# Restaurants inside Walmart **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332 "2017-04-12T17:01:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/21 "2017-04-12T22:51:43Z")
Our Walmart in central NC has a McDonald’s in it. They don’t serve the full menu, though. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/22 "2017-04-12T23:45:55Z")
We had a McDonalds (the first second restaurant we ever had) but when the county went wet, they replaced it with booze. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/23 "2017-04-13T00:24:40Z")
My local Sam’s Club has a cafe. I haven’t noticed a name. The pizza is good. They have hot dogs and other sandwiches. Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/24 "2017-04-13T00:42:20Z")
There was a Dunkin Donuts inside the local Walmart here in RI. It was patently ridiculous because there was another freestanding DD _right across the street._ The Walmart DD eventually closed. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/25 "2017-04-13T00:47:33Z")
> [@Skara\_Brae](#): > > There was a Dunkin Donuts inside the local Walmart here in RI. It was patently ridiculous because there was another freestanding DD _right across the street._ > > The Walmart DD eventually closed. We have a Subway in the Wal-Mart _right across the street_ from another Subway. This is in a town of 10,000 and a county of 30,000 with very few chain restaurants, \*none \*outside of the biggest city. When approached, they typically say, “are you kidding…no customers!” ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/26 "2017-04-13T01:19:39Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > We have a Subway in the Wal-Mart _right across the street_ from another Subway. This is in a town of 10,000 and a county of 30,000 with very few chain restaurants, \*none \*outside of the biggest city. When approached, they typically say, “are you kidding…no customers!” I live in a town of 6,500 people. We have three free-standing Subways. Two were already here when we moved in 17 years ago, and the third one moved into the strip of stores it’s in a year or two after the strip was built about 10 years ago. Apparently we love us some Subway. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/27 "2017-04-13T02:15:28Z")
On the very very rare occasions that I’m actually inside any Walmart, anywhere, this is the thought that NEVER enters my head: “Hey, this is so great, I wonder if there’s someplace I can stop for lunch so that the experience lingers a little longer”. This is the thought that DOES enter my head: “Please God help me get out of this hell-hole as fast as possible, or even transport me instantaneously if it be your will to work a much-desired miracle.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/28 "2017-04-13T03:39:06Z")
The Walmart near me has a Subway in it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/29 "2017-04-13T11:28:17Z")
[Moderating] **wolfpup** , if you have something to add to the topic of discussion, feel free to do so. If you do not, then nobody is forcing you to post anyway. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/30 "2017-04-13T15:44:29Z")
One of ours has a subway, the other had a McDonalds that was recently replaced by Burger King. One of them also had a nail salon inside but that, too, disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/31 "2017-04-14T04:18:40Z")
Our Walmart must be a full service version. Subway, hair salon, bank and optometrist. It originally had a McDonalds with reduced menu. I actually like sitting in the Subway and watching the babes. I do find that the ambiance in a Walmart is highly dependent on the location and North Olmsted is a moderately upscale suburb. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/32 "2017-04-14T04:29:25Z")
Our Ralph’s (Kroger) has a bar. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/33 "2017-04-14T06:07:08Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > We have a Subway in the Wal-Mart _right across the street_ from another Subway. This is in a town of 10,000 and a county of 30,000 with very few chain restaurants, \*none \*outside of the biggest city. When approached, they typically say, “are you kidding…no customers!” until the Walmart moved in where the Costco used to be it had another mcd’s straight across the street in a gas complex … ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/34 "2017-04-14T14:34:59Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > My local Sam’s Club has a cafe. I haven’t noticed a name. The pizza is good. They have hot dogs and other sandwiches. Typically, Sam’s Club runs their own snack cafe. The hot dogs are Nathan’s brand. Costco has a similar setup, except they sell their own brand of hot dogs. I think BJ’s Wholesale might also be similar, although I haven’t been in one for 11 years. Both Sam’s and Costco seem to have pretty good food. And it’s the cheapest lunch I can find - the hot dogs (which are large) with a soda (and refills!) sell for $1.50-$1.60. I can’t even bring food from home for that little money! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/35 "2017-04-14T14:39:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Subway or McDonalds in Indianapolis. Louisville, KY area, too. Though McD is rare now. In one of the local Walmarts, you used to be able to order and pay for McD at the Walmart registers. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/36 "2017-04-14T16:03:56Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’ve only ever seen McDonald’s in Canada, Same. Though I’ve never been in one further west than Durham Region, so. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/37 "2017-04-14T16:15:50Z")
Walmart here is Subway. Spearfish, SD Walmart is a Papa Johns. Rapid City, SD contains a McDonalds. … All K-Marts contain lately is palpable sadness and the looming spectre of Death. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/38 "2017-04-15T00:27:24Z")
'round these parts, we got McDonald’s in the Walmart, Subway in the Home Depot. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/39 "2017-04-15T01:22:33Z")
I’ve never seen any sort of food place in a Home Despot. There’s usually a hot dog vendor out in the parking lot, but that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332/40 "2017-04-15T05:34:01Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > My local store had a [Blimpie](https://www.blimpie.com/) (think Subway without the glamor), but it got replaced by a dental office. Which has now closed, as well. Same, mine had a Blimpie which turned into a generic pizza place, which then turned into a Rally’s which still doesn’t have that much business. Considering the amount of traffic that goes into my local Wal-Mart (it’s the type where it’s the only big store in a shopping center literally surrounded by residential houses and apartments miles deep) I’m wondering how the hell anyone can fail in it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-inside-walmart/784332.md?page=3)