Fast food is big business in this country, as well as in Maine. There are so many national fast food chains that there's always something that someone will enjoy at the drive-thru or in the store, ready to go.

Maine has seen the fast food industry boom ever since the opening of the very first Maine McDonald's in Portland in 1964. Back then, it was an old-fashioned drive-in, but not the movie kind. It was the kind where you pull up in your car, someone comes out to take your order, then brings the food out to you on a tray that hooks to your window. It's still there almost 60 years later, but modernized for the second time.

QSR complied a list of the 37 most popular fast food franchises in the country based on how many locations they have. A lot on that list are here in Maine, but some are missing that we'd love to see, like Sonic, Jimmy John's, Jack in the Box, Hardee's, Carl's Jr. and Church's Chicken.

So what are the most popular fast food restaurants in Maine?

To find out, I took QSR's list and eliminated all the fast food franchises Maine doesn't have. I then added the ones that we do, as well as a few that weren't on the list where I "went off the menu board".

Remember, these are the most popular fast food restaurants in Maine based on the number of locations in the state. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean that others don't.

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