Fast Food: Search & Destroy

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Search: Taco Bell, if only because they don't serve "burgers". God damn, I've gotten so sick of those slabs of plastic the McBurgerWendy's try to pass off as meat. (Granted, Wendy's is the least offensive when compared to the King & the Donald's, but when I can get a nice burger at a Middle Eastern restaurant for CHEAPER than a pre-fab hockey puck, you can biggie size this, you bastards.) And a brief kudos to Kentucky Fried Chicken's fried potato wedges. Delicious.

Destroy: McDonald's, for selling their own brand of BOTTLED WATER.

Please include any cultural / geographic details re: the fast food bistros in your area. I'm in the Northeastern US - Connecticut, to be precise - and I mentioned the Big Five already, so. No White Castles, no Jack in the Boxes, no Sonic's.

― David Raposa, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Out here in Orange County, California, Charo Chicken is a reasonable local chain that combines the principle of good roast chicken with yer Mexican food standbys (burritos, tacos, etc.) in various combinations and more. It's more California cuisine than most snooty places I could name, and it works quite well, bless its heart. There's also Sam Woo, which I think is OC/LA in scope, and which has both 'express' and full restaurant outlets that do the trick for a variety of Chinese and Chinese-inspired cuisines.

The absolute winner out here, though, no contest: Taco Mesa. The Mexican fast food locale of the gods. It's starting to expand quietly throughout the county and hopefully beyond -- I regularly eat at the main restaurant at least twice a month if not more.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There were loads of fantastic chains in Mesa, AZ. El Pollo Loco was my favorite, even though I was a vegetarian, because they had the meanest bean/rice/cheese burrito on the fresh-mex planet. And their salsas, my god their salsas....fucking a, you should go to Mesa, AZ just for that and fly back. Every time I've gone back to visit my parents, I beg my mom, "Take me to El Pollo Loco, please please please please" etc until she says, yeah sure (which takes about 5 mintues because she never wants to cook).

Togo's was really wicked good too there. However, the one near Penn Station in NY is really awful, so I don't know if maybe it was just the one version by me that was really wicked good.

Sonic was great for its drinks - the cream pie shakes were so fantastic, and those berry concoctions are to die for.

In terms of national fast food, Wendy's is the best. The garden veggie pita is fantastic, their fries are wicked, and they're the only one that sells raspberry iced tea, which is important if you're a non-soda-drinker like me. Unfortunately, there are no Wendy's within walking distance of my apartment.

The problem for me is that in NYC we don't really have fast food. We have loads of take out places though, but that certainly wouldn't count.

― Ally, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Northeast U.S., Long Island to be exact. And we do have White Castles here, but that falls under the destroy category, mainly for the ability of their burgers to rid you of your stomach lining within 2 hours of eating them.

Taco Bell is mediocre; would be better if the service were anywhere near adequate. We have Checkers, which has wicked seasoned fries swimming in grease. Wendy's gets props for having the most options besides burgers (salads, baked potatoes, chili, pitas); KFC wedge fries rule.

DESTROY: Burger King for: the pieces of cardboard they pass of as fries; burgers that taste as if they have been sitting in the microwave for 6 hours; drive through attendants who are experts in mumble; subjecting me to pokemon toys for months at a time, and, mainly for not even recognizing the irony of selling Chicken Run toys in their kids meals.

― michele, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I am addicted to McDonalds' McFlurries. McCRACK is more like it!!! I swear they put in crackrocks with the crunchies. Och, the cappucino ones. And ESPECIALLY the new caramel McFlurries. Uuuuuuuhhhhhh... I wouldn't be caught dead in a fast food joint, but those Crunchie McCracks... I will even brave the smell of McDonalds for them.

See, that's more what makes me unable to tolerate fast food (apart from the fact that their veggie burgers make me vomit) - it's the damned STINK of boiling fat. I worked at a McD's for about 3 months, when I was 15 and couldn't get a job anywhere else, and no matter how long I spent in the shower, I could not rid myself of the stink.

― masonic boom, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh, but I miss Taco Bells...

― masonic boom, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Taco Bell totally wins for 1. ubiquity 2. veggie options 3. the sour cream gun.

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ah, the Fast Food Stink. I worked in the "industry" for FIVE YEARS (while in high school / college / limbo) - that stink is the Scarlet Letter for any food-service worker. You can't get rid of it until you quit the job, burn the god-awful uniforms, bathe yourself in tomato juice, shave your body, and drink 90 gallons of water.

If you order Taco Bell meat, you're in trouble. (I heard rumors they place mealworms in the meat as a source of protein & to keep it fresh - it's fun to gross out people with those types of stories.) If you order the beans, you should know that, pre-hydration, the beans look like shriveled rabbit turds. The chicken is OK. The nacho cheese is Death by Lactose. Mmm...

God damn the West Coast and their superior taco restaurants.

What does the UK have for fast food? I remember a nice Burger King in South Kensington one block away from a posh auction house. And McDonald's, of course. (Why won't those bastards open a Wagamama's in the US, though?! Good food, and trendy as fuck - the New Yawkers would LOVE it to DEATH.) (Wagamama's isn't fast food, though. But it's an above-average noodle joint, complete with cramped high-school- cafeteria seating and an image-damaged wait staff.) (But I digress.) (And I know I spelled it wrong.)

Please note that service should not reflect on food quality. If you're looking for service, avoid neon signs and plastic cups.

― David Raposa, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The West Coast knows where it's at (and Arizona as well, clearly). One reason you can tell I'm from Southern California is how I jones for Mexican food when I'm anywhere -- when I was last in the UK, I found myself desparately needing *something* towards the end of my stay. However, I was bold and stayed calm...and within two hours of getting back home I went to Taco Mesa.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Wagamama... ::drools uncontrollably::

― masonic boom, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ah, so I DID spell it right!

Ned: There's someone I know from the West Coast that pines for those type of taco joints incessantly. Why he moved from Cali to Cape Cod, I don't know. Given that he'll probably be moving back to Cali in the very near future, maybe he didn't know, either.

― David Raposa, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Mc Flurry? Try Blizzards from Dairy Queen, the Georgia Mud Fudge has hunks of brownie and crunchy pecans, yum. KFC's potato wedges rule, had them at lunch today. Burritoville, a small chain in NYC/NJ is ok for Mexican, they do a lot of vegetarian items. I worked at Roy Rogers for about a month when I was 16, opened a box of rotting chickens and that was my last day.

― Lesley Higgins, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There's a place in Chadwell Heath called Chicken, Ribs And Pizza. Enlessly amusing.

― DG, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Now that's what I miss. An Arby's or Roy Rogers. I would kill for a fast food roast beef sandwich. Last time I had one was in Pennsylvania. May be time to take a trip back.

― michele, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Cape Cod? What the hell was he expecting, taco chowder?

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Burritoville is tops, they do tons of vegetarian food. Their vegetarian chili is fantastic as fantastic gets. Maybe I'll have Burritoville for dinner tonight, thanks.

― Ally, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Does any place else have those horrible hybrid fast food joints? We have Taco Bell/Pizza Hut combos and McDonalds paired with a Dunkin Donuts.

― michele, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

In London you get the SPICY BEAN BURGER at McD's! This has always confused me: wouldn't pseudo-health conscious yoga/organic California freaks be first on the block with this specialty item? But it is unavailable in this hemisphere. And it's GOOD.

My 2nd day in Glasgow I found a shop called simply "Fast Food" (on Woodlands Drive if I remember correctly, on the way to Halt Bar) - I expected some franchisey type feel, or burgers, etc. No. Not even any chairs. It was just the same crap you could get anywhere else but cheaper and nastier.

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hybrids, you say? Right down the street from me, there's a Taco Bell / Pizza Hut / TCBY! I've also seen the Taco Bell / Pizza Hut / KFC merger. Dunkin Donuts must really be desperate for retail space - I've seen DDs sharing quarters with a Fleet Bank and a hair salon! (Not in the same building, of course - that'd be too convenient.)

Reminds me of an ESPN commercial - "I like chicken! I like donuts! I like Rusty's All You Can Eat Chicken & Donuts!"

And I'm not sure that's roast beef you're thirsting after, Michele, but damn, that au jus makes it so scrumptious. Too bad Arby's Curly Fries stink.

And, no, Ned, I have no idea why my friend moved from a happening place like Cali to a tourist-trap dead-to-the-world suburb like Cape Cod.

And, my god, Leslie, I do hope you have that Delete button handy. I would think only sadists would actually want to receive EVERY POST from this board.

― David Raposa, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I know that McFlurrys are a pale imitation of Blizzards, but you know what? Just as there are no Blizzards in London, there are no Dairy Queens in the UK. A sad, sad, loss.

My favourite UK fast food trend has got to be the [Insert Name Of Southern US Place] Fried Chicken. The first time I saw a Tennessee Fried Chicken, I nearly fell over laughing. I have since seen Dallas Fried Chicken, Louisiana Fried Chicken, Atlanta Fried Chicken... even NYC Fried Chicken, just down the street from the Garage. Pure hilarity!

― masonic boom, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't eat Blizzards, I eat Breezes, which are made with frozen yogurt, therefore, they are good for you. Makes sense, huh? Never mind the m&ms and the peanut butter cups - it's YOGURT!!!!! That always used to make me so happy. I'd make Fred drive to Dairy Queen a half hour away at like 11pm on weeknights to get me Breezes, I really loved those bastards. I don't think there are Dairy Queens in NYC.

― Ally, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Just-remembered ironic fave: Brooklyn's own "Kennedy Pizza Chicken". Meaning you can get supposedly get both pizza and fried chicken, tho I have never actually seen one that had pizza. V. confusing...

Other Brooklyn franchise that is AWESOME: "Golden Krust". Sounds nasty, looks nasty - but they have got Jamaican beef / chicken / veg patties that are scrumptious and less than $1.50. Closest thing to a pastie this side of the Atlantic...

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ooh, my girlfriend has a Taco Bell/Kentucky Fried Chicken near where she lives and when I'm there I like mixing up the food, making myself a fried chicken gordita and stuff. Yum ! Did McDonalds ever sell pizza in the US, or was that just a Canadian thing ? It was actually damn good.

― Patrick, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yeah we got a 'Dallas Fried Chicken' in Worcester - previously 'Viking Burger'(!?) - it has a sign outside offering chicken burgers for 99p.

99p?? Mmmmm... *quality* food. No ta, untill Fast Food emporiums start selling, um, bouze - like they do in continental Europe - it's pub grub for me every time.

Burger King's 'Chunky Chips' are quite more-ish, though.

― DavidM, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Erm, I think there's a Huddersfield Fried Chicken. In Huddersfield. On the Old Leeds Road? Maybe. I've just had a big steak but now I want some Mexican fast food. I've never even seen one in Britain. We have a Mexican restaurant that claims to do take-away/deliveries but you always phone them up and they go, "Oh, sorry, we only do that between 5 and 7 on a Thursday and shit."

― Greg, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Naveeds: Authentic Indian Southern Fried Chicken, Calzones. It's a wonderful error of graphic design, but also painfully slow. For fast food I find it hard to beat a cold sandwich from Pret a Manger. But last week I suddenly grew bored of all forms of western cooking save for a few fresh mediteranean things. Lord knows whic, I've always loved the principle of fast food - efficient, egalitarian and identical. I think I've become an unwitting C19th Orientalist.

― matthew james, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Does Dunkin' Donuts count as a FF place? Because that's the only one I set foot in - I love their bagels and cream cheese.

I don't even think we have Taco Bell within the Chicago city limits. I'm sorry, I can't deal with the Bell - we have too many awesome family-owned burrito places for me to ever consider going back to the Bell.

― Kerry Keane, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The hell with Dunkin Donuts. They opened a Krispy Kreme here last month and I have decided that yes, it counts as fast food. Not only that, it counts as every one of the four major food groups. In my world, Krispy Kreme donuts are the only food that matters.

― michele, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

All other donut shops are toast once Tim Horton's creeps in. They're on every corner here - WORSE THAN STARBUCKS - sometimes they put one on both sides of the street so that you don't have to go to the 'trouble' of turning across the traffic.

About that fast food smell - McDonald's is the worst for that. It's the beef flavouring that they put into the oil (to make the taste consistent with when the fries were done in beef tallow) - blearghhh. During my fast food tour of duty I was a cook for Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips. Now the smell of fried fish is *so* lovely let me tell you...

Subway's veggie and cheese subs rock - especially now that they've added all those fancy ass new breads. Dairy Queen, ironically, makes the best cheeseburgers. A&W is a close second. Harvey's Hamburgers aren't - but hey, if you like soy. Licks is good but weird and expensive.

I also like that Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich. Speaking of spicy chicken - has anyone else ever had a Nando's chicken sandwich? Oh so yummy! Unfortunately, all known outlets here appear to have closed.

― Kim, Tuesday, 26 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Pizza al taglio places and Focciarie rock harder that anything apart from fried chicken joints. thats what i really miss here in Italy, of and Jerk chicken patties rice and peas from shops on the kingsland road. And salt beef and mustard bagels at 4 in the morning on brock lane. indian sweets off the comercial road.

I can't stand 'hamburger' places cos i make much better burgers at home, they have some remote connection with a cow and not cardboard in artificial beef dripping substitute. although wendy's was good when it existed in the UK. When i used to work on Regent's street, we'd wander up there some times for lunch. Square burgers rock

But here its just really pizza for fast food, big slabs with anything you fancy, a personal favorite is just plain with onions, not tomato or cheese or anything just onions and salt. Or big fat calzone. Or farinat which seems to be pareticular to here being like a fluffy potato cake done in the pizza oven.

But I've just remembered the ultimate in fats food, availible only in two places in the world. Behine the Duomo in milan and in Theobald's Place in London. Panzerotti, like a savory doughnut filled with mozzarella and tomato, sometimes other thing. They also do things like deep fried rice and cheese balls or potato and cheese tthings but Panzerotti rule the fast food universe. I am eternally greatful to Ambrose for introducing me to them.

― Ed Lynch-Bell, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh yeah and the best Fish and chips is on the quayside in Kyle of Lochalsh just by the Skye Bridge. Fish so fresh and chips so perfect.

Best Transport caff is Ma Shepheards on the M6 just before it becomes the M6 on the southbound side just south of the Scottish border. Chips with everything tea and suspiciously flourescent fizzy drinks made by companies you've never heard of.

― Ed Lynch-Bell, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Semi-serious questioners for the Londoners on this board: I'm a terrible cook and a bit of a cheapskate, so does anybody know of any cheap and healthy alternatives to eating out at a fast food place?

― Andrew L, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sainsburys. Well, I don't know about the "healthy" bit and there is the Jamie Oliver quotient, but if it weren't for their ready made "just heat em up" meals, we would surely starve.

― masonic boom, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two words:

pea fritter

if anyone knows which chip shops in London do them please tell me, I haven't had one in ages and they're chuffing marvellous, a ball of mushy peas, coated in crispy batter, plenty of vinegar, gorgeous.

― cabbage, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

On the ready meal front Tesco's generally rock - they don't do indian or chinese stuff as well as Sainsbury's but on everything else they are king (their new Chicken Alfredo is much recommended). And their actually-nice-ready-to-cook Tesco's Finest range is worth a look too.

― Tom, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I used to live off of saveloys & pies from Carfax chippie. These days you are much more likely to find me in a KFC. Hmm Zinger Tower Burger.

By the way, the Spicy Beanburger was an invention of the Wimpy Burger Chain over here in good old Blighty. These days Burger King do them as they bought out all but a few independent members of said chain.

Wimpy also does (did?) a round sausage in a burger known as a Bender. What times we lived in back in the seventies. That said, nothing better than seeing a gig at the Brixton Academy and then having a Bender in the Wimpy.

― Pete, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Forget Carfax Chippie *AND* KFC, Pete, you should be heading down the Abingdon Road to the Mediterranean Fish Bar. Best value fish and chips, saveloys, kebabs, pickled eggs, the lot! Has KFC really changed, or do people just eat the advertising? The Colonel's transformation from a static, avuncular character to a break dancing lover of fake tex mex is on a par to the rejuvenation of Captain Birdseye in terms of commercial transmogrification.

― MarkH, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

God I love KFC.

― Tom, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There's a fried chicken place just near Old Street, and I guess somewhere near Bill Drummond's boozer, which I still haven't got round to visiting. Anyway, it's called Fried Chicken Kebabs and Fries, and they've taken a kind of French Connection UK approach by using the acronym FCKF in great big letters. My recommendation: round the corner to the Artillery Arms and forget abut the fast food altogether.

― Tim, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Just a few KFComments.

If you are in Australia DO NOT have a KFC, I don't know what happened in the journey over there but it isn't the KFC of the UK.

Speaking of the (insert Southern US State)/Dixie Fried Chicken phenomenon. The best name I've ever seen is the chain in Manchester known as "McTucky". Utter, UTTER, genius.

― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Somebody mentioned fish and chips -- the Bervie Chipper, south of Aberdeen somewhere. Trust me.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

FCKF!!! The PRML SCRM chippie! Oh, their food is crap, but it amuses us so much that we have to go there. It's the only thing that really makes putting up with Hoxton worthwhile.

― masonic boom, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What is the PRML SCRM way to abbreviate 'chippie'? The drop the vowels rule would result in CHP, which is just plain incomprehensible. Are there subsections in the EXTRMNTR handbook thet deal with these things?

― Nick, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Chips are bourgousie abominations!!! PRML SCRM want DP FRD MRS BRS and they want them NOW!!! Besides, isn't CHPs something to do with Erik Estrada or something?

― masonic boom, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two months pass...

DESTROY: Dairy Queen for ripping off the Blizzard. In Indiana, there was a small neighborhood ice cream place, the Penguin. In Fort Wayne or Bloomington, forget which. It had the original Blizzard, but since they were a tiny operation they had no reason to trademark it. So, of course, Dairy Queen copies it, name and all, copyrights it, then sues the Penguin for copyright infringement. Typical american spirit.

― Josh Newcowzer, Thursday, 6 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

three weeks pass...

In NYC, what's up with the Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin' Robbins thingy? They're everywhere now! Don't know if this counts as "Fast Food", but I love, love, love Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips!

― Lorraine Coleman, Saturday, 29 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Better then McFlury, Tim Horton's Iced Cappacinos.

― Mr Noodles, Saturday, 29 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

three weeks pass...

Other Brooklyn franchise that is AWESOME: "Golden Krust". Sounds nasty, looks nasty - but they have got Jamaican beef / chicken / veg patties that are scrumptious and less than $1.50. Closest thing to a pastie this side of the Atlantic...

They have this enormous Golden Krust warehouse in the Bronx. I see it everytime I take the train up to White Plains. And yer right ... Golden Krust patties are the best cheap-eats in NYC (they have a stand under Grand Central).

They also had one of the most hilarious ad campaigns a few years back, when I guess they were starting to franchise and they were trying to get West Indians to set up Golden Crust franchises (because the ads were on an NYC West Indian/ethnic radio station). Some guy with a really thick, exaggerated Jamaican accent, shouting "IMAGINE! WHAT A WONDERFUL TING! GOLDEN CRUST PATTIES! ALL OVER AMERICA! YES!" Ads don't get better than that, I tell yas.

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

eight months pass...

I am lokking for a Restaurant job.

― RajvinderMultani, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh my heavens, we have the post of the century. Google, I love you.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

*jaw drops*

― bc, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

two months pass...

Found this thread... Cool!
Here's a chain for yas- Colonel Dixie, based out of Mobile, Al. They reached to Houston, and strangly enough all the way to upstate NY.
McD's hated this chain. They lost a logo battle, and that allowed the Colonel to grow more.
Hamburgers, fish sandwiches. The Dixie Dog! Homemade chili, onions, cheese,and pickles. (Or just do a chili dog with the cole slaw this place served.)
Their fried chicken blew away KFC,Browns, etc. and the sides were made in the company's own local warehouse along with the Dixie Dagwood,a great recreation of the Bumstead dream.
There was also Dixie Dew... a combo of lemon-lime soda with cherry.
Good food, good folks.
Just got back to the gulf area after being gone for 25 years, and only one of the ten stores is left, and that in Mobile. (A "portable" unit made for Houston)
I must drive over for a last dog, and some pics... (sad)

― Morwen ni Anne, Sunday, 15 September 2002 21:49 (twenty-three years ago)

I read "Fast Food Nation" a year ago, and I have not been back to McDonalds, Wendys or Burger King since.

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Sunday, 15 September 2002 21:53 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

And revive....

I woke up this morning, thinking about a Popeye's Spicy 3-piece with a biscuit and the red beans and rice. Its an atrocious meal on so many levels, but damnit if I didn't want it. But frugality will win out and I will wait until payday Thursday.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Zagat rates 'em:

http://www.zagat.com/promo.aspx?pn=37&wid=wb_fastfood_ns&hid=wb_noloc_screen1_ns

― kenan, Friday, 11 May 2007 17:30 (eighteen years ago)

I can't believe all the Burger King hatred. :-(

― stevienixed, Friday, 11 May 2007 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

Burger King is truly vile. I don't agree with that poll that Wendy's has the best burger but otherwise is seems pretty otm.

― Ms Misery, Friday, 11 May 2007 17:35 (eighteen years ago)

:-( I heart Burger King a lot. Not so much for its fries, but the burgers are very yummy. Thank god they don't have it in Belgium or I'd be pregnant with not only a baby but a few burgers as well.

― stevienixed, Friday, 11 May 2007 17:37 (eighteen years ago)

My new fast food obsession is ZAXBY'S. I've had it like four times but only in Gulfport, MS. They print the following "mission statement" on all the receipts:

"Consistently Create Encore Experiences That Enrich Lives, One Person At A Time!!"

Srsly, you can do that w/chicken?

― Jordan, Friday, 11 May 2007 17:37 (eighteen years ago)

xpost
those grill marks are fake.

― Ms Misery, Friday, 11 May 2007 17:38 (eighteen years ago)

During my first pregnancy I ate pizza (from Pizza Hut) about twice a week. Sadly they don't do the cheesy crust in medium. :-( I know it's not really a real pizza, but damn I love their thick pizzas.

― stevienixed, Friday, 11 May 2007 17:39 (eighteen years ago)

SONIC OH YEAH TOP 5!!!!

I haven't eated at a Dairy Queen since..... oh.... 1980 probably. Now I'm wondering what I've been missing.

― Jaq, Friday, 11 May 2007 17:44 (eighteen years ago)

I was wondering what the fuck that dude in Gulfport who kept saying "CCEETEL, OPAAT!!" was going on about.

― Rock Hardy, Friday, 11 May 2007 17:44 (eighteen years ago)

I used to like DQ's burgers, but the service was so slow, I quit going there.

― Rock Hardy, Friday, 11 May 2007 17:45 (eighteen years ago)

yeah DQs pretty great food and treat wise.

I'm afraid what I'm might eat when pregnant. . .

― Ms Misery, Friday, 11 May 2007 17:47 (eighteen years ago)

Burger King is pretty good except for the gross new crusty fries, Dairy Queen excels in almost all areas of glutton cuisine but yeah it can be slow

― A B C, Friday, 11 May 2007 17:50 (eighteen years ago)

...to leave your colon.

― kenan, Friday, 11 May 2007 17:58 (eighteen years ago)

I don't eat at these places anymore, but for burgers, Carl's Jr was best followed by the Whopper and Jumbo Jack. I like the Big Mac but don't even really think of it as a burger. Wendy's is disgusting.

― Spencer Chow, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:00 (eighteen years ago)

No Culver's, no credibility. Hands down the most disgustingly delicious shit out there.

― dan m, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:02 (eighteen years ago)

OVERRATED

― A B C, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:03 (eighteen years ago)

Haha I knew that would get a response.

― dan m, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:03 (eighteen years ago)

ban carl's jr plz, their advertising is vile

http://www.carlsjr.com/

― kenan, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

burger king chicken "tenders" have the texture (and color, come to think of it) of my grandparent's old couch

― strongohulkington, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

Srsly though I think it's just the mystique of the (formerly) Wisconsin-only range of the place. It was like you were going to an alternate universe for a while.

xposts

― dan m, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

I'm surrounded by Culver's and I never eat there.

My all-time fave is Milwaukee-only (I think) custard + fast-food chain Kopp's.

― Jordan, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:14 (eighteen years ago)

wendy's has good non-burger menu items but I've never like those square burgers.

― Ms Misery, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:15 (eighteen years ago)

Tuesday, May 1, 2007
MACADAMIA NUT
This is too expensive for us to make, so don't buy it, we lose money!

Sunday, May 13, 2007
MOM'S CHOCOLATE CHIP CHEESECAKE
Made with Hershey's® chocolate chips, cheesecake and custard. Yes, yes,yes !!! Your mom will love it!

― Jordan, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:17 (eighteen years ago)

I have to admit that while I havent lived in the WI in a while sometimes I do find myself wondering what the custard of the day is

― A B C, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:17 (eighteen years ago)

Jordan, I'm a little astounded you've never been to Culver's.

― dan m, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:25 (eighteen years ago)

I've been there, but only a couple times. Something about the term "butterburger", I don't know man...

― Jordan, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:28 (eighteen years ago)

'Tis true. My experiences have pretty much been limited to once-a-year runs through WI, so if you spread it out a bit it's easy to ignore the nastiness of the product.

― dan m, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:30 (eighteen years ago)

a once-a-year case of the runs?

― kenan, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:31 (eighteen years ago)

I am really thankful that this thread has seen little to no love for White Castle.

― kenan, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:32 (eighteen years ago)

Is feces your fetish of the day?

xpost: Not surprising.

― dan m, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

White Castle f'n rules

― A B C, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)

Is feces your fetish of the day?

Not especially, but let's just say that I'm feeling a little more... mortal than usual.
:)

― kenan, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)

I can't bring myself to try the fish sandwich (which sounds gross) or the jalapeno burger (which sounds awesome but painful) and the chicken rings are dodgy but it's easily one of my favorite fast food places

― A B C, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:38 (eighteen years ago)

Fast food, MTL edition!

L4fleur and La B3lle Province. Seriously. Best hot dogs this side of a scuzzy stand at a chicago ball game.

― Will M., Friday, 11 May 2007 18:54 (eighteen years ago)

I quit eating at the Carl's Jr. once their advertising got so goddamn disgusting and trashy.

― Abbott, Friday, 11 May 2007 18:59 (eighteen years ago)

It's like it's the same ad company as Axe or something. It's really awful.

― kenan, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:03 (eighteen years ago)

I don't want to associate burgers w/Paris Hilton's jizzjar anymore than I already do.

― Abbott, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:04 (eighteen years ago)

waht

― Jordan, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:05 (eighteen years ago)

I'm surprised by Burger King hatred, too: I haven't had any in a while, but I still feel like a Whopper (or Jr.) is one of the least disgusting fast-food burgers available. Not only is the meat okay, but the whole burger is spread a bit thin and wide, and comes rather heavy on the vegetables and condiments and whatnot; on a good day it's the only fast-food burger I could half-pretend I'd actually just put together at a backyard cookout.

The last time I had DQ food, which I was ridiculously fond of as a kid, I noticed they'd added a really strong artificial smoke flavor to the burger patties -- it was almost uncomfortably stilted and stagey, getting all that liquid smoke in a drive-through burger, but I have to admit I enjoyed it.

I haven't had Sonic in over a decade, but I still think about it at least once a week. Sonic shakes. Sonic salty fries. Sonic tasty burgers. Sonic ridiculous syrup drinks served in a bucket of ice-pebbles. I never even liked the syrupy drinks, but whenever I see those ice-pebbles in a commercial, the nostalgia kicks in.

Okay how can I submit anything this boring when it's just crossposted with "jizzjar?" I don't want to follow that.

― nabisco, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:07 (eighteen years ago)

Is jizzjar a part of the body? I thought Paris Hilton WAS a jizzjar, in total?

― kenan, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:14 (eighteen years ago)

her coochie is a jizzjar

― Mr. Que, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:14 (eighteen years ago)

i guess her mouth, too

― Mr. Que, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:15 (eighteen years ago)

I used to subsist on Whoppers. They used to be 99 cents @ the BK just a 10-minute drive from my block; my CARAZY HS friends & I used to play Setback & Hi-Lo (sic?) for Whoppers & sundries for 8-10 hrs @ a time, w/ Nevermind playing non-stop in the CD changer, & our host's drunk mom serving us stale Cheetos & microwave burritos, & our host's drunk dad playing LPs in the adjoining room wearing nothing but jean cut-offs that flattered his resplendent pot belly (I LOVE THE 90s PART YEAH). And then I worked @ the BK for a summer, so YAY WHOPPERS. Now, I think my body convulses whenever I even think of pulling into a BK parking lot. Helps that the last time I had BK, the lettuce on my BK Broiler was a darling shade of brown.

I was hoping this was the thread where I posted my WHAT I LEARNED FROM TACO BELL list, but it ain't. u_u

xpost - WHO IS HUNGRY YES

― David R., Friday, 11 May 2007 19:16 (eighteen years ago)

her coochie is a jizzjar

-- Mr. Que, Friday, May 11, 2007 3:14 PM (42 seconds ago)

john mayer is getting out of hand

― and what, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:20 (eighteen years ago)

hahaha

― Jordan, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:22 (eighteen years ago)

I've had Zaxby's in Raleigh, NC. It is rad.

The only regional chain I've found in Oregon that's worth a crap is Burgerville. What is with all the crappy taco places? And the tater tots... I realize that Idaho is right there and they have a lot of potato scraps that need to be injection-molded into little greasy cylinders, but calm down.

JoJos are a nice find, though.

― Kerm, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:24 (eighteen years ago)

I miss tater tots!

― David R., Friday, 11 May 2007 19:26 (eighteen years ago)

you can still get them

― strongohulkington, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:26 (eighteen years ago)

tatertotcheesecasserole.jpg

― strongohulkington, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:27 (eighteen years ago)

there's a place in richmond virginia called sticky rice that specializes in sushi and tater tots???

― Mr. Que, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:28 (eighteen years ago)

Chicken Rondelet sandwiches (2) & Tater Tots (many) = me, age 12.

xpost wtf?

― David R., Friday, 11 May 2007 19:28 (eighteen years ago)

i just realized that the best fast food chains (if you count sandwiches) are british. how bizarre.

― gabbneb, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:30 (eighteen years ago)

wtf?

― Ms Misery, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:30 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.ilovestickyrice.com/

― Mr. Que, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:31 (eighteen years ago)

They used the word "funnest" on the first page. They must die.

― Ms Misery, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:31 (eighteen years ago)

dave why i do think you and i were similarly shaped as children

― strongohulkington, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:33 (eighteen years ago)

Three days this week I have had a McDonald's bacon and egg biscuit (minus the stuff that passes for cheese) and orange juice.

How unhealthy could this possibly be - what passes for an egg in Ronald's world?

― milo z, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:38 (eighteen years ago)

Strongo: because we are actually twins separated at birth by SOCIETY?

― David R., Friday, 11 May 2007 19:38 (eighteen years ago)

The eggs come out of tubes.

I miss jojo's too...I think we used to get them from the grocery store hot food counter when I was a kid?

― Jordan, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:39 (eighteen years ago)

All eggs come out of tubes, if you really think about it. :D

― David R., Friday, 11 May 2007 19:39 (eighteen years ago)

I haven't had Sonic in over a decade, but I still think about it at least once a week. Sonic shakes. Sonic salty fries. Sonic tasty burgers. Sonic ridiculous syrup drinks served in a bucket of ice-pebbles. I never even liked the syrupy drinks, but whenever I see those ice-pebbles in a commercial, the nostalgia kicks in.

me too. footlong chili cheese dog & tots w/ a Route 66 limeade. The nearest one is in, like, Boise and really that is too far to drive (10 hours one way?)

― Jaq, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:43 (eighteen years ago)

I can't believe Wendy's gets teh "Best Burger" accolade. Everytime I eat there (ok, maybe this has happened twice in the past 2 years), I immediately wanted to die. I felt like grease was seeping out of my pores. Disgusting.

Also, I love Sonic and their delicious tots.

― molly mummenschanz, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:43 (eighteen years ago)

synthetic eggs

― eater, Friday, 11 May 2007 19:44 (eighteen years ago)

Actually, I think I'm now partial to McD's burgers in lieu of Wendy's, esp. their Double Quarter Pounders With Cheese, which probably cause cancer, but fuggit.

― David R., Friday, 11 May 2007 20:08 (eighteen years ago)

Some cheddar and an apple. Plenty damn quick, you betcha.

― Aimless, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:19 (eighteen years ago)

I'll stick up for Wendy's, but I do think Burger King burgers are the best. I lived on dollar Whoppers for... a while. Probably way too long.

― kenan, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:21 (eighteen years ago)

Sonic love is most-appropriate. The ice alone will almost always cause me to choose it over others.

― Ms Misery, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:22 (eighteen years ago)

Only good thing about Sonic is their shaved ice.

Fast-food gourmands know that Chik-Fil-A is where it's at.

― milo z, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:24 (eighteen years ago)

guys I have never even seen a Sonic it's not faaaaaaair!

― horseshoe, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:25 (eighteen years ago)

I will also rep for Sonic, forget McDonald's, Sonic is the one that successfully colonized my childhood brain, and even today, Sonic love says "above average taste in food" to me.

― kenan, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:26 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, I nearly forgot, though: The Jumbo Jack does have a slight edge on the Whopper in the dollar hamburger department.

― kenan, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:27 (eighteen years ago)

Horseshoe, according to the handy online Sonic Locator, your nearest drive-through is in either Peoria or Urbana. They're closing in on you, never fear.

― nabisco, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:30 (eighteen years ago)

road trip!

― horseshoe, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:32 (eighteen years ago)

I'll go with.

― kenan, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:33 (eighteen years ago)

Hardee's/Carl Jr's thickburgers are great. If you don't like their advertising you could, you know, stop watching tv, get off your lazy ass and go eat a gigantic fatty fast food burger.

― Kerm, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:35 (eighteen years ago)

The first time I ever went to a Sonic (about 2 years ago), I didn't know what to do. I heard the speaker next to me go off, so I started yelling my order to the menu. I then realized there was a red button and "push when ready to order" sign. That was a sad day.

Chick-fil-A is not open on Sundays. Booo. Sunday is prime "I Need Grease for My Horendous Hangover" day. I know they're trying to be good Christians, but they need to help the sinners (i.e. hungover) out.

― molly mummenschanz, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:36 (eighteen years ago)

I have also never eaten Sonic.

― Jordan, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:37 (eighteen years ago)

The last Wendy's sandwich I had was the worst thing I've ever eaten, completely without any redeeming qualities. I could barely finish it.

― brownie, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:39 (eighteen years ago)

There's a Sonic about a half mile from my house. It is beautiful.

I have heard rumor of Sonics that aren't just drive-ups! Like, full seating inside!

Oh, Steak and Shake, dudes. Steak and Shake.

― molly mummenschanz, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:39 (eighteen years ago)

Visit the Sonic Locator! They're going national in a big way, creeping up the country from south to north; they haven't gotten everywhere yet, but already it'd be hard to do many long drives without running into a few along the way. I just hope the national expansion doesn't come along with any drop-off in quality, or anything.

How national was the A&W hamburger stand? I used to dig those.

― nabisco, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:41 (eighteen years ago)

They're still around.

― Jordan, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:41 (eighteen years ago)

There's a couple of those non-drive-up Sonics in Austin. I refuse to use them on principle.

― Ms Misery, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:42 (eighteen years ago)

The best thing about the really long drives we did last May (a year ago! Damn, was that the last time I had Sonic?) - I used the locator to map out where they all were along our route and we ate at least 6 meals in 3 weeks at one.

― Jaq, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:45 (eighteen years ago)

Fast-food gourmands know that Chik-Fil-A is where it's at.

yes yes yes!

― mizzell, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:48 (eighteen years ago)

Hardee's/Carl Jr's thickburgers are great. If you don't like their advertising you could, you know, stop watching tv, get off your lazy ass and go eat a gigantic fatty fast food burger.

-- Kerm, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:35 (12 minutes ago)

OTM. Wendy's is the only other big burger chain I can even stand to eat it.

Chik-Fil-A has weird-tasting chicken. It's sweet and gross and strange but every once in a while I get a serious craving for it and then hate myself for weeks afterwards. At least it's moderately healthy...

A&W still exists down here but I've never been to one. I should go one of these days.

Regional chains tend to be the best, though. I'd take Bojangles over anything in this thread, and I will probably never move out of North Carolina until Cook-Out goes national.

― bernard snowy, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:54 (eighteen years ago)

er, that should be "stand to eat at."

― bernard snowy, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:54 (eighteen years ago)

Bojangles is AOK.

Mrs. Winner's makes my insides cry.

― molly mummenschanz, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:55 (eighteen years ago)

I brought my son on a business trip to Charlotte once. He spotted Bojangles. Decided it was pronounced "boh-zhan'-gul-ayz" and wouldn't rest until we ate there. I can't remember if it was good or not good, but he was okay with never eating there again.

― Jaq, Friday, 11 May 2007 21:04 (eighteen years ago)

I was just thinking about Cook-Out... and Char-Grill...

And while we're at it, Five Guys. Free peanuts!

And yeah, Bojangles. Tailgate special w/ gallons of sweet iced tea. ("Bo-han-g'-lays" is common.)

I'm going back to Raleigh in 12 days and I'll be there for a whole month and I'm only going to eat Char Grill, Five Guys, Zaxby's, and Bojangles.

And Q-SHACK! Pork Butt sandwiches, Chile Rubbed Beef Brisket sandwiches, real fried okra...

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/0/0e/150px-Velociraptor222.jpg
"I'm going, that's all there is too it, I'm fucking going."

― Kerm, Friday, 11 May 2007 21:14 (eighteen years ago)

You'd have better luck buying Sunday beer at Chick-fil-A than getting me to eat one of those Hardee's thickburgers.

― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 11 May 2007 21:16 (eighteen years ago)

B-b-but they're slathered in mayonnaise!

― Kerm, Friday, 11 May 2007 21:17 (eighteen years ago)

I was hoping this was the thread where I posted my WHAT I LEARNED FROM TACO BELL list, but it ain't. u_uj

ME TOO!

― nickalicious, Friday, 11 May 2007 21:22 (eighteen years ago)

I've never been to Five Guys or Zaxby's, and I can't remember the last time I had Char-Grill. I don't spend a lot of time in the Raleigh area, though. Q-Shack is okay but Bullock's is better and closer so I rarely have a reason to eat there. Have you ever been to King's Barbecue in Kinston? I stopped there once on the way back from the beach; they have something called a pig-in-a-puppy, which is a hot dog bun-sized hush puppy split open and used as the bun for a barbecue sandwich. It's AMAZING, and I'm amazed that no one else has stolen the concept yet.

― bernard snowy, Friday, 11 May 2007 21:23 (eighteen years ago)

Re: Taco Bell -- The Crunchwrap Supreme has gone way downhill. This disappoints me.

― molly mummenschanz, Friday, 11 May 2007 21:25 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=40&threadid=22117

― nickalicious, Friday, 11 May 2007 21:26 (eighteen years ago)

Somewhere in ILX history I managed to post with burgerpipelogo.gif as my screen name for like an entire day, I swear to God. I was hoping it was that thread. u_u

― nickalicious, Friday, 11 May 2007 21:32 (eighteen years ago)

xxxpost: Oh well yeah there are tons of proper BBQ places better than Q-Shack... it's just a fast-foodish one. Bullock's is stupid good. Definitely not fast, but worth the wait. I always eat too many hush puppies with honey butter before my two-pound plate of pork arrives.

That pig-in-a-puppy sounds insane. I might have to take a trip to Beaufort just so I can go through Kinston.

― Kerm, Friday, 11 May 2007 21:41 (eighteen years ago)

Jaq, there's a Sonic in Spokane. That's a lot closer than Boise.

I ate at Burgerville once and it was alright, but I kind of expected more from it. It was good fast food, but didn't blow my mind like I had hoped.

― joygoat, Friday, 11 May 2007 21:56 (eighteen years ago)

I like when Sonics have pay-at-the-kiosk technology so I don't have to hand my card to the young lady and make her walk an extra lap and/or tip her.

Anyone have any opinions on WHATABURGER? There used to be some in Tempe when I lived there and I ate at one in Amarillo, TX last year cause it the was closest thing to the gas station off I-40. A very flat and low-riding burger with lots of mustard and diced onions. They're only alright, would be better if cheaper.

― iiiijjjj, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:06 (eighteen years ago)

Tax included in the price is the best thing about Whataburger.

I went to a Sonic the other night where the credit card readers were on the fritz. The young lady still had to make an extra lap to give me the receipt, and didn't even have me sign anything. I didn't get the opportunity to tip her or to even provide a PIN. I COULDA BEEN ANYONE!

― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:15 (eighteen years ago)

Whataburger has the best non-Chik-Fil-A chicken fingers of any chain. Plus Texas toast and decent fries.

If Chik-Fil-A is a Michelin 3-Star outfit, Whataburger is a solid 1.5, maybe even a 2.

― milo z, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:23 (eighteen years ago)

You'd have better luck buying Sunday beer at Chick-fil-A than getting me to eat one of those Hardee's thickburgers.

I used to love those things, but I burned out on them. TOO MUCH TOO MUCH. But I can still eat the hell out of their bacon, egg & ~~plastic~~ cheese biscuits in the morning.

― Rock Hardy, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:26 (eighteen years ago)

It's American Cheese, people. It's always like that. You want real cheese on your bacon and egg biscuits, go to your grandma's house.

Now what is really good, is a Bojangles sausage biscuit with mustard. That was the breakfast to eat before first period in high school back in the 90s.

― Kerm, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:47 (eighteen years ago)

Jaq, there's a Sonic in Spokane.

SWEET! I sense a road trip in the very near future!

― Jaq, Friday, 11 May 2007 22:55 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.imhappyq.com/profile%20images/Jollibee%20logo.JPG

― iiiijjjj, Saturday, 12 May 2007 14:48 (eighteen years ago)

It's Jollibee, the Philippines No. 1 Fast Food Chain! Home of the Yum!, the Champ, Chickenjoy, Palabok Fiesta, Macaroni soup, Burgersteak, Jolly Spaghetti, and the Jollydog

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/3457/jollidogri3.jpg

anyone in Quezon City, Luzon, Mindanao, Daly City, San Bruno, Vallejo, Carson, or West Covina ever dine at a Jollibee?

― iiiijjjj, Saturday, 12 May 2007 15:00 (eighteen years ago)

ube shakes!

― lauren, Saturday, 12 May 2007 15:22 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.jollibee.com.ph/x/menu_breakfastjoys.jpg

― iiiijjjj, Saturday, 12 May 2007 15:58 (eighteen years ago)

when I was in NY last year my friend who lived there and I went to this place near where he lived (42nd and 11th, seemed like a chain) called Better Burger. It was supposed to be organic meat and stuff I think, and it was very tasty, though more like a sandwich. I think I had a Chicken and Lemongrass burger.

they had this weird policy whereby they ask your name when you order, then it's on your receipt. so when you wait for the order to arrive they call out your name. my friend is called "domhnaill" and the guy working behind the till also found "ronan" quite hard to manage. we let him off the hook eventually.

― Ronan, Saturday, 12 May 2007 16:01 (eighteen years ago)

argh this thread makes me really want to go to Cook-Out but I am stuck at work :(

― bernard snowy, Saturday, 12 May 2007 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

There's a great afterhours burger place here called Tolly Ho that yells your name out for your ticket; there's a TWIST, when you place your order, they ask if you've ever eaten there before, if not, they call out your name thusly: "[your name], THE HO VIRGIN!" and everyone in the (usually completely packed around 3-4am) place applauds them.

Oh shit, SPOILER, sorry.

― nickalicious, Saturday, 12 May 2007 16:15 (eighteen years ago)

America knows how to eat.

― Ronan, Saturday, 12 May 2007 16:22 (eighteen years ago)

Search: Sonic (only 22 miles away in Anaheim!), In-n-Out, Five Guys, El Pollo Loco, Carl's Jr., Jack in the Box, Popeye's, or The Hat

Destroy: Burger King (TOO MUCH LIQUID SMOKE, DUDES!)

Sort of meh about McD's or Wendy's.

― B.L.A.M., Saturday, 12 May 2007 16:29 (eighteen years ago)

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u120/kingkonggodzilla/menu_Tacos_especial.png

Rubio's Fish Tacos Especial.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Saturday, 12 May 2007 16:35 (eighteen years ago)

burger king chicken "tenders" have the texture (and color, come to think of it) of my grandparent's old couch

Wait till you get to taste their bed.

― stevienixed, Saturday, 12 May 2007 17:37 (eighteen years ago)

dude waitresses at sonic still use rollerskates?? whats the point of tipping for something that every single other person does on earth for mindless recreation?

― deeznuts, Saturday, 12 May 2007 21:29 (eighteen years ago)

also just discovered last night: i was drunk but those vile looking kfc biscuit bowls are really really good, i ate two of them in the span of maybe 5 minutes tops

― deeznuts, Saturday, 12 May 2007 21:31 (eighteen years ago)

"kfc biscuit bowls, marry me!"

― StanM, Saturday, 12 May 2007 21:38 (eighteen years ago)

DESTROY DAIRY QUEEN (speaking as a disgruntled employee)

― Tape Store, Sunday, 13 May 2007 00:25 (eighteen years ago)

(former employee, that is)

― Tape Store, Sunday, 13 May 2007 00:25 (eighteen years ago)

Taco Bell is really trhe only defensible search here. Despite their extremely questionable "we'll combine previous dishes and call it something new" thing.

― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 13 May 2007 02:23 (eighteen years ago)

i was drunk but those vile looking kfc biscuit bowls are really really good, i ate two of them in the span of maybe 5 minutes tops

And we never heard from him again.

― Pleasant Plains, Sunday, 13 May 2007 15:55 (eighteen years ago)

Biscuit Bowl sounds like an XFL semifinal game.

― nickalicious, Sunday, 13 May 2007 16:06 (eighteen years ago)

I've been there, but only a couple times. Something about the term "butterburger", I don't know man...

similar to why i can't bring myself to enter a fatburger. why don't they just change the name to "hey there fatass, want some diabetes with that shake?"

― get bent, Sunday, 13 May 2007 20:00 (eighteen years ago)

butter on a hamburger is actually really, really delicious but i wouldn't trust any fastfood restaurant for an instant to do it for me.

― ian, Sunday, 13 May 2007 20:14 (eighteen years ago)

I still don't understand people who go to Dairy Queen for real food. HELLO IT'S ONLY GOOD FOR ICE CREAM, PPL.

― HI DERE, Sunday, 13 May 2007 20:14 (eighteen years ago)

Culver's doesn't put butter on their burgers; the name refers to the buns, which are buttered and toasted. Man, I miss that place. Frozen custard is the king of cold dairy treats. Turtle sundaes made with custard are miles ahead of those made with ice cream.

― lindseykai, Sunday, 13 May 2007 20:53 (eighteen years ago)

butterburger

― Kerm, Sunday, 13 May 2007 22:58 (eighteen years ago)

hey mcdonalds got rid of their cinnamon roll and replaced it with the 'cinnimelt' aka the 'cinnigasm' in our household.

oh and I have some ted drewes frozed custard waitin for me in my freezer btw.

― teeny, Sunday, 13 May 2007 23:12 (eighteen years ago)

I was so hoping that Culver's butterburgers would be like what's shown in that video, rather than the dry things they are. Their frozen custard is good, though, and I like their fries.

I'm adding Tolly Ho to my list of places to visit when I travel south in a couple of years. It's been way too long since someone's had reason to call me a ho.

I want some tocino and longanisa right now.

― Bryan, Monday, 14 May 2007 00:41 (eighteen years ago)

Franse Hamburger zonder fleiss met fetakaas en tomaten ketchup alstubleeft

― I know, right?, Monday, 14 May 2007 00:45 (eighteen years ago)

SEARCH: Arby's, Subway, Wendy's, KFC
DESTROY: Long John Silver's, Chipotle

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 14 May 2007 02:02 (eighteen years ago)

Captain D's is better than it has any business being.

― Rock Hardy, Monday, 14 May 2007 02:33 (eighteen years ago)

DAN PERRY are you actually saying ice cream isn't REAL FOOD?

― David R., Monday, 14 May 2007 02:35 (eighteen years ago)

search: all 24-hour fast-food mexican places (at least in the southwest), wendy's, everything at sonic except the actual sandwiches, the potato cakes at arby's, the spicy mashed potatoes at popeye's...most fast-food places have at least one item that's good.

destroy: SUBWAY. just make a freakin' sandwich at home already.

― J.D., Monday, 14 May 2007 08:39 (eighteen years ago)

Ugh, the UK Subways are even more vile than the American.

― suzy, Monday, 14 May 2007 12:25 (eighteen years ago)

Long John Silver's and Captain D's never even registers on my internal fast-food radar. It's like my brain is doing me a favor and just blacking out any memory I have that someone went ahead and invented fast-food seafood restaurants.

― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 14 May 2007 13:14 (eighteen years ago)

Search: donner kebab, with chilli sauce, garlic mayo, and lots of onion from just about anywhere.
Destroy: too many to list. Agree Subway possibly the absolute worst of the worst though.

― aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:06 (eighteen years ago)

Subway isn't horrible, like, say Long John Silver's (good GOD what is this ATROCITY?!!), it's just really boring. Turkey sandwich. Whoopee.

― kenan, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:09 (eighteen years ago)

every now and then you can really get a craving for LJS. Not that you don't hate yourself afterwards.

― Ms Misery, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:12 (eighteen years ago)

LJS has the worst fries in the business.

― nickalicious, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:13 (eighteen years ago)

White Castle has better fries than any other fastfoodery, but they are overshadowed in terms of the Whiteys legacy, by the slider and what hell it hath wrought on digestive systems across the globe.

― nickalicious, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:15 (eighteen years ago)

I don't remember white castle fries too well but I think (unfortunately) Mickey D fries would be hard to top.

― Ms Misery, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:22 (eighteen years ago)

Do not destroy Chipotle massive x-post.

― bear, bear, bear, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:47 (eighteen years ago)

every now and then you can really get a craving for LJS.

not after you've been good and poisoned by it.

― kenan, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:53 (eighteen years ago)

Destroy: dingy stand on market place that sold us crap fries and sausages and gave us a free hurl fest this night. *sigh* I don't think I'll be having fries this year anymore. (hah! As if!)

― stevienixed, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:53 (eighteen years ago)

What about a chain called Raising Cane? I was in one in Slidell, LA and it was pretty weird. It seemed, uh, ostentatiously white for the area, with posters all over the walls incl. the Rat Pack, Sex & the City, Friends, Napoleon Dynamite, some boxer from the 20's, Elvis, Huey P. Long, etc.

― Jordan, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:58 (eighteen years ago)

I like Subway! How is it worst? At least the veg is fresh and nice at Subway, unlike McDonalds etc.

― Ronan, Monday, 14 May 2007 20:27 (eighteen years ago)

That Subway Smell

― G00blar, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:00 (eighteen years ago)

Bread tastes like cardboard.
Commercial advertising is condescending.
Never know if that Tuesday discount is for some locations or all locations.
Stole old-timey print advertisements from Wendy's.

― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:30 (eighteen years ago)

No consideration for vegetarians when picking salad stuff up with their plastic-gloved hands that have previously been picking up slices of cold meat.

(I am not veggie, but this is the kind of thing that annoys me on their behalf - thanks, little brother)

Still, meatball subs with melty cheese are excellent for a cheap lunch.

― ailsa, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:33 (eighteen years ago)

Chipotle is really very good (although I prefer the salsas at Baja Fresh).

Subway is ok (quality varies wildly from location to location), however if there's a Quizno's nearby I will never go to Subway.

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:38 (eighteen years ago)

DAN PERRY are you actually saying ice cream isn't REAL FOOD?

I am saying that if your expertise is ice cream, you have no business going near hamburgers and hot dogs. Not even if you chop them up and put them in a Blizzard.

― HI DERE, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:41 (eighteen years ago)

Okay I am totally ordering the chili dog Blizzard.

― nickalicious, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:42 (eighteen years ago)

I personally will never be able to forgive DQ for their god awful theme song.

Instead of Subway I turn to Jimmy Johns for my sandwichenings these days.

― nickalicious, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:43 (eighteen years ago)

I am having a hard time forgiving DQ for the Moolatte.

― HI DERE, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:44 (eighteen years ago)

time for a revive!

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:45 (eighteen years ago)

I don't eat at DQ, but local custard/ice cream places always have the best burgers & sandwiches.

(this may only be true in Wisconsin)

― Jordan, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:45 (eighteen years ago)

hahahahaha Spencer

― HI DERE, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:45 (eighteen years ago)

Is the MooLatte still around?

― kenan, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:51 (eighteen years ago)

Still front and center on their corporate site.

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:52 (eighteen years ago)

Chipotle is hit or miss. Sometimes the chicken is inedible, sometimes it's edible but oniony and sometimes it's fantastic. Always worth it for the rice and tortilla though. And the salt-lime chips (which should be standard issue in every bar on Earth).

― milo z, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:53 (eighteen years ago)

hahahahaha oh dqpaws

― HI DERE, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:53 (eighteen years ago)

doesn't chipotle put hfcs somewhere in their burritos (in one of the salsas?)?

― gabbneb, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:55 (eighteen years ago)

Their rice *is* very good.

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:58 (eighteen years ago)

Dunna about HFCS or the nutritional content of the tortilla (surely unhealthy), but they use pork and some beans from organic sources.

― milo z, Monday, 14 May 2007 22:00 (eighteen years ago)

One website lists their tortilla as having:

Total Fat 9g
Saturated Fat 2g

Not *too* bad.

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 14 May 2007 22:14 (eighteen years ago)

Wisconsin DQs even serve cheese curds / cheese balls.

― nabisco, Monday, 14 May 2007 22:15 (eighteen years ago)

One of my least favorite things about cheese curds is that if you ask people from Wisconsin what's so great about them, they say "oh, when you bite them, they SQUEAK," as if that's some great selling point. I mean, so do rats.

― nabisco, Monday, 14 May 2007 22:16 (eighteen years ago)

The great thing about cheese curds is that they're made of cheese.

― Jordan, Monday, 14 May 2007 22:19 (eighteen years ago)

What are you doing asking people what is so great about cheese curds???

― Jordan, Monday, 14 May 2007 22:20 (eighteen years ago)

"Do you LOVE CHEESE but worry it doesn't take ENOUGH like a CANDLE? You need to try ... CHEESE CURDS!"

― nabisco, Monday, 14 May 2007 22:26 (eighteen years ago)

..."oh, when you bite them, they SQUEAK," as if that's some great selling point. I mean, so do rats.

Do you bite rats Nabisco???

(Someone had to do it.)

― nickn, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:21 (eighteen years ago)

Quiznos is nasty I think. Crappy veggies and pathetic meat.

― Ronan, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:31 (eighteen years ago)

Also, no basslines.

― Ronan, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:31 (eighteen years ago)

Burger King is disgusting - their meat is okay, but the buns are terrible.

McDonald's isn't even really meat is it? I still have a jones for a cheeseburger from there sometimes, but rarely.

Carl's Jr. is okay, but I fucking hate their advertisements, too.

Wendy's I don't mind, but eh, I'm not super crazy about it.

Love Chik Fil A, but the only one around here is in a mall I never go to (unless I have to have Chik Fil A and it's not Sunday).

Sonic isn't close, either, but I will totally drive for their burgers, tater tots and a green apple coke.

― luna, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:40 (eighteen years ago)

Unmelted cheddar cheese is gross but cheddar cheese curds are Delicious and it hurts that you can't get them at every single grocery store outside Wisconsin

― A B C, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:46 (eighteen years ago)

Quizno's is high class when you compare it to Subway.

― milo z, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:49 (eighteen years ago)

Chipotle's rice is the reason I never eat there. Fuckers put cilantro in that shit. Unacceptable.

― lindseykai, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:50 (eighteen years ago)

Ronan, lol.

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:51 (eighteen years ago)

xpost, but it's very little cilantro and the texture and aroma is excellent.

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:52 (eighteen years ago)

I see no one has mentioned "Zen: Japanese Food Fast."

Search search search!

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:52 (eighteen years ago)

Quizno's is high class when you compare it to Subway.

at least the meat in Subway looks like it has been cut from an animal, rather than the cubes of ham you get in Quiznos.

maybe the Quiznos in Dublin are particularly bad but they tried a big launch here recently and as far as I know most have since closed down, cos it was so vile. Subway on the other hand is THRIVING. Of course it's not amazing either, I'd never order anything except Italian BMT and an occasional meatbomb, but as I say, at least in Subway you can get LOADS OF fresh veg and slices of ham that look like slices of ham.

The one or two times I was in Quiznos I thought the vegetables were bitty and not even fresh.

― Ronan, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:54 (eighteen years ago)

Carl's Jr BBQ Chicken Sandwiches without BBQ Sauce

― youn, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:55 (eighteen years ago)

xp That's the difference then. Quizno's around here use decent deli-sliced meats for everything, the only strike against them is that their bread is too thick and that's all you can taste if it doesn't get toasted right.

my favorite fast food place ever was EDO Japanese - the most glorious teriyaki chicken and rice combo known to an American mall. But then it shut down and was replaced by a fake-EDO and the rice was no longer sticky and delicious.

― milo z, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:59 (eighteen years ago)

I don't think of Chipotle or mall Japanese as fast food. If it doesn't involve a drive-thru and a menu 95% fried, it ain't fast food.

― milo z, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:00 (eighteen years ago)

at least the meat in Subway looks like it has been cut from an animal

This is a selling point?

I don't think of Chipotle or mall Japanese as fast food

Zen isn't mall, though. They've got drive thru and plenty of fried things that'll destroy your arteries~

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:04 (eighteen years ago)

In the US, Quizno's is better than Subway all around.

― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:04 (eighteen years ago)

a steak looks like it has been cut from an animal. in fact most good meat does

― Ronan, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:05 (eighteen years ago)

whenever i get chipotle the rice is always undercooked. i still like it and the chips are aces

― A B C, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:08 (eighteen years ago)

quiznos and subway have similar sickly ingredients but toaster ovens hide a lot of sins. my favorite chain sandwich is potbelly's and the absolute worst is jimmy john's

― A B C, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:09 (eighteen years ago)

Has anybody eaten at a Lenny's Subs? There's one in Tupelo but I've never tried it.

― Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:21 (eighteen years ago)

Search:
Baja Fresh, Rubio's, Wahoo's, In n Out, Roy Rogers (at least as I remember them from ten years ago), Jack in the Box

Destroy:
Carl's Jr, Sbarro, anything that ends in 'bertos in the San Diego area, both Quiznos AND Subway.

Disclosure: restaurants in the destroy pile have caused me personal harm, except for Quiznos and Subway, which just make awful sandwiches.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:24 (eighteen years ago)

Potbelly's and Baker Bros. American Cafe are the best. I could live on the two of those alone, I think. (Probably lose a fair bit of weight, too)

― milo z, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 03:35 (eighteen years ago)

Has anybody eaten at a Lenny's Subs? There's one in Tupelo but I've never tried it.

-- Rock Hardy, Monday, May 14, 2007 7:21 PM (3 hours ago)

They opened one up down by where I work. It's okay. Better than Subway at least. They slice the meat in front of you, which I like. They give you an extra inch, going up to seven for the half-portion.

It's a little expensive, a decent sandwich with chips and drink can ebb close to $7.50 which is higher than other fast-sandwich places. I don't go there every week, but it's nice every couple of months or so.

― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 04:01 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Sonic brings the value menu just in time.

― WmC, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 16:47 (sixteen years ago)

seven months pass...

Do you think that McDonald's gives you good value for your money? Like, if you were poor, would you eat there a few times a week?

― bamcquern, Saturday, 21 November 2009 19:32 (sixteen years ago)

i am poor and i never eat there so

― Lamp, Saturday, 21 November 2009 19:33 (sixteen years ago)

dosa place that sells giant vegetable curry for $2.50 oth

― Lamp, Saturday, 21 November 2009 19:33 (sixteen years ago)

i was poor last year and it was definitely more tempting in terms of value for money IF i had to eat out because i didn't have time or groceries at home to pack food, but rather than getting to the point of "a few times a week" i'd just try to make sure to have more rice & beans or spaghetti leftovers around, which is cheaper and better for you in the long run. (now i am at a point where i can stick to the same weekly budget as last year and have a little money left over, but i still cook cheap food and eat leftovers most of the time. and the only fast foods i eat repeatedly are $3 big pieces of pizza, $2 bagels, and $5 burritos, none of which cost more than mcdonald's.)

― Maria, Saturday, 21 November 2009 22:03 (sixteen years ago)

(i mean "more tempting" than, say, a place where a sandwich or salad is $7-10. there weren't any really cheap places where i lived.)

― Maria, Saturday, 21 November 2009 22:04 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

I just ate Wendy's for the first time in a long time -- they have these "natural-cut fries" now that are pretty good; however, I made the mistake of ordering the value chicken sandwich, not realizing it was different from the fillets and clearly made from that mashed up chicken goop. I can't decide if the sickness I feel now is real or psychological.

― mississippi delta law grad (Hurting 2), Thursday, 7 July 2011 22:58 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

Sonic's Summer of Shakes is a dangerous thing.

― Home Despot (WilliamC), Friday, 7 June 2013 00:28 (twelve years ago)

eight months pass...

the chicken burger at larkburger is so goddamn amazingly delicious and beautifully presented, it's the best chicken sandwich i've ever had. i have no idea how any of their other food is because i order the chicken burger and nothing else every time- i don't want any other food messing up its perfection. maybe more fast casual than fast food. it's not really a burger either, it's a spicy chicken breast marinated in adobo served with l, t, o, and cilantro. damn.

― blot it out (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 5 March 2014 20:03 (eleven years ago)

three years pass...

Shake Shack cuts out its human cashiers at Astor Place NYC. Your "order ready" goes to your phone (not mine).

http://gothamist.com/2017/10/02/shake_shack_ditches_humans.php

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 October 2017 20:56 (eight years ago)

one year passes...

i am sitting in my car at a sonic right now... the layout of this restaurant is so tilting. you pull right up to a touchscreen but you can't just type in yr order, you have to use the old school shitty intercom thing anyway? then eventually when yr carhop walks up with yr corn dog or whatever, they have to maneuver the order to you in an odd, painstaking manner bc your window is entirely blocked by the screen thing? whyyyyyyyy

― shoulda zagged (esby), Thursday, 21 March 2019 22:03 (six years ago)

two years pass...

had no idea Hot 'n Now still existed. Granted, it's just one location, but I ate at my local one at a lot in the early 90s.

love thinking of old obscure fast food joints.

― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 03:44 (four years ago)

also, one of my favorite "wtf" fast food stories: https://www.cracked.com/article_28014_the-crazy-story-fake-burger-king-in-pittsburgh.html

― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 03:59 (four years ago)

and....this one

https://www.lamag.com/digestblog/sweet-dixie-kitchen-in-long-beach-is-serving-popeyes-chicken-again/

― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 04:02 (four years ago)

one year passes...

I miss Long John Silver.

My sister worked at one many years ago and used to smuggle out those crispy bits of crust for me, the ones that accumulated at the bottom of the case. It was actually quite a complicated operation .

Big deal, that stuff was such a hot commodity that theft was immediate grounds for firing!

― Picture of Chairman Mao (I M Losted), Saturday, 3 December 2022 09:20 (three years ago)

It was a different time, the dying days of the Cold War.

I go online and now I see that the remaining LJS sell the crumbles.

But BITD, they were NOT TO BE EATEN! Customers asked for extra crumbles all the time.

I now realize the managers probably took them home at night and sold them on the black market.

― Picture of Chairman Mao (I M Losted), Saturday, 3 December 2022 09:24 (three years ago)

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