Sure, but if I'm going out of my way and spending money on it, I'd expect it to be better than... just a burger.
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Chain restaurants and food places that you don't get the hype for?
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FWIW, Costco now has their own business centers. Much more accessible. Although if you like brand name products Restaurant Depot is the superior choice. Also, much more variety in seafood but if you are buying in those quantities just go to your local seafood market.
agreed. i think also the price and speed are why people like it too. its like half the price of five guys, prly less. i think the freshness of the meal is hands down the best you can get at that speed and price. always super crunchy lettuce and onions, and juicy tomatoes.
but yeah, its not like THE BEST OMGGGG
To be fair, at least with fast food (or chains in general) you are paying for the convenience of not making it yourself more than you are the quality of the food.
That sounds like JL Beers, a small chain in the midwest. You can see them slice and fry a potato right in front of you (as fries or chips - though the chips are better than the fries). It's a bit more expensive than In & Out, but it's also a pretty large step above, imo.
Honestly with In n Out, it's not even the quality of the burger - which is solid and tasty - it's that it's so cheap. I haven't lived in LA for over seven years so maybe the prices have gone up, but I used to be able to get a burger, fries, and shake for ten bucks.
Just glancing at the website, and yeah, it's likely similar. Probably not the best chips and fries in the world, but they probably lack that aftermarket taste like In N Out stuff does. Five Guys is similar; they cut whole potatoes and fry them in the restaurant instead of using fried and flash frozen ones like everyone else. They too don't have the best fries in the world, but they're a decent stop if you want some unfrozen tasting fries.
The chips at JL are actually amazing, again imo. The fries are just kinda ok. They have a bunch of different seasonings you can order for them.
Why are we pretending that frozen fries aren't texturally superior from a food science standpoint.
Many foods are worse when frozen. It's the opposite with fries, which is why chefs so often utilize freezing. Temperature control is just as valid a process to implement when it goes down as when it goes up.
It's a simple dish overall but it's one where just doing the basics results in an undeniably worse produce.
Many foods are worse when frozen. It's the opposite with fries, which is why chefs so often utilize freezing. Temperature control is just as valid a process to implement when it goes down as when it goes up.
It's a simple dish overall but it's one where just doing the basics results in an undeniably worse produce.
Absolutely not, no. Not sure if serious
The Quarter Pounder outclasses a five guys burger easily. That square nonsense at Wendy's is better. Hell, a whopper probably outclasses it
Awful product
in n out took me a while to get since socal people severely misrepresented why it's good.
The burger's fine but nothing special, the appeal is the price. People have nostalgia for it being a good deal when they had no income as teens and it's pretty good for the price. If you're visiting from out of country and want to try it, you'll be let down for sure. I think all the "it's the best" discussion needs the asterisk of *for the price.
I don't know if it's hyped but papa john's is disgustingly sweet and I can't stomach it at all.
The burger's fine but nothing special, the appeal is the price. People have nostalgia for it being a good deal when they had no income as teens and it's pretty good for the price. If you're visiting from out of country and want to try it, you'll be let down for sure. I think all the "it's the best" discussion needs the asterisk of *for the price.
I don't know if it's hyped but papa john's is disgustingly sweet and I can't stomach it at all.
I couldn't disagree about fast food more vehemently.
Five Guys is where you get a homemade-tasting burg when you don't feel like prepping one. I can't stand the other three.
Yea, if people ever wonder why a bunch of different chains all get the same new menu item around the same time it might be because a food supplier has something they wanted to push lol
Funny you say this because I think the exact opposite 😅 I just ate there again for the first time in years this past Sunday and all I could think was "mid".
Especially for that same price point (if not a little cheaper), I can go to Boardwalk and get way better food.
You're being generous.
Abysmal food and people only pretend to like it because of the gimmick of being able to choose from a range of (equally atrocious) sauces.
The ONE good thing they ever did was the spicy ketchup they had in supermarkets and they discontinued it after a year and a half.
Every time I've got Panda Express, the rice was undercooked and dry. If not for that, they are at least ok.
My most overrated chains are the steak places like Longhorn or Texas Roadhouse. Especially Roadhouse with the loud and overfilled dining area where I feel like I'm being pushed through a food service assembly line.
My most overrated chains are the steak places like Longhorn or Texas Roadhouse. Especially Roadhouse with the loud and overfilled dining area where I feel like I'm being pushed through a food service assembly line.
I'll be honest, and I'm completely serious here, I don't think I've ever heard anyone hype up Arby's (unless it was their own marketing).
I tend to find most every chain restaurant and fast food to be tolerable at best. You like what you like, none of it is quality, some people enjoy it more than you, that's normal. Any hype over some new item or expanding restaurant is bullshit, but there are a few that are irredeemable as a whole to me.
Raising Cane's is just plain trash. Most sandwich chains are serving cheap Gordon's Food Service flavorless shit and everyone hates on Subway, but everything I've ever had at Firehouse Subs has tasted like it was put together from days-old discount frozen ingredients.
Raising Cane's is just plain trash. Most sandwich chains are serving cheap Gordon's Food Service flavorless shit and everyone hates on Subway, but everything I've ever had at Firehouse Subs has tasted like it was put together from days-old discount frozen ingredients.
If it counts, Publix subs. Every time I visit my family in Florida I hear about it(and the wings, which are great). I don't get it, they were only okay at best. I've tried several, including the tenders ones, and my take away is the bread is bad and ruins the whole thing. I am absolutely spoiled for hero/sub choices in NYC it's fucking wild. Coincidently it was also much harder than it should have been to find a bakery in Tampa that makes decent Italian bread.
I mean, it's evident you've got either really trashy Five Guys or exceptional Burger Kings.
Because in no reality is a whopper even in the same hemisphere as FG burger. I don't know how BK manages to have grainy tomatoes and lettuce, but I'll be damned if they don't manage.
I've had some damned good Wendy's, so...
Yeah, Publix love is based on it being the best option in sandwich deserts. Growing up with all the great delis in NY/NJ I was super disappointed when I moved down south. But after sampling the other options I understood why people loved it.
While I didn't go to an US Five Guys, that also has been my experience. Sure it's nice that the patty is freshly made, but the buns just totally fall apart and the burgers aren't in any way interesting or special - I had much better ones at local burger joints, that were cheaper to boot.
Taco Bell, at least the UK version.
After hearing about it almost weekly for years from Dan Ryckert I figured it would at least not be quite so... boring?
Not only that though, the food is just bland and cinnamon twists are awful. I was so disappointed. Very small menu too here.
After hearing about it almost weekly for years from Dan Ryckert I figured it would at least not be quite so... boring?
Not only that though, the food is just bland and cinnamon twists are awful. I was so disappointed. Very small menu too here.
It's bland in the States too. The mediocre sauce carries most of the flavor for a lot of the menu items.
Me too. I'd eat at one near my apartment in Seoul, and it was always good to great. The Double Shack is my favourite chain restaurant burger by a long shot.
Taco Bell has to be careful.
I knew someone here in Midwest America who said peppermint was "too spicy."
Whataburger is only good in Texas I've heard
Caines is complete utter trash, Chic Fil A makes better tenders
Shake Shack is OK but inferior burger to In N Out
Caines is complete utter trash, Chic Fil A makes better tenders
Shake Shack is OK but inferior burger to In N Out
Caines are well cooked but unseasoned. Chick Fil A are seasoned but soggy and gross.
Neither are actually good. Long John Silvers has good fast food tendies.
prices for good subs are either expensive or they are Subway, you choose one
Honestly, it's weird to rate chain fast food considering all the variables(management, location, whether you visited at peak hours). I'm sure there's a big difference between the random Midwest Popeye's compared to one closer to the Louisiana area.
That being said, Cane's is the correct answer. The Cane's sauce carries the entire menu HARD.
That being said, Cane's is the correct answer. The Cane's sauce carries the entire menu HARD.
In-N-Out - Its fine for a fast food burger but has never really blown me away. When I see a hugely long line there (which is pretty much all the time), I just don't get it.
I try to forget taco bell exists due to being food poisoned by them twice, but yeah they're one of the absolute worst places
Raising canes. Chicken is whatever and the combo is lazy as fuck. A slice of toast, some shitty crinkle fries, and cole slaw. Wtf?
- Raising Cane's - Every time I've tried it, the chicken was over cooked and bland, the fries were soggy and gross, and their house sauce is just okay. Everyone always talked about how great the house sauce is and it's just the same house/fry sauce every other food place has.
- Chick-Fil-A - pretty much same complaints as Cane's. The chicken is slightly better than Cane's but still uninspiring. Waffle fries are the absolute most dogshit way to prepare a potato so they automatically lose a ton of points with me. Chick-Fil-A sauces are better than Cane's and the only redeeming factor but I don't choose restaurants based on their sauces.
- In-N-Out - decent burger, once again just bad fries (although they aren't waffle fries so that just makes bad and not utter dogshit). But the hype surrounding it is so dumb; it's on the same level as Bucees; like, it's just a burger restaurant, and people make it like their religion. It's so weird.
5 Guys
Jersey Mike's
Raising Cane's
Blaze Pizza
Habit Burgers
Panda Express
All those place I listed are overrated and expensive.
That's literally what they do.... you can actually see them doing it, right in front of you. Microwaving potatoe slices.... lmao.
Jersey Mike's
Raising Cane's
Blaze Pizza
Habit Burgers
Panda Express
All those place I listed are overrated and expensive.
That's literally what they do.... you can actually see them doing it, right in front of you. Microwaving potatoe slices.... lmao.
If popeyes is considered the best chicken of a nationwide chain in the USA then I'll just laugh and stop even trying to find a good fast food chicken place when I visit there every year. Popeyes is bland as hell and I wouldn't even get it at half the priced they charge. Five guys also wasn't anything special when I tried it but that was 7 years ago so it may have gotten better since.
The burgers are super fresh, it's cheap and the employees are friendly.
This is all completely valid but it's not worth the wait, in my experience.