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Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:38 pm
by Giff
brian wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:26 pm
Giff wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:08 pm We are within a month of the first In-N-Out opening in the Houston area and it just happens to be in my hometown. The thought of a double-double animal style at my local brewery is enough to bring a tear to the eye.
That's awesome. I suspect you'd better prepare yourself for some insane wait times at first though. I couldn't even imagine if there was only one In-N-Out in Las Vegas. The waittimes are crazy enough as it is.
Yeah, it'll be bad. And the intersection where they're putting it is pretty awful too. But in about three months, that's going to make for a very fine Saturday.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:43 pm
by DSafetyGuy
L-Jam3 wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:18 pm I don't see the big deal about the Panera video. At least if it's frozen the chance of food contamination is greatly lessened.

Having said that, she totally deserved to get fired.
So, just buy Panera macaroni and cheese in your local grocery store, yeah?

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:47 pm
by sancarlos
brian wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:26 pm
Giff wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:08 pm We are within a month of the first In-N-Out opening in the Houston area and it just happens to be in my hometown. The thought of a double-double animal style at my local brewery is enough to bring a tear to the eye.
That's awesome. I suspect you'd better prepare yourself for some insane wait times at first though. I couldn't even imagine if there was only one In-N-Out in Las Vegas. The waittimes are crazy enough as it is.
Yeah, even in our little burg, you best not go there at lunchtime if you want to be back at work on time. Despite the fact there is another one just a couple miles away.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:49 pm
by Giff
sancarlos wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:47 pm
brian wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:26 pm
Giff wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:08 pm We are within a month of the first In-N-Out opening in the Houston area and it just happens to be in my hometown. The thought of a double-double animal style at my local brewery is enough to bring a tear to the eye.
That's awesome. I suspect you'd better prepare yourself for some insane wait times at first though. I couldn't even imagine if there was only one In-N-Out in Las Vegas. The waittimes are crazy enough as it is.
Yeah, even in our little burg, you best not go there at lunchtime if you want to be back at work on time. Despite the fact there is another one just a couple miles away.
Before they exploded in quantity out there, I hit the one by Shoreline a good 15 seconds before about 200 other DMB fans.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:44 pm
by Johnnie
My dream is a green chile double double animal style. They have hot peppers, but they aren't Hatch chile. I just want to crush a Blake's lotaburger and a Double Double at lunch, but in New Mexico. (They have Blake's in Tucson these days, but it isn't the same.)


(And I'm sure I've said it before, but my go to order is 3x3 animal style, no veggies, extra toasted buns and hot peppers. With a Neapolitan shake.)

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:21 am
by Giff
Man, a green chile Lotaburger with a chocolate shake sounds pretty phenomenal right now. We'll be in Santa Fe for a week over New Years and I'm finally going to try their carne adovada breakfast burrito.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 10:48 am
by Rush2112
Giff wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:21 am Man, a green chile Lotaburger with a chocolate shake sounds pretty phenomenal right now. We'll be in Santa Fe for a week over New Years and I'm finally going to try their carne adovada breakfast burrito.
I need to talk to the wife about a weekend in SF/ABQ. We can get hatch here but its not the "same."

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 4:38 pm
by brian

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:13 pm
by govmentchedda
It's an excellent sandwich. Can't wait to eat it again.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:18 pm
by Johnnie
Beautiful. Brings a tear to my eye.

What would put it over the top for trolling would be Popeye's accepting Chick-Fil-A gift cards. Not holding my breath on that one, but a man can dream.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:19 pm
by A_B
Johnnie wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:18 pm Beautiful. Brings a tear to my eye.

What would put it over the top for trolling would be Popeye's accepting Chick-Fil-A gift cards. Not holding my breath on that one, but a man can dream.
I mean theyd have to hack chick fil as system but other than the massive fraud yeah!

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:21 pm
by Johnnie
Or Popeye's essentially gives away free food. I wasn't talking about them hacking any systems.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:28 pm
by A_B
Yeah but then chick fil a double wins. They already have the money and wouldn’t have to provide product for it.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:06 pm
by Ryan
Yeah but at the same time Popeye’s gets to give away their coveted inventory for fr...shit ok I see the problem now

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:40 pm
by mister d
Not if they resell the gift cards collected???

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 9:03 pm
by A_B
mister d wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:40 pm Not if they resell the gift cards collected???
Again. Would have to do fraud to see how much was left!

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 8:17 am
by mister d
Don't most places have online balance checks?

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:45 am
by sancarlos
I've never been to Popeye's in my life, but there is one in the next town over, so I plan to give them some business this Sunday to check this thing out.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:54 am
by A_B
sancarlos wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:45 am I've never been to Popeye's in my life, but there is one in the next town over, so I plan to give them some business this Sunday to check this thing out.
Get there early.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:55 am
by Nonlinear FC
Also, how have you never been to a Popeye's?

Get some fried chicken and red beans and rice, fer gawd's sake.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 12:04 pm
by Ryan
I hadn't been before earlier this year when one finally opened (in an old Wendy's!). Would have assumed the closest one was like 8 hours from here before that.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 12:58 pm
by Giff
I'm currently having a asiago spicy chicken sammich from Wendy's and it's damn good too.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 1:27 pm
by Johnnie
First, I was kidding...

But anyhoo, one of the best things about Air Force bases is that Popeye's is king on them. It's the only thing AAFES does right.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 2:26 pm
by wlu_lax6
Friend of mine from school did real estate development for Bojangles. As part of the corporate onboarding process everyone learns to make the biscuits.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 2:32 pm
by Steve of phpBB
Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:55 am Also, how have you never been to a Popeye's?

Get some fried chicken and red beans and rice, fer gawd's sake.
I don't think they've traditionally had much of a presence in the western US.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:08 pm
by The Sybian
Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:55 am Also, how have you never been to a Popeye's?

Get some fried chicken and red beans and rice, fer gawd's sake.
I'm legit not sure if I've ever eaten at a Popeyes. We used to stop at Bojangle's whenever we traveled in the South.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:09 pm
by A_B
Bojangles biscuits are better, IMO, but everything else is better at Popeyes.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:07 pm
by Nonlinear FC
The Sybian wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:08 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:55 am Also, how have you never been to a Popeye's?

Get some fried chicken and red beans and rice, fer gawd's sake.
I'm legit not sure if I've ever eaten at a Popeyes. We used to stop at Bojangle's whenever we traveled in the South.
https://locations.popeyes.com/

Pretty difficult to pin down what their footprint is, really. I grew up in MI (we know, dude) and there's no Popeye's in Ann Arbor, but there are pockets in the state.

I just figured with the spread they have in various places people would've run into one on various travels. I've been to a Bojangles or two, even though it's not something where I grew up or currently live (MD).

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:08 pm
by Nonlinear FC
A_B wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:09 pm Bojangles biscuits are better, IMO, but everything else is better at Popeyes.
Agreed. I'm not a biscuit person (other than bisquits and gravy, on which I'm fully in on), but I'll eat a Bojangles biscuit. Popeyes is fine, but I already feel like I'm eating so much bad stuff that I can opt out of that aspect and not feel so gross afterwards.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:19 pm
by rass
Ryan wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 12:04 pm I hadn't been before earlier this year when one finally opened (in an old Wendy's!). Would have assumed the closest one was like 8 hours from here before that.
Scared of the unknown of the red beans/roadtrip combination?

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:22 pm
by mister d
Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:08 pmI'm not a biscuit person ...
Truly one of the worst things written here.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:53 pm
by Johnnie
Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:55 am... I grew up in MI (we know, dude) ...
Wait, are you not Canadian? And this isn't some "LOL ... You drive South from Detroit to get to Canada LOL" joke.

I honestly thought you were Canadian.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:12 pm
by Nonlinear FC
Johnnie wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:53 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:55 am... I grew up in MI (we know, dude) ...
Wait, are you not Canadian? And this isn't some "LOL ... You drive South from Detroit to get to Canada LOL" joke.

I honestly thought you were Canadian.
Jesus Christ.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:21 pm
by Nonlinear FC
mister d wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:22 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:08 pmI'm not a biscuit person ...
Truly one of the worst things written here.
Clarification: I like a good biscuit, thank you very much. But to me it's pretty much a meal in and of itself. I'm not going to forego a good piece of chicken to eat a biscuit.

Put it this way, if you have a full array of T'giving laid out, I'm not grabbing a biscuit in lieu of mashed tatters/gravy, stuffing, etc.

But you put a nice biscuit/butter/jam spread in front of me, and I might eat that instead of other breakfast options.

Choices, is what I'm saying.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 4:59 pm
by govmentchedda
Can confirm. Still delicious. Seems smaller though.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 5:44 pm
by sancarlos
Nonlinear FC wrote: Clarification: I like a good biscuit, thank you very much. But to me it's pretty much a meal in and of itself.
Must be some pretty large biscuits up there in Canada.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 7:23 pm
by Johnnie
Got to Popeye's around when it opened and the drive thru line was wrapped around the building. Decided to go inside instead. The wait was about 30 minutes. Still delicious and very awesome.

They actually called my number twice. But I didn't take the free food, much to everyone else's chagrin.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 11:39 pm
by The Sybian
Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:07 pm
The Sybian wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:08 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:55 am Also, how have you never been to a Popeye's?

Get some fried chicken and red beans and rice, fer gawd's sake.
I'm legit not sure if I've ever eaten at a Popeyes. We used to stop at Bojangle's whenever we traveled in the South.
https://locations.popeyes.com/

Pretty difficult to pin down what their footprint is, really. I grew up in MI (we know, dude) and there's no Popeye's in Ann Arbor, but there are pockets in the state.

I just figured with the spread they have in various places people would've run into one on various travels. I've been to a Bojangles or two, even though it's not something where I grew up or currently live (MD).
When I worked in NYC, there was a Popeye's directly across the street from my office, and there is one 10 minute from my house that I drive past frequently. I think I may have gotten Popeyes at the Livingston Mall food court once, but I can't remember if I did, or just looked at the menu.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:54 am
by mister d
... and then cried over how sad the Livingston Mall makes you.

Re: Fast Food Thread: Not just about assholes anymore

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:29 am
by rass
The dirt mall!