Fast Food: Search & Destroy

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

Not all messages are displayed: show all messages (265 of them)

hahaha

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

I miss tater tots!

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

you can still get them

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

tatertotcheesecasserole.jpg

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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

xpost wtf?

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

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

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

wtf?

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

http://www.ilovestickyrice.com/

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

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

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

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

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

synthetic eggs

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

road trip!

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

I'll go with.

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

I have also never eaten Sonic.

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

They're still around.

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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

yes yes yes!

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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

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

Bojangles is AOK.

Mrs. Winner's makes my insides cry.

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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

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

Skipping 165 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.