Top fast food chains you won’t find in central Pennsylvania
(WTAJ) — While most of central Pennsylvania is used to having McDonald’s, KFC, and Taco Bells everywhere, there are many highly rated fast food chains that don’t exist in Central Pennsylvania.
Staring QSR Magazine’s Top 50 Fast Food Restaurants List Starting in 2019, you’ll find 21 restaurants you won’t find anywhere else across 10 counties. Additionally, there are only 1-2 of his 10 restaurants in the area, making it difficult for those unwilling to travel to enjoy these chains.
Below are the top 50 fast food restaurants by QSR Magazine. Locations not in central Pennsylvania are shown in bold. An asterisk indicates that there are only 1 or 2 restaurants in the area.
| Rank | restaurant name | Category |
| 1 | McDonald’s | hamburger |
| 2 | Starbucks | coffee |
| 3 | subway | sandwich |
| Four | taco bell | Mexican |
| Five | Chickfila* | chicken |
| 6 | Wendy’s | Burger |
| 7 | burger king | Burger |
| 8 | Dunkin’ | coffee |
| 9 | domino | pizza |
| Ten | panera bread | sandwich |
| 11 | pizza hut | pizza |
| 12 | chipotle pepper | Mexican |
| 13 | sonic drive in | Burger |
| 14 | Kentucky Fried Chicken | chicken |
| 15 | Arby’s* | sandwich |
| 16 | Little Caesars* | pizza |
| 17 | Dairy Queen | ice cream |
| 18 | jack in the box | Burger |
| 19 | panda express | Asian |
| 20 | Popeyes* | chicken |
| twenty one | papa johns | pizza |
| twenty two | Wata Burger | Burger |
| twenty three | Jimmy Johns* | sandwich |
| twenty four | Hardy’s | Burger |
| twenty five | sax beads | chicken |
| 26 | five guys | Burger |
| 27 | Culver’s | Burger |
| 28 | Karls Jr. | Burger |
| 29 | bojangles | chicken |
| 30 | wing stop | chicken |
| 31 | Grow Wand* | chicken |
| 32 | jersey mikes | sandwich |
| 33 | steak & shake | Burger |
| 34 | in and out burger | Burger |
| 35 | El Polo Loco | chicken |
| 36 | QDOBA* | Mexican |
| 37 | Checkers/Rallys | Burger |
| 38 | deltaco | Mexican |
| 39 | Fire Station Submarine* | sandwich |
| 40 | papa murphys | pizza |
| 41 | tim hortons | sandwich |
| 42 | church chicken | chicken |
| 43 | Morse* | Mexican |
| 44 | Macalister’s Deli* | sandwich |
| 45 | Jason’s Deli | sandwich |
| 46 | marco’s pizza | pizza |
| 47 | Baskin Robin* | ice cream |
| 48 | Anti Anne | snack |
| 49 | boston market | chicken |
| 50 | white castle | Burger |
Most restaurants not in the area are chicken-based, and some, like Church’s Chicken, have no locations in the state at all.
Center County has the most unique variety of restaurants as it is home to the area’s only Raising Canes, McAlister’s Deli, Moes and Qdoba. The Altoona area also recently added her second Fire Department submarine in central Pennsylvania, while Johnstown will soon add Chipotle.
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Only time will tell which fast food chain on this list will make its way into Central Pennsylvania next.
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