Episode 575 - The Ultimate Chain Restaurant Draft

It's draft day on What's Eric Eating! Eric, Sarah Dowling of Baso, Abbas Dhanani of Burger Bodega, Raffi Nasr of Craft Pita, and Chelsea Thomas are drafting The Ultimate Chain Restaurant line up on today's edition of the podcast. First though, what is the definition of a chain restaurant? For podcast drafting purposes, The Ultimate Chain Restaurant Draft defines a chain restaurant as having at least 20 locations in at least five states. For example, this would exclude a place like Steak 48 (only has 8 locations), but does include Nobu (locations on 5 continents). The Chain Restaurant categories our drafters will drafting in are; Breakfast, Burgers, Fast Casual, Ice Cream Steakhouse, and a Wild Card.  The winner will be announced on the next episode of the podcast as selected by special judge, so stayed tuned to your podcast feeds to find out who the winner of the first ever Ultimate Chain Restaurant Draft is.  The Draft RulesRule 1: For burgers, you can pick any restaurant that serves a burger, it doesn't have to be a dedicated burger concept but no selections from a fast food concept. Rule 2: Steakhouses are restaurants with at least 6 different a la carte steaks on the menu that cook orders to temperature.Rule 3: All 6 selections must be from different places for each drafter. Once a restaurant has been selected for any category, it's off the board for all other categories/drafters. Rule 4: Snake draft format. The draft order will go one through five in round 1 then go backwards five through one in round 2, and so on.Rule 5: Categories may be selected in any order.Got a question for Eric? Email him at [email protected]. Follow Eric on Instagram @ericsandler and check out some of Eric's latest articles online at Culturemap.com: Houston Ice Cream Shop from 'World's Best Pastry Chef' Quietly Closes Historic Houston Fried Chicken Destination Will Close After 80 Years Michelin-Recognized Texas Barbecue Chain Fires Up Houston Opening Date Collaborative Cookie Bakery and Ice Cream Shop Spin Up New Meyerland Spot Austin BBQ Joint Brings Smoked Lamb and Line Dancing to Houston Pop-Up