de la Fuente Power Rankings through March 6



A Catholic school lunch of chicken noodle soup and various forms of sugar

The de la Fuente Restaurant Power Rankings are now official through March 6. New additions to the dPR include the Iowa Machine Shed and Culver's Frozen Custard.

There wasn't a great deal of movement in this week's dPR. The Global Division's newcomer is the Iowa Machine Shed, whose name alone necessitates its own journal entry. The Cheesecake Factory is in at #2 in the Chain Division, but that was actually an oversight on my part. It should have been there in the initial rankings. My dad knew that I had eaten there in January, and thought it funny that it was missing from the list. The Counter Division had the most movement, as Panera vaulted into the top spot on the strength of two strong showings in Dubuque. Culver's broke into the Top Five because of its fine frozen custard and spotless dining area. Without further ado, here are the dPR through March 6:

GLOBAL DIVISION
1. Sage - Windsor Heights (9.70 dPR)
2. Bob's Drive-Inn - Le Mars (9.30)
3. Blue Bunny - Le Mars (9.20)
4. Tony Roma's - Sioux City (8.40)
5. Iowa Machine Shed - West Des Moines (8.38) [new]

CHAIN DIVISION
1. Tony Roma's - Sioux City (8.40 dPR)
2. Cheesecake Factory - West Des Moines (8.30) [new]
3. Bravo! Cucina - West Des Moines (8.20)
4. Carlos O'Kelly's - Dubuque (7.90)
5. Mondo's - West Des Moines (7.70)

COUNTER DIVISION
1. Panera - Cedar Rapids (7.80 dPR)
2. A&W - Indianola (7.70)
3. Culver's - Sioux City (7.60) [new]
4. Subway - Various (6.87)
5. Arby's - Indianola (6.60)




Posted: Mon - March 7, 2005 at 06:15 PM      

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