What's your favorite fast food?

[+ José Soplanucas]

Im not big on empanadas but the lil round things in the basket, what are they? And the third pic whats that?

 

Hugs,

Greg

 

I edited all the posts with a brief description of the treats. Let me know if you want to know more.

And I was forgetting another of my favorite vices: la sopa paraguaya. I always wonder why they call it "soup", it is not liquid. I do not know the exact recipe, I know it has a lot of eggs, onions, cheese, ad corn.

 

[bigvalboy]

Living in SoCal, I have long been fascinated by the almost universal obsession with In N Out Burger. I know I am in the extreme minority - and I actually have kept my silence on this topic, but from my earliest sampling of them I thought there is absolutely nothing about their product to warrant the cult-like status they enjoy. I have never seen one without lines around the block (cars) and traffic jams. I heard of one new store going up and they had to install a traffic light to accommodate it. To me, their burgers are 'OK', but certainly not worth the hassle. And their fries out-and-out SUCK. They remind me of Wise potato sticks that used to be sold in tiny bags when I was a kid.

 

Far superior burgers, IMHO, are to be had at Tommy's, and, especially, 5 Guys Burgers (who make the best fries hands down).

 

I love them, but you're not far off the mark. It's almost like a cult. Coming off the 101 I would pass the one at Van Nuys and Riverside on the way home. You could smell the burgers from the intersection. If I caught the light, I almost always circled around the block, and yes.... got in a line that was usually 20 min long. Addiction comes in many forms.

[samhexum]

About 29 Dairy Queen locations are shuttering, after a franchisee files for bankruptcy.

 

Vasari LLC, which operates about 70 Dairy Queen locations Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday. In the filing, the company announced plans to close approximately 29 Dairy Queen locations.

 

"As many of its restaurants are positioned in prime 'oil country,' the Debtor has struggled to survive the far-reaching effects of dramatic declines in oil prices," the filing reads. "While waiting for oil-industry related jobs to return as oil prices begin to rebound, the Debtor also faced industry pressure from competing businesses."

 

The bankruptcy filing further says that many stores were damaged in Hurricane Harvey, and that efforts to keep prices low had slashed profit margins.

 

As a result, the franchisee has already closed nine locations as of Monday and plans to close roughly 20 more.

 

Here's the list of Diary Queens that the franchisee has said are closing:

 

• 224 S. Dumas Ave., Dumas, TX 79029
  
• 977 East Austin Street, Giddings, TX 78942
  
• 1014 South Main Street, Perryton, TX 79070
  
• 1243 N. Main, Shamrock, TX 79079
  
• 1243 N. Main, Shamrock, TX 79079
  
• 1100 N. 4th Ave., Teague, TX 75860
  
• 7819 E Admiral Pl, Tulsa, OK 74115
  
• 298 West 1st, Claude, TX 79019
  
• 720 West Gary Blvd., Clinton, OK 73601
  
• 2000 S.Commercial Ave, Coleman, TX 76834
  
• 1612 N. Frazier St., Conroe, TX 77301
  
• 500 W. Broadway, Denver City, TX 79323
  
• 200 Main St., Gruver, TX 79039
  
• 211 North 1st Street, Haskell, TX 79521-5904
  
• 220 West Bender Blvd., Hobbs, NM 88240
  
• 217 South Main Street, Lockney, TX 79241
  
• 1107 North 7th Street, Merkel, TX 79536
  
• 9495 N Owasso Expy, Owasso, OK 74055
  
• 601 N. Broadway, Post, TX 79356
  
• 1010 Nacogdoches Highway, San Augustine, TX 75972
  
• 1005 Railroad, Seagraves, TX 78359
  
• 502 E. Texas Ave., Stratford, TX 79084
  
• 1010 Houston Street, Wellington, TX 79095
  

[+ Avalon]

Not much of a chicken fan but I did like the KFC Mashed Potato Bowl. The KFC here closed several years ago.

 

https://www.kfc.com/menu/classics/famous-bowl

[samhexum]

Papa John’s has an important message for white supremacists: Please, don’t buy our pizza.

 

The alt-right started singing the pie chain’s praises after CEO John Schnatter made a controversial statement last week during a conference call with ESPN. In it, he blamed the NFL’s handling of players’ protests of police brutality and racism for the chain’s recent dip in pizza sales.

 

“The NFL has hurt us,” Schnatter said during a conference call, reports ESPN. “We are disappointed the NFL and its leadership did not resolve this.”

 

Schnatter’s comments drew ire on social media.

 

“Papa John’s financial struggles started well before the NFL protests because its pizza is terrible,”tweeted Judd Legum, editor of news website ThinkProgress.

 

Writers at neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer quickly sided with Papa John’s, declaring it the official pizza of the alt-right, reports Newsweek.

 

Soon afterward, people on Twitter created memes about the pizza chain’s affiliation with Nazis.

 

But Peter Collins, senior director of public relations at Papa John’s, was quick to shoot back with a statement disavowing the chain’s new fans: “We condemn racism in all forms and any and all hate groups that support it,” he wrote in a press release. “We do not want these individuals or groups to buy our pizza.”

 

Edited November 7, 2017 by samhexum

[SuperJunior]

Any votes for your favorite fries? I like the waffle cut fries at Chick-fil-a. McDonald's is a close second. Mickey D's seems to win a lot of taste tests. I hear In-N-Out has good fries but I've never wanted to wait in line long enough to find out.

 

Do you eat CFA? Yuck.

[+ GregM]

Do you eat CFA? Yuck.

 

I tried CFA for the first time Sat, bosses treat cause I'm awesome. I had a spicy chicken sammie, waffle fries and some chicken nuggets. I found everything to be pretty decent. Only thing i would change is I would put some lettuce, Tom, cheese and extra pickles on the sammie. With that said it'll prob be ages before I have fast food again.

 

Hugs,

Greg

[SuperJunior]

There is a Chick-Fil-A right near where I live but I absolutely REFUSE to patronize it. The owners are, I believe, Mormon and are headquartered in Utah. They are outspoken in their apposition to all the causes I'm for - abortion rights, same sex marriage and gun control. Not only are they outspoken but they are major donors to opposition groups that appose these causes.

 

Sorry about the incorrect information regarding Chick-Fil-A ownership. I don't know where I got it into my head that it was Mormon owner and headquartered in Utah. However, being headquartered in Georgia withEvangelical (Baptist?) ownership is much the same.

[samhexum]

With its glass floor-to-ceiling windows and grand spiral staircase, you’d be forgiven for assuming this building is a modern art gallery or a museum.

 

But, in fact, it’s not a swanky gallery. It’s not even an Apple Store. It’s a McDonald’s.

 

Finished in 2015, the glass-fronted McDonald’s can be found in the Dutch city of Rotterdam.

 

Designed by Mei Architects, the classy fast food joint is decked out with leather seats and marble tables and is as swanky on the inside as it is from the outside.

 

The spiral staircase leads up to a dining room on the restaurant’s second floor, while the huge windows give the whole place a light, airy vibe.

 

As the architects behind the design say, “a perforated golden facade” presents the building to the street outside, making those classic Golden Arches look a little less golden in comparison.

 

The food may be the same as every other McDonald’s but the spacious interior means you can enjoy your Big Mac in comfort.

 

And if you want to eat your fast food al fresco, you can always make use of the stylish outdoor furniture, in keeping with Rotterdam’s outdoorsy town planning.

 

But Holland’s premiere McDonald’s wasn’t always so impressive.

 

In fact, it may have been one of the world’s least swanky McDonald’s, in a building described by residents as the “ugliest building in Rotterdam.”

 

It’s fair to say that the old McDonald’s was as bad as they come, set in a 1960s building which used to be a cigar shop.

 

But rather than tear the old building down, architects were given free reign to cook up a fast food joint fit for a king.

 

Speaking about their new-look restaurant, the designers behind the radical overhaul said: “As McDonald’s is open day and night, 24/7, its appearance after dark is important.”

 

“By day the building is inviting to shoppers, while in the evening it glows to attract the nightlife crowd.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was more impressed by the McDonald's I ate at in Moscow in 1991:

Europe's largest McDonald's restaurant is situated on Pushkin Square in Moscow. The size of the premises is 2,500 square meters. On the day of its opening, Jan. 31, 1990, the restaurant set a new record for daily visitors, serving 30,000 customers. There was a line halfway around the block, but (fortunately) our guides knew how to cut the line & get in without waiting.

http://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1427477/mcdonalds-moscow.jpg

[kevininsa]

Living in SoCal, I have long been fascinated by the almost universal obsession with In N Out Burger. I know I am in the extreme minority - and I actually have kept my silence on this topic with friends, but from my earliest sampling of them I thought there is absolutely nothing about their product to warrant the cult-like status they enjoy. I have never seen one without lines around the block (cars) and traffic jams. I heard of one new store going up and they had to install a traffic light to accommodate it. To me, their burgers are 'OK', but certainly not worth the hassle. And their fries out-and-out SUCK. They remind me of Wise potato sticks that used to be sold in tiny bags when I was a kid.

 

Far superior burgers, IMHO, are to be had at Tommy's, and, especially, 5 Guys Burgers (who make the best fries hands down).

 

I totally and completely agree with you. Tried them once, never again. 5 Guys burgers are ok, and you're right, they have really good fries. I used to like What-a-burger's burgers, but they just don't seem to compare to those of yesteryear.

[kevininsa]

And for just favorite fast food, I would have to lead with Chipotle and then maybe Jimmy John's. And in South Texas, Bill Miller's BBQ, though I'm not that fond of their brisket or sauce, I love most of the rest of their food.

[gallahadesquire]

These photos remind me of the movie Demolition Man, where Wesley Snipes goes on an ape-shit wild killing spree with Sylvester Stallone in pursuit.

 

At one point, they offer to take him to the best Restaurant in Town: Taco Bell! It was the winner of the Franchise Wars.

[samhexum]

Whatever he's hiding behind that McDonald's bag:

Some posters have mentioned different pizza places; I think it all depends on how appetizing it looks after delivery:

[OCClient]

Whatever he's hiding behind that McDonald's bag:

Some posters have mentioned different pizza places; I think it all depends on how appetizing it looks after delivery:

I'm so easy when it comes to pizza.

[samhexum]

I'm so easy when it comes to pizza.

 

Are you talking about your morals? You're easy for anyone who gives you pizza? Any particular toppings? Sausage, perhaps? :D:rolleyes:

[OCClient]

Are you talking about your morals? You're easy for anyone who gives you pizza? Any particular toppings? Sausage, perhaps? :D:rolleyes:

Well, let's say I am easy to please!!

[samhexum]

Look closely if you dare — these males are being hunted by Australian cops for their naked display.

 

Police in Newcastle — a coastal city 90 miles northeast of Sydney — are hunting five young men who brazenly ran through a local McDonald’s almost completely naked. Two of the males used a large object to obscure their manhood — but police aren’t lovin’ it.

 

The nude run was captured on CCTV entering the Kings Street McDonalds on Friday, November 10, and officers from Newcastle City Local Area Command have released the images in an attempt to identify them.

 

Detective Chief Inspector Peter Mahon said that while the incident may appear amusing there were several families with small children in the restaurant at the time.

 

A young child is visible on the footage just a few feet away from the naked five as they walked into the fast food joint.

 

“Police are investigating this display of offensive behavior and are seeking assistance from the public to identify the males.”

 

[samhexum]

Diners beware: The pod people may be coming to a restaurant near you.

 

Faced with dwindling traffic and rising labor costs, a few nationwide chains including Outback Steakhouse and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers have begun rolling out what some call “restaurant pods” — kitchens that cook up orders for delivery only.

 

At the Red Robin Express on Chicago’s bustling North Michigan Avenue, more than a few hungry diners have knocked on the door, only to walk away empty-handed and confused.

 

That’s because the 2,000-square-foot space — which had been one of Red Robin’s Burger Works locations last year — has been converted into a commissary that churns out burgers that get distributed by delivery guys only. The customer seating area has been ripped out, and waitstaff need not apply.

 

“Labor costs across the country are going up, and that’s clearly putting pressure on all restaurants,” says Jason Rusk, Red Robin’s vice president of innovation. “Ideally, we’d like to go into low-rent warehouse spaces with our delivery concept.”

 

In the meantime, the North Michigan Avenue restaurant pod — the company’s only retail location that has been converted to a delivery-only facility — is an experiment that shows a lot of promise, according to Rusk.

 

“This allowed us to go into an urban market where a 6,500-square-foot restaurant couldn’t go,” Rusk told The Post.

 

While most of Red Robin’s 565 restaurants are in the suburbs near shopping centers, the Colorado-based chain believes its menu is a good fit for bigger metro areas where rents and wages are forbiddingly high.

 

Big chains are trying radical moves as a growing number of Americans would rather dine in than out. The so-called restaurant recession has hit casual dining chains especially hard this year, shuttering hundreds of eateries, including up to 135 Applebee’s Grill and Bar, 16 Papa Murphy’s, 30 Pollo Tropical and 40 Joe’s Crab Shack eateries, to name a few.

 

Bloomin’ Brands, the owner of Outback Steakhouse, opened its second delivery-only restaurant in Florida this month and is planning to open three more in the Sunshine State early next year.

 

The takeout stores combine the menus of Outback Steakhouse with Carrabba’s Italian Grill, another chain Bloomin’ owns. The Tampa, Fla.-based company said in a statement the idea is to “expand our reach into new areas and existing areas where we think off-premise has the largest potential.”

 

Silicon Valley thinks so, too. While Uber and Amazon plow aggressively into food delivery, startups like Instacart and DoorDash have raised more than $8.4 billion in venture capital over the past six years. That’s more than every restaurant IPO of the last 16 years, according to restaurant consultancy Aaron Allen & Associates.

 

This year, Deliveroo, a deep-pocketed delivery outfit based in the UK, launched more than 100 kitchens in London and Australia that operate out of shipping containers. The pods are located under bridges and in parking garages and unused industrial spaces.

 

New York City may be Deliveroo’s next pod target, insiders say. In May, it acquired Maple, a gourmet delivery service that catered to Manhattan’s lunch-at-your-desk crowd from a kitchen inside a warehouse downtown.

 

“Companies that are interested in these pods are hiring us to evaluate them,” said consultant Aaron Allen. “It’s a disruptive technology that costs one-tenth of what it takes to open a traditional restaurant.”

 

But not every restaurateur embraces it.

 

“These moves are a sign of desperation,” said Zane Tankel, chief executive of Apple Metro, which owns 36 Applebee’s Grill and Bars in the New York Metro area.

 

“They are trying to eliminate the labor costs while still maintaining a revenue stream,” Tankel told The Post. “But it defeats the entire concept of casual dining.”

Edited December 26, 2017 by samhexum

[samhexum]

Weed and curly fries are a match made in heaven — and Jack in the Box is getting ready to cash in.

 

The 66-year-old burger chain is teaming up with rapper Snoop Dogg’s Merry Jane cannabis site to offer the “Merry Munchie Meal” — a box of greasy stoner snacks that will sell for $4.20.

 

The Munchie Meal is perfect for potheads “whether you’re at a concert, up late playing video games, or pulling an all-nighter,” says Iwona Alter, Jack in the Box’s marketing chief. “We are about welcoming all of our guests, no matter what they’re craving or why they’re craving it.”

 

The Munchie Meal includes “halfsies” — a side that’s half curly fries and half onion rings — as well as tacos, five “Mini Churros,” three crispy chicken strips and a drink.

 

Most dope smokers, however, won’t get a chance to inhale the goodies. The promotion only lasts from Jan. 18 to Jan. 25, and will only be available at three locations in California, which is legalizing pot for recreational use beginning Jan. 1.

 

“Launching the Merry Munchie Meal is the perfect way for both companies to celebrate legalization in our shared home state of California,” said Scott Chung, chief operations officer of Merry Jane.

[+ Funguy]

I live in Southern California thus a very easy question to answer - In-N-Out. I'm addicted

 

I had to give up on In-n-Out - the one near me will ONLY make the burgers medium well to well done. No way I'm gonna do that!

[MikeBiDude]

I had to give up on In-n-Out - the one near me will ONLY make the burgers medium well to well done. No way I'm gonna do that!

Most larger restaurant chains won’t go below medium nowadays,...too much E. coli liabilty risk, customer’s preference really can’t override this. Some coffee shop casual dining places still will.

 

I eat steak medium rare, or even less cooked. But hamburgers never bother me cooked medium. Ask me why eating steak tartare (in a proper restaurant) poses no/little E. coli risk...

[LaffingBear]

I swore off any fast food with a drive-thru in 1992. And I've stuck with it - I haven't had McDs, BK, Arbys, Wendy's, KFC, Popeyes, Long Johns, Taco Bell, White Castle, etc. in 25+ years.

 

One exception.... I moved to CA 1993, everyone swears by In & Out. Refrained a dozen years, eventually tried it.... no big deal, for same reason as @Funguy .... dried out, well-done doesn't appeal to me... so no challenge avoiding that.

 

I never order pizza from the established chains. My favorite pizza is either Whole Foods brick oven in the store, or the newer Pieology chain, which is like Chipotle for pizza.

 

I enjoy some local taqueirias. I like Barbacoa at Chipotle. I like the fries at Five Guys. And theres a barbecue place in the food court of a casino I frequent that sells great ribs and decent brisket.

 

Poké places are popping up everywhere in my region, and I love poké, so that will probably become a favorite. I loved Kai poké in Woodland Hills when visiting there last month.

 

I dont know if it qualifies as fast food, but the newer Urban Plates chain is pretty excellent.

 

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Edit: I thought this thread looked familiar, but the little indicator that I'd already responded didn't appear on the list. Apologies for duplicate info.... at least I didnt contradict myself.

Edited December 29, 2017 by LaffingBear

[+ Funguy]

Most larger restaurant chains won’t go below medium nowadays,...too much E. coli liabilty risk, customer’s preference really can’t override this. Some coffee shop casual dining places still will.

 

I eat steak medium rare, or even less cooked. But hamburgers never bother me cooked medium. Ask me why eating steak tartare (in a proper restaurant) poses no/little E. coli risk...

 

It's because the risk from E. coli is much lower than it was thought a number of years ago and most fast food places and even some sit downs have never caught up.

I eat steak tartare at any "high class" restaurant I may go to without worry. in fact, there are a few restaurants known for their steak tartare.

 

Now, Caesar Salad - I always ask to make sure there is no raw egg and most restaurants make it eggless nowadays anyway.

[MikeBiDude]

It's because the risk from E. coli is much lower than it was thought a number of years ago and most fast food places and even some sit downs have never caught up.

I eat steak tartare at any "high class" restaurant I may go to without worry. in fact, there are a few restaurants known for their steak tartare.

 

Now, Caesar Salad - I always ask to make sure there is no raw egg and most restaurants make it eggless nowadays anyway.

Do you take your steak tartare without the raw egg? Riviera at the Fireside always did the yolk, before they closed up with lease/rent/landlord issues

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_tartare

[+ Funguy]

Yeah, no egg yolk.

But extra capers and onion. Extra sardines on the Caesar salad!