Family Dining Restaurants

Family dining restaurants have a casual atmosphere that should be family friendly.  Most family dining restaurants do not serve alcohol. Some examples of family dining restaurants would be Cracker Barrel, Bob Evans or IHOP. These restaurants can often be found close to interstates and highways catering to families that are on the road. Some better than others, but the majority of them do something to make children feel welcome.

On this site, you can choose any restaurant by their type, food type,  or by the night kids eat free. You can also search for any restaurant by their name on the right side of the page  More restaurants are being added each day so check back soon if you don’t see one.

Cracker Barrel

Cracker Barrel

Dan Evins could have probably remained prosperous in his family oil business, but he wanted to serve a different market. Dan turned to the restaurant industry and identified something missing.  He saw the new interstate system…

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Bill Miller Bar-B-Q

Bill Miller Bar-B-Q

It is difficult to open a successful restaurant today, but it was undoubtedly as tricky or more in 1950 when Bill Miller took a $500 investment (loan) from his dad and opened his first business.…

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Village Inn

Village Inn

The story of how, when or where Village Inn began remained a mystery in my research for a long time until I discovered one article which answered almost all the questions about their beginning. The…

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Bob Evans

Bob Evans

Bob Evans, the man, was unique as was the founding of the restaurant that bears his name. You see, he already had a successful restaurant, the Bob Evans Steak House in Gallipolis, Ohio which he opened…

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Denny’s

Denny’s

What began as a simple little donut shop grew quickly for Harold Butler and Rich Jezak. The two men opened Danny’s Donuts in 1953 to focus on good coffee, good donuts, and a clean restaurant.…

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