenager. We actually discovered many of their secrets. For example, for a late night snack as a teen, we'd go and ask for just a basket of fries. And the basket was either $.99 or $1.99 depending on the number of fries--the $1.99 version was pound of fries I believe, which is a pretty good helping. They also used to have a peanut butter cup sundae that I loved (I'm a chocolate and peanut butter nut!) and you could get a kid's size for $.99 which was about 1/3 the size of the regular size (which cost about $4.99 at the time).
As I've gotten older I only go for meals, not for "hanging out" or late night snacks, so I just get full meals. I'm a vegetarian and it's one of the only places I really enjoy getting a veggie burger. Unlike most restaurants I've been too, they use Boca Burgers (I believe they have garden burgers too) which are made of soy and have a flavor somewhat similar to real meat. I like the texture much better than the grainy kind of texture some gardenburgers have. Plus it has more burger options--and lots of them easily made vegetarian--than most similar chain restaurants. I usually go for the 5 Alarm Burger or the one with the pineapple.
