All very good, all places where the money goes to ingredients rather than d cor or location. But they're nothing like the restaurants I've encountered so far on the opposite side of the metro area. Menus planned by committee and narrowed down with the help of focus groups. Ultimately, I do, too, but I am still fascinated by some chain restaurants. The Denver area is big on themes.
Malls have themes, neighborhoods have themes, anything that can have a concept behind it does.
The theme of the part of the metro area where my mom lives is Everything Should Be Big. The stores are huge. The houses are warehouse-sized. The cars are spacious and take up more than their share of a lane. Therefore, it follows that there should be a restaurant in the area to match.