(noun) A casual American chain restaurant where the interior walls are almost completely covered in busy, eclectic, kitschy, often discordant and erratically-arranged paraphernalia: pictures, photographs, artwork, license plates, road signs, sports equipment, antlers, newspaper clippings, Christmas lights, etc. Typically found in strip malls, shopping centers and restaurant parks. Cuisine tends to be pan-American. Examples: Chili's, Applebee's, TGI-Friday's, Bennigan's, Red
Robin, Buca
di Beppo, The Silver Diner, Cracker
Barrel, Ruby
Tuesday, Chevy's, Joe's Crab Shack, etc.
"Marie wanted to go to
eat at this quaint little Italian bistro, but Dave had his heart
set on one of those shit-on-the-
wall places in Springfield Town Center."