Historical clue formulations

• "Let's put a smile on your plate" chain — 2026-08-09
• Business whose rewards program gives "Stackholder Perks" — 2026-07-16
• Flapjack franchise — 2026-05-04
• Company that bought out Applebee's in 2007 — 2026-04-30
• Restaurant chain with locations in more than a dozen countries, thus justifying the first letter in its name — 2026-04-01
• Waffle House alternative — 2026-03-23
• Blue-roofed restaurant — 2026-02-28
• Company behind National Pancake Day — 2025-11-13
• Denny's alternative — 2025-11-10
• Restaurant chain acronym — 2025-10-29
• Competitor of Denny's and Waffle House — 2025-09-15
• Place offering a Rise ’N Shine breakfast — 2025-09-04
• Breakfast chain that punnily used a kangaroo in its early commercials — 2025-08-18
• Denny's competitor — 2025-05-06
• Franchise with a signature A-frame roof — 2025-02-13
• Restaurant that offers a Mexican Tres Leches stack — 2025-01-13
• Chain restaurant whose name sounds like something a rabbit might say? — 2024-12-05
• Restaurant chain with an acronymic name — 2024-11-12
• Chain with a "2 x 2 x 2" breakfast combo — 2024-08-14
• Restaurant chain known for its flapjacks — 2023-12-11
• Breakfast restaurant chain — 2022-09-05
• Breakfast chain — 2022-01-26
• Seller of Belgian waffles and French toast (fittingly, considering the "I" in its name) — 2021-04-04
• Where to order a Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity — 2021-03-27
• Sister restaurant of Applebee's — 2021-02-21
• Chain restaurant ... or what a kangaroo might say? — 2020-11-07
• Denny's competitor — 2020-10-21
• Seller of the Ultimate Waffle Sandwich — 2020-08-16
• Where a batter eventually goes to the plate? — 2020-02-06
• Onetime "Come hungry. Leave happy" sloganeer — 2020-02-02
• Rabbit's favorite chain restaurant? — 2019-06-08
• Commercial name that becomes a Native American tribe if you move its first letter to the end — 2018-09-29
• Flapjack franchise, briefly — 2018-08-27
• Sister chain of Applebee's — 2018-05-25
• Breakfast restaurant chain — 2018-01-15
• Blue-roofed eatery — 2017-11-05
• "Eat up every moment" sloganeer — 2017-03-04
• Breakfast chain — 2017-02-12
• Sister company of Applebee's — 2017-01-19
• Food chain — 2016-11-19
• Denny's alternative — 2016-08-02
• Co. that bought out Applebee's in 2007 — 2015-10-29
• Acronym in casual dining — 2015-10-23
• Chain with links — 2015-08-13
• 2007 purchaser of Applebee's — 2014-09-28
• Blue-roofed chain — 2013-09-15
• Breakfast chain, briefly — 2013-05-06
• Breakfast restaurant chain — 2013-03-20
• 24-hour place to hit the links? — 2012-09-25
• Restaurant chain with syrup dispensers on every table — 2012-04-03