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Are there restaurant chains in France that sell "typical" French food? Seems to me that people would just as happily eat cheap, uniformly presented French food as they do cardboard hamburgers.

I suspect you're all aware that McDonald's is only the tip of the iceberg in this sort of thing; in addition to a range of competing hamburger joints ranging from Burger King to Carl's Jr to Sonic to Red Robin, we also have standardized restaurants that sell Mexican food (poor imitation thereof) (Taco Bell, Taco Star), Chinese food (Panda Express), Australian food, pizza, fish, etc. But I'm not aware of a chain that sells French food.

Perhaps part of the whole French food thing that each restaurant must have its own character and unpredictable menu???

by asdf on Sat Jun 27th, 2009 at 07:37:06 PM EST
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There are cafeteria chains (Flunch, Casino) selling cheap, cardboard French food. It's had to actually make great food on a very low price...

There are also mid-level and upper-level chains. But it's true part of the French food thing is each restaurant has to have some individual and regional character...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sat Jun 27th, 2009 at 07:51:23 PM EST
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Sandwich sellers are ubiquitous in train stations (at least in Northern France). And McDonalds aren't the only foreign-origin 'fast food': Arabic, Turkish and Chinese fast food is all-present, too.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Sun Jun 28th, 2009 at 05:31:09 AM EST
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McDonald's score high with kids, who like that kind of cardboard food and the perks (Happy Meal, birthday party, kid-friendly atmosphere) that go with it. So one important source of McDo's success in France is that family outings (even school outings) head there.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Jun 28th, 2009 at 06:07:32 AM EST
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You mean, hamburgers piled with kettuce, fried onions and slices of beetroot, fish and chips, kebabs, and meat pies?

Wow, I wish they had that franchise here in the US.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sun Jun 28th, 2009 at 12:34:50 PM EST
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