You may not be thinking about ice cream right now, since…well it’s winter.

Or, maybe you are. Even with cold wind, dreary days, and slick roads ice cream always seems like a good idea.

An Ice Cream Chain in Idaho is the Most Popular Restaurant in the US

A list of nationwide chain restaurants shows that a restaurant known for amazing ice cream is the most popular restaurant in the US. The ice cream shop beat out all other restaurants that offer more variety, like actual food, with just their ‘thirty wonderful flavors’ of ice cream.

Did you guess who it is yet? If not, it’s Baskin Robbins, and you can check out the gallery to see all the restaurants it beat to become number one.

An Ice Cream Chain in Idaho is the Most Popular Restaurant in the US

The chain restaurant has more than 7,800 locations around the world - but only 6 in Idaho. Interestingly if you search for ‘Idaho, USA’ locations on their website it says there are ‘No shops found within 50 miles of your search’.

Credit Baskin Robbins
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Do you agree with the rankings? Or should a restaurant that specializes in more than ice cream have beaten Baskin Robbins?

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