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For years, millennials have been accused of killing chain restaurants. Now, it looks like they might be bringing them back.

This week, the “Something Offbeat” podcast takes a look at Applebee’s internet-breaking” date night pass – offering 52 meals for just $200 – and how it fits in to the chain restaurant resurgence.

Eater’s Amy McCarthy has had her eye on the trend since October. She joined the show to explore why more people are heading to spots like Olive Garden and Quizno’s lately.

For years, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-endanger-casual-dining-restaurants-2017-5">millennials have been accused of killing chain restaurants</a>. Now, it looks like they might be bringing them back.
This week, the “Something Offbeat” podcast <a href="https://thetakeout.com/applebees-date-night-pass-returns-free-food-drinks-deal-1851230373">takes a look at Applebee’s internet-breaking” date night pass</a> – offering 52 meals for just $200 – and how it fits in to the chain restaurant resurgence.
<a href="https://www.eater.com/authors/amy-mccarthy">Eater’s Amy McCarthy</a> has had her <a href="https://www.eater.com/23922472/casual-chain-restaurants-comeback-applebees-melting-pot-olive-garden">eye on the trend since October</a>. She joined the show to explore why more people are heading to spots like Olive Garden and Quizno’s lately.

What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.

What&rsquo;s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.

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