I like BJs. I also like to eat at the restaurant of that name. It's a brewhouse, but not bad for kids anyway. Mimi's Cafe isn't bad and is usually very good with kids (they don't bring out hot plates, they get food to the kids quickly, etc). We like CPK, too. There isn't a Chili's or Olive Garden that's all that close, but we do go to those places if they're around and we feel like chain restaurant food.
We also got to Denny's a lot (and by a lot I mean a couple times a year) mostly because we still remember it from college as the place to go for $3 meals even if they don't have those anymore.
Don't like P.F. Changs, it's way too expensive for what you get. We also haven't gone to Outback in a while, just doesn't do it for us I guess. I'd agree on TGIFridays.