YOUR PICK FOR ...
... Best seafood restaurant chain
Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen, multiple locations
This vast, well-run, Texas-based chain serves ample portions of mostly seafood in a noisy, convivial atmosphere. The gumbo is excellent.
Other finalists:
• Red Lobster
• McCormick & Schmick's
• Joe's Crab Shack
• Up The Creek Fish Camp & Grill