Re: The best fast food restaurant no one talks about

by **AMwood** 2016-02-04, 14:32

tGreenWay wrote:
AMwood wrote:

the earth is bipolar. nobody has a problem with that.

Does that mean the earth is going to text me titty pics? 'cuz a woman I know did that to me one time when she was manic.
I'd be down with earth porn, btw.

i don't know if the earth sends them like that, exactly. why don't you forward me the pic and i can compare and contrast.

by **Giant Moose** 2016-02-04, 14:37

Maybe no one talks about Popeye's where you live, but it's pretty popular out here.

by **Ass Dan** 2016-02-04, 14:42

Holy shit I lose my mind over rally's. Can't ever say no to two apple pies for a dollar. Fries are great. Burgers are great. I love that place.

That said, probably go once a year. Not a fast food junkie.

by **NigelUno** 2016-02-04, 14:48

Ass Dan wrote:Holy shit I lose my mind over rally's. Can't ever say no to two apple pies for a dollar. Fries are great. Burgers are great. I love that place.

That said, probably go once a year. Not a fast food junkie.

How you doin' with the red beans and rice? Jambalaya? Crawfish boils?

by **Ass Dan** 2016-02-04, 15:12

NigelUno wrote:
Ass Dan wrote:Holy shit I lose my mind over rally's. Can't ever say no to two apple pies for a dollar. Fries are great. Burgers are great. I love that place.

That said, probably go once a year. Not a fast food junkie.

How you doin' with the red beans and rice? Jambalaya? Crawfish boils?

Haven't been to a crawfish boil yet, there's a Mardi Gras parade going past my apartment Saturday and I think I might look around and see what I can find.

Red beans and rice is one of my favorite things I've ever eaten. That shit is fantastic. Gumbo is awesome too. Love those dishes.

However, most everything else down here is fried to hell and covered in a heavy cream sauce or served with fries.

I cite raising canes chicken fingers as my prime example. People go bananas for it and I can't figure out why.

by **Cym Jim** 2016-02-04, 15:17

Giant Moose wrote:Maybe no one talks about Popeye's where you live, but it's pretty popular out here.

I recently had a stripper in Reno rave about Popeyes to me for 20 minutes. I've never been but she was very convincing.

by Guest 2016-02-04, 15:25

Cym Jim wrote:
Giant Moose wrote:Maybe no one talks about Popeye's where you live, but it's pretty popular out here.

I recently had a stripper in Reno rave about Popeyes to me for 20 minutes. I've never been but she was very convincing.

I used that name in Vegas.

by **Dr. Strangelove** 2016-02-04, 16:46

Carl's Jr and not their east coast branded brother Hardee'ss

by **Son of Sparta** 2016-02-04, 17:35

Cym Jim wrote:
Giant Moose wrote:Maybe no one talks about Popeye's where you live, but it's pretty popular out here.

I recently had a stripper in Reno rave about Popeyes to me for 20 minutes. I've never been but she was very convincing.

You are doing it wrong...

by **Son of Sparta** 2016-02-04, 17:37

tGreenWay wrote:
AMwood wrote:

the earth is bipolar. nobody has a problem with that.

Does that mean the earth is going to text me titty pics? 'cuz a woman I know did that to me one time when she was manic.
I'd be down with earth porn, btw.

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by **The Pantry** 2016-02-04, 17:42

KFC original recipe >>> Popeye's, Church's

by **The Pantry** 2016-02-04, 17:47

LooseGoose wrote:And so we didn't die we tried to hit Subway a fair amount and load subs with mass veggies.

Subway
Jimmy John's
Blimpies
Quiznos

On the sub chains....

Tubby's better than all of them. Mushroom, steak & cheese is awesome.

by Guest 2016-02-04, 18:14

The Pantry wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:And so we didn't die we tried to hit Subway a fair amount and load subs with mass veggies.

Subway
Jimmy John's
Blimpies
Quiznos

On the sub chains....

Tubby's better than all of them. Mushroom, steak & cheese is awesome.

Lord, I haven't had a Tubbys in forever. If we include local chains I still like an occasional Big John's Steak, Mushroom & Onion. I get one of those maybe once every 12-18 months.

by **The Pantry** 2016-02-04, 19:21

LooseGoose wrote:
The Pantry wrote:Tubby's better than all of them. Mushroom, steak & cheese is awesome.

Lord, I haven't had a Tubbys in forever. If we include local chains I still like an occasional Big John's Steak, Mushroom & Onion. I get one of those maybe once every 12-18 months.

There was a Tubby's location about 2 miles away. Thought my eyes were playing tricks on me a few months ago when the sign at the strip center it was located in read "Chubby's", in the same font as Tubby's. Later discovered that particular Tubby's was relocating across 16 Mile/Metro Parkway/Big Beaver in a new strip center under construction. Looks a month or two from opening.

It's on the way home from work but have not stopped at Chubby's (a sub shop, near as I can tell driving by). Might do that tomorrow to check out their menu and inquire what the sign font thing is about.

by **Dr. Strangelove** 2016-02-04, 19:56

Death Roe wrote:Popeyes is awesome. Best fast food chicken around.

Fuck the Bojangles is way better

by **The Pantry** 2018-01-13, 19:03

Arby's has brought fish back. Their King's Hawaiian Nashville Hot blows away MickyD's Filet-o-Fish and BK's Big Fish

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by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2018-01-13, 19:12

Y’all ever realize that the word Arby’s is RB. Like roast beef. Someone pointed that out to me yesterday and I was all like

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I also realized recently that the little piggy that is going to the market in “this little piggy” is not shopping but is actually super super fucked

by **Dendrobates** 2018-01-13, 19:18

I haven’t had half the places listed. I have a guilty pleasure for Panda Express. It’s fucking horrible for you, but that orange chicken is damn tasty.

I forgot about fazolis. I wish there was one in metro Detroit. But usually when I go visit my mom in Jackson, I stop by there and take some home.

by **Cameron** 2018-01-13, 19:54

What's up with WBH hatin' on Popeye's? Am I crazy, or is that a super minority opinion? I thought everyone agreed that Popeye's is delicious...

FTR, I voted Rally's/Checkers, those fries are so good.

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2018-01-13, 19:57

No, I love Popeye's. I just mean that I can't eat that shit often. When I eat fried chicken I feel like shit for a week.

I actually like KFC's nashville hot. I've never had real Nashville hot chicken, I bet that would be the shit. Maybe I'll try some in 2019.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2018-01-13, 22:27

LooseGoose wrote:
Turtleneck wrote:I know Loose's answer. He drives to Indiana for Popeye's.

Popeye's has the best chicken and it's not even close. I consider myself somewhat of a national expert on fast food based on 2008--2012. For that 4-5 years I was on the road with one of my sons for 3 weeks or more a month and we basically existed on fast food.
So unlike the amateurs that "watch some film" on HS players and think they see things highly paid coaches miss the following is based on real experience.

Best overall menu:
1) Carl's Jr/Hardees
2) Jack in the Box
3) Steak N Shake

Best Chicken:
1) Popeyes
2) Church's
3) Lee's Famous
4) Bojangles
5) KFC

Best Fish:
1) Culvers
2) SOME Long John Silvers, for example the one in North Platte, NE is good. The one in Huntington Beach, CA sucks.
3) CaptainD's

Mexican:
Del Taco, Taco Time, Taco Bell, Taco John's - I don't care much for any of them.

Most Overrated:
1) In and Out - it's ok but jesus people get a hold of yourselves.
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2) Whattaburger
3) ChickaFila

McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's etc were hit only when you were in BFE and there were no other choices.

dude, you know I dig you..

but how are you still alive?

by Guest 2018-01-13, 22:54

Robert J Sakimano wrote: dude, you know I dig you..

but how are you still alive?

People that know far more about my younger years have often asked that question. I did my best to off myself.

Now I don't smoke. Drink about 6 beers a year. Have fast food perhaps 3-4 times a year. Haven't ingested any illicit substance other
than pot smoke for well over a decade now, maybe 2.....

And most importantly I drink all the raw milk and honey I can acquire. I'm damn near the model of health.

Our typical day during the "road years" = 7am eat drive through breakfast - load or unload something - eat drive through lunch - drive 700 miles - unload or load something - get to go food and eat it in the motel room - pass out. Rinse, repeat. We were making good $$ but it got old quick.

by **Tim Wakefield** 2018-01-14, 12:33

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:

HOLY FUCK - just remembered this place.

you remember Taco Boy on alpine? That place was incredible

by **I.B. Fine** 2018-01-14, 12:56

Way, way back in the day, they opened a Popeyes on Grand River across the street from my apartment, I loved that shit, though it is a heart attack on a plate.
Recently tried Arby's brisket sandwich and was pleasantly surprised it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected, and curly fries.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2018-01-14, 13:09

LooseGoose wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote: dude, you know I dig you..

but how are you still alive?

People that know far more about my younger years have often asked that question. I did my best to off myself.

Now I don't smoke. Drink about 6 beers a year. Have fast food perhaps 3-4 times a year. Haven't ingested any illicit substance other
than pot smoke for well over a decade now, maybe 2.....

And most importantly I drink all the raw milk and honey I can acquire. I'm damn near the model of health.

Our typical day during the "road years" = 7am eat drive through breakfast - load or unload something - eat drive through lunch - drive 700 miles - unload or load something - get to go food and eat it in the motel room - pass out. Rinse, repeat. We were making good $$ but it got old quick.

I hate driving. I'd fly to the grocery store and back if I could.

by **steveschneider** 2018-01-14, 13:17

Panera and Chipotle are my favorites these days.

by Guest 2018-01-14, 13:20

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:

People that know far more about my younger years have often asked that question. I did my best to off myself.

Now I don't smoke. Drink about 6 beers a year. Have fast food perhaps 3-4 times a year. Haven't ingested any illicit substance other
than pot smoke for well over a decade now, maybe 2.....

And most importantly I drink all the raw milk and honey I can acquire. I'm damn near the model of health.

Our typical day during the "road years" = 7am eat drive through breakfast - load or unload something - eat drive through lunch - drive 700 miles - unload or load something - get to go food and eat it in the motel room - pass out. Rinse, repeat. We were making good $$ but it got old quick.
I hate driving. I'd fly to the grocery store and back if I could.

After driving 150,000 miles a year for that stretch I'll wager I've not driven 2,000 miles in a year since. I probably average 10-20 miles a week now.

by **The Pantry** 2018-01-14, 13:21

I.B. Fine wrote:Way, way back in the day, they opened a Popeyes on Grand River across the street from my apartment, I loved that shit, though it is a heart attack on a plate.
Recently tried Arby's brisket sandwich and was pleasantly surprised it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected, and curly fries.

Arby's curly fries are pretty good. The curly fries at Hardees are even better. Similar seasoning but have more crispiness to them.

by **The Pantry** 2018-01-14, 13:25

LooseGoose wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote: I hate driving. I'd fly to the grocery store and back if I could.

After driving 150,000 miles a year for that stretch I'll wager I've not driven 2,000 miles in a year since. I probably average 10-20 miles a week now.

You've talked about driving a lot. What was your major at State and what was most of your career?

by Guest 2018-01-14, 14:22

The Pantry wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:

After driving 150,000 miles a year for that stretch I'll wager I've not driven 2,000 miles in a year since. I probably average 10-20 miles a week now.
You've talked about driving a lot. What was your major at State and what was most of your career?

The driving occurred after I had pretty much retired. As detailed on here before my I helped my sons start a business delivering motorcycles around the country. We had a lot of fun, saw mass quantities of the country, met tons of nice people but burned out on being gone all the time. By the time they were 25 they'd been in every state except AK/HA multiple times. After 4-5 years the bloom was off that rose, they wanted to get married, etc and being on the road 20-25 days a month is no good for that.

It was during that time period I missed my chance for stardom - we met the Barry and the auctioneer from Storage Wars and they thought we'd be great for a new show they were doing. We were actually contacted the people that eventually did "Shipping Wars" but both of the sons said Nada - they were done with the driving. In retrospect I'm kind of happy since the show they did sucked.

My major was Accounting/Business and I really didn't have a "most" of my career. Over a 20 year period I did 6 startups in some pretty diverse areas including real estate, networking, food processing and more. I tend to get bored easily so was/am always looking for the next thing to do. I know it's hard to believe with how much I'm around here but I still dabble in 2-3 things to make a little extra $$.

by SawGreen 2018-01-14, 17:00

Twist my arm, LJS. I miss Aurthur Treacher's. But I eat fast food less than 10 times a year. Subway in second. Arby's next, Wendy's after that.

by **tGreenWay** 2018-01-14, 17:49

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Y’all ever realize that the word Arby’s is RB. Like roast beef. Someone pointed that out to me yesterday and I was all like

I also realized recently that the little piggy that is going to the market in “this little piggy” is not shopping but is actually super super fucked

Damn you. Damn you to hell.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2018-01-14, 18:05

tGreenWay wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Y’all ever realize that the word Arby’s is RB. Like roast beef. Someone pointed that out to me yesterday and I was all like

I also realized recently that the little piggy that is going to the market in “this little piggy” is not shopping but is actually super super fucked

Damn you. Damn you to hell.

Right?

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2018-01-14, 18:11

What about the little piggy that had roast beef? Did he go to R B's? Or simply go down on Hope Solo?

by **Dendrobates** 2018-01-14, 20:30

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:

People that know far more about my younger years have often asked that question. I did my best to off myself.

Now I don't smoke. Drink about 6 beers a year. Have fast food perhaps 3-4 times a year. Haven't ingested any illicit substance other
than pot smoke for well over a decade now, maybe 2.....

And most importantly I drink all the raw milk and honey I can acquire. I'm damn near the model of health.

Our typical day during the "road years" = 7am eat drive through breakfast - load or unload something - eat drive through lunch - drive 700 miles - unload or load something - get to go food and eat it in the motel room - pass out. Rinse, repeat. We were making good $$ but it got old quick.
I hate driving. I'd fly to the grocery store and back if I could.

Same here. But a good 50-75% of my work day involves driving. I hate that part . But it’s a good paying job with good benefits, so I can’t complain much.

by **tGreenWay** 2018-01-14, 20:42

SawGreen wrote:Twist my arm, LJS. I miss Aurthur Treacher's. But I east fast food less than 10 times a year. Subway in second. Arby's next, Wendy's after that.

When I was a kid, our family would go to Arthur Treacher's on Michigan Avenue, just west of US-127 near the Lansing/EL border. Decades later, Treacher's is gone but they're still there selling fish-n-chips. IDK if it ever closed or ever sold anything else, but it's been the same menu as far back as I can recall.

by SawGreen 2018-01-14, 20:50

tGreenWay wrote:
SawGreen wrote:Twist my arm, LJS. I miss Aurthur Treacher's. But I east fast food less than 10 times a year. Subway in second. Arby's next, Wendy's after that.

When I was a kid, our family would go to Arthur Treacher's on Michigan Avenue, just west of US-127 near the Lansing/EL border. Decades later, Treacher's is gone but they're still there selling fish-n-chips. IDK if it ever closed or ever sold anything else, but it's been the same menu as far back as I can recall.

My Mom used to take me there. Malt vinegar...yum.

by **The Pantry** 2018-01-14, 21:18

SawGreen wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:

When I was a kid, our family would go to Arthur Treacher's on Michigan Avenue, just west of US-127 near the Lansing/EL border. Decades later, Treacher's is gone but they're still there selling fish-n-chips. IDK if it ever closed or ever sold anything else, but it's been the same menu as far back as I can recall.

My Mom used to take me there. Malt vinegar...yum.

Almost forgot Arthur Treacher's. The fries with malt vinegar were great. Been gone from Michigan a long time. Last one I remember was in the fast food strip in Madison Heights. Thought the chain was dead but apparently still has locations in New York and Ohio.

Not many LJS locations still around here either. None within 10 miles. Fortunately there are a few local places with fish-n-chips and/or fried shrimp on the menu.

by **The Pantry** 2018-01-14, 21:32

SawGreen wrote:Twist my arm, LJS. I miss Aurthur Treacher's. But I eat fast food less than 10 times a year. Subway in second. Arby's next, Wendy's after that.

There are Subways everywhere but I can't stand them. Find instructing them every detail of how to make my sandwich a pain in the ass. Like the Jimmy Johns approach to ordering much better, except their stuff is way too salty.

by SawGreen 2018-01-14, 21:50

The Pantry wrote:
SawGreen wrote:Twist my arm, LJS. I miss Aurthur Treacher's. But I eat fast food less than 10 times a year. Subway in second. Arby's next, Wendy's after that.
There are Subways everywhere but I can't stand them. Find instructing them every detail of how to make my sandwich a pain in the ass. Like the Jimmy Johns approach to ordering much better, except their stuff is way too salty.

I do like Jimmy John's speed. For overall taste, I like Subway more.

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