Chili’s Grill & BarThat helped Chili’s buck this year’s restaurant slowdown.
Parent company Brinker has poured more than $400 million to simplify Chili’s menu, add more servers and bussers and renovate restaurants.
There were too many options on Chili’s menu, bogging down cooks.
One major menu win was a change to Chili’s Chicken Crispers, its trademark version of chicken tenders.
“Especially with inflation, Chili’s prices are at a really good point.”Jones and his friends now have a bi-weekly happy hour at Chili’s in Washington, D.C.“I definitely enjoy Chili’s and am glad to have it back in my hot spot rotation,” he said.
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