Pick one. The one you have nearby but would never go to.
No “I picked ‘Del Taco’ because there’s no such thing around here.”
Also no “You missed [obscure local restaurant] they suck!” Pick one from the list.
Poll in a couple minutes.
I went with Hardee’s. They just don’t have anything I like (and they replaced all of the Roy Rogers with them. Bastards!).
Long John Silvers. I very rarely do fast food. Very rarely, maybe twice a year and then only due to circumstances beyond my control. But back in the day when I did it more often, Long John Silvers screwed up my order every time, plus was swimming in grease.
I picked KFC because other chicken places are just so much better. KFC’s “extra crispy” is a particularly bad abomination, especially when it’s “extra doughy”. Yech.
KFC. Terrible chicken, awful sides, even their gravy is bad. Every single other chicken place, Popeye’s, Church’s, our local chains, even the tiny hole-in-the-wall places are better than KFC.
I’m only familiar with about half of these but of those I’d go with Subway. Too much dry tasteless bread not enough flavour. And if you ask for enough extra toppings(about 4* what they normally give you) to get a sub that actually tastes like something it’ll cost ya like 20 bucks for a single sandwich.
I came to say KFC, then realized I pretty much felt the same about any fast food fried chicken place, so I picked Popeyes’ just to spread the hate around.
Carl’s Jr.
The nearest one is less than 5 minutes away yet the food is cold by the time I get home yet the Jack In The Box that’s 10 minutes away ,the food still has some heat.
And both I wait for the food to be prepared.
Long John Silver’s is just nasty…
I have had every one of these at least once, although in some cases it has been a long time due to location. Hardee’s is not good, I don’t actively like and would never seek it out. But it is not overly offensive. The rest, except one, have their redeeming qualities, sometimes its right time and place, sometimes its has to be the right store. KFC, when good is very good. Subway is at worst a sandwich, but usually there are better options for that category.
I could go on and identify something about everything on the list except for one option: Panda Express.
That is really the only nationally known chain American Chinese style fast food place and it is actively awful. It is more expensive and lower quality than the local strip mall restaurant that dots suburban America.
The only one on the list I refuse to eat at is Chipotle. All the others are…less vile.
White Castle serves stuff that barely even resembles food. If I get a whiff of one as we drive past it, it makes my stomach churn. Just awful. Awful, awful, awful.
McDonalds hands down. When I am out with my kids and we need to get something to eat I often say “We can go anyplace you want as long as it doesn’t start with an M”.
I used to eat there regularly, but now I can’t imagine how I ever thought that McDonald’s hamburgers were edible. The buns are awful, the patties are awful, everything they put on them is awful. The french fries are tasty, but they aren’t anything like an actual french fry. If McDonald’s is the only place to eat I choose to go hungry.
McDonald’s is the only place that gives me chest pains from their food. I think I’ve eaten there all of twice in the last 10 years. Some of the places listed I haven’t eaten at, but McD’s is the only one I’ll actively avoid. I just can’t think of McD food as food; at best it’s simply stuff to entertain your sense of taste, like gum or cotton candy. You want something that will actually provide you with energy and nutrition? Go somewhere else.
Based upon a single visit, Long John Silvers. I must have been there the day they decided to recycle some week-old grease or something.
I read a column by Joel Achenbach once in which he described it as “McMatter.”
No, that sounds like a normal day at LJS’s.
KFC is a disgrace to fried chicken. It’s the one place that has caused me to literally vomit every time I’ve eaten it,and the only way I was able to get my exgf to eat at Popeyes was swearing that it was the opposite of KFC.
When I was out in Seattle last year, I discovered that their branches were rebranded Kentucky GRILLED chicken, and didn’t even offer the fried stuff. It actually wasn’t terrible.
Taco Bell.
My stomach is not super strong and I don’t think I’ve ever eaten Taco Bell without getting horribly sick afterwards.