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Folks, I'm a Canadian A&W Enjoyer. I think they're the most reliable fast food burg available, and taste considerably better than all the others. They also revamped their fries a few years back, and they're good now. Admittedly not the best, but good. Above average. actual cheese on the burgers, most locations even use the ancient technique of putting the cheese on the patty to let it melt a bit unless it's really busy delicious, juicy patties. Not some dry puck like you semi-regularly get at McDonald's Proper burger toppings, not just pickle slices and onion the root beer is so loving good, one of the only sodas I actually enjoyPlease come here to discuss the Canadian chain A&W, distinct from USA A&W. Also go ahead and discuss the one in the states just make it clear that's what your talking about please my feeble brain will go into a rage if I get confused
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A&W can be pretty solid (though gently caress them for getting rid of the Whistle Dog) but the one near my house is poo poo US A&W seems pretty stupid, they don't even have the Burger Family? And instead of Whistle Dogs it's Coney Island Dogs? 
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Oct 12, 2021 18:29
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what is this abomination "the coney island dog"
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Oct 12, 2021 20:02
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a&w canada is the greatest fast food period 5ft stack of crisp rear end lettuce on the burger aw yeah.
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Oct 12, 2021 20:25
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Samuel Glompers posted:what is this abomination "the coney island dog" Seen at the Minneapolis airport years ago and apparently it's still a regular menu item. It's just a hot dog with onions and chili (I don't know where the chili comes from given that it's not on the Canadian menu, at least where I am). I was not feeling adventurous (tried Godfather's Pizza instead which was complete poo poo,  Herman Cain) and was indeed put off by the lack of a friendly Burger Family from which to pick the perfect size
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Oct 12, 2021 22:13
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Is Chubby Chicken still a thing anywhere? Every location near me except one discontinued the pieces of bone-in chicken but I haven't been down that way in a while. Looking at the US menu and man is it lovely, why aren't there seeds on the buns? Corn dog nuggets? Wtf- however in the envy column they do have deep fried cheese curds and the Root Beer Cream Freeze, which is just a blended float crazy eyes mustafa fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Oct 12, 2021 |
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Oct 12, 2021 22:15
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Is this the same A&W that makes the A&W Rootbeer? Because that's literally the only A&W product I know and its seems weird as hell for it to be a restaurant. Like if Pepsi made and sold burger lol wtf
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Oct 13, 2021 06:46
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dM_TwpgpWc
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Oct 13, 2021 06:49
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Boner M posted:Is this the same A&W that makes the A&W Rootbeer? I mean, at one point PepsiCo was the parent company of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and a bunch of other chains ----------------
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Oct 13, 2021 21:49
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A&W is indeed good and I am sad it is tough to find in the US. Though I have fond memories of Harvey’s in Canada
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Oct 14, 2021 08:31
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Samuel Glompers posted:what is this abomination "the coney island dog" https://www.eater.com/2016/5/8/11612056/detroit-coney-dogs-history It's basically the chili dog's (superior) cousin.
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Oct 14, 2021 10:47
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Gatts posted:A&W is indeed good and I am sad it is tough to find in the US. Though I have fond memories of Harvey’s in Canada Harvey's and A&W are both genuinely great. Harvey's will deadass let you put so many pickles on your burger that it's hard to locate the meat, then give you extra on the side. A&W is the only great food chain I know of that seems to have figured out lettuce. There's no other burger place where I look forward to the lettuce.
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Oct 14, 2021 21:11
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flashy_mcflash posted:Harvey's and A&W are both genuinely great. Harvey's will deadass let you put so many pickles on your burger that it's hard to locate the meat, then give you extra on the side. frickin canadians "Ey the best part is the lettuce, eh!?" ----------------
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Oct 20, 2021 12:14
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crazy eyes mustafa posted:Is Chubby Chicken still a thing anywhere? Every location near me except one discontinued the pieces of bone-in chicken but I haven't been down that way in a while. Chubby Chicken is still a thing, though it's all breast meat for burgers and tendies. The Chubby Chicken sandwich is probably my 2nd favourite fast food chicken burger (behind Popeyes). Definitely agree with op that A&W does the best condiments and toppings. Also that the Root Beer is real good, especially in a frosted mug. I also quite enjoy the All-Canadian breakfast (no hash brown).
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Nov 5, 2021 18:02
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It was cool how they had the onion ring seasoning in a shaker at the ketchup/straw station
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Nov 5, 2021 18:14
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i asked for a thing of the onion ring seasoning at the drive through one time and the guy gave me a gravy container filled with it. home boy hooked me up with a lifetime supply 
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Nov 6, 2021 01:11
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Is the root beer different from what you get in a bottle? I’m assuming it’s draft, but how different could it be? The bottled A&W is sickly-sweet trash.
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Nov 6, 2021 16:51
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Is A&W different in Canada? I had it here years ago and the burgers/fries were extremely similar to Roy Rogers (which is not a bad thing)
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Nov 6, 2021 18:03
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I’ve never been to Roy Rogers but as far as the root beer goes Canada has different standards regarding soft drink bottling In the US the standard is to sweeten with HFCS which is not allowed in Canada, up north the recipes use sugar/glucose-fructose (a certain amount of real sugar, often beet, filled out with a high glucose syrup) leading to a perceptibly different taste of sweetness. If you’ve never had it, think of it as being somewhere between the US (syrup) and Mexico (cane sugar) as far as quality and flavor as it’s basically a mix of the two
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Nov 7, 2021 20:08
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I had some of those new fake nuggets a couple months ago and they were quite good but expensive, which I guess is also my review of their beyond burger lol. Countless memories of stopping at the A&W in Davidson, SK going to or from Regina, usually for Rider games 
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Nov 12, 2021 09:32
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Anonymous Robot posted:Is the root beer different from what you get in a bottle? I’m assuming it’s draft, but how different could it be? The bottled A&W is sickly-sweet trash. In my opinion, anything on tap, especially beer, is better. McDonalds coke is better than what you get in the can. ----------------
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Nov 12, 2021 22:25
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Pennywise the Frown posted:In my opinion, anything on tap, especially beer, is better. McDonalds coke is better than what you get in the can. Counterpoint, iced tea
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Nov 13, 2021 04:29
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crazy eyes mustafa posted:I’ve never been to Roy Rogers but as far as the root beer goes Canada has different standards regarding soft drink bottling drat I never knew this. I feel like this stuff is still loving us up a bit in Canada, is hfc really that much worse? Because it certainly seems like glucose fructose contributes to obesity in Canada.
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Nov 13, 2021 04:39
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Pakistani Brad Pitt posted:Counterpoint, iced tea Well the iced tea you get out of a fountain is probably made from a powder. ----------------
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Nov 13, 2021 06:01
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Pennywise the Frown posted:In my opinion, anything on tap, especially beer, is better. McDonalds coke is better than what you get in the can. I'll agree with you on beer for sure, but preferring fountain soda is some serial killer poo poo. ----------------
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Nov 13, 2021 17:07
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I dunno I'm with Penny on this one, easily. Obviously, glass bottle with real sugar tops the list, I don't think that's in any dispute. But plastic bottle or can vs fountain soda? Generally fountain. However, the fountains allow the owner/operator to adjust the syrup to soda water ratio so it's possible you can get some crummy ones if you're just pulling into Hicksville GasCo. ----------------
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Nov 13, 2021 18:55
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When I was working at a movie theater, my friend who was a manager there said that if the coke fountain broke at McDonald's, they'd drop whatever they were doing and prioritize it over all other jobs they have. When my sister was pregnant she'd have me go to McDonald's specifically to get a diet coke from them. ----------------
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Nov 13, 2021 21:03
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Well yeah, they're selling you a 2 cent product for 2 bucks, goddamn right that's high priority.
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Nov 14, 2021 02:17
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Fountain soda is only as good as the machine dispensing it. Smaller places let them get pretty filthy and coliform bacteria takes root. This is partly why Sprite never tastes good anywhere and has kind of a musty flavor when not canned or bottled.
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Nov 17, 2021 14:01
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Samuel Glompers posted:drat I never knew this. I feel like this stuff is still loving us up a bit in Canada, is hfc really that much worse? Because it certainly seems like glucose fructose contributes to obesity in Canada. It definitely is. Sugar/glucose-fructose is not “better” per se but simply less bad because of how your body/bloodstream metabolizes it vs HFCS. The interesting thing though was, according to the last statistics I looked at, it’s actually Mexico leading in rate of obesity across North America. They have the tasty sodas (again, sugar is not really good for you in any form) but one factor is that the traditional diet is high in corn and corn products. So anecdotally at least it seems to be corn and its derivatives doing a lot of the damage. Though if I lived in Mexico or in the Dr Pepper factory in Dublin or whatever I’m sure I’d be drinking myself to death with cane sugar just due to my access to it.
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Nov 18, 2021 16:50
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A and W is in Utah and it is OK but it just seems weird as hell it is here
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Derpies posted:A and W is in Utah and it is OK but it just seems weird as hell it is here American A&W is haram
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Nov 21, 2021 23:44
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We used to go to A&W drive-ins in the GTA as kids, I doubt there's any left now.
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Dec 4, 2021 13:16
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Samuel Glompers posted:what is this abomination "the coney island dog" It's a Detroit thing, you wouldn't understand.
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Dec 4, 2021 18:40
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hello, american expat here, discovering that a&w is good in canada was weirder than learning kilometers
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Dec 17, 2021 11:36
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It's pretty easily the best ff burg
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Dec 17, 2021 11:37
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yeah they're real good but harvey's sells acceptable poutine so it's a tie in first place
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Dec 17, 2021 11:57
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I miss Harvey’s in Home Depot, seemed like a perfect combination. Then they put a subway in there which couldn’t be more of a gently caress you
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You nailed that one
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Bumping this thread to say they have made their multigrain bun substantially worse  It used to be this dense bun I loved to tear into and now it's some dempster's deluxe bs that is utterly "okay." It's what you would expect from fast food now, not a pleasant surprise like before
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