# Breakfast at Wendy's? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 30, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322 "2006-11-30T14:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/21 "2006-11-30T17:45:21Z")
A Taco Bell near me once had a breakfast menu (it was a 24 hour one that was near a Fedex hub)- I can’t recall most of what was on it, but I do remember they had these awesome breakfast burritos in a soft taco shell with sausage, peppers, potatoes, etc…yummy. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/22 "2006-11-30T18:09:21Z")
I have seen a Wendy’s with a breakfast menu, but it’s not a regular Wendy’s. It shares a building with a gas station just off Interstate 24, so I can see why it might when regular Wendy’s stores wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/23 "2006-11-30T18:19:55Z")
[QUOTE=Balthisar] Any of you youngins remember when McDonald’s pies were deep fried? Gosh, they were good. These baked things are dried and not at all tasty. [/QUOTE] And when they used to deep fry the fries in lard not vegetable oil? ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/24 "2006-11-30T18:21:29Z")
Seventh Avenue in NYC had a Wendy’s opposite Penn Station in the mid-1980’s that served breakfast. I remember tater tots, but other than that, I got nothin’. (And I _ **don’t** _ recall those tater tots very fondly.) ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/25 "2006-11-30T18:34:20Z")
Wendy’s stopped serving breakfast? This must have been fairly recently. They certainly served breakfast a few years ago. And according to **sciurophobic** , they did this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/26 "2006-11-30T18:36:25Z")
I seem to remember them having French Toast sticks. I do not know why as I’ve never had them, but I seem to remember a Wendy’s with a sign that said something about French Toast sticks. Oh - **vertizontal** - they had BISCUITS AND GRAVY??? I was not TOLD!! ☹ On a related note, the McDonald’s on NW Hwy near the racetrack by me used to have a breakfast buffet on the weekend’s - they had a little of everything - all you can eat. And they had biscuits and gravy. The buffet has been gone for a long time, though - it was great back then cause we could feed everyone in the family (me, my ex, the three kids) for real cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/27 "2006-11-30T18:39:46Z")
Burger King had (has?) french toast sticks. Wendy’s has always had biscuit sandwiches and biscuits and gravy. They’ve had them as long as I can remember, and I don’t remember them ever not having them. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/28 "2006-11-30T19:07:07Z")
There’s a Wendy’s less than a mile from my house that began serving breakfast about two years ago, but as far as I recall, that only lasted a few months. And the one time I tried it, I was deeply disappointed. I don’t know how you screw up a “breakfast bowl” that only has eggs and ham and cheese in it, but it was not worth whatever the price was. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/29 "2006-11-30T19:21:56Z")
[QUOTE=BrightSmite] On a side note, what happened to McDonalds _Cherry_ pies? Now they only have _Apple_ pies. [/QUOTE] For what it’s worth, when I worked at McDonald’s (1998-2000), apple pies were the only constant. The second flavor changed every month or so. So we had pumpkin in the fall, even custard in the winter. Cherry was in the spring or summer, I’m thinking. Also, one of the best side benefits of any job I had was when the boss would let us take home all the extra pies at the end of the night when we closed. I would always ‘accidentally’ make an extra batch or so before closing time. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/30 "2006-11-30T19:27:53Z")
[QUOTE=DrCube] Also, one of the best side benefits of any job I had was when the boss would let us take home all the extra pies at the end of the night when we closed. I would always ‘accidentally’ make an extra batch or so before closing time. [/QUOTE] I think a lot of restaurants do that. I know in high school, one of my friends who worked at Pizza Hut would input an order for a couple of pizzas just before closing time, but no one ever came to pick them up, so they were up for grabs. Mmm, stolen pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/31 "2006-11-30T22:37:49Z")
Last year, when my husband and I went to GenCon, we stayed in a CrapAss Motel that was practically next door to a Wendy’s. That Wendy’s is the only one I’ve ever seen that served breakfast. We found it remarkably underwhelming. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/32 "2006-12-01T00:36:04Z")
Breakfast at Wendy’s? Wasn’t that the Capote novella that was made into a movie in the 60s with Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard? ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/33 "2006-12-01T01:19:10Z")
Reporting in. The Wendy’s near my house is now serving breakfast. There was an insert in the newspaper about breakfast sandwiches on some kind of flatbread, like a biscuit but not crumbly. The location is on a massive commuter route, but on the wrong side of the road. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/34 "2006-12-01T02:09:34Z")
I remember when Wendy’s first experimented with serving breakfast (in my area anyway), circa 1983-86. I was a resident back then, and on occasion would cruise thru there to get a sandwich on the way to morning rounds. They had made-to-order breakfast sandwiches, and I don’t remember what else. It didn’t last long, and I remember one magazine article on the “Wendy’s failed breakfast experiment” or words to that effect, after the fact. ---
**Author:** ![Malienation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/35 "2006-12-01T02:14:58Z")
They used to, years ago. Most gave it up. The only Wendy’s that I’ve seen that still serves breakfast is in Calverton, MD on Powder Mill Road off Rte. 95. Their breakfast sucks, but I have noticed that their employees are willing to make my Spicy Chicken sandwich pretty much anytime (not burgers, though). 🙂 That almost makes up for [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=392742). :mad: ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/36 "2006-12-01T03:32:33Z")
Wendy’s in my area (central NC) are serving breakfast. I got a biscuit there a month or two ago and it was terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/37 "2006-12-01T17:18:30Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] So you lived through the whole “What’s your beef” campaign also? That got very old. 😃 [/QUOTE] True, but the commercial with the Soviet fashion show was genius! [Here’s the youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CaMUfxVJVQ) clip. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/38 "2006-12-01T17:28:33Z")
[QUOTE=Balthisar] Any of you youngins remember when McDonald’s pies were deep fried? Gosh, they were good. These baked things are dried and not at all tasty. [/QUOTE] Whenever I’m visiting family in Rio, I always hit a Micky D’s at least once in order to enjoy the lost pleasure deep-fried pies – they still deep-fry all of their pies there. They also season the burgers better. Much of South-American soda is still made with cane sugar, so you can have a true classic Coke with your meal. Of course, then I have to put up with the bozos who say “You went all the way to Brazil and you ate McDonalds?!?” ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/39 "2006-12-01T17:39:44Z")
[QUOTE=bordelond] :eek: Came here to post pretty much the same thing about the same part of the country. The Wendy’s where I worked was still serving breakfast as of early 1989. The Super Bar (salad bar + some quasi-Mexican items) hung on until the mid-90s … I seem to remember that the breakfast menu was gone by then. [/QUOTE] Oh, lord, the “Super Bar”… I think I had stopped working there by then. It really looked like it complicated the salad bar setup something fierce. I always wondered if the New Orleans/Metairie area Wendy’s franchises were different than elsewhere in the country because they were all owned by that one guy at the time. We didn’t have a lot of the menu items that other Wendy’s in other parts of the country did back then. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/40 "2006-12-01T20:30:42Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] Oh, lord, the “Super Bar”… it complicated the salad bar setup something fierce. [/QUOTE] So why did they give up on the original salad bar, anyway? And why not bring it back now? I suppose it wasn’t profitable back in the late 70’s. But now, with all the concern about diabetes and obesity , Wendy’s could use their salad bar to advertise that they are the only _healthy_ fast-food chain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322.md?page=3)