Applebees & Hops Brewery

"Something good in the Neighborhood?"... I was not too impressed with their ranch... however I switched over to their blue cheese and thought it was pretty good. It's pretty hard to screw up blue cheese (that being said... I have had some pretty nasty ones).

Applebees (Ranch) - 4.5
Applebees (Blue Cheese) - 6

I heard that Hops Brewery was not doing so well financially... I hope the one near me stays open since their ranch was pretty good. A little runny... but sometimes you don't need to eat your ranch with a fork. (jk).

Hops - 6.5

The "Not So Great" Ranches

Finding good ranch dressing at a fast food place is hard. The cost to make good ranch is pretty high and many establishments purchase pre-made, high preservative dressing. The following fast food places might have some great food... but the ranch is lacking:
- McDonalds - 4
- Good Times - 3
- Arbys - 4
- Chick-Fil-A - 4

I also recently went to "Earls" (Canadian Franchise w/ a handful of locations here in the US). They have pretty good food... but their "homemade" ranch fell flat.
- Earls - 4

Out for Lunch and Dinner

So I visited "Old Spaghetti Factory" and "Mimi's Cafe" yesterday. OSF never lets me down with their "ranch like" dressing (they call it Creamy Pesto). Mimi's claims they make their ranch dressing on site... but it still tastes alittle processed.

Old Spaghetti Factory (OSF) = 8.5
Mimi's Cafe = 5

What is Ranch Dressing? (Chili's & Red Robin)

Let's start on a high note. Here is a list of some of my favorite ranch dressings (10 Highest - 1 Lowest):

Chili's - 9

Red Robin - 9