Favorite fast food joint? (in-n-out, whitecastle, et al)

[The Straight Story]

What place gets you salivating when you think about it?

[robertarctor]

1. Jimboy's Tacos

Great greasy white-trash fast-food chain in interior NorCal (Sacramento, etc.)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

11. An ex-girlfriend's parents lived in Sacramento...

...and when I used to go with her for visits, I always squeezed in visits to Jimboy's.

It's the missing link between Taco Bell and a great "sit-down" Mexican restaurant. KILLER Mexican food.

:toast:

[scarlet_owl]

2. White Castle.

Too bad we don't have one around here.

On edit: It's probably for the best that we don't have one around here. I'd weigh 800 pounds.

[ltfranklin]

3. Krystal Hamburgers!

Oh, eight or 10 at a time! For those who aren't familiar, think White Castle, but without the little holes in the patty. Little Square Belly Bombs, three bites per burger! Finest Kind!

[ghostsofgiants]

4. As uncool as it may be, I'm a McDonald's fan

Fries, chicken selects strips, barbecue sauce and root beer. So delicious.

[tjdee]

18. Ooh, me too!

:thumbsup:

[Bzzzz]

5. Panera Bread...

not sure if you consider it fast food or not, but they are quick. I love their Greek salads and homemade chicken noodle soup. mmm mmmmm

[bicentennial_baby]

14. Ooooh, Panera Greek Salads.....mmmmm

Oh man, the closest one is 20 minutes away! I want some now!!

[48pan]

34. Panera is most excellent.

Multi-grain toast is a fave.

[Kathleen04]

43. Mmm..

I love Panera too, I go there on my lunch break *alot*. Always get the same exact thing--1/2 Greek Salad, 1/2 Garden Veggie Sandwich. Delicious. :)

[tedoll78]

6. Popeye's.

Yum!

[lpbk2713]

9. Another Popeye's

I think I like the red beans and rice more than the chicken and the chicken is delicious.

[seemunkee]

25. Popeyes Crawfish etoufee

[RPM]

29. hells yeah

but dont talk about chicken around here...

[KeepItReal]

46. 2 piece, spicy, dark with Red Beans...don't forget the honey.

There was one in Clear Lake, TX that had the best cornbread back in the days also...

[RebelOne]

7. I don't eat fast foods. They are dangerous to your health.

I am a vegetarian, but even in my meat-eating days, I would never eat a MacDonald's or Burger King hamburger. When I ate hamburgers, I preferred cooking them myself. At least I knew what was in them.

[The Straight Story]

16. So a reverse low carb then:

Take off the meat and just eat the bun :)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

8. Popeye's followed by a tie: Sonic/In 'n' Out

I won't really include Rubio's because they're too expensive and serve beer, they are kind of in between fast food and "regular restaurants".

Oh and when in San Diego: Any Roberto's (taco stand)

[Parrcrow]

10. Harvey's in Canada n/t

[u4ic]

13. THE best burgers anywhere

:9

[Parrcrow]

15. Harvey's makes a ham-bur-ger.....

a beautiful thing!

[solinvictus]

12. Jack's and Milo's..

Two local burger chains here in Alabama.

[tjdee]

17. McDonald's...sigh....I keep coming back....

I like some of the others...but McDonald's is the best for crap food in a quickie.

Like White Castle's burgers, but the fries are gross.

Like Popeyes, but that's more of a sitdown thing IMO. Same with KFC, whose biscuits kick so much ass I used to go there just for them.

Burger King I don't like so much. Wendy's I like for the baked potatoes and the chili, but there's too much bun in their burgers, seems to me.

McDonald's. Perrrrrrfect. Yummy McFlurries...Quarter Pounders...salads... but apparently, eating it every day will just about kill you.

Sigh.

[Tallison]

27. Filet-o-fish still my favorite

On Edit: With lots of fake cheese and gooey tartar sauce that gets all over my lap and steering wheel. Yum!

[tonekat]

19. Sonic Drive In

Not the food so much, but they have this drink called a "Cherry Lime Rickey" that is really good!

[BOSSHOG]

20. Long John Silvers?

Just had to throw that little source of cholesterol and cracklins in to the mix.

[scarlet_owl]

33. Oooooh. Chicken planks!

*drool*

[Nikia]

21. Wendy's for burgers

For whatever reason, their burgers taste almost exactly like how my grandmother made burgers. Their burgers are really the only burgers that I get fast food now.
Aside from that, I like the Wisconsin sub chain, Erbert's and Gerbert's. I usually can eat a sub from there even if I don't want to eat food.

[maveric]

22. Rubio's. Home of the Fish Taco.

Its a SoCal thing.

[The Straight Story]

45. I get fish tacos here in ohio at Baja Fresh. MMMMMMMM

My wife is from SoCal and got me hooked on em.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

48. I removed Rubio's from the running because the expense and the fact

that they serve alcohol kind of puts them in an "in between" category for me, between "fast" and restaurant food.

I remember there was a big deal about Rubio's trying to expand nationally a few years ago... anyone know if they had much success outside of CA?

[DemBones DemBones]

23. Steak 'n' Shake. Though it's not exactly

fast-food; more Fifties drive-in/ diner food. GREAT milkshakes made with ice cream, not "milkshake base." Served in old-fashioned milkshake glasses. Yum!

[solinvictus]

24. MMmmmmmm!!

I miss them since moving back to Alabama. We had Steak N Shake in Chattanooga.

[bigwillq]

26. Duchess

I know they're in the Northeast not sure if they're any where else.

[AndyTiedye]

28. Chefette in Barbados

The rotis are particularly good. They also do everything McD does, better.

MacDonalds tried to establish itself in Barbados and gave up.

[MrScorpio]

30. Popeye's and Fazoli's

Can't beat those two

[Scottie72]

31. Sonics!!

Plus they give almost exclusively to dems!!

[RummyTheDummy]

38. Their HQ

Is in my city. The crazy thing is they operate out of one of the most Red states in the Union.

[deadparrot]

32. Subway.

The only fast-food type place I eat.

[Allenberg]

Agreed.

I missed Subway when I lived in Japan for three years. I've eaten there probably 1-2 times a week since I've been back. (May)

[Blue Gardener]

35. Culver's

They have great custard ice cream.

[Telly Savalas]

41. Every time we visit my parents I gain about 5-10 pounds...

largely due to the fact that they live less than a mile from a Culver's. Great burgers. Great fries. Great shakes. Mmmmm.

[LeftyMom]

36. Sunflower drive-in

Little veg/*n place out in Fair Oaks, where they have really nummy nut-based veggie burgers they make themselves, and thier awesome Sunflour bakery cookies, which are one of my favorite indulgences.

Also, thier fresh orange juice is the best I've ever had. They get the sweetest oranges ever, I swear.

[RummyTheDummy]

37. Taco Bueno

Also Braums, which is a ice-cream/dairy store in the SW. They make great burgers.

[chaska]

39. I have my own signature samich at Chano's Mexican joint in Pasadena....

Yep, they make Jalapeno burgers just for me.

Edit: Oh, they make the best bean burritos in the world (beans cooked up from scratch). Soooo gooood!

Edit again: Eff corporate restaurants ... corporate anything for that matter.

[leftofthedial]

40. In n Out

gets me moist

[Kathleen04]

42. In-N-Out

Makes me want to visit home. :) I'm even vegetarian but I love their french fries and pink lemonade. Mm. :P

I eat out wayy to much..but another place that is only at home and not here in NY is Del Taco..far superior to Taco Bell.

[Seabiscuit]

44. In N Out

I'll hang with you two!

[Wapsie B]

47. Culver's and Fazoli's

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[youthere]

49. For Burgers: Culvers

For "Mexican": El Pollo Loco (none here in Iowa...alas)
For Sandwiches and Salad:Panera
For Pizza : Rocky Roccocos (sp?) again...none in Iowa.
Runner up: Maid-Rites-the original loose meat sandwich

[Pendrench]

50. Used to be Gino's...home of the Gino's Giant

But sadly (I believe) they are all gone now.

Tim