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At work and got snowed out yesterday so actually gotta work, gonna leave this mainly as a place holder, but planning for this to be a place to discuss your weird "local" fast food options that don't leave your State/Regional borders. Some examples from Utah would be (PHOTOS TO COME LATER)  CAFE RIO Exceptionally Bland and Overly Sweetened Mexican Food. More to come on this place soon, but needless to say I am not a huge fan.     Apollo Burger/Crown Burger/Astro Burger/Olympus Burger - All 50's style throwbacks specializing in PASTRAMI Burgers Arctic Circle - A Mcdonalds style knock off that manages to not have an always broken ice cream machine (because LDS folks LOVE ice cream). Home of the "Courtesy Cones". Taco Time - Kind of a bastardized Taco Bell/Del Taco combo. Betos/Racheritos/Floribertos - Fast food Mexican Restaurant food on the go. I think they had a literally gang style turf war. Real good when ur drunk and horny at 2 am! What weird regional options do you have, and would you recommend them? Derpies fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Feb 5, 2020 |
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Reserving this spot as well
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Its only a single store, but this place went for jack of all trades, master of none https://www.yelp.com/biz/americana-pizza-and-taqueria-san-pablo They have a... Chicken alfredo burrito 
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Feb 4, 2020 18:02
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  flakey jakes...... aussie institution
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Feb 4, 2020 18:05
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Clawtopsy posted:
2 things: wtf are any of those fish other than Flounder and can you actually tell the difference between all of them in fish & chips? 
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Feb 4, 2020 18:06
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We in SE Michigan have: Bray's http://brayshamburgers.com/ - basically 1950 style place that just servers burgers and friend and a few kid foods like hot dogs and chicken nuggets. Actually cheaper than McDonalds on their weekly specials. (EDIT: Down to one location now) Salad's Up https://saladsup.com/menus/ann-arbor-mi/ - A fast food salad place?!? It's more likely than you think. Actually really good, but kinda pricey. Alot more than iceberg lettuce and they make their own unique dressings froms cratch. (Zo's) Good Burger https://zosgoodburger.com/ - Used to be just good burger, changed its name after the movie. Make all sorts of fancy pants burgers and sauces. Mostly a burger joint but also does some great stuff with chicken. LOADS OF FRIES FOR MILES Taystee Burger http://taysteesburger.com/ -make your burger to order. As in everything. Size, how well done it is, loads and loads of buns and toppings. You fill out a slip like a deli Biggby's Coffee https://www.biggby.com/ -Coffee shop. Not MI exclusive anymore, but lots of coffee blended drinks. Especially teas and sweet stuff Buddy's https://www.buddyspizza.com/ -Owners of Detroit style pizza. My vegan friends say their vegan pizzas are great too. Pretty innovative (historically) and good. Eat here Halo Burger https://www.haloburger.com/ - Fresh, never frozen beef for everything. Made to order. Kinda like 5 guys except their fries are less greasy. We have a bunch that started here (Hungry Howie's, Tubbies), but I think you have them where you live too. edit 2: We also have Zingerman's deli https://www.zingermansdeli.com/menus/ -I hesitate to call this fast food because you often have to wait in a huge line (not fast) and it sure as hell isn't cheap. Great sandwiches, though ninjoatse.cx fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Feb 4, 2020 |
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Feb 4, 2020 18:24
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Could deffo use regional threads so people know which local places to go to to get diarrhea on their vacation/road trip.
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Feb 4, 2020 18:37
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Barracoutta
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Feb 4, 2020 18:40
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I don't live there, but in North Carolina (and a few surrounding areas) they have a place called Cook Out that's legit. They have hot dogs and chicken and stuff like that, but the real selling point is their milkshakes. Every time I pass through I make sure to stop at one.
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near where i grew up there was a gross burger that w p good also indian pizza that was a front for the mob
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Feb 4, 2020 18:48
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Sinteres posted:I don't live there, but in North Carolina (and a few surrounding areas) they have a place called Cook Out that's legit. They have hot dogs and chicken and stuff like that, but the real selling point is their milkshakes. Every time I pass through I make sure to stop at one.
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Feb 4, 2020 18:49
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You can always eat a bag of Dick's in Seattle.
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last time i went to cookout my wife and i were there and this guy with like tons of white trash tats had his kids there and he was being a super cool dad. he son just had gotten out of a little league football game or whatever. like 2 weeks later we saw the guy in the local paper cuz he had been busted growing a bunch of pot and was going back to jail. sorry guy. thats my CookOut story
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Sinteres posted:I don't live there, but in North Carolina (and a few surrounding areas) they have a place called Cook Out that's legit. They have hot dogs and chicken and stuff like that, but the real selling point is their milkshakes. Every time I pass through I make sure to stop at one. just keep in mind they're really more like a Blizzard than a milkshake. I like drinkable milkshakes more  still one of my favorite fast food places. S tier for the trays
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Feb 4, 2020 18:59
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I live in Cincinnati. We have Skyline Chili, and it's competitor, Gold Star 
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Feb 4, 2020 19:03
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Sinteres posted:I don't live there, but in North Carolina (and a few surrounding areas) they have a place called Cook Out that's legit. They have hot dogs and chicken and stuff like that, but the real selling point is their milkshakes. Every time I pass through I make sure to stop at one. Cook Out is amazing and has expanded out like crazy.
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Feb 4, 2020 19:09
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Cook Out probably needs its own thread TBH.
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Feb 4, 2020 19:10
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Kolaches are everywhere here and yes it counts because there's loads of kolache places with drive-throughs.
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Fanged Lawn Wormy posted:last time i went to cookout my wife and i were there and this guy with like tons of white trash tats had his kids there and he was being a super cool dad. he son just had gotten out of a little league football game or whatever. Free white trash stoner dad!
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Feb 4, 2020 19:13
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Iron Crowned posted:I live in Cincinnati. We have Skyline Chili, and it's competitor, Gold Star I do not understand the appeal of runny cinnamon chili on spaghetti noodles, most definitely a weird regional fast food offering. edit: Resting Lich Face posted:Free white trash stoner dad!
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A Pack of Kobolds posted:I do not understand the appeal of runny cinnamon chili on spaghetti noodles, most definitely a weird regional fast food offering.  It's not good IMHO, but it's the best we've got
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The biggest local fast food restaurant I can think of is Chicken Treat. For other Aussies imagine extra bogan Red Rooster. For non Aussies, imagine microwaved fried chicken and generic supermarket nuggets. And really dry lovely roast chicken. Chips are usually pretty good though. On local fast food dishes, I dunno the continental roll is probably the only thing I can think of that I couldn't find over east. It's like the 3 meats (mortadella, salami and coppa in this case) Italian sub you get everywhere there's Italian diaspora, but it's got this mix of pickled veggies and sometimes anchovy that I don't find in similar Italian subs elsewhere or at least over east. You sometimes get given the anchovies on the side with a little tub of fermented chili sauce so you can add them or not. TheAardvark posted:2 things: Flake's made from shark meat typically wobbegong or gummy it's got a pretty different texture being shark meat. That and barramundi (it's really mild, like if someone's like 'i don't like fish flavour' you get barramundi) would be the ones that'd really stand out to me. Though we don't get barracuda and grenadier round here. Also wobbegongs look cool 
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Feb 4, 2020 19:37
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Yeah...I'm thinking I'm rax
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Brolander posted:Yeah...I'm thinking I'm rax I remember really liking Rax when I was a kid, but they all disappeared
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Feb 4, 2020 20:19
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If you're in the PNW, you can't go wrong with Taco Time.
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The Rage posted:If you're in the PNW, you can't go wrong with Taco Time.  I miss Taco Time. Weirdly enough, I came across one at a truck stop in Kansas 
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Iron Crowned posted:I remember really liking Rax when I was a kid, but they all disappeared yeah the one in my hometown is long gone. we also had a BONANZA
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Feb 4, 2020 20:39
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in CA we have Tommy's https://originaltommys.com/  Really good chilidogs / burgers and its great drunk food because they're open late
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Feb 4, 2020 20:46
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You start running in to Cook Out once you hit southern Virginia and then all of a sudden its everywhere. Southern bingo points for it having bible verses on the bottom of the cups. One North Carolina exclusive I'm a huge fan of is Biscuitville, biscuits made in store, every time I'm driving through I grab like 5 ultimate sausage biscuits and that's pretty much all I eat for the next 3 days.
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Iron Crowned posted:
There are two different Taco Time companies, one is Taco Time NW(which is the one you see all over the PNW) and the main Taco Time, which is more spread out and has a different menu. Taco Time NW rocks, never been to the other one.
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Brolander posted:Yeah...I'm thinking I'm rax https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06ZpclNi50 Wanna go sit down in that greenhaas
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Peachfart posted:There are two different Taco Time companies, one is Taco Time NW(which is the one you see all over the PNW) and the main Taco Time, which is more spread out and has a different menu. Interesting. You know what you have in the PNW that you should have mentoned? loving Ivar's you heathen!
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Iron Crowned posted:Interesting. You know what you have in the PNW that you should have mentoned? loving Ivar's you heathen! No joke, I just came back to this thread to post about Ivars. I'm not a huge seafood fan but Ivars rocks. From the marketing slogan 'Keep Clam', to the solid food and the downtown Seattle location on the waterfront is open super late and is perfect for wandering down and grabbing a fish and chips after going to the bars. I don't like clam chowder but from people who do, it is apparently really good.
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In AZ/NM we have Filiberto's. We went to one on vacation in Albuquerque once and got the stupidest amount of food cheap. When we moved out here it became our insta favorite. It definitely beats the pants off Taco Bell or Del Taco. Their cups say they're the "Original Berto's" I had no idea what that meant until we moved out here and I discovered there is also Juaniberto's, Julioberto's, etc. We've seen about a dozen.
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Peachfart posted:No joke, I just came back to this thread to post about Ivars. I miss it, I wish I could get Ivar's in Ohio 
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Feb 4, 2020 21:10
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P Terry’s OP. I ate there yesterday because I am a fat sack of garbage
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Feb 4, 2020 22:19
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Iron Crowned posted:I live in Cincinnati. We have Skyline Chili, and it's competitor, Gold Star I had never in my life heard of chili spaghetti until I met my wife and she made me try it. I was prepared to grimace through the meal but homemade it's like, pretty excellent as far as meat + sauce + pasta dishes go.
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 aaaaawwwwww yeeeeeeaaaaahhhhh  Iron Crowned posted:I live in Cincinnati. We have Skyline Chili, and it's competitor, Gold Star when i was in basketball band in college, we went to cincinnati for a tournament and one of my bandmates was SO STOKED about being able to eat skyline chili again
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Re: hosed up Ohio-Kentucky chili - if it doesn't have two pounds of finely shredded cheddar, it's blasphemy. The main function of the cheese is so that you don't have to look at the chili.
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In Wisconsin (and Illinois and Indiana) we have Cousins, a sub place. they are pretty great with good bread, and do hot griddled stuff like cheesesteaks along with the usual cold cut stuff. Plus it's one of the few sub places that has shakes, fries, and CHEESE CURDS 
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