The official ATOT Fast Food discussion thread

[Chaotic42]

I miss Popeye's, but it has seasoning and flavor, so there aren't many around here.

 

[WelshBloke]

Best fast food!

 

[lxskllr]

That doesn't look fast. What is it?

 

[WelshBloke]

That doesn't look fast. What is it?

Dosa massala. Like a big crispy crepe with a spiced potato filling.

 

[KMFJD]

Dosa massala. Like a big crispy crepe with a spiced potato filling.

those are very good!

 

[Shmee]

Looks tasty but fancy and not fast.

 

[WelshBloke]

Looks tasty but fancy and not fast.

They take a couple of minutes to make!

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Popeyes has a banging deal right now with the free chicken sandwich with $10 spent combined with the $6 Big Box meal, which is 2 pc chicken or 3 pc tenders + biscuit + 2 sides for $6. But if you make both sides large @ $1.95 each you get your subtotal to $9.90. Then add a 50 cent sauce (or 75 cent wing sauce) to get to the $10 threshold and you get a free chicken sandwich. So I did that with red beans and rice as my sides, threw those both in the fridge for later, and treated the free chicken sandwich as the side to my tenders order. Not bad for the price of two large red beans and rice I got two large red beans and rice, 3 spicy tenders, biscuit, a signature hot wing sauce, and a spicy chicken sandwich. And the red beans and rice always seem to taste better the next day after being in the fridge.

-Da Fuq why to I need a damn WBS chart to navigate a Popeyes deal.

Popeyes did make the most kick ass chicken of the major chains but the last time I ate there they had done something with their spice recipe and taken all the flavor out of their breading.

 

[Kaido]

but the last time I ate there they had done something with their spice recipe and taken all the flavor out of their breading.

The OG was Shake Shake's buttermilk herbed mayo fried chicken sandwich, the 2016 Chick'n Shack:



Then that went waaaaaay downhill, followed by Popeye's 2019 chicken sandwich, which kicked off the Chicken Sandwich Wars:

Chicken sandwich wars - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I got this every single weel for like a YEAR lol. Just fantastic. Then it went downhill & now it's just a sad, small heat-lamp version of its former self.

 

[KMFJD]

The OG was Shake Shake's buttermilk herbed mayo fried chicken sandwich, the 2016 Chick'n Shack:

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Then that went waaaaaay downhill, followed by Popeye's 2019 chicken sandwich, which kicked off the Chicken Sandwich Wars:

Chicken sandwich wars - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I got this every single weel for like a YEAR lol. Just fantastic. Then it went downhill & now it's just a sad, small heat-lamp version of its former self.

View attachment 133059

lmfao it never looks that good, not even close

 

[JM Aggie08]

Chick-Fil-A remains my sole fast food weakness. It doesn't help that the kids love it, and it's quick.

With that said, McD's breakfast is a go-to when one of the kids are sick. Just trying to recreate some of my childhood for them

 

[RossMAN]

Possible repost, Shake Shack announces the Big Shack for $9.99 which is supposedly a better and more expensive burger than McD's Big Mac. I'll give it a shot (for science) but it won't be a regular purchase for me.

 

[nakedfrog]

Cheaper than the regular burger there. I have no doubts it will be better than the Big Mac, seems like a marketing event to get more people to try Shake Shack (they do have good food).

 

[sactoking]

My son gave me one of those Reese's PB&J cups, the strawberry kind. Vile.

0/10

Would not eat again.

 

[RossMAN]

Cheaper than the regular burger there. I have no doubts it will be better than the Big Mac, seems like a marketing event to get more people to try Shake Shack (they do have good food).

I agree but would add that it's definitely overpriced, so I tend to only eat there when:

1) they have BOGO offers
2) new seasonal burgers, some have been great, others meh.
3) no other choice

 

[nakedfrog]

I agree but would add that it's definitely overpriced, so I tend to only eat there when:

1) they have BOGO offers
2) new seasonal burgers, some have been great, others meh.
3) no other choice

It's priced comparably to Five Guys, good cheeseburgers from a restaurant are just really expensive now My favorite good local burger place is also priced similarly.
I don't have a Shake Shack within a reasonable distance, but I do have a Five Guys and even then I only get food there every few months. The local place would get more of my business if they weren't closed Sundays.

 

[manly]

It's priced comparably to Five Guys, good cheeseburgers from a restaurant are just really expensive now My favorite good local burger place is also priced similarly.
I don't have a Shake Shack within a reasonable distance, but I do have a Five Guys and even then I only get food there every few months. The local place would get more of my business if they weren't closed Sundays.

I've had Five Guys only once in my life, and I was very confounded by it. The food was unremarkable, but it cost double many other fast food places. The price gap has probably narrowed a bit since that one time a decade ago.

Shake Shack makes a good burger, and as @RossMAN said, they have BOGO once in a while.

I should just go to the local place more often; it's reasonably priced and I can even walk there.

 

[lxskllr]

I thought 5 Guys was pretty exceptional for what it is, and their holy shit that's a lot of fries serving size :^D I've only been a couple times though, and it's been a couple years.

 

[nakedfrog]

I've had Five Guys only once in my life, and I was very confounded by it. The food was unremarkable, but it cost double many other fast food places. The price gap has probably narrowed a bit since that one time a decade ago.

Shake Shack makes a good burger, and as @RossMAN said, they have BOGO once in a while.

I should just go to the local place more often; it's reasonably priced and I can even walk there.

I've eaten at multiple Five Guys and multiple Shake Shacks in different cities/states over the years, I find them to be extremely comparable quality-wise. Neither is really beyond what a good home-made burger can be if made by a competent person, IMO. There has been 1-2 occasions where Five Guys fell short of what I'd normally expect.
But overall, there's no comparison between them and BK, McDonald's... Wendy's is maybe closer, but very much lacks consistency, on a good day they're competitive, on a bad day, still generally at least better than BK/McD's.

 

[Chaotic42]

Yeah, 5 Guys is about as good as you're going to get for a fast food burger. Wendy's has a weird oily taste that I'm not sure how to describe. It's almost like a clean machine grease taste, and they all have it. Culver's is pretty good, but it's regional, and I don't get the love for In n Out or Chick-fil-a. They're both fine, I guess. I used to love it when they'd have Chick-fil-a in my old job's cafeteria because it meant no line for anything else.

 

[nakedfrog]

Yeah, 5 Guys is about as good as you're going to get for a fast food burger. Wendy's has a weird oily taste that I'm not sure how to describe. It's almost like a clean machine grease taste, and they all have it. Culver's is pretty good, but it's regional, and I don't get the love for In n Out or Chick-fil-a. They're both fine, I guess. I used to love it when they'd have Chick-fil-a in my old job's cafeteria because it meant no line for anything else.

I do love Culver's. Yeah, when I finally tried In'n'Out, I also found it to be "fine". I like Dick's more. Plus it gives me the opportunity to talk about eating a bag of Dick's, or how I love filling my mouth with hot, fresh Dick's, and so forth. Endless fun.

 

[Chaotic42]

It's the wood that makes it good

 

[IronWing]

Anyone drop the cash yet?

 

[manly]

I've eaten at multiple Five Guys and multiple Shake Shacks in different cities/states over the years, I find them to be extremely comparable quality-wise. Neither is really beyond what a good home-made burger can be if made by a competent person, IMO. There has been 1-2 occasions where Five Guys fell short of what I'd normally expect.
But overall, there's no comparison between them and BK, McDonald's... Wendy's is maybe closer, but very much lacks consistency, on a good day they're competitive, on a bad day, still generally at least better than BK/McD's.

I'm sure you're right about the relative quality; but as a cheap bastard, Five Guys' prices just don't make sense to me.

Cheeseburger $12.99
Fries $6.09
Soft drink $3.59

The only discount I see is the Classic Combo for $15, which launched in January.

 

[lxskllr]

I'm sure you're right about the relative quality; but as a cheap bastard, Five Guys' prices just don't make sense to me.

Cheeseburger $12.99
Fries $6.09
Soft drink $3.59

The only discount I see is the Classic Combo for $15, which launched in January.

That's why I've only gone a couple times. I've pretty much quit all (semi)fastfood at this point. The experience is worse, and the prices are high. *The only place I've been in the last year is tacobell. It's become a tradition to stop in after doing treework, as long as there's one on the way home.

*I do occasionally go to wawa if that's considered fastfood. Their annual gobbler bowl/sub should be out soon(now?), It's like the old thanksgiving school lunch, which doesn't have much to recommend it, but I still like it, and honestly prefer to real turkey.