What is the fast food place you can't live without?

oy_mate · Post by **oy_mate** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:27 pm

LizzieG wrote:
Darcie wrote:In-N-Out is the thing Southern Californians (and now the rest of the state and Arizona, Nevada, Utah) get to brag about to the rest of the country.
I am definitely guilty of singing In-N-Out's praises to all my Midwestern friends at school

I've also quite enjoyed Steak-N-Shake too.

http://www.in-n-out.com/default.asp
Sadly, In-n-out is confined to CA, UT, NV, and AZ. I loved that place so much for the 9 months I lived in that area. Sighhh....fast food just isn't the same again. I never eat fries/shakes from ANYWHERE.
I keep the Innout stickers on my desk. To look at and be sad. Or hungry?

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:48 am

^Now thats a sad story. We need to get an In-N-Out to where this poor person lives. WE CAN DO A SHOW LIKE EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITION! Truck driver! MOVE THAT TRUCK! *Shows nice new In-N-Out* *People start crying*

-Robo

American Eagle · Post by **American Eagle** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:13 pm

I love different fast food places, such as Burger King, McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Arby's. But I can live without all of them. Easily.

Jugglah · Post by **Jugglah** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:25 pm

Chick-fil-a!! Also, Arby's and Boston Market. I think those go against the norm, because the food actually tastes good and the food they sell is definitely more healthy than burgers.

Arwen · Post by **Arwen** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:26 pm

I'm loving Chick-Fil-A, now that I finally live near them. There aren't any in New York, so I'm now making up for lost time. I also LOVE Five Guys. Amazing burgers.

I still love Taco Bell, but it's been a good month or two since I've been there.

Jugglah · Post by **Jugglah** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:42 pm

Oh, yeah. Five Guys is great! About 4 of them opened where I live just in the past year.

PJ · Post by PJ » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:59 pm

SweetiePaw wrote:The bad thing is that our towns taco bell ran out of bussiness so now the closest taco bell is an hour away

Ah! Stalker!

JD wrote:I can't believe that no one has said Wendy's, I like it because it is cheep.

Wendy's frostys are the best!

LizzieG wrote:I've also quite enjoyed Steak-N-Shake too.

I love their shakes!

Arwen · Post by **Arwen** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:02 pm

*Gasp* Wendy's frosties!! That's it! There's a Wendy's within walking distance of my house here, but I'd already decided that I really had no reason to ever go there, what with all the other amazing burger places around.

Oh man...I want a frosty now...

I had a Checker's burger for the first time last night...their fries were great, but the burger was so dry!

JesusIsAlive · Post by **JesusIsAlive** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:52 am

Arwen wrote:*Gasp* Wendy's frosties!! That's it! There's a Wendy's within walking distance of my house here, but I'd already decided that I really had no reason to ever go there, what with all the other amazing burger places around.

Oh man...I want a frosty now...

I had a Checker's burger for the first time last night...their fries were great, but the burger was so dry!

Checkers (Known as Rallys around here) has THE MOST AMAZING fries!!!

Clodius Albinus · Post by **Clodius Albinus** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:39 am

The fact that the only time I've been to fast food places in the past six months has been on road trips with friends probably belies an idea that I couldn't "live without" them. I'm with Sherlock on this one: who needs the expense?

But then, not fully with her: my freezer is stocked with cheap frozen food that is at least as unhealthy as anything you can get from a fast food joint, and not infrequently fried. I more or less live off boxes of Banquet fried chicken and chicken nuggets, Red Baron pizza, canned spaghetti, generic macaroni and cheese, the least expensive real beef hamburgers I can find (80-20, or even 93-7% beef to fat ratios are avoided, not because they're so tastily unhealthy -- much of it burns off, of course, but it flavors the meat well -- but because they're usually a more expensive grade of beef), and, for the rare treat, bags of Best Value buffalo wings. If you eat one meal a day, like I do, this diet, even with fruit (I go for what's on sale, and peaches and plums have been between 68 and 88 cents / lb most weeks this summer where I shop) and popcorn (Pop Weaver, 17 cents / bag) thrown in, it's easy enough to average less than $2 / day on food. So, basically, the perfect diet.

Unless you value long life or health or one of those things. But you're talking about fast food, so I doubt it.

Were I to choose to eat fast food, setting aside my astonishment with the prices, I'd go with an Arby's roast beef sandwich or original recipe chicken from KFC, which, oddly, no one has mentioned yet. I am not discerning enough to have a strong preference for the burgers of one establishment over the other, except to say that the franchise that once asked of its competitors, "Where's the Beef?" (it certainly is a fluffy bun...) served me a small, gray, slimy, not very appetizing hamburger patty the last time I was there.

Sherlock · Post by **Sherlock** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:24 pm

Admittedly, Clodius's mention of Arby's reminded me that I do occasionally partake in a large curly fry when the opportunity presents itself. I blame this entirely on college and the types of people one meets there who enjoy those types of things.

On a related note, I drink a disproportionate amount of Jamba Juice which, given the sugar content (natural or otherwise), probably doesn't vary that much from its fried counterparts. At least I've successfully fooled myself into thinking its healthy. As for eating at home, all grocery store food is ludicrously expensive here. The cheapest fruit available is the banana for approximately .69/lb. On the other hand, a pineapple will cost you upwards of $4.50 and probably 1-2 dollars more if you go with the organic (read: absolutely the same) option.

I eat a lot of bean/rice/vegetable combinations as they are cheap and relatively easy to prepare. Tuna is also an attractive option for the limited budget.

DanP740 · Post by **DanP740** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:11 pm

McDonald's. Yay for fast-food frenchfries! I like them better than homemade.

KODY 105 · Post by **KODY 105** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:18 pm

Wendy's! I love the value menu. My family has lots of members, so frugality is key. I don't go to Wendy's for the Frosties, however: I have gotten tired of them...