I used to join my family to one back in the 1970s and didn’t know they were still around.
A couple of decades ago I used to go to a Black Angus which i thought was one of the better low/mid range chains. I don’t live in their area anymore so don’t know if they are still decent.
Black Angus! There’s one I’d forgotten all about! We had one of those too waaay back, but it closed years ago. We never ate there, so I guess that’s why I forgot about it!...........
There are some Black Anguses left in California (though perhaps only 1/3 or fewer of their peak-number of location). I loved the place back in the day, especially their Texas-toast-style garlic-parmesan bread that they called “Ranch Bread.” They replaced that at some point with a brown 9-grain loaf that was pretty tasty too.
Out of nostalgia, I ate at one of the remaining Black Anguses a couple years ago... and frankly I was disappointed. The brown bread was the same, and the sides were okay, but the prime rib was sub-par. I don’t whether my disappointment was due to lower beef quality or higher expectations than I had as a kid, but I suspect it was probably both those things.