IHOP might have “pancake” in its name, but it has an entire biscuit menu now.
It’s Just Wings is a virtual brand by Brinker International, but now its items are available on the appetizer menu of Chili’s Grill & Bar, and that chain also has new Nashville hot chicken tenders, a surf & turf and a bunch of new cocktails. Smokey Bones has new cocktails too.
Walk-On’s, for its part, has had boneless wings for some time, but now it has bone-in ones. Smashburger has a new wing flavor, and Church’s Texas Chicken is bringing back its purple pepper sauce.
White Castle has French toast sliders, and Panera has turned its Cinnamon Crunch Bagel into a breakfast sandwich as a fall limited-time offer.
Miller’s Ale house is now offering what appears to be its take on an Indian kathi roll.
Obviously many chains have new pumpkin-related items, including Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii, Cicis Pizza, Clean Juice, Culver’s Dairy Queen, Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers, Hungry Howie’s, Nation’s Giant Hamburgers, Next Level Burger, Smoothie King, and Ziggi’s Coffee.
Wayback Burgers has three new seasonal items, but none of them has pumpkin!
BoomerJack’s Bar and Grill is gearing up for Oktoberfest, Friendly’s has a sundae that kind of looks like a pirate, and Gyro Shack has a fried chicken pita.
Baskin-Robbins’ Flavor of the Month is based on cold brew coffee, and Taco Bell is testing gelato for the first time, but just at one location.
Tijuana Flats is celebrating queso, Tacos 4 Life is leaning into chicken-bacon-ranch, and Velvet Taco’s Weekly Taco Feature has chicken, green goddess dressing, and fried corn.
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