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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 07/06/2026 23:41:00

The original name was a mouthful: "T. J. Applebee's Rx for Edibles & Elixirs." That was what Bill and T. J. Palmer hung over the door when they opened their first restaurant in Decatur, Georgia, on 19 November 1980. The Palmers had a clear thesis, to build an affordable, full-service neighborhood restaurant that sat just below the casual-dining mainstays in price while offering a warm, familiar place for a sit-down meal and a drink without much fuss. That neighborhood-bar-and-grill identity, ev...