There are times when the food in my refrigerator and pantry does not seem very appetizing. Many nights I find myself opening that cold, stainless steel door only to see an oval-shaped dish stuck way in the back covered with tin foil staring at me in wonder…and what about that concoction that I threw together the other night after one too many black and tans!?
The good news is that after God created humans, human creativity created the means to be able to create fast food. And we saw that it was good and we blessed it so.
So here we have the most popular fast food establishments. This list is based upon my own experiences and preferences from worst to best.
16. Taco Bell
Taco Bell got its start by a man named Glen Bell in San Bernardino, California. He began by opening his own hotdog/hamburger stand which he worked himself until he sold it in 1952. Glen had been an avid Mexican food lover and loved the tacos at the take-out places that he frequented in the Mexican neighborhoods. However, he was concerned about the amount of preparation time that it took for these tacos to be made.
Eventually he opened up a taco place oddly named Der Weinerschnitzel (German for breaded veil) with his wife and a friend. Eventually he focused on his taco making skills and when one thing led to another he had 100 restaurants. Officially, Taco Bell went public in 1962 and the rest is history.
The reason for my inclusion of Taco Bell is simply this: most people that I know LOVE Taco Bell, but I personally refuse to eat it. Why?
Taco Bell stays opened well after the 4 a.m. bars and pubs close in my area.
Taco Bell is so affordable that you could eat a days worth of food with only $3.00 USD. That seems a little odd to me.
3) Go to the grocery. Look in the cold cut meat section. Ask for souse or head-cheese. Take it home and grind it up really good and put it in a hard shell taco. That is basically Taco Bell meat.
They literally use a damn caulk gun to spurt excessive amounts of sour cream into the middle of their tacos!
What I typically order from this establishment:
Apple Empanada
15. Kentucky Fried Chicken
Founded in Corbin, Kentucky by Colonel Harlan Sanders in the front room of a gas station that he owned and operated, Colonel Sanders officially sold his first franchise of Kentucky Fried Chicken to a man in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1952. Before that he had created his infamous Original Recipe of 11 herbs and spices in 1940 and sold it in the dining area of his gas station which he affectionately called Sander’s Court & Café.
After a series of bad debts which left him virtually penniless in 1955 he set out on the road once again to try and sell his chicken recipe to restaurants. It apparently worked very well as in 1969 KFC had over 600 franchises in the U.S. and Canada as well as one overseas in England. This was also the year that KFC was officially listed as a tradeable commodity on the New York Stock Exchange.
What I typically order from this establishment:
10 piece bucket of Original Recipe Chicken
14. McDonald’s
Ah, the famous Golden Arches. The world famous McDonald’s fast food restaurant got its start around the same time as Taco Bell in the same location: San Bernardino, California. The restaurant was owned by a couple of brothers, Dick and Mac McDonald. It wasn’t a household name until a man named Raymond Croc heard about them operating 8 of the same type of milk shake machine that he was himself trying to make a living selling, The Multimixer. He saddled up and went out west to talk business. The year was 1954.
After Ray convinced the McDonald brothers to open up several more restaurants in order to sell some of his milk shake machines to each establishment he decided to run one of his own. Ray undertook the sole task of running his own McDonald’s restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois in 1955. In 1963 the famous face of Ronald McDonald made his first appearance on a television commercial. After the success of the original McDonald’s franchise in Illinois (which is now a museum of McDonald’s memorabilia) there was no doubt that the restaurant would become famous very quickly.
What I typically order from this establishment:
2 sausage, egg and cheese McGriddles and a large orange juice for breakfast
The Double Quarter Pounder with cheese value meal with a Coke for lunch/dinner
13. Checker’s
Known as Rally’s in some areas of the United States, Checker’s is fairly new to the fast food scene. Founded in Mobile, Alabama in 1986 Checker’s later merged with Rally’s in Louisville, Kentucky to become a bigger corporation. Checker’s is headquartered in Tampa, Florida and has been public since 1991 when it had a total of 85 restaurants in its chain. Most people can recognize these restaurants for their vibrant retro look as well as their unique double drive thru windows and their 2 walk-up windows.
What I typically order from this establishment:
2 Big Buford sandwiches, 1 large Rally fry and a large chocolate or banana milkshake
12. Hardee’s
Founded by a Greenville, North Carolina man by the name of Wilbur Hardee in 1960, Hardee’s has been a staple of the American Midwest and Southeast ever since. The originality of Hardee’s lies in its famous cinnamon raisin biscuits baked fresh under the roof of their equally famous hexagonal buildings. This hexagonal style of building was also reflected in their hexagonal hamburger patties in the pioneering days of the franchise.
In the year 1997, Hardee’s was purchased by a corporation named CKE restaurants that also owned and operated a chain of fast food restaurants called Carl’s Jr. This merger made discerning Hardee’s from Carl’s Jr. restaurants difficult since the famous Carl’s Jr. smiling star logo was incorporated into the Hardee’s logo. Most Hardee’s now serve food more reminiscent of the typical Carl’s Jr. menu.
What I typically order from this establishment:
½ lb. Six Dollar Burger, large order of Crispy Curls and a large chocolate malt
11. White Castle
A young and budding entrepreneur took a huge shot at creating America’s first and oldest fast food restaurant way back in 1921 in Wichita, Kansas. His name was Walter Anderson and together with a fellow investor named Billy Ingram made White Castle a famous American name by serving Americans the infamous “Slyder” mini burger for a mere 5 cents a piece.
The challenge of opening up the restaurants was due to the American public’s fear of the unsafe and unsanitary practices by the meat packing industry. This fear was brought about due to Upton Sinclair’s famous novel The Jungle. Anderson and Ingram combated this fear by creating very small establishments painted a white color on the outside to bring to the mind a sense of cleanliness. They also had their workers wear nice white butcher gowns and work in an all stainless steel kitchen to give the place a sanitary feel. This plan worked tremendously as White Castle is still going strong almost 90 years later.
White Castle is famous for the aforementioned Slyders that are uniquely grilled with sliced onions and the bun on the top of the small square burger patty. This gives the burger a steam effect through 5 strategically placed holes in the thin patty which in turn not only steams the burger bun, but also makes flipping the patty over to cook on the other side a thing of the past.
What I typically order from this establishment:
10 sack of Slyders with cheese (if you have eaten White Castle before you should know why they call them Slyders)
10. Arby’s
In 1964 in the small town of Boardman, Ohio two brothers, Leroy and Forrest Raffel, decided to open a restaurant that served roast beef sandwiches with bags of potato chips and giant sized iced teas to drink rather than the typical hamburger and soda pop everyone else was serving up. Upon trying to think of a name for their restaurant they decided on Arby’s which stands for R.B. or Raffel Brothers and also roast beef. Clever huh?
It only took one year for them to sell their first franchise. Since then Arby’s franchises took off like wild fire. At one point Arby’s was owned by The Royal Crown Cola Company (RC Cola), which received a lot of sales through Arby’s restaurants by having their cola served over the ever popular Coca-Cola and Pepsi. The Arby’s franchises are not only famous for their various roast beef sandwiches, but also their secret Arby’s sauce and their spicy Horsey Sauce as well as their delicious Curly Fries. Recent contract negotiations over the past few years have made Pepsi the main carbonated beverage currently being served in all Arby’s locations.
What I typically order from this establishment:
Mix and match 5 for $5.95. I get 3 Arby melts, 1 order of mozzarella sticks and 1 order of potato wedges with a large Pepsi on the side.
9. A&W Restaurant
In 1919 a man named Roy Allen decided to take a shot at making a nice cool beverage during a hot summer day in Lodi, California using a recipe that he purchased from a pharmacist in Arizona. What he created would later be another recognizable American name. Thus was born the infamous A&W Root Beer. But Roy didn’t stop there.
After success in selling mug after mug of his fine elixir from a root beer stand in Lodi and Sacramento he teamed up with one of his original employees, Frank Wright, to officially market their A&W Root Beer (A for Allen and W for Wright). Along with their exclusive, closely guarded, secret recipe root beer being sold in franchise stands spreading east from California they also began selling hotdogs and hamburgers.
By 1970 there were well over 2,000 A&W drive-thru restaurants spread across the nation. The next year A&W decided to create a beverage and bottling division whose sole purpose would be to manufacture and distribute the famous drink. Currently A&W franchises have expanded the world over.
What I typically order from this establishment:
The A&W Papa Burger, 1 large order of onion rings and, of course, a huge frosted mug of A&W Root Beer and an A&W Root Beer Float for dessert
8. Long John Silver’s
Another Yum! Brands acquisition, Long John Silver’s was inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous book Treasure Island. The company wanted great seafood at a great price given in a timely manner. So in 1969 the first Long John Silver’s restaurant was founded in Lexington, KY.
The buildings were themed towards a pirate ship. There were ropes winding throughout the restaurants. The waiting areas were modeled to look like the wooden interior of the ships and there was even a bell hung by the exit door for customers to ring if they were satisfied with their visit to the restaurant. I admit that I have ringed the bell several times myself.
Some of us might remember the restaurant Jerry’s. That company also owned and operated the chains of Long John Silver’s restaurants throughout the nation until the corporation’s bankruptcy in 1998. This is when the corporation who would later become Yum! Brands bought them out.
What I typically order from this establishment:
2 fish and 2 chicken planks combo basket with the occasional side order of clam strips and always a large iced tea with a lemon wedge
7. Dairy Queen
Often referred to as DQ, this chain of fast food restaurants has been famous for their ice cream since a father and son team created a soft serve ice cream blend in Illinois and had a friend sell it in his ice cream shop. The soft serve took off and became an overnight sensation. The owner of the ice cream shop, Sherwood “Sherb” Noble, opened the first official Dairy Queen in Joliet, Illinois in 1940.
From there it was every franchiser’s dream. Dairy Queens began sprouting up all over the Midwestern United States and by 1950 there were over 1400 establishments. Eventually the shops starting serving not only frozen treats, but also hamburgers, hotdogs and chicken sandwiches. However, the main focus of Dairy Queen has been their ever famous Blizzard frozen treat since 1985. The Blizzards are made from the same recipe of soft serve ice cream that a young boy and his father invented over 60 years ago.
What I typically order from this establishment:
¼ lb. FlameThrower Grillburger combo meal with Coke to drink and either a butterscotch sundae or a small cotton candy Blizzard (trust me…they’re excellent).
6. Sonic Drive-In
Very famous for keeping the car hop era of the 1950’s alive to this day, Sonic truly is, as they say, America’s Drive-In. It all started when Troy Smith opened up a root beer stand in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1953. The idea behind this stand was for customers to remain humbly in their vehicles and order using a speaker situated on a pole in designated parking spots. Once ready the food would be taken to the car by one of the car hop employees.
Eventually, a very impressed customer named Charles Pappe negotiated with Troy Smith and opened up the very first Sonic Drive-In Restaurant in Woodard, Oklahoma. They decided on the name Sonic in part because the original name Top Hat was already taken and also the word sonic reflected the speed at which a customer’s order was taken and delivered.
Not only does Sonic Drive-In Restaurants stand out because they still utilize the speaker and car hop method of order taking and delivery, but their menu has countless combinations of treats. As a customer you can take any flavor of syrup or juice that they have on their menu and combine it with one of their Slushes, carbonated beverages, or Fresh Fruit Limeaids. This leads to a truly unique drink of your very own.
What I typically order from this establishment:
Bacon Cheeseburger Toaster Sandwich combo with an order of onion rings instead of fries and my very own concoction of the regular strawberry Limeaid with strawberry juice added
5. Burger King
One of my favorite fast food places to eat, Burger King was officially established in 1954 in Miami, Florida by two Hotel Administration graduates from a local college. Sensing that McDonald’s would be a success David Edgerton and James McLamore established a fast food hamburger restaurant called Insta Burger King.
A few years later James McLamore would introduce Burger King’s signature sandwich, The Whopper now dubbed as America’s favorite sandwich. The menu also began to expand from simple burgers and fries to include fish and chicken sandwiches. With much success they forged ahead, but were frequently met with pitfalls, trials and tribulations in the coming years.
Burger King has been owned and sold by more companies than I care to list. The franchise has also caused controversy between rivals like Wendy’s and McDonald’s by claiming that their burgers taste better. The Burger King of Australia, called Hungry Jack, had trouble with Burger King over name problems since there was a name of a Pillsbury product in America called Hungry Jack and Pillsbury just happened to own Burger King at the time of the controversy.
Through all of the messes that the corporation has run into over the past 50+ years, Burger King still remains a solid foundation and a house hold name with its famous Whopper sandwich.
What I typically order from this establishment:
#3 Value Meal: Triple Whopper with cheese, upgraded to large size with a Coke and onion rings instead of french fries
4. Big Boy
The Big Boy double decker sandwich was the first double decker to be introduced in America. It was all thanks to a man named Bob Wian from Glendale, California and his hamburger diner in 1936. The idea came when he was challenged by a group of customers to create something other than a plain old hamburger. The challenge was accepted and thus began the birth of the famous burger with the famous secret sauce.
The name Big Boy came about when Wian met a little pudgy kid who came into the restaurant to grab one of those famous double decker burgers that everyone was talking about. He allegedly called the little kid “Big Boy” and the name has stuck ever since. Next, a customer would one day end up drawing on a napkin the iconic image of the fat little boy in red and white checkered overalls running with a Big Boy burger in his hand. Now Wian had a corporate icon to make his restaurants more recognizable.
Not only is Big Boy recognizable because of the statue of Big Boy in front of each restaurant, but they also retain their retro diner feel. The interior is like being whisked back to the 50’s when diners were at their prime. The fact that they also have a uniquely famous burger also helps too.
What I typically order from this establishment:
2 Swiss Miss sandwiches, an order of onion rings, a Coke with vanilla syrup and chocolate malt
3. Subway
Jared may be an idiotic looking guy, but he promotes one of the best fast food chains in American history so far as I am concerned. Subway was founded by relatives Fred De Luca and Peter Buck in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The 20 year old Fred borrowed some money from Uncle Buck and opened Pete’s Submarines. The name was changed later to Pete’s Subway since radio announcements about the sandwich shop sounded like Pizza Marines. Subsequently, it was shortened to simply Subway.
The success was instantaneous. Not only was Subway able to create custom submarine sandwiches for each customer, but they also used healthy, fresh ingredients. This would be the signature for Subway as the franchises expanded to current franchises basically across the entire planet, even inside the U.S. Pentagon. Franchisees also have the option of what to include in their menu selection making each Subway unique to the area.
What I typically order from this establishment:
Footlong meatball sub on wheat bread with pepper jack cheese, jalapeno peppers and banana peppers (they took the damn white onion off the menu recently those morons!)
2. Qdoba Mexican Grill
This extremely delicious and addicting establishment was founded in 1995 by the glorious minds of Anthony Miller and Robert Hauser of Denver, Colorado and is surprisingly owned by Jack in the Box. The chain focuses on fresh ingredients made to the specifications of the customer. Hence your regular chicken or steak burrito can have any choice of several salsas, black or pinto beans, rice, shredded cheese, queso and fresh guacamole made fresh each day.
Want to know just how addicting this place is? Go to one. You don’t even have to eat there. Just walk in and look at how long the line is. See it? It is like that ALL the time! ALL the time! But man oh man is it worth it!
What I typically order from this establishment:
Chicken Queso Burrito with black beans and rice with shredded cheese, Roasted Chile Corn Salsa and the medium Salsa Verde. I top that off with a large cup full of the best tea on Earth, Nestea Raspberry.
1. Chick-Fil-A
This queen mother of all fast food gluttony was originally founded under the name Dwarf House in a small suburb of Atlanta, Georgia by S. Truett Cathy. Most often found in shopping malls Chick-Fil-A franchises have recently been growing out of the malls and into their own restaurants.
Chick-Fil-A focuses on chicken based dishes rather than hamburgers so often found in fast food establishments. They are set aside from other chicken places like KFC because they use peanut oil to cook in and their meat is all 100% whole white breast meat chicken, none of that mechanically separated compressed stuff found in most other fast food chicken dishes. Everything from their chicken nuggets to their classic chicken sandwich is all white meat.
Another signature dish is their unique waffle fries. This also sets them apart from other places that serve the traditional frenched potato strands. Top that off with the savory Polynesian sauce and you have the best place to grab a bite to eat in the entire world. S. Truett Cathy should be immortalized and given her own star constellation and have a huge statue built in their likeness that would dwarf (no pun intended) The Colossus of Rhodes. I may start that campaign right now in fact!
What I typically order from this establishment:
2 Classic Chicken sandwiches with 2 Polynesian sauce cups, a large order of Waffle Fries and a large Coke.
Contributor: BrotherMan
Why aren’t Zaxby’s, Backyard Burger or Quiznos on this list? They’re better than anything else out there. Maybe they don’t have those where you live, in which case you’re truly deprived.
Okay heres my opinions
Taco Bell: Love the chalupas but regret the morning after
KFC: Im from Kentucky so i automatically love it, specially their bowls MMMMMMMM-MMMMMMMMMM
McDonalds: I live by the one where Louis Ogborn got raped and have a twinge of guilt everytime i eat there, but they still have some damn good food.
Checkers/Rallys: One of the best places iv ever eaten at, I crave the Big Buford!
Hardees: haven’t there in awhile but when i did, it was damn good.
White Castle: its one of those resturants that you regret you ate at the morning after.
Arbys: One word: Awesome
A&W: I have only eaten there once but love the root beer!
Long John Silvers: Im not sure why its even on the list, i personally would rather eat toe jam.
DQ: The ice cream rocks, not so much the burgers
Sonic: tastes like flavored grease
Burger King: Hes called the king for a reason, Get Me A Whopper.
Big Boy: Never eaten there sadly so i can’t talk about it.
SubWay: I love every sub because ive tried every one.
Qdobas: Ive eaten there 3 times an i could live there.
Chick-Fil-A: IT ROCKS, nuff said
I would personally put Steak & Shake on here, and ive never had In-N-Out.
man im bummed. our hardees just closed up out of the blue and there arent any close. also no arbys either
fazolis is good for an italian food fix, but not sure if they are national or just midwest. i always get about 10 breadsticks.
notice how the prices are going up as min. wage does? to get a sandwich chips and pop at our quiznos is almost $10(USD)
Jared lost weight cuz Subway is so rank he couldn’t finish a whole sub.
Oh Crap I forgot Fazolis! I love the pasta!
antylon: I don’t doubt it, the smell is pretty bad, i stay in the car when my friends go and get it.
antylon: Hahaha… that comment just made my day
I think if I would have laughed louder if I wasn’t reading this at work.
subway bothers me, i like their subway melt, but i wonder about a chain that has to put their restaurants in gas stations and walmarts
Hey, where’s Krystals???
taco bell should def be #1!
Out here we have Blimpies in gas stations. The walmarts have some subways and I saw a McD’s in a couple too.
Our Subway has drive-thru and white onions… sounds like you’re in the wrong area BrotherMan. Now if they would only start serving sourdough… Yum-O!
Two words: “Panera Bread.” If you haven’t been there, you’re missing out.
Jen- Panera Bread is delicious my favorite is probably an ICEE Mocha
OMG. No Panera?! I’ve never even heard of half of these. I definately think you should have included Panera Bread and Wendy’s. Quality places, and Panera is SO MUCH better than Subway, and I do love me a good Subway sub.
You got to be kidding me!!!!!! I agree with it ALL, EXCEPT WHITE CASTLE! Its horrible, eat at a white castle then eat at a Krystal’s, you will see a HUGE difference. Same type of food, but WAY WAY higher quality. Krystal’s is VERY popular in my home state, Georgia, theres one every 2-10 miles. Best food ever, but sadly I’m stuck in North Carolina, we get Cheerwine (YAY!!!) but no Krystal’s.. Anyway, overall good list. Keep it coming!
Popeye’s Chicken. Period.
Don’t have White Castle’s here, but we do have Krystal’s which I LOVE and assume is comparable.
How could you not put in n out? I stopped eating fast food a year ago, but they are by far the best fast food burgers I’ve ever tasted. Simple menu, good shakes, kick ass fries. C’mon now.
Many of the restaurants on this list and in the comments I’ve never heard of. I had no idea A&W had a restaurant, don’t know Qdoba Mexican Grill, don’t know Chik-Fil-A. I’ve never been to In-N-Out, Checkers or Big Boy.
I think the list and the comments are an indication of where people live or grew up — lots of these restaurants are coastal or are in large cities only. That’s the fun of traveling — going to new restaurants and fast food joints.
I worked for one Yum! brands restaurant and Hardee’s — whatever you do, don’t order anything that includes chili or chicken that isn’t grilled from Hardee’s!
Local-owned restaurants dominate my hometown except for the major fast-food joints. Our DQ shut down due to unsanitary conditions. When I go to the city my favorite location has to be Pasta House…*drool* Next has to be Friday’s (just opened!)
The Taco Bell in my hometown is run by idiots — lots of high school dropouts, drug addicts, and people that are dirtier than a child who just came in from playing in the mud.
Maybe one day I’ll get to experience the phenomena of “in-n-out burger.”
White castle gets a bad rap. I’ve eaten there many times without getting the runs after. I must be one of the lucky ones.
I will never eat Mc Donald’s nuggets again after watching Super Size Me. And they should have kept the super size fries for those of us that don’t care about calories.
Regarding Jared and Subway shouldn’t the fact that he walked to and from Subway everyday be held responsible for his weight loss than the subs.
Interesting list. It was probably hard to make considering the strict regional availability of some of these restaurants.
Personally, I rarely eat fast food. It’s pretty foul and I enjoy living healthy…as well as just plain living. If people choose to eat unhealthy, that’s their prerogative. I just wish people realized that Subway is hardly a healthy alternative. That meatball sub (#3) you eat has just about as many calories as the Triple Whopper w/ cheese (#5).
I also love Wendy’s but need to say that the Cook Out chain of fast food restaurants is awesome. I don’t know how wide spread the chain is, but it is huge here in North Carolina. 3.99 for a combo which is plenty to eat. Everyone who loves fast food, and has never been to one, needs to check it out.
There’s a house in the country I’ve driven by several times that has three Big Boy statues…
Krytals is awesome, i only eat it when im going through the south to florida for vacation, I think if i had one near my house i would never go on vacation again.
anyone who has ever been to vancouver will know that the white spot (not a great name for a resturant i know) is a god amongst burger places
if you are in the south and want fish ya gotta go with captain d’s
oh and for chicken it has to be lee’s famous recipie
well for those talking about krystals, its basically the southern equilivant of white castle. 2 big places you missed out on is Canes and Popeyes. although Canes is relatively young and Popeyes should replace KFC .
Best fast food place place i have ever eaten was In and Out Burger, but they are only out west…cant get them here
Taco Time is WAYYYYY better than Taco Bell, but I think it’s only available on the west coast. Their nachos blow away TB’s, and the ‘stuffed mexi-fries’ are sooooo addictive!
30 Slyders, 5 French Fries, and 4 large Cokes!! Harold and Kumar rocks!!! I can’t wait for number 2 to come out!! Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Hopefully there’s a White Castle in Cuba! XD
Runza. You can only get them in Nebraska and maybe Iowa but Damn there is nothing better than Runza. I always stop there when I’m home.
In case you’re wondering, a Runza is chewy bread stuffed with seasoned beef, cabbage, and cheese. They have burgers and chicken also, but nothing beats a swiss mushroom runza, frings, (onion rings and fries mixed together) and a pop. Yes it’s pop, not soda.
Cool to see Subway gettin some respect. I am a store manager for one been there for 6 years now.
Where on earth is In-N-Out Burger? That should be the real number 1.
And Burgerville in Oregon should be number 2.
no wendys are you kidding?
I don’t know if this is every Chick-Fil-A, but in Tennessee I ordered something on the menu called ‘chicken pieces’ thinking they were nuggets…I was oh so wrong. So very wrong. They were the gizzards and stuff. I still can’t get over it. This Chick-Fil-A was located next to a billboard boasting the world’s biggest adult bookstore was located off the exit two miles down…And In-N-Out is amazing! That and A&W are my favorites.
We often drive through The Dalles Oregon and see the sign to Burgerville, but never have stopped… will have to try it next time.
What? NO reference to Moe’s? It’s as good as Qdoba. And Five Guys Hamburgers should be on the list, too.
Burgerville is a chain of fast food restaurants in the Pacific NW that is often considered to be the best fast food in the nation.
Jack In The Box Bacon Ultimate Cheeseburger With Curly Fries & a Medium Diet Coke–$5.69, Please Drive Through…
MM!
By the way:
Burger King is caca.
All must burn.
To the ground
Flame-broiled my ass!
You’re cardiologist just called. He needs to see you in the morning.
What? No Krystal burger?! I love that place soo much!
Nothing like a great feed of kiwi fish & chips soaked with vinegar, accompanied of course by thick slices of bread covered with butter-yum yum,
Man! Those are the longest (and quite informative) discriptions, BrotherMan! I hope you are informing people that work at these places how special they are.
Allrite! I am going to throw this out there. This is for real. Take yourself back to the 80′s:
Does anybody remember the grand opening of HOOKER”S HAMBURGERS in Nashville TN. It was next to our school and we all wet out as a class to meet(meat) Mr. Hooker (I shook his hand!) and get free hamburgers? Does anybody rember this?
HOOKER”S HAMBURGERS.
It quickly went out of bizness and ended up a Jack In The Box.
Man you’ve got a massive selection in the states – here (NZ) we’ve got (in order of preference) Subway, BK, Macdonalds, KFC and various pizza chains – THATS IT!
some of those places sound pretty good though.
I prefer Chipotle over Qdoba, but thats just me. I actually live right by the first ever Chipotle, and go there all the time (go Denver!!). If you ever go to Qdoba get the shredded pork with the corn salsa and pinto beans. If you ever go to Chipotle get a shredded beef with corn and red (hot) salsa and black and pinto beans. MMMMM I’m going to have to go there for lunch tomorrow. Good list.
J. Coustark: ***** that sounds good, surely you’ll be wanting some watties tomato sauce though!
p.s. Ive never even heard of the first or second ones.
A thought: If computers didnt happen, Fast food may have had its way with “the Dream” in America.
Fast food remains the underdog.
ok big bludder in that first comment-o-mine (#166)
“we all wet out as a class to meet(meat)ect ect”
WENT NOT WET
although its funny as is.
why should I care, but I wonder does anybody recall meeting Mr. Hooker of HOOKER’S HAMBURGERS?
(i know theres a mistake somewhere but i’ll press enter.)
What state was Hooker’s Hamburgers in? I have heard of Hooters. I liked it wet better. I read it as went though.
Phenderbender: I too am in Colorado although up near Coor’s. I didn’t know Chipotle started in Colorado too.
There you go JwJwBean! clever clever.
I have never heard of like ANY of these. I am Australian, though. No wonder obesity is such a major issue in America :\
Except subway, kfc and mcdonald’s, of course.
man, i love sonic quite a bit…
but most people would pass out if they knew what is put into most of the food at taco bell, at least where i live
I love white castle, I especially liked it when Harold and Kumar ordered what i ordered one time in their movie, thats no joke, i had like 1,000 of those burgers, then the next day i had to get a new toilet.
J. Coustark: the time is not passing fast enough before I can have more of that!
Is there even such a thing as a genuine “A&W” anymore? The only ones I’ve seen are pale imitations of its former self after having been bought out several times (I think they’re owned by Yum’s now, but may be wrong). You couldn’t get me into these new ones at gun point, but the old ones were legendary, with the 10lb frosted glass mugs of rootbeer.
Oh, and of course Wendy’s belongs on the list. Any burger fan knows that. Most Wendy’s I know make their patties fresh daily — I used to run the machine in my college years — rather than have’em shipped in frozen from Argentina (or wherever) like some other franchises.
And Chestica is right about “Runza”, though their quality has gone down drastically in the last few decades. Mostly because they tend to hire nothing but kids. They also have a curious attitude problem. The family that owns it actually thinks they invented Runzas (thus, no one else can make them). This is roughly the same as me saying that my gramma invented vegetable soup.