I'd like to give the "seasonal items" topic its previous subject of discussion back and move the discussion of fast food stuff to here.

So, what's everyone's favorite fast food?

I personally have few qualms with fast food, but some places I just go to for certain items. I love the grilled stuffed burrito at Taco bell, but that's about it really.

In N Out makes tasty burgers, but you have to order four patties to be fufilled.

Burger king has some okay stuff. I like the onionesque rings, and the chicken... things.. are pretty good.

I really like Carl's Jr. Some of the best fast food burgers out there. I'm a big fan of the western bacon and western bacon six dollar burger. Those are the only burgers/sandwiches I don't have to specify "NO MAYO, NO KETCHUP, YOU FUCKING RETARD".

Wendy's has decent food for somewhat decent prices, and square burgers are funny.

Jack in the Box is toxic waste, but I often find myself ordering the two regular tacos just to satiate the acid gods in my stomach. Also, the sourdough jack is alright, provided they don't screw up my order. The fries ain't bad neither.

Arby's has some awesome food too, in my opinion. So what if they mix in bread with the meat to make it cheaper? It tastes fine to me. It's also the only fast food I will reheat later. As I mentioned before, the Chicken Cordon Bleu at Arby's is awesome, provided you remember to ask for no mayo if you don't like it. Arby's has the most stuff I like on a menu, including the sandwiches as well as the jalapeno poppers and cheese sticks. The only real downfall of Arby's is the price, which is quite high.

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KFC owns. I eat this shit so rarely that whenever I do it's KFC.

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When I used to eat fast food, I alway's liked In N Out's burgers and shakes, but not their fries. Yes, they are fresh cut in the restaurant, but there is some magical ingredient that saps all the heat out of them as they cross the counter, and they also tend to be soggy and limp.

The one fast food place I will never give up is a chain up in LA and Orange counties--Tommy's Hamburgers. Everything comes with chili on it unless you ask to hold it, and if you do that, you may as well go elsewhere. It's the first place I ever had chili fries--awesome and artery clogging. The other great thing is their speed--they put 12 Mexicans on an assembly line constantly cooking and putting the food together and by the time you're getting your change counted back to you, you have a burger that came off the grill when you placed your order. Luckily, I don't get up to LA/OC very often, so I'm not tempted too much.

I just gave up my last regional fast food chain--Rubio's. They now have stores as far east as Colorado, but started here in San Diego. Like other chains, as they've expanded, their menu has gotten bland.

I slammed chain restaurants in another thread, and the same comments apply to fast food chains--except in addition the mediocre food, it's also largely unhealthy. You've all heard the arguments, so I'm not going to repeat them, and yes, you can find balanced, low-calorie, low-fat meals if you try, but the vast majority of fast food is slop.

I lost 70 lbs 4-5 years ago and kept it off. The first 50 came off without any change in activity level. How did I do it? I attribute most of that to cutting out the fast food i was eating about 10 times a week.

White Castle has the best burgers, but their fries are horrible. However White Castle is the thing that you can only have once a month to prevent massive heart damage.

But if I had to pick the best all around place I'd choose Wendy's

There's a japanese restaurant around here that can only be called "fast food." It's known as Asaka, and though they don't serve food you'd eat while driving, it's prepared amazingly quickly, and for generally cheaper than most other dine-in/carry-out places.

It's probably not the best japanese food in the world, but the price is more agreeable to me.

Carl's Jr./Hardee's is fantastic but expensive for fast food. Incidentally, it really freaks me out that they call it two different things depending on where in the country you are, but use the exact same signage. I've heard the story and it's still weird.

I really miss Jack-in-the-Box, which seems to exist everywhere BUT Indiana, which is bizarre. I always thought it had the best cost/taste ratio, and a good variety.

In-N-Out seems entirely overrated to me, plus the radio commercials ("In-n-out, in-n-out, that's what a hamburger's all about") made me uneasy. What, exactly, did you do to my hamburger?

The craving for White Castle hits every few months. Usually, when I think about what my apartment will smell like the next day, that craving goes away.

Anyway, since we've been on the subject of West Coast regional places, the best burgers I've ever eaten were at Fatburger. God almighty, those things were huge and tasty, and now I'm 2000 miles away from them. Thanks for bringing it up, assholes.

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My favorite is Kopp's in Milwaukeee but I'm only back there every couple of years so when I am I have it once or twice per day. Here in NY I'll have Wendy's, Subway or Pizza if I'm in a rush.

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I think we can all agree that fast food isn't great for you so I'm not even going to preface my selections with it:

french fries: Gotta be Arby's curly fries. Greasey goodness with myserious spices

I enjoy the Burger King (known as the Burger Kang around these parts) bacon double cheese burger, and here's the catch: get it with BBQ sauce. You'll thank yourself.

People say Mickey Ds sucks and they aren't alltogether wrong, but their regular cheese burger (the kind you used to eat as a kid) are still really tasty.

For lunch today, I had three taco supremes from Taco Bell. They were good.

Ice in the drinks is very important to me. I don't knwo why but the style of ice effects the taste of the drink or my drinking enjoyment. All in all, Wendy's and Taco Bell has good fat ice.

If you're ever down my way, we'll go to Abdullah's House of Ribs in SWATs (South West Atlan-Tuh) and have some of the best BBQ/chinese food going today. Also, it's owned by former prowrestler Abdullah the Butcher.

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my opinion is that it's all better than...ugh...college cafeteria food

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the cafeteria at my uni had awesome food... sometimes. There were, like, 7 different stations with 7 different kinds of food... unfortunately, it was usually only the grease pit that had short enough lines (as all the other good food had lineups galore).

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Dunno if it's a chain, but I was impressed by Baha Fresh in LA. For four dollars you could get a burrito the size of a shoe.

A&W has the best burgers by far of the big chains.

I really like Arby's, though I don't get there all that often.

Wendy's is good for their chicken sandwiches, but their burgers are absolute shit.

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We have a local chain called Duchess that makes the best damn burgers anywhere. They also have the world's most dull web site. http://www.duchessrestaurants.com/

KFC popcorn chicken rocks.

BK double cheeseburgers are good (compared to McDeath). That char-flame-broiled flavoring make them seem like a good simulation of actual meat. Their fries are good too -- some kind of crispy coating on them.

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I have one of those three blocks from where I live--yes, they are really tasty, and back in the day, I'd eat there regularly. I haven't been there in 5 years, though.

Yes, Baja Fresh is a chain, and they are decent--1000 times better than Taco Bell. In San Diego (which is just north of Baja California), we have more taco shops than Starbucks shops, which means there are about 25 per square mile. In general, they are much better and less expensive than chain taco shops like Baja Fresh, Rubios, or La Salsa, so I tend to go to the local shops instead. Taco Bell is usually cheaper than our delicious taco shops, but it's worth the extra 40 cents to get a real carne asada taco instead of a mystery meat taco. I've only been to Taco Bell once in the last 5 years, when I was starving, nothing else was nearby, and had about 4 minutes to eat (in my opinion, the only time fast food is justified). This is what happened:

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The funny thing about San Diego taco shops is how they try to confuse customers into thinking they are part of two local chains called Roberto's and Alberto's by ending -berto's at the end of it and painting the shops in the same yellow/orange color scheme. Someone once counted and found 27 different [NAME]+berto's Taco Shop varieties. I've never met a Juanberto or a Royberto in real life, but I've seen several taco shops bearing these names.

Jack-In-The-Box tacos are twice as good if you put them on a baking sheet and bake them for 5-10 minutes on each side. I also love their Cheeseburger Supreme or whatever they call it.

I love Dairy Queen Hungr-Busters and steak finger baskets. Also the Sonic jalepeno cheeseburger with tater tots and a milkshake is great. And Arby's roast beef sandwiches with lots of horsey sauce are great.

McDonald's sausage biscuits, Big Macs, Quarter Pounders, and fish sandwiches with lots of tarter sauce are great.

Whoppers are great.

Whataburgers are great.

Taco Bell is great.

I love all fast food. The nutritional aspect means nothing to me.

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Uh, has anyone here heard of CHIK-FIL-A??????

Probably the best chicken sandwiches anywhere (for a price), there usually located in Southern U.S. and in Indiana. Whenever I go to look at a college in Indiana (me being in Illinois) I always gotta stop at Chik-Fil-A and get me some goooooooood chicken.

I once sent an email to Carl's Jr. asking why they maintained the different name while basically sharing the same menu and signage as Hardee's.

Their response was (more or less): We acquired Hardee's, Inc. in 19(whatever), but we are a totally independent restaurant chain.

I replied by calling the guy a moronic nutbag. Never heard anything back from Carl's Jr. after that.

[u]My Top Five Sandwiches:[/u]
Wendy's Cheddar Mushroom Melt (double the meat)
SuperSonic Cheeseburger (mayo and cheese only)
BK's Bacon Double Cheese (I'll have to try that BBQ sauce thang)
Arby's Special (they usually have something good going on)
McDonald's Quarter Pounder w/cheese (plain--can't stand those little "onions")

Like choad, I'm trying to stay off the Fast Food. I had a Wendy's Double the other day, but that was my first Fast Food in over two months (not counting pizza).

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I've been pretty good with keeping off Fast Food. Aside from the other day when my friend and I watched 'Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle' (after which we needed burgers).

Except tonight. I got so bloody hammered that I suddenly needed sustinance from McDonalds. And now I feel tired and sick. Hooray!

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I'm not a big fan of fast food in general. Give me Subway or one of the many pita places my city has to offer, or good ol' Booster Juice. its a smoothie place filled with extra awesome goodness. When I was workign in the mall, I'd go to Booster Juice as opposed to the pizza place or A&W. 100% awesome.

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Yeah, I dont count pizza as fast food for some odd reason.

like little_kitty I'd go Subway, but then probably Pizza, I don't care too much about what it is or where it's from as long as it's pizza. I used to eat McDonald's MegaFeast's all the time until they swapped them for crappy Quarter Pounder BLTs. Oh shit year I forgot the fucking awesome All Blacks hundred patty cheese burgers they make every now and then, they are good too.

Also KFC Works and Tower Burgers or Twisters.

Otherwise good old fish n chips will do me.

I eat as much fast food as my meager bank account can afford me and yet I still look like a goddamned rake =/

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I like Big Kahuna burger

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Arby's is good, filling food. A large Roast Beef sandwich is a tad pricey but it will fill you up dam good. But you can't go wrong with the Taco Bell dollar menu.

Speaking of Taco Bell, when I do "dine" there, I usually get three tacos without lettuce. You get more "meat" and "cheese" that way.

However, my point is that I have a habit of weighing each taco (not on a scale, but comparatively by hand) to determine which one has the most (or least) meat. I eat the lighter ones first and save the heaviest for last.

Does anyone else do this?

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As far as subs go, about the only place I like to go to get them is Quiznos. Subway is pond scum compared to them.

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