Wiktionary cites 1887 for the original definition in American usage. No cite for earliest use of the later definition.
Eh? I was giving the British definition, which is what was requested with the call out to “non-North American users”, no? Or I completely missed the point of your post. Nobody is saying “entree” means “appetizer” in US English, so it’d be pointless to give that definition, especially as it already has been given.
Doesn’t Entree’ mean enter in some form?
So yeah, just serve it where you want it.
Enter it in.
My post also included the U.K. definition from several sources. In each case, including your example, the U.K. definition of entre’e is always listed second, i.e., a secondary definition.
I ask prescriptivists, “Why is entre’e incorrect in a North American restaurant?”
No, it lists the primary US definition, as marked by the “US” and then it lists the primary UK definition, as marked by the “UK.” That doesn’t mean it’s a secondary definition. It means it’s the primary UK definition, just like the US one is the primary US definition.
I wouldn’t say it is. I would say that characterizing a hamburger stand as a restaurant is a little hoity-toity for my taste.
I worked at Jack in the Box for six years and was a restaurant manager for about half of that time.
It’s a lot more expensive than it used to be, and the burgers aren’t as great as they used to be IMO (though they’re still good), but I still do love those tacos and stuffed jalapenos.
So if anyone wants any 15-to-20-year-old inside dirt on the place, I’ve got it.
You don’t have to tell me. I was running late to go to work Tuesday evening, and didn’t have time to fix myself dinner, so I stopped at JitB and got the lowest-priced standalone sandwich on the menu board. $7.99 for a sourdough Jack.
After the e.coli scandal in the early '90s, Jack corporate bought out almost all of its franchises and started running all the restaurants directly. That was part of why they were able to keep low prices for so long in the early to mid-2000s; $1.29 Jumbo Jack, 2 tacos for 99 cents, Bacon Ultimate Cheeseburger for $3.99. After the recession in 2008-2009 they decided to start selling everything off to franchises again, which was when I got let go. As soon as they took over the prices got jacked up by two to three times what it had been before, and inflation since then has only made it hurt harder.
I find that going inside isn’t much faster in my experience. Especially how much time it takes to even park considering the spaces are typically taken up. The only time I will go there is an hour or two before they close, it is the only way I can get my fast food actually fast.
Clearly it depends on where you live. IME around the country there are In’n’Outs with lines routinely around the block and those routinely with no waiting.
Well, I eat there at a table.
The one’s I’m familiar with just have those uncomfortable outdoor round concrete tables and benches. Mind you, I haven’t been to an In-n-Out in about a decade. The Habit is pretty much the same thing without the lines and with better milkshakes.
I love In-N-Out. I lived in the South Bay for 20 years, so I’m used to the lines. The closest one to me now is the one outside Salem, OR. That one is absolutely insane. A line and a wait is one thing, but having to fight to get a table is too much.
The Jack In The Box location in my town shut down recently. That one was terrible, couldn’t seem to make a good Sourdough Jack, which is one of the best fast food burgers out there.
These days, ordering with the app before you get to the restaurant is the best way to deal with fast food. Put your order in 5-10 minutes before you’ll get there and you can just walk in, grab it, and go.
Sonic never has a line, except after highschool ball games.
And they have corndogs!! Yay!
In and Out doesn’t have an app. You can only order in person at the location.
And the oppressive Christianity; don’t forget that.
In case anyone isn’t aware, there’s very little daylight between In-n-Out and Chick- fil-a, faith wise.
I suppose that makes sense for a place as busy and with as small a menu as In-n-Out has - you’ve got things streamlined to where an app would just be redundant.
A place with as large and schizophrenic a menu as Jack in the Box? Ordering ahead is the best way to minimize the time you spend waiting for your order of egg rolls, tacos, a double cheeseburger, a Tex-Mex chicken gyro, Buffalo wings, a slice of cheesecake, and a Red Bull boba tea.
The fact that In-n-Out is open on Sunday suggests otherwise.