Best Fast Food

[Boyder]

Erbert & Gerbert's is my fav sandwich shop ...
not a big fan of fast food other than that ...

[Uncle Lau]

Erbert & Gerbert's

Agreed !!!

[srjorion]

In honor of this thread I treated my wife to some Del Taco tonight.

Trust me, that's not the least romantic gesture I have ever done

By the way...here's one you might want to avoid:

I'm pretty sure that's the #2. It sure is a bum wrap.

[Shanks A Million]

Isn't that just a hot dog?

Only if it were made of pigeon, rat, human hand, and actual dog.

I still say Fuddruckers is not fast food. I've been going there since I was a young child, and it never really satisfied that fast food prerequisite to me. First off, many Fuddruckers have real cups, and despite the format, it's not a booth and take out type place, as are fast food restaurants. To me, "fast food" is food that's meant to be eaten away from the building. A drive through is pretty much an automatic sign of fast food. McDonalds, for example, didn't even have a way to eat in for many years. In most fast food places, the dining room is a secondary addition. At Fuddruckers, the dining room is the primary function of the restaurant.

[sean_miller]

Any place where you wait in line to order and the menu is on the wall behind a cashier is fast food, regardless of the speed, delivery process, or even the awesomeness of said food.

[max power]

Any place where you wait in line to order and the menu is on the wall behind a cashier is fast food, regardless of the speed, delivery process, or even the awesomeness of said food.

Nah-I'm with Shanks on this one. It's hard to set a general rule, might have to be determined on a case by case basis. Something similar to the Supreme Court's evaluation of whether or not something qualifies as pornography-"I know it when I see it." In this case Fuddruckers is definitely not fast food.

[sean_miller]

Nah-I'm with Shanks on this one. It's hard to set a general rule, might have to be determined on a case by case basis. Something similar to the Supreme Court's evaluation of whether or not something qualifies as pornography-"I know it when I see it." In this case Fuddruckers is definitely not fast food.

We had one in Edmonton. Maybe it was set up wrong. It was a combination of Wendy's and a Ponderosa.

The "real glasses" were clear plastic glasses you'd keep in your holiday trailer. Very classy.

[iacas]

First off, many Fuddruckers have real cups, and despite the format, it's not a booth and take out type place, as are fast food restaurants.

And at the Fuddrucker's I know, the only one I've been to, it's in the Mall food court and you order off a large menu posted on a wall with a person standing at a cashier, you get a paper cup, and you take your food away and eat it in the same place as people who ordered Chinese, pizza from Sbarro's, Subway sandwiches, etc.

Maybe they have some more "Red Robin-esque" type places, but the two are clearly in different categories. Heck, several of the items at a Boston Market take hours to make, but it's all served relatively quickly and still counts as "fast food," even if they have to bring your turkey sandwich out to your table because the turkey's not quite done cooking yet.

Any place where you wait in line to order and the menu is on the wall behind a cashier is fast food, regardless of the speed, delivery process, or even the awesomeness of said food.

Yup.

[max power]

We had one in Edmonton. Maybe it was set up wrong. It was a combination of Wendy's and a Ponderosa.

I've only ever been to Fuddruckers in San Diego, Tucson, and Phoenix. They've all been what I would call restaurants, but maybe it's just a west coast thing.

[iacas]

Fuddruckers clearly has "restaurant style" places, but clearly also has definite "fast foody" type locations as well. Wikipedia even calls the restauranty-style ones "fast casual" dining:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuddruckers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_casual_restaurant

Summary: no full table service, but attempts to have better food quality than "fast food" places.

So, we're all right. And that ends the Great Fuddruckers Debate of 2010. Let's move on.

P.S. SAM, go to Lindburger's just off Military Trail in Delray Beach if you want a good burger.

[jamo]

For anyone in the Delaware area, Jake's Hamburgers is really good, though they just changed their name to Jake's Wayback Burgers. They also have locations in Tampa, CT, Long Island, southeastern PA, MD, NC, and Springfield, MA.

[Chilli Dipper]

Personally, I have no use for fast-food burgers. Thanks to the recession, there is a rash of burger joints in metro Atlanta started up by recently-unemployed upscale chefs and restauranteurs. Quite frankly, quick-service burgers (with the sole exception of Five Guys) cannot hope to compare.

[right handed phil mickelson]

In honor of this thread I treated my wife to some Del Taco tonight.

"Honey.. I love you so much that I'm going to give you and me severe gas tonight. Lets light those sheets up!"

[srjorion]

"Honey.. I love you so much that I'm going to give you and me severe gas tonight. Lets light those sheets up!"

Didn't affect her

[tracker]

Panda express
king taco
in-n-out

[andymane]

What-A-Burger!

[Azandford]

1. In n Out
2. Boston Market
3. 5 Guys

[JetFan1983]

Five Guys for me.