Chick Fil A

While we're on food...
Chick Fil A is a chain restaurant, not quite a McDonalds, but not a restaurant either. They serve chicken. First store was opened in Atlanta in about 1960. Their advertising is based on the concept that a group of cows have got together to encourage people to eat more chicken (Eat Mor Chikin). The food is actually quite good, it doesn't leave you with that sinking feeling afterwards (the heavy junk sitting in your stomach feeling). The playground is nice and clean, and they usually have a person walking around offering to take away rubbish/help with drink refills/high chairs etc. One other idea they have is that parents can go through drive through, order a meal, and it will be ready when the family gets into the building (ie, no standing in line with restless children. Quite clever really)! They have chicken nuggets that are just little fried chicken bits, chicken burgers (grilled or fried with more or less lettuce) and chicken salads. The kids meals have an option of milk, plus the toy can be a little board book, and the fries (chips for Australian readers) are in this funny cross hatch pattern - so they're not rectangular, they're circular. I think I should take a photo next time we're in.
They choose not to be open on Sundays, and still maintain a large amount of restaurants around the place.
The downside - no hot tea (although there is both sweetened and unsweetened cold tea) and no beef!