An umbrella term for the many restaurants that sell greasy slightly upgraded diner food. see: Chili's, Applebee’s, TGI Fridays, Outback Steakhouse, Spoons, Ect. They are notorious for being impressive on the
first visit, then slowly the portions shrink, ingredients
get cheaper, service dwindles, until eventually it just sucks.
Term was used as a fictional commercial restaurant on the Sealab
2021 episode Tinfins.