Glitter Ninja wrote:
Mark writes:

Here in Springfield, Missouri we're stuck with the regular big ones
(Mickey Dees, Wendy's, BK) and a few smaller/regional chains (Sonic,
Culvers, Braum's, Back Yard Burgers). Having a Jack In The Box here
would be nice. I enjoy their stuff much better than the other big ones,
but unfortunately not here yet. Maid-Rite is also pretty good, but they
are expensive for what you get and they went out of business here.

Hey there! I am from the Springfield area (family in Springfield,
Ozark, Bois D'ark, Bolivar, and Lebanon) and, when I was a kid, Steak
'n' Shake was the best chain burger you could get in Springfield. There
was still a Steak 'n' Shake near Drury College a few years ago, the one
where a lot of rock acts supposedly ate in the days of Drury hosting
concerts on campus in the 60s and 70s. It's not the best part of town
anymore (frankly, it was scary as hell a couple years ago) so maybe the
restaurant has gone downhill, too.
I will have to try Back Yard Burgers the next time I'm there.

Stacia


Ah yes, I forgot about Steak 'n' Shake! Their Steakburger is pretty good
indeed, so I change my vote to them for best chain burger around here.
Kinda expensive, but good quality meat. They have good breakfast as
well. I've only lived here since late 2000 but I've been to a few
different locations and for the most part they've been fine. I prefer
either the South Glenstone or South Campbell ones though.

It's semi-related to the topic, but there is a location on South
Campbell that must be cursed with bad business. It has been at least 4
different restaurants in just the time I have lived here, and all the
time it seemed empty. It was a Mazzio's pizza, an independent Mexican
restaurant, a burger place, and now it's another independent sit-down
Mexican place. Mazzio's was pretty good, but the two Mexican restaurants
and the burger joint were not very good. Anyway, the burger place was
called EZ Take Out Burger and was such a knockoff of In-N-Out. The way
the burgers were wrapped and the burger wrapper, fry tray, and drink cup
were designed was just like In-N-Out even though it didn't really taste
anywhere near the quality. It was fairly expensive and the service was
bad too. Too bad

-Mark

Now I see the dropdown menu in REGION! and found a bunch in New Jersey.
There might be one as we pass thru NJ as there are a number of them in NJ.
Thanks for helping me, Ma-der-a.
Dee Dee


I live in South Western Ohio and we are blessed with the White Castle Chain.
They are located throughout the city and surrounding area. Perfect food for
that after-drinking time.

Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:

"limey" hitched up their panties and posted
:


Yesterday, CNN conducted a taste test on coffees - three unidentified
carafes, one Dunkin Donuts, one Mickey D's and one BK. The Burger
King coffee won hands down. Funny - I never eat at our local BK
because the food is so dismal. I suppose any of them are only as good
as the management.

Dora


I avoid fast food like the plague. But like Nancy, I have to have a "fix"
of grease now and then. Fast food burgers, fries etc. wreak havoc on my
cholesterol and blood glucose. Personally I prefer BK to most of the
others. White Castle is, of course, my favorite ;^)

Michael


Like you I avoid fast food. Last week I was out of town and thought a
Whopper would be nice. I can recall liking them on the rare occasions
we took the kids to a fast food joint. So I sat down with my burger and
took a good look then proceeded to take a bite. I was disappointed!
This thing had none of the old flavour I remember. Cardboard would have
tasted better! There was no flavour at all Why people continue to
consume this stuff is beyond me but that tastless burger sure cured any
thoughts of stopping at another fast food joint. I'm out of town again
this afternoon so might treat myself to restaurant I've passed a few
times. It is supposed to have really good food.

Dave Smith wrote:
And in a good Greek greasy spoon you can probably get Gyros of Slouvaki
dinner special with soup or salad, a big order of fries and a drink for
less that it costs for burger fries and a drink at McDs. It will take a few

At McD's, a double cheeseburger, fries, and drink is $3. Hard to beat,
pricewise.

minutes longer to get it but it will be a hell of a lot better.

That is true.

J

In article , J wrote:

Dave Smith wrote:
And in a good Greek greasy spoon you can probably get Gyros of Slouvaki
dinner special with soup or salad, a big order of fries and a drink for
less that it costs for burger fries and a drink at McDs. It will take a few

At McD's, a double cheeseburger, fries, and drink is $3. Hard to beat,
pricewise.


Anybody else remember the ads, "shake, fries, burger and change from
your dollar"?

--
Dan Abel

Petaluma, California, USA

Dan Abel wrote:
In article , J wrote:

Dave Smith wrote:
And in a good Greek greasy spoon you can probably get Gyros of Slouvaki
dinner special with soup or salad, a big order of fries and a drink for
less that it costs for burger fries and a drink at McDs. It will take a few
At McD's, a double cheeseburger, fries, and drink is $3. Hard to beat,
pricewise.


Anybody else remember the ads, "shake, fries, burger and change from
your dollar"?



I don't remember the ad, but I DO remember in Hartford, CT in 1966,
going to my first McDonald's for lunch with co-workers (many of them
Cuban immigrants) and all of us being pleasantly amazed at the prices.

IIRC, they were something like:

hamburger $.10
cheeseburger $.15
small Coke $.10
small fries $.15 (in a small paper bag, less than 3 inches square)

Of course at the time there were no "meal deals" or the mega burgers
they have now, no " two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce,
cheese, onion, pickle on a sesame seed bun". That came with
competition, years later.

gloria p

J wrote:

Dave Smith wrote:
And in a good Greek greasy spoon you can probably get Gyros of Slouvaki
dinner special with soup or salad, a big order of fries and a drink for
less that it costs for burger fries and a drink at McDs. It will take a few

At McD's, a double cheeseburger, fries, and drink is $3. Hard to beat,
pricewise.

I confess some ignorance on that issue. It has been many years since I have set
foot in a McDs. I do remember that the few times I made the mistake of eating
there, each incident being followed shortly thereafter by a bigmac attack, that
one of their burgers fell far short of being a meal. Even their double burgers
weren't much Checking their website I note that a double cheeseburger, with bun,
cheese and toppings is 6.1 oz., and their fries come in skimpy servings too.
There was a place where I used to have lunch regularly with co-workers where the
lunch cheeseburger special was $4.95. Their single burger was quite a bit larger
than McD's double burger. Their fries were a lot better, and probably 4-5 times
as large an order. It was a meal. Okay... we had to pay extra for the soft
drinks, but I always figured that if I had a fried burger and deep fried
potatoes, I was better off without a huge serving of a sweetened beverage.

I was more likely to have the Gyros special. If I went to McDonalds I had a
choice of burgers. they have hamburgers, cheeseburgers, double hamburgers, double
cheeseburgers, fishburgers, chicken burgers ? french fried potatoes, deep fried
onion rings, deep fried chicken nuggets. The only non fried alternative was
salad. This restaurant had a menu that had things that were actually different
from the other choices. If I felt like bacon and eggs for lunch I didn't have to
place my order before 11 am.




minutes longer to get it but it will be a hell of a lot better.

That is true.

Those cheeseburger specials were darned good.
As for waiting.... we were there once a month and the waitress knew we didn't
have much time. She came and took our orders right away and we usually had the
food within 5 minutes. Food comes fast at McDonalds,once you get to the front of
the line. We probably got our food faster than it takes most people to get to the
front of the line.

Dan Abel wrote:

At McD's, a double cheeseburger, fries, and drink is $3. Hard to beat,
pricewise.

Anybody else remember the ads, "shake, fries, burger and change from
your dollar"?

Yep. Real fries, real burgers and milk shakes made with ice cream and milk.
Back then, newspapers were a dime. Now they are a dollar.

_.-In rec.food.cooking, Mark D wrote the following -._
Mc D's hasn't just got bad, they've been crap for the last 35 years.
Ever wonder why Mc D's now buys their Beef from Argentina?

Argentina has really good beef. Argentinians know their beef, they
eat more of it per capita than Americans do.

Their Burgers don't even taste like Beef anymore,

That is because most of their burgers aren't beef. Unless it is one
of the ones advertised as 'all beef' it is about half soy. The QP, BM
and B&T are all beef but I think the rest are soy/meat mix.

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I live here in Southern California, and I must say that In-N-Out is da
bomb. To me, there is no equal.

Cheers,
Chuck Kopsho
Oceanside, California

_.-In rec.food.cooking, J wrote the following -._
At McD's, a double cheeseburger, fries, and drink is $3. Hard to beat,
pricewise.

For $2.10 I can get 8 oz of fried rice and 4 oz of any other menu item
a 6 oz drink and fortune cookie at the local fast food Hunan in the
mall food court which is the closest place to my door[0]. I do this
for breakfast a lot on my day off.

[0] CostCo is just a few feet more in the other direction.

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On 8 Mar 2006 11:15:42 -0800, in rec.food.cooking,
wrote:

A friend just told me McDonalds is hitting the skids in England: they
recently closed something like 25 shops. Seems the general population
has finally realized the place is the joke it is. They did a survey
asking kids about their favorite foods and -- a huge change from my
generation, thank God! -- McDonalds was waaaay down on the list.

This is out of 1250 of course -- it also plans to turn 50 of its own
restaurants into franchies (currently 63% of its outlets are
company-owned), and its still opening new restaurants. But its British
operations are certainly pulling down its profitability in Europe.

Starbucks etc. and a lot of good sandwich shops are probably the culprits.
I've noticed the Subway shops are rapidly increasing as well, they seem to
be almost as prolific as Starbucks.

Doug
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On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 06:43:27 -0500, in rec.food.cooking, big fish wrote:


Now I see the dropdown menu in REGION! and found a bunch in New Jersey.
There might be one as we pass thru NJ as there are a number of them in NJ.
Thanks for helping me, Ma-der-a.
Dee Dee


I live in South Western Ohio and we are blessed with the White Castle Chain.
They are located throughout the city and surrounding area. Perfect food for
that after-drinking time.

Fort Wayne Indiana has a place called Powers Hamburgers:
http://www.hollyeats.com/Powers.htm

a bit like a bigger White Castle, freshly made and cooked. I ate there
last month.

Doug
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On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:36:10 GMT, in rec.food.cooking, The Bubbo wrote:


Culvers! It's all about Culvers for me when I'm jonesing for fast food.
They're only in limited locations, like the upper midwest and texas but I
remember when they came to Minnesota. The thrill was palpable if you know what
I mean.

Butterburger? I had one of those last year -- incredible!

Doug
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"Puester" wrote
I don't remember the ad, but I DO remember in Hartford, CT in 1966, going
to my first McDonald's for lunch with co-workers (many of them Cuban
immigrants) and all of us being pleasantly amazed at the prices.

IIRC, they were something like:

hamburger $.10
cheeseburger $.15
small Coke $.10
small fries $.15 (in a small paper bag, less than 3 inches square)

gloria p

I remember those prices! When we were on a tight budget and my three kids
were really small, I told my husband we had eaten at a fast food (Gino's in
Baltimore, long gone).
He asked me why on earth I had eaten there. I told him I'd much rather they
left 10-cent hamburgers than have them leave a much more expensive lunch
somewhere else. At least they ate the fries and the drink!

Dora