# Is Arby's going OOB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620 "2013-06-10T13:58:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/21 "2013-06-10T19:46:01Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > How can you be bland and sweet at the same time? If it has no taste except sweetness. I haven’t had whatever Arby’s is offering but I have occasionally made the mistake of picking up King’s Hawaiian rolls. No more flavor than Wonder white bread, plus a strong overtone of sugar-sweetness, and a chew like a mouthful of cotton candy. > [@Bob Ducca](#): > > I really didn’t find the roll to be too sweet at all. It was definitely sweeter than their normal bread, but not overly so. Also, it got a nice caramelization where they toasted it. I also liked the chewiness of the Hawaiian roll. I load my roast beef sandwiches with tons of Horsey sauce, so the sweet bun was a nice counter flavor to that. I’ll take your word for it, but it sounds like the bread was completely incidental to the flavors in your composition. I use a middling amount of horsey sauce myself but prefer the regular bun/bread they use to offset that and the meat. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/22 "2013-06-10T19:47:40Z")
I want to try that Kings Hawaiian. I see its a limited offer. So I’ll try and go this week. I used to buy the Beef N Cheddar but it started giving me bad heartburn. Probably the onion roll. I make roast beef sandwiches at home pretty often. Great use of leftovers. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/23 "2013-06-10T19:52:02Z")
Here in NE, I haven’t seen one in years…but I have a question: is their “roast beef” artificially produced? I remember it as like bologna-no obvious signs of having been a cow. Their horseradish sauce was great though. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/24 "2013-06-10T19:56:31Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Here in NE, I haven’t seen one in years..but I have a question: is their “roast beef” artificially produced? I remember it as like bologna-no obvious signs of having been a cow. Their horseradish sauce was great though. Take a plastic bag, fill with 7 lbs. of beef chunks, fill the gaps with a paste made from beef, fat and water. 10 lbs. total weight. Freeze. Ship to store. Thaw. Remove from plastic. Cook. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/25 "2013-06-10T19:58:05Z")
Close. Ship to store. Thaw. Cook. Remove from plastic. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/26 "2013-06-10T20:02:55Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Take a plastic bag, fill with 7 lbs. of beef chunks, fill the gaps with a paste made from beef, fat and water. 10 lbs. total weight. > Freeze. > Ship to store. > Thaw. Remove from plastic. > Cook. Mmm, my mouth is watering! Possibly because I’m about to vomit. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/27 "2013-06-10T20:10:52Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > No more flavor than Wonder white bread, plus a strong overtone of sugar-sweetness, and a chew like a mouthful of cotton candy. Yeah, that pretty much summarizes it for me. I mean, they are called “King’s Hawaiian Sweet Rolls” for a reason. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/28 "2013-06-10T20:14:26Z")
The few Arby’s that I know of near where I live are going strong, from the looks of things. On the other hand, Togo’s and Quizno’s have been closing left and right - in a number of cases, less than a year after they opened. However, there’s nothing new about this; Togo’s stores were closing almost as fast as they were opening almost 20 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/29 "2013-06-10T20:18:48Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I haven’t heard anything in the news about it, but the two nearest me just closed. ☹ > > (OK, Arby’s is not great culinary monument of Western civilization. But shaved-roast-beef sandwiches and potato-cakes are an occasionally-welcome variant on the standard burgers-‘n’-fries.) Probably just your local franchises as all of the ones near me are still open and seem to be doing just fine. I usually go in about once a month when I’m in town. It’s a nice change from the standard fast food fare, though it’s more expensive than most other fast food places (I generally spend around $10 for a meal at Arby’s, as opposed to the $6-7 I’d spend somewhere else), but it’s worth it. Best fast food roast beef sandwich out there, since Roy Roger’s went out of business lo these many years ago… ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/30 "2013-06-10T20:59:43Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > You forgot to mention Jamocha shakes. I haven’t been to one in a while but now that you got me thinking about Jamocha shakes… _shakes fist_ The single most delicious thing in the world. I might go to Popeye’s, get two spicy chicken pieces, a biscuit and red beans and rice, and then drive to Arby’s to get a Jamocha shake. My name is **bup** , and I’m a fast-food-aholic. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/31 "2013-06-10T21:48:19Z")
The Arby’s in Brainerd MN seems to still be open. [Marge Gunderson] Ya got Arby’s all over me. [/Marge Gunderson] Interesting they’ve kept the apostrophe. A lot of companies have ditched it. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/32 "2013-06-10T21:54:35Z")
Damn, I remember my first Arby sandwich, back in 1967. That was when they slow roasted the beef by hanging it from a chain in a huge rotisserie oven near the counter! I miss **those** roast beef sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/33 "2013-06-10T21:57:54Z")
When I was a kid my Mom would take us there for the 39 cent milkshakes which gradually rose to 49, 59, 69 cents. Then they got rid of the Shake of the Month. We did breakfast- egg croissants. The ones near me now don’t do breakfast. They also got rid of some other favorites- concretes and baked potatoes. The potatoes were my favorite deal in fast food. I know they are trying a lot of new things these days but they haven’t added anything I care for since the late 90s, other than chocolate turnovers. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/34 "2013-06-10T22:27:45Z")
By coincidence, I recently had to write to Arby’s with some complaints/suggestions. 1. I don’t like them dispatching orders by name. I prefer to be a number. (And making up a name is absurd…) 2. They had a radio playing over the dining room speakers, and radio stations have lots of ads. Also inappropriate content. Recorded music would be better. 3. The Chocolate shake had a residual taste of berry, from someone’s previous berry shake. Also, this is an old (OLD!) establishment, with a tiny dining room, and old-fashioned bathrooms (you access them from the parking lot, not from the dining room.) Oh, that said – VERY GOOD BEEF SANDWICHES! Very, very good indeed. The key point of the exercise was accomplished, and happily! So – room for improvement, but I hope they stay in business! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/35 "2013-06-10T22:36:36Z")
> [@mo50](#): > > All I got’s the Millhouse line from the Simpsons : “I’m so hungry, I’d eat Arby’s!” I know it ain’t great, but since Roy Rogers passed from the scene and Hardee’s took it off the menu, where else can you go for a fast-food shaved-roast-beef-burger with some kinda BBQ sauce on the side? ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/36 "2013-06-10T22:57:52Z")
> [@LaurenIpsum](#): > > That brings back memories. I worked at Arby’s in 1995/1996 during my senior year of high school. The “five for 5” gave you five Regular Roast Beef sandwiches for 5 bucks This was one of the greatest promotions ever. When that deal was on, four or five of my coworkers and I would throw in $5 apiece and buy a bushel of these sandwiches, which we’d take back to the office and dump in a huge pile on the breakroom table. Then we’d compete to see who could chow down the most (with the most horsey sauce, of course) before our lunch break was over. It became a bit of a spectator sport for the non-participants in the office as well. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/37 "2013-06-10T23:17:12Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Their new King’s Hawaiian Roll Roast Beef sandwich is pretty spectacular. Not intened as a hijack, just a side note: A coworker brought homemade white castle’s using those rolls to a company shindig. They were very popular little sandwiches. [http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slider-style-mini-burgers/](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slider-style-mini-burgers/) Not sure if that was his recipe, but I felt compelled to provide a cite. (looking over the recipe, I would surely leave out the mayo.) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/38 "2013-06-10T23:19:28Z")
I freakin’ love Arby’s. They used to have a few in San Francisco but they gradually closed, one by one (the last one a while back, 5 or 6 years ago). There are still a few in the Bay Area, but none between Sonoma County and San Jose that I’m aware of, which make them all a bit too out of reach for me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/39 "2013-06-10T23:27:19Z")
Backwards Ghost is going OOB. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620/40 "2013-06-10T23:48:40Z")
I used to hit the local Arby’s all the time, until two things happened: I got married and they stopped serving French Fries. Now, the first thing wasn’t a deal-breaker, as the wife likes Arby’s too. But abandoning some of the best fast-food fries around for those disgusting Curly Fries? That was the last straw. I wrote a nasty letter to Corporate and haven’t been back since. Of course, now I see selected locations have fries, along with other potato-ey goodies. Methinks a trip to Arby’s is in order again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-arbys-going-oob/660620.md?page=3)