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Taco John's. I've only ever been to one but it's the best lovely food I've ever had. Anyone at Ft Hood should eat there.
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Dec 14, 2017 16:50
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Bip Roberts posted:I hope no one itt talked poo poo about Pizza Ranch I went to Pizza Ranch in Minnesota this summer and it was the first time I have ever seen mashed potatoes in a pizza buffet. The hamburger pizza was bomb tho especially with the fries as a pizza topping lol
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Dec 14, 2017 18:36
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Jack in box for sure, but just because of their all-day breakfast menu
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Dec 14, 2017 18:39
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ThomasPaine posted:You got nandos over in the states? That's some great poo poo Nandos is the poo poo. Too bad I think there's only one in the states in DC. There's one in my partners building in the uae so we get the distinct pleasure of eating it in pajamas whenever I'm there. Shake shack would be the other one. There's one on every corner in New York but I only ever eat it abroad.
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Dec 14, 2017 18:55
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Psychobabble posted:Nandos is the poo poo. Too bad I think there's only one in the states in DC. There's one in my partners building in the uae so we get the distinct pleasure of eating it in pajamas whenever I'm there. Nah they're all over DC. And maybe Chicago or Boston or something I think? I know I've seen several in DC though. But the fries are different. Or rather different to Australia, at least, which is the only other place I've had Nando's.
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Dec 14, 2017 20:39
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Every year or two I got to Red Robin and eat like 4 baskets of sweet potato fries.
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Dec 15, 2017 00:08
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ReidRansom posted:Nah they're all over DC. And maybe Chicago or Boston or something I think? I know I've seen several in DC though. But the fries are different. Or rather different to Australia, at least, which is the only other place I've had Nando's. There's at least two in Chicago. One in Lakeview, across from the Trader Joe's (it's also next to Kuma's Too and Half Shell, so it has some really harsh competition for my love when I'm by there), and the other is in the same building as the Arclight, which makes it perfect for date nights. There might be more, but I haven't been to em. iamjohnsalt posted:Taco John's. I've only ever been to one but it's the best lovely food I've ever had. Anyone at Ft Hood should eat there. This is also an incredibly on point answer. I haven't had them outside of southern Illinois and wish they'd spread further north. Terrific trashy tex mex, makes Taco Bell look so sad in comparison. Except I wouldn't call them "luxury". It's more like Great Steak & Potato Company or A&W, where they're really good and you don't see them everywhere, but they're not selling themselves with a kind of "luxury at an everyday price" promise. Taco Johns is more like "Buy a tub of Potato Oles while high, use your knuckles to get the last of the cheese sauce out of the little tub after you're finished. $2.50. You can pay in pennies if you want." loving phenomenal though.
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Dec 15, 2017 03:24
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*bertos. In and around San Diego there’s millions of little whole in the wall burrito places, all named something Bert something and having largely interchangeable SoCal style burritos, taquitos, and nachos. Roberto’s is the original, and perfectly acceptable. El Roberto’s, Royberto’s, El Royberto’s, Adalbrto’s, Aliberto’s, El Aliberto’s... Robert’s gets bonus points for not getting the point of the theme. Adanberto’s gets bonus points for sounding like the founder is a 5 year old white boy. Several of them were converted to drivethrus by cutting a hole in the cinderblock wall. Some are 24h, and staffed by illegal immigrants the police ignore because they want a 3am burrito like every other stoner / SDSU student. The increasingly famous “Cali burrito with fries” is okay, but I always prefer just carne asada for simplicity. Carne asada, guacamole, pico de gallo, grilled tortilla, nothing else. No rice or beans, just greasy meaty goodness. I still miss them.
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Dec 25, 2017 02:23
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iamjohnsalt posted:Taco John's. I've only ever been to one but it's the best lovely food I've ever had. Anyone at Ft Hood should eat there. mysterious frankie posted:This is also an incredibly on point answer. I haven't had them outside of southern Illinois and wish they'd spread further north. Terrific trashy tex mex, makes Taco Bell look so sad in comparison. Except I wouldn't call them "luxury". It's more like Great Steak & Potato Company or A&W, where they're really good and you don't see them everywhere, but they're not selling themselves with a kind of "luxury at an everyday price" promise. Taco Johns is more like "Buy a tub of Potato Oles while high, use your knuckles to get the last of the cheese sauce out of the little tub after you're finished. $2.50. You can pay in pennies if you want." Yeah, Taco Johns is definitely the best of the fast food chains from what I've had. I only get Taco Johns when I am on a road trip since the closest one to me is about 300 miles away, but it just makes it easier to justify getting an extra tub of Oles for the road. On trips to Canada, I can't help but go to Tim Hortons for a Bagel B.E.L.T. and a sour cream donut. It has become a ritual whenever I visit the Granby Zoo is to hit up the Tim Hortons across the street first.
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Dec 25, 2017 05:48
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Mustached Demon posted:There's this local chain of 24hr fast food/fast casual hybrid Tex Mex joints in the area. They're all owned by a Hispanic family and make the most kick rear end breakfast burritos. from that description plus your av I'm guessing los betos and if that's correct I agree 100%
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Dec 25, 2017 06:46
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Maybe it's because beef has been obscenely expensive everywhere I've lived in the past seven years, or because I used to do delivery for them, or because my work lunches are typically homemade turkey-hummus monstrosities, but I have always associated the Jimmy John's Hunters Club with extra sprouts, tomato, lettuce with Deli Perfection.
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Dec 25, 2017 09:06
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There's a few actually, hit on the occasional road trip. Starbucks - Not for the coffee, but for always having the most pleasant public bathroom after all chain bookstores went out of business. Chili's - I miss their peppercorn burger. Fries blow though. Taco Bell - Super rare. Not road trip food but after drunk food with friends. Not so much a place you go, as much as it is a place you end up. Sonic - When I used to regularly hit Reno, I'd stop in Tracy for a sonic burger. Pretty good I thought.
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Dec 25, 2017 09:18
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We're a bit light on the "premium mediocre" chains down here in the antipodes, but holy poo poo I had no idea KFC was so bad outside NZ/AU until I left. If you're down here get yourself a chicken burg with fries, the fries have chicken salt on them and the mayo on the burgers is awesome.
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Dec 25, 2017 10:51
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Do gas stations count? Wawa has some real nice brewed coffee and actually has a couple pots to choose from at any time.
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Dec 25, 2017 11:39
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Theres a chain of fast food places where I live, and I like to go to a specific one at a gas station since it doesnt experience that much volume, so everything comes hot and fresh straight out the fryer. Also the best goddamned fries. Also they make a banana-strawberry ice cream shake that I know is made from cheap ice cream and the minimal amount of fruit but it tastes great nonetheless.
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Dec 25, 2017 16:32
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Anytime I can find a Fuddruckers I get a giant rear end burger and fries and it's my favorite meal in the world. Top it off with a chocolate chip cookie from their bakery if you're feeling particularly decadent. 
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Dec 25, 2017 17:16
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Jimmy John's beach club has always been a once in a while crave food for me. Something about crappy gauc and mayo...
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Dec 25, 2017 18:22
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ReidRansom posted:Nah they're all over DC. And maybe Chicago or Boston or something I think? I know I've seen several in DC though. But the fries are different. Or rather different to Australia, at least, which is the only other place I've had Nando's. theres a bunch around dc and maryland
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Dec 25, 2017 18:47
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queserasera posted:Do gas stations count? Wawa has some real nice brewed coffee and actually has a couple pots to choose from at any time. I don't know about the coffee, but Royal Farms is pretty good. Excellent chicken, and free air to refill your tires, if you're patronizing one of the stores that sells gas.
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Dec 25, 2017 19:44
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gleebster posted:I don't know about the coffee, but Royal Farms is pretty good. Excellent chicken, and free air to refill your tires, if you're patronizing one of the stores that sells gas. Other side of the state, but I'll check it out when I'm over that way.
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Dec 25, 2017 23:02
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Whenever work takes me south of the Mason Dixon line, it's one visit to Waffle House per trip. Ideally get to sit at the counter. Covered, smothered, chunked and capped.
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Dec 26, 2017 14:04
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gleebster posted:I don't know about the coffee, but Royal Farms is pretty good. Excellent chicken, and free air to refill your tires, if you're patronizing one of the stores that sells gas. Best part about Royal Farms: Berger Cookies, a Baltimore delicacy.
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Dec 26, 2017 17:14
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WampaLord posted:Anytime I can find a Fuddruckers I get a giant rear end burger and fries and it's my favorite meal in the world. Fuddruckers was my absolute favorite as a teenager. When I moved to my current city back in 2004, there was only one, and it was 45 minutes across town and never that great, the few times I made the pilgrimage out there. But in November, they opened a new one ten minutes from where I work. I was one of the first 100 people to go on opening day, and they gave me a coupon for a free 1/3-pound burger every week for a year (with another purchase). The onion rings are different now -- not nearly as good as they were throughout the '90s and early '00s -- but the burgers and fresh toppings are as good as ever. I'll take a Fuddruckers burger over Five Guys or Shake Shack any day.
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Dec 26, 2017 21:09
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The Moon Monster posted:Every year or two I got to Red Robin and eat like 4 baskets of sweet potato fries. Red Robin's Spinach and Artichoke Dip is amazing. Cooked at the perfect temperature and the pita bread that comes with it is perfect for dipping.
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Dec 26, 2017 21:15
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Fuddruckers was my absolute favorite as a teenager. When I moved to my current city back in 2004, there was only one, and it was 45 minutes across town and never that great, the few times I made the pilgrimage out there. But in November, they opened a new one ten minutes from where I work. I was one of the first 100 people to go on opening day, and they gave me a coupon for a free 1/3-pound burger every week for a year (with another purchase). The onion rings are different now -- not nearly as good as they were throughout the '90s and early '00s -- but the burgers and fresh toppings are as good as ever. I'll take a Fuddruckers burger over Five Guys or Shake Shack any day. Yea, back in the 90's Fuddruckers was the best. They had The Simpsons arcade machine (or games on par with that one). You were able to put as much melted cheese on your burger as you wanted and you got a giant cookie. For the 10 year old me, this was amazing. I know there is one at Foxwoods Casino in CT, they were good. I went to one at the Florida Mall in Orlando and it was just terrible.
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Dec 27, 2017 03:10
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I Brake For MILFs posted:Yea, back in the 90's Fuddruckers was the best. They had The Simpsons arcade machine (or games on par with that one). You were able to put as much melted cheese on your burger as you wanted and you got a giant cookie. I live near Orlando! Are you sure it wasn't the Festival Bay Mall, near a bunch of outlet malls on touristy International Drive? That's the crappy Fuddruckers I mentioned. The mall has been dying a slow death for years, and they don't get much foot traffic anymore. The quality of that Fuddruckers was absolutely terrible when I was last there maybe three years ago. If there was ever one by the Florida Mall, it was long gone by the time I moved here in 2004. The new one is east of downtown Orlando, and so far, they're running a really tight ship. The Fuddruckers I grew up going to in Miami had an SNK arcade machine that had World Heroes AND Art of Fighting on it. Possibly even Fatal Fury as well, but I can't say with certainty.
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Dec 27, 2017 06:35
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For sit down chains—Red Lobster because I used to go on my birthday when I was a kid, IHOP for being the best option at 2 AM most places, and Cracker Barrel because I still like their food, even if the cornbread isn't as good since they stopped using coarse-ground cornmeal. I like Cincinnati chili, and don't compare it with/consider it "real" chili. I'll go out of my way to eat at Skyline Chili if I'm anywhere near one—which, as far as I can tell, is in Ohio except for one near where I grew up in South Florida.  There's a small, increasingly smaller, burger chain in the Fort Lauderdale area called Char-Hut, and I'm passionate about them the way people who like In-n-Out like In-n-Out.
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Dec 27, 2017 07:41
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Rollersnake posted:I like Cincinnati chili, and don't compare it with/consider it "real" chili. I'll go out of my way to eat at Skyline Chili if I'm anywhere near one—which, as far as I can tell, is in Ohio except for one near where I grew up in South Florida. I love Cincinnati chili, and I've been to Skyline in Fort Lauderdale and Naples, and Gold Star Chili in Lexington, KY (which I thought was better than Skyline). You can often buy frozen Skyline chili at Publix here in Florida, too.
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Dec 27, 2017 07:50
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Fuddruckers was my absolute favorite as a teenager. When I moved to my current city back in 2004, there was only one, and it was 45 minutes across town and never that great, the few times I made the pilgrimage out there. But in November, they opened a new one ten minutes from where I work. I was one of the first 100 people to go on opening day, and they gave me a coupon for a free 1/3-pound burger every week for a year (with another purchase). The onion rings are different now -- not nearly as good as they were throughout the '90s and early '00s -- but the burgers and fresh toppings are as good as ever. I'll take a Fuddruckers burger over Five Guys or Shake Shack any day. Yea, those Orlando locations are now the closest ones to me (I live near Tampa), so I don't ever really get to go there anymore, sadly. There used to be one right near me when I grew up here, but it got closed when I was a teenager. They never replaced the location with anything else, so I still drive by the empty corpse of it every now and then and feel sad. My retirement dream is to open a Fuddruckers franchise and eat myself to death.
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Dec 27, 2017 15:40
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Kevin DuBrow posted:CookOut has a $5 combo with a double cheeseburger, fries, fried, okra, and root beer float. I don't usually eat fast food but whenever I get south enough in Virginia I admit to myself that I could never resist that meal. Yep. I once encountered a shopping center that had both a cookout and a Chrystal in it and God help me I ate at both places. There were many hours of uncomfortably full driving after that.
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Dec 27, 2017 15:51
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queserasera posted:Do gas stations count? Wawa has some real nice brewed coffee and actually has a couple pots to choose from at any time. Wawa is consistency the best coffee I have ever had. Like they really hit the franchise ideal of "make it the same every loving store" as I will pull over for a coffee every time I see a Wawa and it is great 99% of the time. Here is my wawa coffee tip: 24oz cup, filled to 3" from the top with the house blend. Then add 2" of hazelnut blend, then 1" of light cream. Tastes like heaven. It's gotta be light cream to get that fatty mouthfeel.
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Dec 27, 2017 15:59
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mysterious frankie posted:There's at least two in Chicago. One in Lakeview, across from the Trader Joe's (it's also next to Kuma's Too and Half Shell, so it has some really harsh competition for my love when I'm by there), and the other is in the same building as the Arclight, which makes it perfect for date nights. There might be more, but I haven't been to em. Whenever I go back to Denver, I have to go to Tokyo Joe's and get a Yo Roll and a Joe's Roll. It's on par with grocery store sushi, I know, but it's so tasty.
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Dec 27, 2017 18:09
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In-N-Out is a great burger joint we don't have in WA. You bet I'm gonna get some animal fries when I visit the Southwest.
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Dec 28, 2017 02:43
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gamingCaffeinator posted:There's one in the ridiculously expensive outdoor mall not too far from where I live in the Western Suburbs, too. I have not been inside yet but it smells divine. Yeah, both places I mentioned are in yuppie hoods (one is basically Lincoln Park and the other is a super mall that rich people live in, which is just so on the nose that I can't imagine it wasn't deliberately engineered as a Ballardian joke). Nandos in America is maybe like Stella Artois was for a while there.
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Dec 28, 2017 03:20
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I love me some Long John Silvers, decent fish and chips if you throw enough malt vinegar on it. I think I just use it as an excuse to eat vinegar.
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Dec 28, 2017 06:47
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Applesnots posted:I love me some Long John Silvers, decent fish and chips if you throw enough malt vinegar on it. I think I just use it as an excuse to eat vinegar. That stuff is trash
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Dec 28, 2017 09:44
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When I am down in South Florida I have to stop by Pollo Tropical. Up in PA, the answer to every road trip is Sheetz, and my "healthy" chicken wrap. Fried Chicken, bacon, mozz sticks, boom boom sauce, onion, and lettuce - to make it healthy!
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Dec 28, 2017 10:23
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The Keg, there are nicer/fancier options for the same price, near me, but I like that poo poo. Red Lobster, when I was in college there were a bunch of east coast guys at my school, they hated it, saying that its not "real" seafood. THey're probably right, but I like that poo poo. Pizza Hut (Pizza slut), I like the crust, some of their other poo poo is pretty good too. Also, they have the all you can eat pizza lunch buffets. its not the best pizza I've ever had, but I like that poo poo.
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Instead of going to the food court after I'm done shopping at the mall in my area, I go to Outback Steakhouse like the fancy lady that I am.
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