This Restaurant Chain is Now the Most Trusted in Minnesota

There are a lot of restaurants in Minnesota, but this familiar chain is the one that Minnesotans say is the most trusted in the entire state.

Minnesota may be known for having a lot of lakes-- 11,842 according to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR)-- but we also have a lot of restaurants. And while it may not be 11,000, an online database compiled by Smartscrapers, estimates that there are currently 5,133 restaurants operating in the North Star State as of April 2024.

Only ONE of those 5,133 restaurants, though, is the Most Trusted. But which one took that title here in the Gopher State? That's the question the number-crunchers over at Clarify Capital set out to answer.

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How did they figure it out? Clarify Capital said: 'To determine which U.S. industries and businesses are the most trustworthy, we consulted the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and then surveyed over 1,000 Americans about their opinions about different industries and specific brands,' the survey noted.

And when it comes to restaurants, they used those same procedures to determine a list of the Most Trusted Restaurant Chains in Minnesota, which includes some familiar names:

Chipotle Mexican Grill
Sonic Drive-In
Panera Bread
KFC
McDonald's

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But with a 40 percent approval rate on their trustworthiness, the title of Most Trusted Restaurant Chain in Minnesota goes to:

Pizza Hut!

A Pizza Hut in Rochester, MN (Google Street View)

That's right, the Pizza Hut website says the familiar chain was founded in 1958 in Witchita, Kansas and was called 'Pizza Hut' because the original sign only had room for eight letters. Today, Pizza Hut has more than 16,000 restaurants and 350,000 team members in more than 100 countries.

And, that includes 112 Pizza Hut locations across the Bold North. Keep scrolling to see where there are, and keep scrolling to check out some common restaurant food here that raises eyebrows in other parts of the world!

PIZZA HUT LOCATIONS IN MINNESOTA:

Albert Lea
Alexandria
Andover
Anoka
Apple Valley
Austin
Baxter
Bemidji
Blaine
Bloomington
Blue Earth
Brooklyn Center
Buffalo
Burnsville
Cambridge
Champlin
Chaska
Cloquet
Columbia Heights
Coon Rapids
Cottage Grove
Crystal
Deer River
Delano
Detroit Lakes
Duluth
Eagan
Eden Prairie
Edina
Elk River
Faribault
Farmington
Forest Lake
Fridley
Grand Rapids
Hastings
Hopkins
Hutchinson
Inver Grove Heights
Lakeville
Lino Lakes
Litchfield
Mankato
Maple Grove
Maplewood
Marshall
Minneapolis
Minnetonka
Monticello
Moorhead
Mora
Morris
Northfield
Owatonna
Park Rapids
Pine City
Plymouth
Princeton
Prior Lake
Richfield
Rochester
Rogers
Rosemount
Roseville
Saint Cloud
Saint James
Saint Louis Park
Saint Michael
Saint Paul
Shakopee
Shoreview
Spring Lake Park
St. Louis Park
Thief River Falls
Virginia
Waconia
Wadena
West Saint Paul
Winona
Woodbury

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