I tried these places out during a road trip through the Dakotas, Montana and Idaho in 2001. Over the course of a week, I ate breakfasts at several of them, and dinner at a few more. They were decent, considering what they are, although the service seems to be uniformly sluggish. I normally prefer local, non-franchise places, but my family fell in love with the first one, and we wound up seeking them out. I haven't been in one since, so I have no idea if the intervening years have changed the place.
