KRYSTAL

Once upon a time a country songstress named Patsy Cline went walking after midnight. She walked miles along the highway (that was just her way). She was hoping you might be walking after midnight searching for her.

You weren't. She got hungry. So she went to Krystal.

Can you really blame her? Patsy was no patsy. Neither are East Tennesseans when it comes to post-midnight cravings. When your tummy starts rumbling at 1 in the morning, nothing eases those hunger pangs quite like the fresh, hot, small, squareness of a Krystal. Those tasty, born right here in Tennessee treats er, um, hold on, gotta go to the, er, car for a minute. Be right back.

Runners-up: IHOP and Waffle House