# Speaking of fast food... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 19, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177 "2000-01-19T03:38:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/21 "2000-01-19T14:56:00Z")
Being a native born Tarheel I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the worlds best BBQ. Especially the kind served here in Lexington. I myself like Speedy’s, just down the road. BTW, it’s pork BBQ. Not that beef stuff. 🙂 * * * The most Invisible poster in the history of the boards. Posting invisibly since sept 1999. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/22 "2000-01-19T14:57:00Z")
Well, if you’re in Lansing, MI, here’s a few to try: 1. **Famous Taco**. Yum. Very good. 2. **Sir Pizza**. The worlds best breadsticks 3. **A&W**. Still have the best Root Beer floats around. The coney dogs aren’t anything special (not enough meat for me) but the rest of the food is yummy. 4. **Diary Hill**. Actually there is only one-owned by a guy my husband went to school with. It’s in Mason but they have the craziest flavors and best combinations for blizzards etc. ---
**Author:** ![Katya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@Katya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katya)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/23 "2000-01-19T15:01:00Z")
Kepi, You’re making me homesick…Braum’s. \ ---
**Author:** ![muffinman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@muffinman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muffinman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/24 "2000-01-19T15:03:00Z")
Also Sonny’s Barbeque… It’s your basic BBQ joint, but they’ve got awesome BBQ Sauce… not exactly fast food, but it comes fairly fast ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/25 "2000-01-19T16:07:00Z")
Ooh… Almost forgot **Nathan’s** , which kicks ass. Always a stop when I am in the NYC area, and I try and go to the original one at Coney Island for authenticity… YUM! * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/26 "2000-01-19T16:32:00Z")
The Krispy Kreme shop that opened in Phoenix last year looks like the last scene in _Field of Dreams_ with the line of cars stretching to the horizon. The original donuts are good to be sure but I prefer the buttermilk “sour kreme” or the buttermilk/chocolate. In Tucson try Yokohama Rice Bowl. Once of the few places with a drive thru where you can get broccoli. * * * Come let us go, I’ve a cask of amontillado. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/27 "2000-01-19T17:00:00Z")
Johnny LA said: > [@](#): > > What IS it about Jack-in-the-Box tacos? They’re CRAP! But I love them. Too true brother…too true… I just found out there is a Der Weinerschnitzel near me here in the SF Bay area! Woo hooo! I love their chili-cheese dogs! * * * “It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/28 "2000-01-20T06:42:00Z")
Oblio, Yeah, the 14/5 interchange came crashing down in the Northridge earthquake and CalTrans decided to speed up the Metrolink construction. The original Otto’s was right there by the tracks on Sierra Highway, so it had to go. Fear not though, the original crew made the move to Ave. K and 20th St. West (except for Otto, of course); so feel free to move back! _LOL_ The other location on Ave. I is in the building formerly occupied by Golden Corral (if you remember that one). Democritus, Wienerschnitzel chili-cheese dogs ROCK! ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/29 "2000-01-20T06:50:00Z")
You LAers forgot “Tail o’ the Pup” on San Vincente/Beverly in LA. Where else can you buy a hot dog out of a building shaped like a hot dog? [Tail of the Pup](http://www.seeing-stars.com/Landmarks/TailOfThePup.shtml) In my home town (Costa Mesa), I would tell people go to Taco Mesa. [Taco Mesa](http://www.dailydiner.com/location.cfm/759/1131) I forget the name, but there’s a drive-thru “fancy restaurant” in Newport Beach, CA on Pacific Coast highway. You go to the drive-thru window, order a “fancy meal”, and a chef in a kitchen above you cooks your meal. It then comes down to you in a small “elevator.” ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/30 "2000-01-20T06:56:00Z")
**Chiefy** , I second that emotion on **Fuddrucker’s**. El yummo. THE BEST MEXICAN CHAIN IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE: **Chevy’s**. All fresh. No cans. You can demand to go back to their kitchen and check. El yummo mucho grande. ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/31 "2000-01-19T19:06:00Z")
ooh ooh, yes, definitly **Fuddrucker’s**. (although i can’t fit my mouth around the hotdog bun) * * * “human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust; we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.” - albert einstein ---
**Author:** ![Anastacia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Anastacia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastacia)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/32 "2000-01-19T19:09:00Z")
Lets see, for Memphis, I would have to say Backyard Burger. I used to live in Mobile, AL and there is a fast food place called Checkers that has the best seasoned fries!! ---
**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/33 "2000-01-19T19:16:00Z")
Canthearya - I guess I’m fortunate that Texas is a universe unto itself, because the best Mexican chain, IMO, is Abuelo’s - hands down. There are about four here in DFW with a few others in West Texas, where they originated. ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/34 "2000-01-19T19:55:00Z")
Actually, _Carl’s Jr._ is the equivalent of _Hardee’s_. Same food, same exorbitant prices, and same Star logo. Here in da Patch, we’ve got a taco place called _Jolly Tamale_, which kicks ass seven ways from Sunday. And I used to work there. And there’s a family owned burger joint that serves amazing shakes and homemade ice cream as well-_Krekel’s_. The guy who owns it has a fleet of Chicken-mobiles. They’re great big late-model caddies, painted white with the Stars and Stripes on it. On the roof, there’s a huge chicken head. I nearly wept when they closed the _Chick-Fil-A_ in our mall. Down in Carbondale, there’s two midwest chains that are present only in college towns, I shit thou not. _Jimmy John’s_, a sub shop, and _La Bamba_, whose claim to fame is “Burritos as big as your head.” Both will redefine your concept of after-bar cuisine. Some of my fondest memories in school are grabbing a sub with my roommate and plopping down on the curb in front to eat. * * * He weathered a firestorm of agony and did not break. And while Yori raged against his unbending courage, we took Kyuden Hiruma back. His loss is great, but so is the gift his suffering brought. -_Yakamo’s Funeral_ ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/35 "2000-01-20T04:47:00Z")
Portillo’s. Checkers. Garibaldi’s. * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. “We are here! You are saved!” --R. & F. ---
**Author:** ![Minty\_Rae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Minty\_Rae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minty_Rae)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/36 "2000-01-20T11:30:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I used to live in Mobile, AL and there is a fast food place called Checkers that has the best seasoned fries!! I can do without the fries, but their spicy chicken sandwiches are great. * * * The Minty One “Satan’s spirit flew right out of my TV Set and into my soul.” ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/37 "2000-01-26T01:41:00Z")
Sorry to revive this thread, but a nw fast food chain opened up here in C Springs. It’s one of 30, most of which are in Arizona, one in Calif. 3 in Colorado and several Washington one in Nevada and one in Illinois. Anyhow, it’s called **Samurai Sam’s.** The menu isn’t huge, but thought maybe some Arizona dopers or Washington dopers may have been there. The food smelled good, the service seemed nice, but I already had dinner at home waiting. Any opinions??? ---
**Author:** ![hightechburrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@hightechburrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hightechburrito)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/38 "2000-01-26T02:22:00Z")
I go to IN N OUT Burger as often as I am in Sunnyvale, California. And I need to give a big plug out to Amato’s on Saratoga Ave. in Saratoga. Great sandwitches! * * * We must blame them and cause a fuss before somebody thinks of blaming us. Sheila Broflofski ---
**Author:** ![Nekosoft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@Nekosoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nekosoft)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/39 "2000-01-26T02:34:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Flypsyde: > Actually, _Carl’s Jr._ is the equivalent of _Hardee’s_. Same food, same exorbitant prices, and same Star logo. Chalk this up to Carl’s Jr recent (well, few year’s back) purchase of the ailing Hardee’s chain. I like Carl’s when I’ve got the cash. ## My favorite local chain was back up in Minnesota: Burger Time! A couple in Fargo/Moorhead, one in Detroit Lakes… one in St. Cloud. Good, cheap burgers. Small menu. Good food. Dojo. Casino. It’s all in the mind. ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177/40 "2000-01-26T07:34:00Z")
Baja Fresh is my absolute favorite!! ([http://www.bajafresh.com](http://www.bajafresh.com)) Diddy Reise cookies in westwood Krispy Kream’s . mmmmmmmm donuts! Fuddruckers is great In N’ Out is great too * * * Chief’s Domain - [http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi](http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-fast-food/13177.md?page=3)