While vacationing out of state, have you ever eaten at a restaurant and wished it had a location in Alabama? It happens to me all the time! Thankfully, Alabama is already home to several different types of restaurants, but it would be great to see these 11 restaurant chains come to our state someday.

1.) In-N-Out Burger - a fast-food restaurant chain with locations primarily in the American Southwest.

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2.) Wienerschnitzel - the world’s largest hot dog chain.

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3.) Jack in the Box - a fast-food restaurant that mainly serves the West Coast of the United States.

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4.) El Pollo Loco - a restaurant chain that specializes in Mexican-style grilled chicken.

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facebook/El Pollo Loco

5.) White Castle - a fast-food hamburger restaurant chain that can be found in the Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic United States, and is sometimes credited as the first fast-food chain in the nation.

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6.) Rainforest Cafe - a family-friendly restaurant with a jungle atmosphere. Rainforest Cafe truly is a wild place to shop and eat!

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7.) Sticky Fingers Smokehouse - an award-winning barbecue restaurant chain with locations across the Southeast.

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8.) Hard Rock Cafe - a chain of theme restaurants that can be found in most tourist cities around the world.

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9.) Fuddruckers - a franchised restaurant chain that specializes in hamburgers.

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10.) Shake Shack - a restaurant chain that’s based in New York City and is well known for its amazing hamburgers, hot dogs, fries, and of course, milkshakes.

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11.) Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. - a restaurant chain inspired by the 1994 film Forrest Gump, with locations all over the world.

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If there is a restaurant chain you wish would come to Alabama, please feel free to share it in the comments below.

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