6 Restaurant Chains That Bake Their Own Fresh Bread

LTC Eugene Chu we eat at Texas Roadhouse quite a bit... love it.
..."What good is going out to eat if the restaurant doesn't bring bread to your table? You've placed your order and you can see everyone around you enjoying their food. Naturally, you're going to be hungry, and you're not going to want to wait what feels like hours for your meal to come out. Even if you ordered appetizers, you still have to wait. This is where the savior comes in: the bread. Bonus if they bake it fresh right in-house.

It turns out there are several reasons for this, as noted by the Los Angeles Times. Aside from giving hungry diners something to do before their food arrives, there's also some science behind it. The carbs in bread cause your body to produce insulin, which in turn actually makes you hungrier even though you're eating. Empty calories, if you will."...