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Worst fast-food chain?

Arby's
2
3%
Burger King
4
5%
Chick-Fil-A
0
No votes
Hardee's
10
13%
KFC
3
4%
Long John Silver's
10
13%
McDonald's
10
13%
Papa John's Pizza
4
5%
Pizza Hut
5
6%
Sonic
7
9%
Subway
4
5%
Taco Bell
8
10%
Wendy's
0
No votes
White Castle
8
10%
Other (write-in)
2
3%
None: I love all fast food!
0
No votes
 
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Thanks for sorting that out Robin!!

by David Clancy » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:10 pm

Ralley's (sp?) is missing from the poll and they have some pretty good grub on the run (I'd put them close to the top). My vote for worst fast food goes to Jack in the Box (though, thankfully, we don't have them here). Easily the nastiest tacos you will ever eat. And......just to stir the pot a little now that the baby Jesus and God cards have been played.......how fortuitous that today is "Great American God Out Day"!!(for all of you agnostics and athiests out there.....and I fit in somewhere between there), I guess the question should be....what kind of fast food would Jesus eat?? If I were Jesus, I'd go for a double Ralley burger with cheese, (and bacon of course), and a super-sized mellow yellow (no mountain dew at Ralleys...bummer) JMHO-Dave
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by Bedford Crenshaw » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:46 pm

I must disagree with Jack-in-the-Box; it had the best shake I have ever, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever, had. It was blackberry and to kill for.

Their fried mac was good, but rather expensive for what it was.
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by Aaron Newton » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:59 pm

The Arby's meat as a gel/liquid/paste is not correct. It arrives as a ready to cook roast in a plastic bag, which is cut open, cooked and sliced after cooling.

Snopes article on the subject
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by Andrew Mellman » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:57 pm

I also would divide Robin's "fast food" into two divisions:

1. "food" . . . in this category, I'd put Arby's as the best. I'm not necessarily talking about the beef here, rather the new club sandwich line, and the fresh market sandwiches and the Reuben.

2. "fast" . . . in this category I'd put Arby's as the worst. The two breaks really go together: I believe that Arby's fresh and club sandwiches are the best primarily because they are NOT fast, as they are totally made to order, and stand above all other "fast food" restaurants.

Whle many lump all fast food, quick service, and fast casual together into the QSR category, others (myself included) separate them; I'd tend to put Arby's more into QSR, away from the McDonald's style "fast food" and closer to the Bob Evans's of the world!
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by Dan Thomas » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:24 am

I don't think you can lump them together like that because Arby's has a drive -thru and counter service where-as Bibbity Bob Evan's is a sit down full service joint.

Fast food is fast food period...either drive thru or counter service that will take less than 2 minutes once you get to the front of the line to place your order....

We know what to expect when we pick that particular establishment(things don't REALLY vary that much from location to location in fast food)

I think a few of us may have lost sight of that....
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by Jeremy J » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:05 am

Aaron Newton wrote:I had to end up going with Hardee's. Nothing Hardee's has come up with in the last 10-15 years has been enticing to me on any level, and they always seem like the dirtiest places around too.


Hardees?
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by Ethan Ray » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:19 am

Jeremy J wrote:
Aaron Newton wrote:I had to end up going with Hardee's. Nothing Hardee's has come up with in the last 10-15 years has been enticing to me on any level, and they always seem like the dirtiest places around too.


Hardees?



Dammit man, you beat me too it!

how bout this one: Hardees 2

i've been subscribed to this guy's channel for a while, i remember when Nate the Viking showed me the Herbal Essences video he was in right after it was posted.

i trust you've seen it as well. (?)
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by Jeremy J » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:22 am

my wife is the chick in her bra in it.
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by Ethan Ray » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:26 am

Jeremy J wrote:my wife is the chick in her bra in it.



:shock: ...then i guess you've seen it.

haha.


oh what a bag of fun we've opened upon those on here who are brave enough to watch all his videos.


(it's seriously funny stuff people! mostly parody commercials.)
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by Jeremy J » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:30 am

also I'm the confused looking dude on the phone in Paxil....
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by Ethan Ray » Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:05 am

Jeremy J wrote:also I'm the confused looking dude on the phone in Paxil....



i see ya man.

i love that video.

i've always wondered: actually filmed at the airport?




i find myself being a weird ass and talking in that voice (from the paxil video) more often than i honestly should...


but then again, i find myself talking in faux accents all the time these days.
:shock:

...probably not a good thing.
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by carla griffin » Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:14 am

My ex and I used to go to the Hardees on the corner of Breckenridge Ln and Taylorsville rd because it was close and at that time, open very late (unlike other drive thrus) They NEVER, NOT ONCE got our order correct. It became a running joke. And the place was always beyond dirty and well into gross. This has been years ago I should add. I don't think the place is even still there is it?
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