LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- In-N-Out, West Coast's most famous burger chain, remained America's favorite burger joint on the newest list of 2019, the CBSLA news channel reported Friday.
The final list was published by Food & Wine website, who surveyed 7,600 consumers about their satisfaction level with various restaurant chains. In-N-Out's 73 percent customer satisfaction rating put the chain at the top of the list.
McDonald's came in last on the list of 14 burger chains with a satisfaction score of 28 percent, while burger list newcomer Five Guys took second with a satisfaction rating of 68 percent.
However, in the battle for favorite fast food joint, California-based In-N-Out, who had enjoyed the top spot with the highest customer satisfaction ratings for the past two years, was defeated by the Southern chicken chain Chick-fil-A, who scored 79 percent satisfaction rating.
For Pizza, California-based, and Laker's superstar LeBron James-backed Blaze Pizza took the top spot. In the sandwiches category, Wawa won the top spot. Krispy Kreme topped the newest category, coffee and bakery, in the report followed by Panera and Starbucks.
In-N-Out Burger is an American regional chain of fast food restaurants founded in 1948 in Baldwin Park, a city 40 kilometers east of Los Angeles downtown. So far, the chain has expanded to 355 locations in the American Southwest and Pacific coast, including Utah, Arizona, Oregon, Texas and Nevada.
The iconic burger chain, which achieved widespread popularity for maintaining the style and taste of family-owned, decades-old businesses, has fans in a number of renowned chefs, who even called it "the best restaurant in Los Angeles."
