Frankie & Benny's
Frankie & Benny's is a chain of Italian-American-themed restaurants in the United Kingdom, with () 236 outlets nationwide, run by The Restaurant Group.

The first location opened in 1995 in Leicester, but by February 2020, the chain had 236 locations across the UK.

The years 2015 and 2016 proved tough for Frankie & Benny's, as profits slumped. This was blamed on poor management of the company and an unnecessary rise in menu prices. Owners, The Restaurant Group attempted to reinvent the brand in January 2017, which introduced a new menu in March 2017. in 2019, 18 branches were closed and in February 2020 The Restaurant Group announced that further closures were planned to take place by the end of 2021.

Story
In Frankie & Benny's branches, on menus, and on their official website, the fictional story about the restaurant's origins is presented. The story is that in 1924, at the age of 10, Frankie left Sicily with his parents and moved to “Little Italy” in New York City. Within a year of moving, the family had opened a restaurant, everybody helping with the building and the cooking in equal measure. Frankie went to the nearby high school and became lifelong friends with Benny, already a third-generation American. The business was taken over by Frankie and Benny in 1953, and combines popular American food with traditional Italian dishes.

Menu
The Frankie & Benny's menu offers:
Breakfast including full English, egg dishes and waffles 
Burgers
Pasta dishes including lasagne, Spaghetti Carbonara and Spaghetti Arrabbiata
Pizzas
Desserts including cheesecakes and ice cream sundaes

Seven new vegan dishes were added to the menu in January 2020.

Controversy
In 2014, a Frankie & Bennys customer complained after he was served a crab dish containing surimi. The item was eventually removed from the menu.

In November 2015 the chain was given the lowest rating (red) in an assessment of the sustainability of its seafood products.

In December 2017 an alcoholic drink was served to a four-year-old girl in a Warrington branch. A spokesman for the chain apologised for the incident which was described as a "genuine human error."