Restaurants that can't do a specific thing well

Cheap cuts make the best ground beef. Chuck, for instance, is ideal because it’s about 80/20 lean/fat.

I’m with you man. They have the best fries in the business, IMHO, at least for my tastes. That’s the kind of style I grew up with at hot dog joints around here. Lightly crisp on the outside (very lightly so), very potato-ey. Skin-on, as god intended. De-fucking-licious.

Did some really just invent a word to write fake poetry?

How can you forget the mussels?

In-N-Out fries are the worst.

Fatburger does them right.

Might be specific to my particular restaurant, then. I have a Five Guys right close to home, and its the only Five Guys I’ve ever eaten at. I DO like their burgers, so they’re about a once-a-month treat.

No one want’s a sub with ‘everything’ available at Subway. Double meat? Add $4. Double meat again? Add $4. Double meat… do we really have to do this? Is double meat a subset of everything? And there are so many gross sauces, your bread will be saturated. Is extra oil a subset of everything? Do as I ordered, pour oil all over it!

It’s coming. See this thread with insider comments: Im sorry subway customers : subway

TLDR: They’re rolling out base toppings for sandwiches with the idea you’ll order ‘a number 7’ and get a tuna with whatever someone at corporate decided was perfect on a tuna sub. You’ll still be able to customize but that’s the model they’re seeking.

Five Guys was actually rude to me when I asked for 1000 island dressing. “We will never use that stuff!” So yeah, they don;t give a shit.

The Fatburger in Westwood was infamous for never getting your order right. “No onions” always came with onions. Sometimes there would be a fried egg, even if you didn’t order that*. Mind you, the one in Santa Clarita doesn’t have that problem.

  • I don’t get the attraction for that and I do not care for it. But to each their own.

And even though you could just order ketchup, relish, and mayo for some reason they don’t put them all on the same side of the burger.

Their Cesar dressing is solid though, can’t taste anything else but that is just fine. It’s creamy with a nice subtle lemon kick, mmmmm.

The Chipotle Caesar salad they had about 15 years ago was to die for- I miss it so much , never had anything else like it.

I have no idea why they invented it.

i swear to og one-day m going to get on the Metrolink and find a hat location … everyone in south la and orange county swears by that place

I like that idea - if you’re an sub sandwich expert, make me a decent sandwich and I’ll eat it.

I thought a good idea for Subway is to print a receipt for the sandwich that you just built, and have it scannable (QR code?) to get exactly the same sandwich next time; the “artist” just has to scan your QR code and can skip all of the questions. Tie it into their app somehow.

It’s about time. They’ve been advertising their sandwiches with a certain set of ingredients for years and years. Yet when you go in and ask for a specific sandwich, nobody knows what’s supposed to come on it.

For those who don’t know what I mean, here’s an example.
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That’s why it can’t work. Subway has too many toppings and they goof with them far too often for people to get to know a product. Someone that orders a sweet onion chicken teriyaki will have no idea whether they’re getting the top or bottom sandwich. “Last time. it had cheese, onion and bell pepper. This sandwich has gross tomato on it and you discontinued the only good bread.” It’s simply not how Subway (or Chipotle or Mongolian BBQ or buffet or salad bars) works. The choices are the point.

On the Subway APP all subs come with their specific ingredients by default if you’re ever curious what goes on what.

You can get fried apple pies in Hawaii. Sometimes haupia (coconut cream) too!

It went away for a while, but on the app there’s no option for baked pies.

Moules Provençale was my usual go-to, accompanied by the ubiquitous fries. Heaven in a bowl.

I only like roast beef and lots of onions on my Subway rroast beef sandwich.

Me: I’ll make it easy on you. 6 inch sub with only roast beef and extra onions.
Them: What kind of cheese?
Me: None.
Them: But it comes with it.

And I still don’t wamt cheese. Every single time I go in.