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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWho else does what I do at fast food places?
I don't eat fast food very often, but when I do I order the same thing I ordered when I was a kid in the 60s. Basic burger and fries at McDonalds, simple taco at Taco Bell, etc. I never order any of the newer more expensive items on the menu. I guess it just reminds me of simpler better times in my childhood. The fast food experience for me is all about nostalgia.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,300 posts)When I am driving and need a rest room, I always look for a large franchise food place. The rest rooms are usually clean and they never say for customers only. I have never been turned down use of a rest room at a national food franchise.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Taverner
(55,476 posts)Basically the original menu of McD's - Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers, Fries and Shakes
Mr.Bill
(24,300 posts)I always thought that the main way In n Out maintains consistency and quality is by keeping the menu simple.
Taverner
(55,476 posts)No additives, just beef, salt and pepper
And locally sourced meat
Mr.Bill
(24,300 posts)lettuce and tomato. The beef patty is actually smaller than I like and unremarkable. The buns are always fresh, too. They are privately owned, not franchised and produce all their own products and supply all their restaurants. This business model also allows them to pay 10.50 an hour as a starting wage, because there's no franchise fee and no stockholders to answer to.
Taverner
(55,476 posts)Just like SpongeBob, they put LOVE into every Krabby Patty they make
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)There IS no competing with In-N-Out Burger, especially not by McDonalds. McDonalds can't hold In-N-Out's underwear.
Pffft!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)a severely overrated burger.
Taverner
(55,476 posts)However the absolute greatest burger in the world, without question, is Kirk's Steakburger from the South Bay Area, CA.
They use pure sirloin beef. From the bay area. With fresh veggies and real cheddar.
BBQ'd over charcoal.
Spendy, but one will fill you for about 5 hours.
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)Taverner
(55,476 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)the fries will be fried in beef tallow, like god intended
DGeorge
(116 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,300 posts)Like I said, I don't do it very often, and then it's more for nostalgia than nutrition. I don't even live near any of them any more.
DGeorge
(116 posts)Taco Hell, Pizza Slut, Burger Kill, Dominoid, Wend-it-died, and other sucky places serve nothing at all that I would consider edible. I'm a vegetarian now, but even if I wasn't I wouldn't eat that shit. Gross, gross, gross, and gross. Did I mention gross?
If you crave a burger, go to a local diner. Then you can at least be assured that it is actual meat.
Mr.Bill
(24,300 posts)is a family owned pizza joint less than one mile from my house. Best pizza I've ever had, all fresh ingredients. Reasonably priced, too.
They also have other items on their menu, a good burger being one of them.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Sounds wonderful.
Mr.Bill
(24,300 posts)And don't forget the pitcher of microbrew. I try to limit it to once every two weeks or so
kurtzapril4
(1,353 posts)From local diners. Ever watch Restaurant Impossible? Those are all mom & pop diners, and eight times out of ten their kitchens are FILTHY. At least the chains have cleanliness standards to adhere to.
DGeorge
(116 posts)kurtzapril4
(1,353 posts)serve frozen and canned foods. Their foods are either too salty, or bland.
DGeorge
(116 posts)rrneck
(17,671 posts)#1 no mayo at Wendy they know what I want when I walk in the door.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)They really are yummy.
tabbycat31
(6,336 posts)But it's usually the chicken nuggets. I'm very picky about my burgers (I don't like anything on them except for cheese ) and it's often easier to order something else than to try to explain a special order.
99% of the time I go into a fast food place it's for a bathroom or internet (I know that if I need wifi, McD's has it--- very helpful when you're on the road). I order at McD's only if I'm using the internet there because I feel bad for using their service without being a customer.
Mr.Bill
(24,300 posts)mrmpa
(4,033 posts)stopped at Wendy's today. Haven't been to one in over a year. Mom ordered the Bacon/cheeseburger on their pretzel roll (new item) the combo I ordered Chile and a baked potato, the tab was $13. Took the food to the table, gave mom her pretzel roll burger and it was stone cold. I went to the counter asked for one that was hot. I waited they give me a new sandwich and that one was lukewarm/tepid.
I asked for the manager told him the problem, said we wanted the money back for the sandwich & we would pay for everything else. The manager however returned $10 to us and asked that when we stop in again (I don't think that will happen) to tell the counter person that he the manager would comp us two meals.
I'm not sure that we will hit a fast food restaurant again, or at least for another year.
Denninmi
(6,581 posts)My go to meal at McDonalds, and basically the only things on the menu I can have.