For 55 years, the family behind Tapatío has refused to write down the recipe for Los Angeles' iconic hot sauce, passing its secret formula only from lip to ear in closed rooms.
After bottles of Tapatío hot sauce are filled and labeled, they continue down a conveyer to be boxed at the manufacturing facility on April 8 in Vernon, Calif. The company, founded in 1971 by Mexican immigrant Jose-Luis Saavedra, was recently acquired by Dallas-based private investment firm Highlander Partners.
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With the advent of Big Data, it's now easier than ever to quantify what people like around the globe. When it comes to food, Americans seem to have specific opinions. American dining brands have a long and storied history, and whether they're fast food, fast-casual, high-end, or super cheap, U.S. restaurants offer something for almost everyone.
What's clear about U.S. dining habits is that people love options. Restaurants across America are chock-full of variety, mixing ethnicities, food regions, and cultures into steaming melting pots of (often) fried deliciousness.
- Gargantiopa // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 48%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 52%
- BestStockFoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 48%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 50%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 49%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 43%
- Michael Gordon // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 49%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 54%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 50%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 55%
- Thomas Kelley // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 50%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 52%
- George Wirt // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 50%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 62%
- TonelsonProductions // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 50%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 43%
- BalkansCat // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 51%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 47%
- Vadym Shapran // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 51%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 47%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 51%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 47%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 51%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 56%
- Helen89 // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 51%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 52%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 54%
- Cbraccialini // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 54%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 55%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 55%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 52%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 55%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 61%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 55%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 60%
- Jayu // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 56%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 56%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 47%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 58%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 54%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 56%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 61%
- Eric Glenn // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 55%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 63%
- Anthony92931 // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 60%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 58%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 60%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 67%
- Billy F Blume Jr // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 60%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 61%
- George Sheldon // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 50%
- Cassiohabib // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 56%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 67%
- Felipe Sanchez // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 63%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 58%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 62%
- KULLAPONG PARCHERAT // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 67%
- Anthony92931 // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 63%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 61%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 65%
- Helen89 // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 66%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 66%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 66%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 65%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 69%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 67%
- TonelsonProductions // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 69%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 65%
- Davdeka // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 69%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 69%
- QualityHD / Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 70%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 69%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 72%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 77%
- kevin brine // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 75%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 80%
- rachel ko // Shutterstock
With the advent of Big Data, it’s now easier than ever to quantify what people like around the globe. When it comes to food, Americans have particularly specific opinions. American dining brands have a long and storied history, and whether it’s fast food, fast-casual, high-end, or super cheap, U.S. restaurants offer something for almost everyone.
What’s clear about U.S. dining habits is that people love options. Restaurants across America are chock-full of variety, mixing foods from various regions and cultures into steaming melting pots of deliciousness.
- Boyloso // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 48%
--- Popularity among boomers: 48%
- Felipe Sanchez // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 48%
--- Popularity among boomers: 47%
- Deutschlandreform // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 49%
--- Popularity among boomers: 44%
- CHRISTIAN DE ARAUJO // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 49%
--- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 51%
--- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- Thomas Kelley // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 51%
--- Popularity among boomers: 47%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 52%
--- Popularity among boomers: 46%
- Vadym Shapran // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 52%
--- Popularity among boomers: 56%
- Leonard Zhukovsky // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 52%
--- Popularity among boomers: 47%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 52%
--- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- oneinchpunch // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
--- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
--- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Eric Glenn // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
--- Popularity among boomers: 57%
- Helen89 // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
--- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
--- Popularity among boomers: 57%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
--- Popularity among boomers: 53%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 55%
--- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- Jayu // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 55%
--- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 55%
--- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Cbraccialini // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 56%
--- Popularity among boomers: 59%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
--- Popularity among boomers: 71%
- TonelsonProductions // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
--- Popularity among boomers: 59%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
--- Popularity among boomers: 56%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
--- Popularity among boomers: 63%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
--- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
--- Popularity among boomers: 68%
- Felipe Sanchez // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
--- Popularity among boomers: 57%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
--- Popularity among boomers: 61%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
--- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- George Sheldon // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
--- Popularity among boomers: 61%
- KULLAPONG PARCHERAT // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
--- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- Billy F Blume Jr // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 60%
--- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- Anthony92931 // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 60%
--- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Anthony92931 // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 60%
--- Popularity among boomers: 66%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
--- Popularity among boomers: 61%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
--- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
--- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- QualityHD / Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
--- Popularity among boomers: 63%
- Helen89 // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
--- Popularity among boomers: 59%
- Cassiohabib // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
--- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
--- Popularity among boomers: 62%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
--- Popularity among boomers: 66%
- Davdeka // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
--- Popularity among boomers: 66%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 66%
--- Popularity among boomers: 67%
- TonelsonProductions // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 69%
--- Popularity among boomers: 71%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 71%
--- Popularity among boomers: 77%
- kevin brine // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 74%
--- Popularity among boomers: 79%
- rachel ko // Shutterstock
50 most popular chain restaurants in America
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50 most popular chain restaurants in America
With the advent of Big Data, it's now easier than ever to quantify what people like around the globe. When it comes to food, Americans seem to have specific opinions. American dining brands have a long and storied history, and whether they're fast food, fast-casual, high-end, or super cheap, U.S. restaurants offer something for almost everyone.
What's clear about U.S. dining habits is that people love options. Restaurants across America are chock-full of variety, mixing ethnicities, food regions, and cultures into steaming melting pots of (often) fried deliciousness.
- Gargantiopa // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 48%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 52%
- BestStockFoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 48%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 50%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 49%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 43%
- Michael Gordon // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 49%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 54%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 50%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 55%
- Thomas Kelley // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 50%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 52%
- George Wirt // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 50%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 62%
- TonelsonProductions // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 50%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 43%
- BalkansCat // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 51%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 47%
- Vadym Shapran // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 51%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 47%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 51%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 47%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 51%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 56%
- Helen89 // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 51%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 52%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 54%
- Cbraccialini // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 54%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 55%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 55%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 52%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 55%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 61%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 55%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 60%
- Jayu // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 56%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 56%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 47%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 57%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 58%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 54%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 56%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 61%
- Eric Glenn // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 55%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 63%
- Anthony92931 // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 60%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 58%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 60%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 67%
- Billy F Blume Jr // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 60%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 61%
- George Sheldon // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 50%
- Cassiohabib // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 61%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 56%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 67%
- Felipe Sanchez // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 63%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 58%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 62%
- KULLAPONG PARCHERAT // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 67%
- Anthony92931 // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 63%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 61%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 65%
- Helen89 // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 66%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 66%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 66%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 65%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 69%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 67%
- TonelsonProductions // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 69%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 65%
- Davdeka // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 69%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 69%
- QualityHD / Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 70%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 69%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 72%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 77%
- kevin brine // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 75%
--- Popularity among Boomers: 80%
- rachel ko // Shutterstock
With the advent of Big Data, it’s now easier than ever to quantify what people like around the globe. When it comes to food, Americans have particularly specific opinions. American dining brands have a long and storied history, and whether it’s fast food, fast-casual, high-end, or super cheap, U.S. restaurants offer something for almost everyone.
What’s clear about U.S. dining habits is that people love options. Restaurants across America are chock-full of variety, mixing foods from various regions and cultures into steaming melting pots of deliciousness.
- Boyloso // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 48%
--- Popularity among boomers: 48%
- Felipe Sanchez // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 48%
--- Popularity among boomers: 47%
- Deutschlandreform // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 49%
--- Popularity among boomers: 44%
- CHRISTIAN DE ARAUJO // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 49%
--- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 51%
--- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- Thomas Kelley // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 51%
--- Popularity among boomers: 47%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 52%
--- Popularity among boomers: 46%
- Vadym Shapran // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 52%
--- Popularity among boomers: 56%
- Leonard Zhukovsky // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 52%
--- Popularity among boomers: 47%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 52%
--- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- oneinchpunch // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
--- Popularity among boomers: 50%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
--- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Eric Glenn // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 53%
--- Popularity among boomers: 57%
- Helen89 // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
--- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
--- Popularity among boomers: 57%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 54%
--- Popularity among boomers: 53%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 55%
--- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- Jayu // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 55%
--- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 55%
--- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Cbraccialini // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 56%
--- Popularity among boomers: 59%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
--- Popularity among boomers: 71%
- TonelsonProductions // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
--- Popularity among boomers: 59%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 56%
--- Popularity among boomers: 56%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
--- Popularity among boomers: 63%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
--- Popularity among boomers: 54%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 58%
--- Popularity among boomers: 68%
- Felipe Sanchez // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
--- Popularity among boomers: 57%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
--- Popularity among boomers: 61%
- JJava Designs // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
--- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- George Sheldon // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
--- Popularity among boomers: 61%
- KULLAPONG PARCHERAT // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 59%
--- Popularity among boomers: 65%
- Billy F Blume Jr // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 60%
--- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- Anthony92931 // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 60%
--- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Anthony92931 // Wikimedia Commons
- Positive opinion score: 60%
--- Popularity among boomers: 66%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
--- Popularity among boomers: 61%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
--- Popularity among boomers: 58%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 62%
--- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- QualityHD / Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
--- Popularity among boomers: 63%
- Helen89 // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
--- Popularity among boomers: 59%
- Cassiohabib // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 63%
--- Popularity among boomers: 64%
- JHVEPhoto // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 64%
--- Popularity among boomers: 62%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
--- Popularity among boomers: 66%
- Davdeka // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 65%
--- Popularity among boomers: 66%
- Jonathan Weiss // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 66%
--- Popularity among boomers: 67%
- TonelsonProductions // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 69%
--- Popularity among boomers: 71%
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 71%
--- Popularity among boomers: 77%
- kevin brine // Shutterstock
- Positive opinion score: 74%
--- Popularity among boomers: 79%
- rachel ko // Shutterstock
