-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
Which fast food/fast casual spot is still around but has had the greatest fall from grace?
- Thread starter Skel1ingt0n
- Start date
I really liked Moe's for take-out food, but I'd agree that the restaurants were always kinda dumpy for those eating-in. They changed the chicken seasoning recipe about 5 years ago and then closed basically all the stores near me, and I haven't had it since. Now it's just Chipotle or Salsaritas, the latter of which feels like a scam with how much food they give you.
Me too. Still the only place I can get lunch for less than $10 in the city. Minimum $15 everywhere else.
Burger King. I used to really like it, but now they all have an air of deep existential sadness and misery. I last went in one about a year ago and it was just me and like two employees. This was at lunch time on a Saturday! I'm surprised BK is still hanging on.
I ate an embarrassing amount of Chipotle when I was younger. I think I've been to one maybe 5 times in the last 2 years.
For me it's a regional thing, and that's taco time. It's a local Oregon fast food chain, used to be like two in every town pretty much, now it still exist and I see in there map there is still a few hundred locations spread across America but 90% of there locations are closed down and you might have to drive half way across a pretty damn big state to eat at one, like I love crisp meat burritos but I'm not driving 4 hours for one lol. Other more national ones I would say is ihop and subway, ihop closed most of there restaurants and subway well they were in the top five of all fast food chains and now are barely a thing any more. For obvious reasons of course.
Regional pricing is bizarre lol. Every Chipotle I've been to in recent memory in Minnesota is still sub-$10 for a chicken burrito.
I still like KFC and Burger King once in a while. I think BK has fallen off some though. KFC seems the same to me. But the quality from store to store varies alot. It's my issue with Popeyes around here too. I guess this is an all fast food thing.
Chick-fil-a, McDonalds seems to be the most consistent. I have only been to 2 separate Culvers, but they have both been great, haha. There is a local chain P.Terrys that I like, all the locations are consistent.
Side note, I think the In-n-Outs in Texas are worse than the Cali ones.
In terms of market and mind share, it's probably Subway I think.
Chick-fil-a, McDonalds seems to be the most consistent. I have only been to 2 separate Culvers, but they have both been great, haha. There is a local chain P.Terrys that I like, all the locations are consistent.
Side note, I think the In-n-Outs in Texas are worse than the Cali ones.
In terms of market and mind share, it's probably Subway I think.
The right answer is Subway, but my personal answer is Pizza Hut. In the mid 00s there was an all you can eat lunch buffet for $15 that was fantastic.
Their value is worse now, but Subway's quality has never been particularly good. Chipotle, likewise, is about the same quality but now I have better choices Qdoba, Panchero, AZ Taco, and an actual Mexican place that makes Mission burritos.
There's a Quizno's still open near me and I stop by every now and then, it's perfectly fine but there are also better sandwich options now, especially Jersey Mike's.
There's a Quizno's still open near me and I stop by every now and then, it's perfectly fine but there are also better sandwich options now, especially Jersey Mike's.
The Burger King near my work is still awesome.
Still has that flame-broiled smell that covers the whole block around lunchtime.
Fries are still crispy and delicious.
Double cheeseburgers taste exactly as they have for years.
I'm lucky to have one of the good ones.
Still has that flame-broiled smell that covers the whole block around lunchtime.
Fries are still crispy and delicious.
Double cheeseburgers taste exactly as they have for years.
I'm lucky to have one of the good ones.
Chipotle is up there but I still go all the time.
I can't figure out what it is that degraded in quality though. Taste? Like what *is* it that has made it not as great as before? Sometimes I wonder if it was always bad but the novelty of it all had me under its spell.
I can't figure out what it is that degraded in quality though. Taste? Like what *is* it that has made it not as great as before? Sometimes I wonder if it was always bad but the novelty of it all had me under its spell.
Subway and Chipotle for sure
Burger King was always trash
McDonald's is carried by their breakfast
Burger King was always trash
McDonald's is carried by their breakfast
Quiznos still exists. There's one by me. But the 12" start at $14.00 so nope.
People saying Chipotle are crazy.
At least where I live, it is still on the cheaper side, and the quality is still good enough.
Subway was never good but, at least it used to be cheap, now its not cheap so, they having nothing going for them. The thing that well at truly killed ever going to subway for me, was when I went twice in a month to get a Meatball sub, and they were out both times. Never been back since.
At least where I live, it is still on the cheaper side, and the quality is still good enough.
Subway was never good but, at least it used to be cheap, now its not cheap so, they having nothing going for them. The thing that well at truly killed ever going to subway for me, was when I went twice in a month to get a Meatball sub, and they were out both times. Never been back since.
KFC - competition spread and destroyed them(Popeyes, Bojangles)
Subway - prices, not actually healthy, not very good.
McDonald's - was decent as kids and incredibly cheap, now it's a premium price with atrocious quality of food, staff, cleanliness
Taco Bell - priced themselves into legit taco place prices
Subway - prices, not actually healthy, not very good.
McDonald's - was decent as kids and incredibly cheap, now it's a premium price with atrocious quality of food, staff, cleanliness
Taco Bell - priced themselves into legit taco place prices
Mobile orders are the scourge of humanity and have made these places and the workers employed there miserable. I blame all the lazy people paying door dash, etc. nearly twice as much as they should for the tiny, cold portions the workers there give them to spite them. The modern Internet is ruining everything.
For me the price of Chipotle is just nuts, and I can try to cut things out of it, but if I go to Chipotle to get the burrito bowl I like, chips, and a drink, it's over $20. I would do barbacoa, rice, beans, lettuce, cheese, salsas, corn, guac, bag of chips (I like eating that shit with chippies), drink, and doing that on the website near me rings up to $20.54.
I know everything is expensive, but coupled with the drop in quality, it's just too pricey for that for me.
I could save the drink and chips and bring it down to $15, and if I didn't put the guac on that'd bring it down to $12, but like... that bowl without the guac and the chips is downright sad, and I want a drink
My pick is Burger King. Back in the 90s, a whopper w/cheese was my favorite burger. Now it's flavorless and sad. Fries are awful. Chicken sandwiches are awful. The Big Fish sandwich is still good, if you get a fresh one, but that's it.
The only thing KFC ever had that I liked was "Kentucky Nuggets" back in the 80s at the dawn of chicken nuggets. Easily the best nuggets I ever tasted. Other than that, Publix has always had better chicken.
Chipotle and Moe's have always confused me. Why would I pay even $8 for a burrito that is more than 50% rice? Why would people pay SO MUCH for a rice burrito with a tiny bit of meat as a flavoring? Seems like a scam to me.
The only thing KFC ever had that I liked was "Kentucky Nuggets" back in the 80s at the dawn of chicken nuggets. Easily the best nuggets I ever tasted. Other than that, Publix has always had better chicken.
Chipotle and Moe's have always confused me. Why would I pay even $8 for a burrito that is more than 50% rice? Why would people pay SO MUCH for a rice burrito with a tiny bit of meat as a flavoring? Seems like a scam to me.
I mean they used to have .99 Whoppers and that, at least to young me, was amazing.
That Five Dollar Footlong campaign absolutely did Subway in... catchy enough that it's in your head to this day, but locks in a price point that even back then for many franchisees was unsustainable, much less now. Every time they try to bring a version of it back it's vastly inferior to every single sub being 5 dollars. But they must have a ton of money if they can sponsor Korean Dramas and hire Curry and co.
Pizza Hut deserves a mention because as a kid it would have been inconceivable to me to have Dominos surpass them, it would be like BK beating McDonalds.
Burger King's flame grilled burgers back in the late 80's/90's were legit good fast food. These days Burger King is bottom tier trash. I'd be interested in knowing the ages of people who think BK "was always trash"
KFC and burger king. They used to be pretty damn good now they serve up nasty half cooked fuckin slop
It's Pizza Hut for sure.
Going to a Pizza Hut restaurant where you actually sat down and were served by someone was quite the treat in the 1980's. And the pan pizzas were sooooo good. Served in a deep black pan and with a crunchy crust. Even the cheese tastes different. No other casual spot has had a bigger fall from grace when taking only food into consideration.
On the other end of the spectrum, McDonald's burgers have always tasted the same. Never were great but they haven't gotten worse.
The chicken nuggets at Burger King are somehow a tier below what you'd get from a school lunch.
It's insane.
It's insane.
Barbacoa, guac, a drink, and chips???
if they had liver and onions I'd order it!
This and Quiznos fall into the category of "I didn't even know they were still around."
Though we still have Shakeys here and I know they closed down a bunch.
I have been eating Chipotle for over ten years now, probably closer to 15, and I think half of you are nuts. Is it more expensive? Yeah, it was like $7 for a burrito and now it's $10. Not excusing it, but there's been inflation in general. In terms of quality the only drop I have noticed is sometimes the chicken isn't as good. Maybe I just have a good Chipotle, I dunno.
Anyway, it's Subway for me. I literally cannot touch it now.
Anyway, it's Subway for me. I literally cannot touch it now.
All of these are very accurate, but I'd like to throw into the ring Denny's and Steak n Shake. I'd rather just go to an actual diner these days.
Quiznos is well documented as to how and why it all fell apart
KFC has to be up there, even in Canada the quality has gone down compared to all the other fried chicken places
Burger King here is still good but there aren't that many around
KFC has to be up there, even in Canada the quality has gone down compared to all the other fried chicken places
Burger King here is still good but there aren't that many around