More damn chains

I thought there was one Hard Rock Cafe, in Denver near the historic Paramount Theatre with its original WurliTzer & a big neon guitar sign; one Outback Steakhouse, not in Alice Springs but in Louisville/Superior; and one Applebee's, on 28th Street in Boulder just W. of the moribund Crossroads Mall. Turns out they're just more chains, having seen an Applebee or Outback in Minot, N.D.

Cracker Barrel (none here) was infra dig owing to their antigay staff policy (out you go, like the armed forces, if you're "outed"). Don't know if this still applies.

Roger Williams, Boulder, Colo.