Worst fast-food chain?

Are pizza places considered "fast food"?

good question. not sure the pizza at Papa Johns is any faster than a pizza at Boombozz. I don't consider pizza places (even the big chains) to be fast-food. If it can't be made in the time it takes you to drive from the microphone to the second window of the drive-thru, it's not fast food.

Thanks Steve for your reply....Just curious then..Why did you even bring it up....Could it be that Local/Chain issue....Just curious...

Ron I agree with your point on fast food. A pizza place I guess should not be on the list....You have to wait for your pruduct to be prepared and cooked. Culvers Butter Burger would not be fast food....actually Wendys would not be also as they do not prepare patties ahead of time and then put them in holders like McDonalds does. Dairy Queen also does not cook patties ahead of time at least at the ones that I go to. although these places do have a drive through...you will have to wait longer at these type places for your food order....Another would be Steak and Shake....all cooked to order....

[Robin Garr]

good question. not sure the pizza at Papa Johns is any faster than a pizza at Boombozz. I don't consider pizza places (even the big chains) to be fast-food. If it can't be made in the time it takes you to drive from the microphone to the second window of the drive-thru, it's not fast food.

As a term of art in the industry, all the brands listed fall in the fast-food niche (also QSR for "quick-service restaurant").

Thanks Steve for your reply....Just curious then..Why did you even bring it up....Could it be that Local/Chain issue....Just curious...

Robert .. I don't care about your dopey paranoid chain/indie worries. I had an excellent fish sandwich from Moby Dick in Jeffersontown today. I suppose it is a chain albeit local. Mazzonis happened to be to crowded. (They use frozen fish)

The reason why I bought it up is because Dan Thomas had mentioned about the fish from Long John Silvers. I just explained about the way different places handled this.

I'm so happy that no one is voting for Chick-fil-a. I love, love, love that place. I can't help it. I think they put crack in their chicken.

Thanks for your reply Steve...I have contacted the manager and even sent a copy of your email to Captian D,s to see what reply I get....I will let you know....I stick to my first comments Steve.... But you have a right to post a reply back...Thanks

[Robin Garr]

I'm so happy that no one is voting for Chick-fil-a. I love, love, love that place. I can't help it. I think they put crack in their chicken.

I generally go to Chick-Fil-A only in airports, and boy, is it bad there. I don't know what it is, but all chains seem to get worse in airports. Particularly the service. I think the one at Atlanta Hartsfield is managed by the Crips.

The picture of the owner in the signs they put up on Sunday ("Go to church, you heathens!") is also pretty scary ...

Pretty scary...But pretty true.....

wow, I forgot all about Chik-Fil-A being the fast food of God.

Who knew Jesus liked bad chicken sandwiches?

maybe you need to give HIM a try and give them a try also....

This whole thread is kind of invalid because, as was said before, fast food quality can vary wildly from store to store.

I've had anything from very good (for fast food) to inedible food at all of the places on that list.

McDonalds has the most consistantly average food on there. It's not as likely to be really good, but it's also not as likely to be really bad.

I voted for LJS because they seem to have the worst QC of the chains, and when fast seafood goes bad... it goes REALLY bad. You are seriously rolling the dice with that one.

I have a tie for the single worst fast food meal I've ever gotten between a KFC in the west end (off Dixie) and a Jack-in-the-Box in Plano, Texas. Both went right in the garbage without so much as a bite.

There is nothing worse than going through a drive thru and getting just far enough away that it's not worth going back for your $5 before you find out that you've been handed a steaming pile of nasty.

Ew.

maybe you need to give HIM a try and give them a try also....

You presume much in that post. hint: You don't have to believe in Fox News to believe in God.

[Robin Garr]

This whole thread is kind of invalid because, as was said before, fast food quality can vary wildly from store to store.

I've seen this opinion expressed several times in this thread, Chris, but I'm not sure I fully buy it. Sure, there can be some variation - we've all seen that, and anecdotal incidents always loom large in the mind of the beholder.

But corporate policy and budget constraints, and efforts (however vain) at QC do tend to flatten the peaks. Realistically, all major food-industry publications - and <I>Consumer Reports</I> - do in fact seek to rank restaurant chains on the basis of quality, using reasonably objective criteria.