# Overrated food and drink (brands) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 12, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515 "2023-10-12T11:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/281 "2023-11-20T21:59:01Z")
Little known beer fact…Coors Banquet (the original Coors beer brand) is only brewed in their Golden, CO brewery, which is also the single largest brewery in the world, although a little less than 10% of the brewery capacity is dedicated ot Banquet. They produce Coors Light in breweries all over the world. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/282 "2023-11-21T00:29:04Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Coors Banquet I nominate this as the most pretentious beer name. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/283 "2023-11-21T03:27:15Z")
The [company](https://www.banquet.com/) synonymous with cheap frozen pot pies and TV dinners, pretentious? ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/284 "2023-11-21T20:52:20Z")
I’ve never understood the obsession with using the drive-through no matter how long the lines were. Just park and go in the damn restaurant FFS! ---
**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:** [November 21, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/285 "2023-11-21T22:00:23Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > Just park and go in the damn restaurant FFS! What, and stand in a line there without my satellite radio? ;-D ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/286 "2023-11-21T22:16:11Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > I’ve never understood the obsession with using the drive-through no matter how long the lines were. > > Just park and go in the damn restaurant FFS! I used to think this… and then we had kids. I’d rather not take the 3 year old out of his car seat and take the 6 month old’s car seat in and then try to juggle all the food back to the car. Drive through makes things 1000x easier. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/287 "2023-11-21T23:32:52Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > I’ve never understood the obsession with using the drive-through no matter how long the lines were. > > Just park and go in the damn restaurant FFS! What, and walk in naked!? ---
**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:** [November 22, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/288 "2023-11-22T00:13:22Z")
Chili’s is ok. It seems pricey for what they offer. I usually get Fajitas or Steak. I wouldn’t pay their price for a burger. I can’t see the point of ordering a mixed drink. I rather safely drive home and make my own drink. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/289 "2023-11-26T19:28:48Z")
having lived in So Cal, I was surprised to find a Taco Bell in Tijuana–why, who, when you can get better real food down the street? ---
**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:** [November 26, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/290 "2023-11-26T19:35:42Z")
The simple answer is, one doesn’t want “real” food. One wants Taco Bell. I would say I don’t get it, but sometimes I don’t want a McD’s hamburger or their nuggets, even though I know there are more “real” and “better” versions out there. But I do draw the line at Taco Bell, for myself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/291 "2023-11-26T19:50:23Z")
Someone on this board once said, “Taco Bell is not Mexican food. Taco Bell is Taco Bell. It is its own separate category.” ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/292 "2023-11-26T20:21:50Z")
I just read yesterday (or was it Friday? Long weekend fuzzies) that Taco Bell doesn’t operate any stores in Mexico BUT they have tried & failed a few times. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/293 "2023-11-26T20:26:44Z")
> [@fedman1](#): > > having lived in So Cal, I was surprised to find a Taco Bell in Tijuana–why, who, when you can get better real food down the street? Taco Bell is good, and even cheap. Not super authentic, sure. And some tourists might not be adventurous, willing to risk the tijuana two step. However, there is no Taco Bell franchise in TJ. > **[Not the REAL Taco Bell in Tijuana - Picture of Tijuana, Baja California Norte...](https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g150776-i22491823-Tijuana_Baja_California.html)** > > Tijuana, Baja California Norte Picture: Not the REAL Taco Bell in Tijuana - Check out Tripadvisor members' 3,761 candid photos and videos of Tijuana ---
**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:** [November 26, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/294 "2023-11-26T20:44:29Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > “Taco Bell is not Mexican food. Taco Bell is Taco Bell. It is its own separate category.” I agree, though it would be fair to call it “inspired by Mexican food.” ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/295 "2023-11-26T22:16:01Z")
If it wasn’t me, it’s something I’ve often thought. On occasion rarely I get a craving for the tacos. But I don’t consider it “Mexican” food. > [@aceplace57](#): > > Chili’s is ok. It seems pricey for what they offer. I’m surprised anyone “rates” Chili’s at all, let alone _over_rates it. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/296 "2023-11-26T23:16:02Z")
> [@fedman1](#): > > why, who, when you can get better real food down the street? I live in the Hispanic part of Mesa with a taqueria on every corner and a more formal Mexican restaurant every block. Yes, there are Taco Bells as well and yes, the Hispanic locals – mostly Mexican, some Yaqui, and a sprinkling of others – frequent them. Sometimes you just feel like having Taco Bell. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/297 "2023-11-26T23:18:20Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > but sometimes I don’t want The “don’t” shouldn’t be there for it to make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/298 "2023-12-17T03:28:47Z")
Just saw this > **[Burger lovers wait 8 hours to try Idaho’s first In-N-Out](https://nypost.com/2023/12/14/news/burger-lovers-wait-8-hours-to-try-idahos-first-in-n-out/amp/)** > > The wait time for a drive-thru meal at In-N-Out Burger’s new Idaho location was already up to eight hours by just noon on Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/299 "2023-12-17T03:30:39Z")
I’ve had In-N-Out burgers. They’re pretty good but not eight hours waiting for good. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515/300 "2023-12-17T11:20:40Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > > [@pkbites](#): > > > > Then there was Kingsbury > > Ah, Kingsbury! I knew that Kingsbury made Near Beer, but TIL that they also brew an alcoholic beer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-food-and-drink-brands/991515.md?page=16)