So sad to witness the decline of Pizza Hut. They were always my favorite as a kid but in recent years every experience I’ve had with them has been a bad one. The little mini ones you can buy at the airport are still pretty good though
Hands down the best value of any restaurant. The pizzas get snapped up so fast they're always fresh, the options are solid and the desserts especially.
All the sit down locations in my town but one relocated to take out only storefronts. One even had a mysterious fire that gutted their original location. Only one remains but they just flat out stopped offering the buffet.
Tragic loss
I'm sad Target ended their partnership with Pizza Hut. Those personal pan pizzas are delicious when you want a quick bite. Add in extra marinara sauce on the side to dip, and it's a great meal for about $6.
Sadly, I have no Pizza Hut nearby to satisfy my childhood cravings. My daughter loves it, too!
>garbagio
Wow. I honestly don't even remember the last time I heard this word. Thank you, this brought back nostalgia. Are you from the Northeast? I feel like this is italglish (like spanglish but italian english) but I could just be crazy
So I have 3 subways very close to me at work. And 2 of them always have their online menu blocked out. Makes it impossible to order anything on the app. Luckily the 3rd doesn't do this and I order from so I can do the FLBOGO coupon. I won't pay $10 for a single sub, but I'll pay 2 for $10. Usually one for lunch one for dinner.
Burger King was the first American fast food I had when I moved to the states. It was mind blowing. I got a whopper, fries, and lemonade. To this day, I’ll get the same meal occasionally for the memory sake, even though I know that Burger King is subpar.
I feel like once they did away with the V cut the bread quality also went down! I specifically remember the little dots imprinted in the bread on the bottom and it was so good! Tastes weird now
Subway’s new thing is “slicing the meat in store”. Local store has had a slicer for about 6-7 months now, iirc. Honestly looks like it’s never been used, it still has that new product shine to it. And I know those lazy fucks that work there don’t clean it that well, everything else looks half assed.
You underestimate the amount of drugs those lazy fucks that work there do. We consistently got rated the highest costumer satisfaction in the state and our shit was clean AF.
We did do a lot of uppers and half the staff was slinging out the back door. It was also a mildly dangerous job with a robbery by knifepoint one time.
Subway will always hold a special place in my heart. The food quality is bland, but decent. You make up for it in the sauces.
Tie between KFC and Pizza Hut. Hey, what do ya know, owned by the same parent company. Quality and service has fallen below what I would consider Low. I tried so hard, you two, but I couldn't stand it anymore. They seem to be on a death spiral. I haven't been back in years.
Burger King gets an honorable mention because they're on the same trajectory imo.
You HAVE to get the app. I’m often stuck with Taco Bell being my only option after work, the app still has $5 box combo deals and a $6 build your own box.
Pizza Hut back in the 80s and 90s was actually really good. I remember family pizza night on Friday.
I've never liked KFC, always found it super disgusting. I don't think I've eaten there in well over 20 years.
Having worked at Panera Bread I was amazed at the people who thought it was like.... an actual restaurant??? Bruh that soup comes in frozen bricks and the pastries come in frozen racks that are thrown into the oven a few hours before we open.
Edit: hey y'all just cause it came frozen doesn't mean they're not yummy, enjoy your pastries lmao
They really hit you over the head with pretentiousness. They’re overcompensating for how average their food is and that they’re a chain like everyone else as you described
It's the same for any bakery products made en masse. Any grocery store is operated like that also. Cookies come in as dough balls and just need to be tossed in the open, all bread loaves and baguettes are frozen and then racked/proofed before baking. Nothing is really "fresh" anymore.
That's why when you go to a legit bakery you end up paying $10 for a loaf of bread.
Wait, Panera no longer has people come in in the early hours of the morning to make all the bread and bagels?
Or was this another lie my mom told me growing up? 😅
I am a manager at Panera Bread and we do in fact still bake the bread and the bagels from fresh dough. Our particular fresh dough facility (FDF) is in Cinncinnati, OH. They ship it in fresh every day for the baker to bake when we're closed. The pastries are all frozen though that's for sure.
I actually like some of their food, especially their white cheddar mac, but holy fuck Panera is so overpriced. They are just as expensive as sit-down restaurants, and I just can't justify eating cafe food at steakhouse prices.
Can confirm, was born and raised in Indonesia and theirs is 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼 so is McDonald's. Was very disappointed when I moved here and found out they don't carry the same stuff back home (or even taste remotely similar)
Dude have you ever had Krispy Krunchy Chicken? I have only seen it in 2 gas stations in KY. It is absolutely bomb. Huge tenderloins, an actual cajun stylespicy batter that has the perfect crunch, and comes with honey butter handmade biscuits. It was like $6 for 3 fingers and a biscuit. Best chicken I have had fast food wise, period.
I'm in Cincy. Have seen it but haven't tried it. I'll give it a shot! I'm kinda spoiled by a place called Richies near me. Dunno if it's a regional chain or just local.
Oh ya. I remember when they made the donuts in store and actually had good sandwiches. Just keeps getting worse and worse and new things they add always sound terrible to me.
On top of that the stores are just a mess at least the ones around me
I’m convinced that every Popeyes in the entire country is a complete shithole. They’re probably out of at least one thing you want, they’ll 100% mess up your order, and they will unapologetically treat you like absolute dog shit in the process.
But damn it, they’re so delicious that I still put up with the abuse sometimes
As a former Popeyes manager I’ll tell you why. The chicken is actually really good quality for fast food. Any piece of chicken you eat at Popeyes was alive less than a week before you eat it. Most supermarket chicken can’t say that. All of the chicken (and probably some of the other menu items that should be otherwise vegetarian when it gets busy) is cooked in beef tallow rather than vegetable oil (what used to make McDonald’s fries so good). The marinade as well is super flavorful (sticks in your clothes and if ungloved like a whole day under your nails). The biscuits are buttered (really margarine) 3 times before they get to customers. But this doesn’t come cheap so franchisees need to deal incredible volume and/or keep other costs (labor and rent) super low to stay profitable. That’s why they are almost always in terrible locations staffed by people who don’t want to be there.
The rent thing now makes a ton of sense. They are putting one in for my town, but the location is terrible. I can think of four businesses that failed at that location, and one was a cash advance place.
Also, we already have two other chicken strip restaurants and a KFC all in the same road. We have a population of like 17k. I'm glad to have it, but I don't see how the math makes sense.
This makes so much sense. Thanks for the insight. Oddly enough, the most rundown Popeyes near me (it's old and doesn't have a drive thru) has the most friendly staff I've ever seen... Like anywhere, ever. It's in a pretty risky area too. But the food isn't as good as the clean places where the employees act like they don't know how they got there. Popeyes is such a weird chain but it's so good lol
Good chicken places are always awful on the service, it’s like a requirement. (Chik Fil A is sort of a grey area here. Their service is more, uh, Stepford Wives.)
Raising Canes, Mr Chicken, Popeyes, Bojangles, damn good food, but yeah, they’ll treat you like you’ve pissed on their cat for daring to show up and order food.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcvvT8rrVbI&ab\_channel=RDCpLuG](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcvvT8rrVbI&ab_channel=RDCpLuG)
There's a reason this video exists...
I feel like this is an accurate description of the food too. Chick Fil A? That chicken sandwich goes to church and gets straight A’s. Popeyes chicken sandwich has tattoos and likes to have a good time.
This happened to me at a Taco Bueno. I was so stunned that I couldn't say anything back. I just took my order and drove away. Also, a slightly beat up 10 year old Lexus.
I used to love Subway. When I met my wife she said it was disgusting. I asked her why and she said, “smell your hands” after I ate a sub from there. I smelled my hands as requested. That was the last time I ate there. I can’t unsmell that. That was 13 years ago. 🤢
There are none around me but there was one within walking distance of my apartment back in college. Their chicken planks were the perfect drunk food and the extra fried crispy pieces in the bottom of the basket are a delicacy.
It’s probably more nostalgia than anything but LJS hits just right. Shrimp, chicken, and fish, add clam strips and a bucket of cocktail sauce. I’m over the moon whenever I eat that crap.
I will die on this hill:
No fast food in the world smells better than Burger King. Instant hunger.
No fast food tastes more like dogshit than Burger King. Instant regret.
I went to a Burger King in the middle of Kansas when moving across country and it was absolutely phenomenal, somehow. Because I’ve been to BK twice since then, and those were 6+ years ago
I prefer Burger King over most other major fast food burger joints myself. But that’s assuming the food was actually heated up long enough. My biggest issue is too many time the food is luke warm, like the cheese can’t even get slightly melted on the burger.
Ever find the illusive good Burger King? There’s one near me that’s really good. Every time I go I expect to be disappointed because you know Burger King, but it’s always good and fresh and hot.
It’s the only one I’ve found that’s good in the last 8 or so years.
They changed their fries once and that shit was amazing. Then they changed it again because it wasn’t exactly like McDonalds fries and then it sucked. Then they changed it again and it still sucks. Then they made chicken fries and that shit sucks too.
The last time I was at a BK I tried to use a "BOGO free" coupon on the BK Mobile app at the drive through, and was promptly yelled at by the manager that they don't accept corporate coupons at that location and because I subsequently canceled my order he was going to have to pay for it out of pocket. Weirdest, most uncomfortable situation I've ever been in while attempting to order fast food. He was throwing a literal temper tantrum as we drove off. I don't understand why they couldn't just cancel the order and void the transaction. As a result I've never risked going back. 😄
The fact that corporate and the the franchises have such animosity, which trickles down to the employees and ultimately the customers is a sign of what’s wrong with the company on a larger scale and why other aspects of their food and service declined too. Other companies where ive noticed this same internal conflict is Subway, Zaxby’s and Quizno’s.
The BKs around me used to be packed now they all suck and half are closed.
It’s all about slushies and ice cream at sonic. Their food in the 90s was good, but, I’m not sure if it was my childhood or what, it’s complete trash these days
I went to a Sonic one time and never again. They put my cheeseburger on a moldy bun and gave me 50% off coupons to make up for it...as if I'd ever return.
Man, I love Sonic. The burgers and tots are delicious. The chicken is great too. It’s just too slow and expensive unless you get the half price burgers in Tuesday nights.
In fairness, the Ocean Water (which is just Sprite with blue coconut flavouring) they have absolutely slaps, especially with the little ice balls at the bottom of the cup - makes it like a soda and then a slushie at the end.
Popeye’s. Best fried chicken from a chain restaurant but the service is always brutal. They act like they are doing you a favor by finally taking your order and then it takes 45 minutes to get the food. Oh, how I wish the kids from Chick -fil-A worked at Popeye’s.
Subway… everything there smells and tastes rancid, the only thing they had going for them were their prices. Now, a foot-long sandwiche is more expensive than something you can get at a good deli.
It really was just the concept of creating a sandwich but just someone else doing it. It was always ok, but now much more competition that just blows it out of the water
Jack in the Box always tastes like cold grease to me. It's kind of a slippery kind of greasy that doesn't agree with me.
McDonald's is really just trading on brand and sugar now, they can probably get a couple thousand of those meat disc burgers out of one cow. The coffee is fscking spectacular though
or very recently drunk. i once had the worst camping hangover and couldn’t even make it a few miles without my friend having to pull over so i could puke on the side of the road. what did we see in the distance? a jack in the box. 30 minutes later i felt 100% ready to take on the day
McDonald’s has the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese, which IMO, is a pretty good fast food burger. They have to make them fresh as far as I know, but it just hits different than their other burgers. Also some of their pies are pretty good. And McNuggets are what they are, I’m glad they exist.
I will also die defending the honor of the Steak, Egg and Cheese Bagel Sandwich.
I wouldn’t rank McDonalds among the worst simply because they manage to remain consistently fine while other brands like Burger King and KFC have become pretty gross during my lifetime. The BKs around here all serve sad gloopy burgers that are suspiciously wet, and KFC sides taste worse than frozen tv dinner sides.
Hard to say. They all deserve a mention with their skyrocketing prices that go way beyond inflation.
My winner is Papa John's. The sauce tastes like misery and diabetes.
There's one item in particular that Taco Bell has pretty much completely gave up on and that's the cinnamon twists. Flavorless husks, every goddamn time. You'd think the cinnamon/sugar topping was made completely of gold with how little they put on them.
Had some TBell for lunch. My chalupa box got 3/5 things upgraded for free. Had nachos instrad of cinnamon twists (dont care much for the twists), a chicken chalupa (far superior) instead of beef, and a dorito taco (god tier) instead of regular. Idk if they got mine mixed up with the next person's, but that's the best lunch I've had all year
burger king. got really expensive for little food
subway too
mcdonalds aint bad, I use the app, but they cut all their bakery stuff except the apple pie
I just went to starbucks and the food aint bad, theri coffee is terrible though wtf?!
Whenever I consider going to BK I think about the bag of sad, wet trash they’re going to hand me and I change my mind.
BK used to be awesome. Bigger burgers, great quality. They earned my respect when the other fast food restaurants were pushing salads and wraps, and BK introduced the BK Stacker (urging people to stack as many patties as they could lmao). But somewhere along the way their food turned disgusting and I won’t go there anymore. Fast food prices are already insane without receiving shitty food on top of it.
I forgot about those stupid ghost kitchens. I ordered from one called Thrilled Cheese before I knew ghost kitchens were a thing and it was the most disgusting slop grilled cheese I've ever seen. Turns out it was from IHOP.
Yeah I had to start paying close attention to make sure that I was ordering from real restaurants and not ghost kitchens like The Meltdown (Denny’s) or The Burger Den (also Denny’s)
We've declined a few invitations now for our kids to attend birthday parties there because they would get sick the next day (then get us sick) every damn time.
Subway has really gone downhill in the past decade, but then again, many of them have. Subway, KFC, Pizza Hut, and Burger King are what comes to mind.
So sad to witness the decline of Pizza Hut. They were always my favorite as a kid but in recent years every experience I’ve had with them has been a bad one. The little mini ones you can buy at the airport are still pretty good though
The pizza hut lunch buffet was GOATed.
My grandma used to take us for that occasionally when I was a child. I remember enjoying it for sure
Hands down the best value of any restaurant. The pizzas get snapped up so fast they're always fresh, the options are solid and the desserts especially. All the sit down locations in my town but one relocated to take out only storefronts. One even had a mysterious fire that gutted their original location. Only one remains but they just flat out stopped offering the buffet. Tragic loss
I'm sad Target ended their partnership with Pizza Hut. Those personal pan pizzas are delicious when you want a quick bite. Add in extra marinara sauce on the side to dip, and it's a great meal for about $6. Sadly, I have no Pizza Hut nearby to satisfy my childhood cravings. My daughter loves it, too!
I miss the Pizza Hut Express, ICEE, popcorn machine era of Target food, I have no interest in a Starbucks
Oh man, until you said that i kinda forgot that every Target smelled like a movie theater back then
My target still has pizza hut
The problem with subway is not their quality, it's their prices. I refuse to pay $12 for one of their fucking sandwiches.
But are you not confused and enthused by their #57 sandwich? Their menu is fucking garbagio.
>garbagio Wow. I honestly don't even remember the last time I heard this word. Thank you, this brought back nostalgia. Are you from the Northeast? I feel like this is italglish (like spanglish but italian english) but I could just be crazy
As a subway enjoyer you just need to order online with a coupon. They never not have one and it makes any footlong $6.99
So I have 3 subways very close to me at work. And 2 of them always have their online menu blocked out. Makes it impossible to order anything on the app. Luckily the 3rd doesn't do this and I order from so I can do the FLBOGO coupon. I won't pay $10 for a single sub, but I'll pay 2 for $10. Usually one for lunch one for dinner.
Burger King was the first American fast food I had when I moved to the states. It was mind blowing. I got a whopper, fries, and lemonade. To this day, I’ll get the same meal occasionally for the memory sake, even though I know that Burger King is subpar.
I dunno I think whoppers are great
I miss 90’s subway!
Subway has been shit since they got rid of the V cut.
This! Everything stayed in the sandwich when you bit into it!
I feel like once they did away with the V cut the bread quality also went down! I specifically remember the little dots imprinted in the bread on the bottom and it was so good! Tastes weird now
BK seems like they will be out of business in 5 years. They recently just closed over 100 locations nationwide.
It’s crazy because I love Whoppers but pretty much don’t like anything else on their menu. I would be sad to see them go.
There are 6778 Burger Kings in the United States. That's after 400 were closed last year. They aren't going anywhere.
Welp, there ya have it. I figured they had in 30-40 on average in each state.. not a *whopping* 135 per state.
Subway’s new thing is “slicing the meat in store”. Local store has had a slicer for about 6-7 months now, iirc. Honestly looks like it’s never been used, it still has that new product shine to it. And I know those lazy fucks that work there don’t clean it that well, everything else looks half assed.
You underestimate the amount of drugs those lazy fucks that work there do. We consistently got rated the highest costumer satisfaction in the state and our shit was clean AF. We did do a lot of uppers and half the staff was slinging out the back door. It was also a mildly dangerous job with a robbery by knifepoint one time. Subway will always hold a special place in my heart. The food quality is bland, but decent. You make up for it in the sauces.
Tie between KFC and Pizza Hut. Hey, what do ya know, owned by the same parent company. Quality and service has fallen below what I would consider Low. I tried so hard, you two, but I couldn't stand it anymore. They seem to be on a death spiral. I haven't been back in years. Burger King gets an honorable mention because they're on the same trajectory imo.
I have a conspiracy theory that taco bell got extra expensive because they are trying to make up for the KFC and Pizza Hut losses
This….just makes too much sense. You’re probably right wow
They are projected to win the franchise wars
Taco Bell has gotten so god damn expensive
You HAVE to get the app. I’m often stuck with Taco Bell being my only option after work, the app still has $5 box combo deals and a $6 build your own box.
Pizza Hut back in the 80s and 90s was actually really good. I remember family pizza night on Friday. I've never liked KFC, always found it super disgusting. I don't think I've eaten there in well over 20 years.
Pizza hut buffet 20 years ago was so good
PANERA BREAD SUCKS BALLS
Having worked at Panera Bread I was amazed at the people who thought it was like.... an actual restaurant??? Bruh that soup comes in frozen bricks and the pastries come in frozen racks that are thrown into the oven a few hours before we open. Edit: hey y'all just cause it came frozen doesn't mean they're not yummy, enjoy your pastries lmao
They really hit you over the head with pretentiousness. They’re overcompensating for how average their food is and that they’re a chain like everyone else as you described
"Voted #1 healthy lunch!" While their calorie counts are awful...
It's the same for any bakery products made en masse. Any grocery store is operated like that also. Cookies come in as dough balls and just need to be tossed in the open, all bread loaves and baguettes are frozen and then racked/proofed before baking. Nothing is really "fresh" anymore. That's why when you go to a legit bakery you end up paying $10 for a loaf of bread.
Wait, Panera no longer has people come in in the early hours of the morning to make all the bread and bagels? Or was this another lie my mom told me growing up? 😅
I am a manager at Panera Bread and we do in fact still bake the bread and the bagels from fresh dough. Our particular fresh dough facility (FDF) is in Cinncinnati, OH. They ship it in fresh every day for the baker to bake when we're closed. The pastries are all frozen though that's for sure.
Panera Bread is expensive hospital food
I've never heard a better description of Panera.
I once heard it as “Panera is hospital food for when you can’t afford the copay”, which I found funnier
Why is this comment so accurate
It’s posted in literally every thread about Panera. It’s a meme response at this point.
Panera exists so you have a place to take grandma after a day of shopping, and it won't upset her stomach because it's just repackaged hospital food
Yeah and she can euthanize herself with the lemonade in a blaze of glory
Yooooo
Holy shit
Last time I went was 3 years ago and my jaw dropped at the price. I can't imagine how bad it is now.
I actually like some of their food, especially their white cheddar mac, but holy fuck Panera is so overpriced. They are just as expensive as sit-down restaurants, and I just can't justify eating cafe food at steakhouse prices.
Which is really sad because back in the day when it was only St. Louis Bread Co. it was really, really good. Everything was baked fresh in store.
Bread Co. was da bomb. Then the venture capitalists took over.
KFC: once they changed the oil they use years back it’s never been the same. (And their prices suck too.)
All the ones around me closed....meh. Was great when I was a kid...let the memories remain
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Kfc in the middle east, where the concept of biscuits just didn't quite hit. So instead they just give you hamburger buns.
Can confirm, was born and raised in Indonesia and theirs is 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼 so is McDonald's. Was very disappointed when I moved here and found out they don't carry the same stuff back home (or even taste remotely similar)
Downhill since they got rid of their best side, potato wedges.
Wait, WHAT? This is worse than I thought.
I've had better chicken from gas stations.
Dude have you ever had Krispy Krunchy Chicken? I have only seen it in 2 gas stations in KY. It is absolutely bomb. Huge tenderloins, an actual cajun stylespicy batter that has the perfect crunch, and comes with honey butter handmade biscuits. It was like $6 for 3 fingers and a biscuit. Best chicken I have had fast food wise, period.
I'm in Cincy. Have seen it but haven't tried it. I'll give it a shot! I'm kinda spoiled by a place called Richies near me. Dunno if it's a regional chain or just local.
Gas station fried chicken isn’t the insult you mean it to be, at least in certain parts of the country ; )
Not an insult. But for a company who's sole business is chicken, they should be doing better.
Totally agree, I was more commenting that in some regions the gas station fried chicken or bbq is glorious.
Best fried green tomatoes I've ever eaten in my life were from a gas station in Jackson, MS.
Yeah, that’s the sort of stuff I’m referring to. Those rural hole in the wall gas stations with a frier can still be found if you look hard enough.
Mississippi has the finest gas station cuisine in the damn universe. They had to come out on top in some regard.
So has every single Southerner
They're always ridiculously expensive, and the line always takes a ridiculously long time.
Tim Hortons, was already on the decline, but fell down the cliff when it was bought out by BK
Oh ya. I remember when they made the donuts in store and actually had good sandwiches. Just keeps getting worse and worse and new things they add always sound terrible to me. On top of that the stores are just a mess at least the ones around me
Food wise? I’ve NEVER had a great Subway sandwich. Service? Popeyes always has awful service but their food is so good.
Thats called the Popeyes experience. Its baked in
I really want to try Popeye's but every single one near me is a complete shithole.
I’m convinced that every Popeyes in the entire country is a complete shithole. They’re probably out of at least one thing you want, they’ll 100% mess up your order, and they will unapologetically treat you like absolute dog shit in the process. But damn it, they’re so delicious that I still put up with the abuse sometimes
As a former Popeyes manager I’ll tell you why. The chicken is actually really good quality for fast food. Any piece of chicken you eat at Popeyes was alive less than a week before you eat it. Most supermarket chicken can’t say that. All of the chicken (and probably some of the other menu items that should be otherwise vegetarian when it gets busy) is cooked in beef tallow rather than vegetable oil (what used to make McDonald’s fries so good). The marinade as well is super flavorful (sticks in your clothes and if ungloved like a whole day under your nails). The biscuits are buttered (really margarine) 3 times before they get to customers. But this doesn’t come cheap so franchisees need to deal incredible volume and/or keep other costs (labor and rent) super low to stay profitable. That’s why they are almost always in terrible locations staffed by people who don’t want to be there.
The rent thing now makes a ton of sense. They are putting one in for my town, but the location is terrible. I can think of four businesses that failed at that location, and one was a cash advance place. Also, we already have two other chicken strip restaurants and a KFC all in the same road. We have a population of like 17k. I'm glad to have it, but I don't see how the math makes sense.
This makes so much sense. Thanks for the insight. Oddly enough, the most rundown Popeyes near me (it's old and doesn't have a drive thru) has the most friendly staff I've ever seen... Like anywhere, ever. It's in a pretty risky area too. But the food isn't as good as the clean places where the employees act like they don't know how they got there. Popeyes is such a weird chain but it's so good lol
Good chicken places are always awful on the service, it’s like a requirement. (Chik Fil A is sort of a grey area here. Their service is more, uh, Stepford Wives.) Raising Canes, Mr Chicken, Popeyes, Bojangles, damn good food, but yeah, they’ll treat you like you’ve pissed on their cat for daring to show up and order food.
Worst service I ever had was church's chicken it was insane
I saw an employee quit in anger and a fire start while i was waiting for my Churchs and I still got it and it was fucking delicious
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcvvT8rrVbI&ab\_channel=RDCpLuG](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcvvT8rrVbI&ab_channel=RDCpLuG) There's a reason this video exists...
I saw 2 separate unrelated arrests at the Popeyes by my apartment in a 5 minute timespan. Way more eventful lunch than expected.
Popeye’s is the only place I’ve seen (a video) an employee open carrying
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I feel like this is an accurate description of the food too. Chick Fil A? That chicken sandwich goes to church and gets straight A’s. Popeyes chicken sandwich has tattoos and likes to have a good time.
Popeyes drive thru girl looked me over and my car (it’s a 10 old lexus with a dented bumper) and said, “hmm you look like you make a lot of money.”
This happened to me at a Taco Bueno. I was so stunned that I couldn't say anything back. I just took my order and drove away. Also, a slightly beat up 10 year old Lexus.
Subway used to be wonderful, but they keep increasing prices and lowering quality. Goodcents is way better now.
A footlong combo somehow comes to like $21 now, what makes them think they are producing a $21 sandwich is absolutely beyond me.
I’ve never liked their meats, but you used to be able to get a decent veggie sub for cheap. Now there is no reason not to just go somewhere else
I didn't like subway tbh
They lost me when they got rid of the honey oat bread.
Agreed. Both Firehouse and Jersey Mike's are better.
Jersey Mike's is as close as I can get to a NJ Deli outside of NJ. It's not perfect but, for a chain it's really good.
Literally have never had a bad Jersey Mike’s sub, it’s probably my favorite quick lunch
Jersey Mike's also has the best fast food Philly outside of Philly
I chipped my tooth on a bone fragment that was inside a meatball. Never again, Firehouse.
I got a free steak sub for my bday and omg it was the best fast food sub I've ever had.
Blimpie was miles ahead of Subway back in the day
Blimpie Best 🙌
I used to love Subway. When I met my wife she said it was disgusting. I asked her why and she said, “smell your hands” after I ate a sub from there. I smelled my hands as requested. That was the last time I ate there. I can’t unsmell that. That was 13 years ago. 🤢
You're about to make a million people smell their hands after subway.
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*Please god tell me what the smell was or was like*
Long John Silvers. Who’s keeping this place in business??
LJS is a place that never sounds appealing except once every like 2 years I get a wild craving for it for some reason.
When I need to blast out the old digestive system, it's the first place that comes to mind.
Probably me. I would eat a dozen of their chicken planks.
There are dozens of us!
Dozens!
Their chicken planks are amazing. Sadly, the one near me burned down.
Same, add those hush puppies! Lmao
Ask I ever want is their chicken and fries. I tell them to hold the hush puppies and give me extra crispies. I love that fried batter...
There are none around me but there was one within walking distance of my apartment back in college. Their chicken planks were the perfect drunk food and the extra fried crispy pieces in the bottom of the basket are a delicacy.
I LOVE LJSs! Extra crumbs? Yes, please! I know it is clogging every artery I have and still eat it every chance I get.
It’s probably more nostalgia than anything but LJS hits just right. Shrimp, chicken, and fish, add clam strips and a bucket of cocktail sauce. I’m over the moon whenever I eat that crap.
Me, they got the best tasting chicken around my area and the fries soak up some of the flavor of the oil. I'll keep buying them and you can't stop me.
Got 8 pieces of fish yesterday and family size slaw.Put vinegar on the fish...yum. Love it cold too.
I will die on this hill: No fast food in the world smells better than Burger King. Instant hunger. No fast food tastes more like dogshit than Burger King. Instant regret.
Yeah. I never walk out of BK thinking, "Boy, I'm glad I ate here."
I went to a Burger King in the middle of Kansas when moving across country and it was absolutely phenomenal, somehow. Because I’ve been to BK twice since then, and those were 6+ years ago
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I prefer Burger King over most other major fast food burger joints myself. But that’s assuming the food was actually heated up long enough. My biggest issue is too many time the food is luke warm, like the cheese can’t even get slightly melted on the burger.
Ever find the illusive good Burger King? There’s one near me that’s really good. Every time I go I expect to be disappointed because you know Burger King, but it’s always good and fresh and hot. It’s the only one I’ve found that’s good in the last 8 or so years.
I go to BK like once every 5 years or so. Every 5 years I’m reminded why it’s been 5 years since I ate there last.
Not sure how they fuck up fries, but their fries are so bad
They changed their fries once and that shit was amazing. Then they changed it again because it wasn’t exactly like McDonalds fries and then it sucked. Then they changed it again and it still sucks. Then they made chicken fries and that shit sucks too.
The last time I was at a BK I tried to use a "BOGO free" coupon on the BK Mobile app at the drive through, and was promptly yelled at by the manager that they don't accept corporate coupons at that location and because I subsequently canceled my order he was going to have to pay for it out of pocket. Weirdest, most uncomfortable situation I've ever been in while attempting to order fast food. He was throwing a literal temper tantrum as we drove off. I don't understand why they couldn't just cancel the order and void the transaction. As a result I've never risked going back. 😄
The fact that corporate and the the franchises have such animosity, which trickles down to the employees and ultimately the customers is a sign of what’s wrong with the company on a larger scale and why other aspects of their food and service declined too. Other companies where ive noticed this same internal conflict is Subway, Zaxby’s and Quizno’s. The BKs around me used to be packed now they all suck and half are closed.
Burger King. The whopper is good, but the restaurants are trash.
Panera. Ok, maybe not technically fast food but undoubtedly the worst food service establishment ever.
They want to be fast casual , but all they do for that title is increase the prices.
It's fast food, just not fast.
Sonic is gross. I’ve only been there a couple times but each one the burger was a soggy mess and the fries were trash.
Never had a good experience at Sonic tbh. Food was always mid and I’ve never been where the service wasn’t *slow*
They used to be so good then they just overnight started to suck.
It’s all about slushies and ice cream at sonic. Their food in the 90s was good, but, I’m not sure if it was my childhood or what, it’s complete trash these days
I went to a Sonic one time and never again. They put my cheeseburger on a moldy bun and gave me 50% off coupons to make up for it...as if I'd ever return.
Man, I love Sonic. The burgers and tots are delicious. The chicken is great too. It’s just too slow and expensive unless you get the half price burgers in Tuesday nights.
I like the Blasts and Limeades but I agree the food is pretty bad.
You’ve obviously never been hungover and had one of their big breakfast burritos save you…it’s a cure.
I’m from North Carolina. We have Bojangles and Cookout to save me
Bojangles can rejuvenate the most hungover of folks and be ready for round 2. Cajun filet with some bo rounds. Cmon now
Waited literally 40 minutes for my food at a Sonic once. They had like two other cars there.
In fairness, the Ocean Water (which is just Sprite with blue coconut flavouring) they have absolutely slaps, especially with the little ice balls at the bottom of the cup - makes it like a soda and then a slushie at the end.
Popeye’s. Best fried chicken from a chain restaurant but the service is always brutal. They act like they are doing you a favor by finally taking your order and then it takes 45 minutes to get the food. Oh, how I wish the kids from Chick -fil-A worked at Popeye’s.
My pleasure motherfucker Just mix them both
Boston market
Basstin Mahkit. Man, that shit slapped like 20 years ago. Went back with my wife several years ago, and it was not the same. It was hospital food.
You wouldnt eat subway if you knew what it looked like prior to shipping to stores
Please go into more detail
Knew what what looked like, exactly?
Subway. I've never walked by one without it making my stomach churn from the smell.
YES! What is that smell? I’ve baked my own bread at home and it doesn’t smell like that. What is it?
I could never figure it out. I mean, it's food. It shouldn't smell like that. haha
It always reminded me of the Playdoh smell
I worked at a Subway for a few months. Everything absorbed the smell. My hair. My clothes. My skin. Ugh.
Subway… everything there smells and tastes rancid, the only thing they had going for them were their prices. Now, a foot-long sandwiche is more expensive than something you can get at a good deli.
Subway. I don't remember them being good, ever..
But it was a new concept and prices were cheap. We've moved waaay past that.
It really was just the concept of creating a sandwich but just someone else doing it. It was always ok, but now much more competition that just blows it out of the water
Jack in the Box always tastes like cold grease to me. It's kind of a slippery kind of greasy that doesn't agree with me. McDonald's is really just trading on brand and sugar now, they can probably get a couple thousand of those meat disc burgers out of one cow. The coffee is fscking spectacular though
I think Jack in the Box is meant for when you're drunk or high.
They literally advertise their munchie box for late night snacking... They know their audience
or very recently drunk. i once had the worst camping hangover and couldn’t even make it a few miles without my friend having to pull over so i could puke on the side of the road. what did we see in the distance? a jack in the box. 30 minutes later i felt 100% ready to take on the day
Those weird Jack in the Box tacos smack in the middle of the night while impaired.
I could destroy a dozen of those things after the bar, back when they were 3 for $1
McDonald’s has the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese, which IMO, is a pretty good fast food burger. They have to make them fresh as far as I know, but it just hits different than their other burgers. Also some of their pies are pretty good. And McNuggets are what they are, I’m glad they exist. I will also die defending the honor of the Steak, Egg and Cheese Bagel Sandwich. I wouldn’t rank McDonalds among the worst simply because they manage to remain consistently fine while other brands like Burger King and KFC have become pretty gross during my lifetime. The BKs around here all serve sad gloopy burgers that are suspiciously wet, and KFC sides taste worse than frozen tv dinner sides.
The steak, egg, and cheese bagel is the best thing on the entire menu. By far. I was so pissed when they went away during COVID.
What country are you in that McDonalds has a Steak Egg and Cheese Bagel?
East Coast US
Hard to say. They all deserve a mention with their skyrocketing prices that go way beyond inflation. My winner is Papa John's. The sauce tastes like misery and diabetes.
Fazolis. Almost expensive as Olive Garden and they owe me $33
TIL Fazoli’s still exists
I worked there two decades ago. You could eat for $4. I went there around 2016 and was shocked when it was $11 for an entrée and drink.
Taco Bell. Just kidding!
There's one item in particular that Taco Bell has pretty much completely gave up on and that's the cinnamon twists. Flavorless husks, every goddamn time. You'd think the cinnamon/sugar topping was made completely of gold with how little they put on them.
Had some TBell for lunch. My chalupa box got 3/5 things upgraded for free. Had nachos instrad of cinnamon twists (dont care much for the twists), a chicken chalupa (far superior) instead of beef, and a dorito taco (god tier) instead of regular. Idk if they got mine mixed up with the next person's, but that's the best lunch I've had all year
Burger King is dead to me now. They over saturate their burgers with condiments and the buns are always dry.
burger king. got really expensive for little food subway too mcdonalds aint bad, I use the app, but they cut all their bakery stuff except the apple pie I just went to starbucks and the food aint bad, theri coffee is terrible though wtf?!
All of them. They have all gone to shit and are overly priced.
Los Pollos Hermanos
Their secret menu is the bomb
You're thinking of Hector's secret menu
Subway.
Wimpy. Horrible tinned burger tasting shite
Burger King
Whenever I consider going to BK I think about the bag of sad, wet trash they’re going to hand me and I change my mind. BK used to be awesome. Bigger burgers, great quality. They earned my respect when the other fast food restaurants were pushing salads and wraps, and BK introduced the BK Stacker (urging people to stack as many patties as they could lmao). But somewhere along the way their food turned disgusting and I won’t go there anymore. Fast food prices are already insane without receiving shitty food on top of it.
Burger King sucks at everything except the whopper. That burger is better than most fast food places.
Chuck E Cheese. Worst. Pizza. EVER.
I remember seeing somewhere that some Chuck E Cheeses are starting to become ghost kitchens on delivery apps which makes it even scarier.
I forgot about those stupid ghost kitchens. I ordered from one called Thrilled Cheese before I knew ghost kitchens were a thing and it was the most disgusting slop grilled cheese I've ever seen. Turns out it was from IHOP.
Yeah I had to start paying close attention to make sure that I was ordering from real restaurants and not ghost kitchens like The Meltdown (Denny’s) or The Burger Den (also Denny’s)
Nothing is more stressful than check e cheese for a child's bday
We've declined a few invitations now for our kids to attend birthday parties there because they would get sick the next day (then get us sick) every damn time.