Fast food/fast casual restaurants

[daveamkrayoguy]

Unless it's travel, I am vowing to never really have to eat out again! Prices can be inflated and very un-proportionate to what gets brought to the table...

I can't afford to, even given that that is the ONLY way my daughter will eat (MY "cavalcade of food" is seldom, if ever appreciated no matter what I make--and I can't afford a cook or my own personal chef, either) and my wife, equally fussy about her food takes her to MAC-Donald's! (Although, I do introduce to food & keep her nutritionally balanced, showing her every importance, so no spoiling her, nor deprivation on my part, all of rest the time!)

Like I said, eating out when that is my only option is what I will do--more places I want to go to, visit and see, given the bad news I am hearing about in those other parts of the world... So, enough of what I spend to live here to keep my belly still--and even going out, I watch the spending & somehow still get what I know I'll enjoy... I try to get my wimmin-folk in the same spirit, or on the same page, as well... That is, a meal is not a destination, food is just a journey to survive...

-- Dave

 

[glomain]

Shoneys,Hardees,and Lees Famous Recipe are the best in this neck of the woods,also all the Hardees here have aside kick they put in their stores called Red burrito,puts taco bell to shame.

 

[revvinkevin]

 

 

I used to eat fast food when the mood struck, or occasionally on the way home from work.  It was VERY easy to do when I was single.  But now that it's no longer just me at home, I rarely hit fast food spots and eat at home regularly.

 

McDonalds: while I've had many things on the menu over the years, frequently it was only the basic single or double cheeseburger or other value menu items.

 

In-N-Out Burger: (mostly West coast, but now in Utah & Texas).  <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Good</span> burgers and at a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">reasonable</span> price!  Really good stuff!  Love my burger "animal style".

 

5 Guys:  Went once when a location opened 6 years ago in my area.  No thanks, pass, will <span style="text-decoration: underline;">never</span> go again.  Perhaps I was a victim of all the hype I was hearing about it, but my experience did NOT stand up to all the hype.  Absolutely nothing special about their burgers and my order of fries, while perfectly golden brown, they were soggy and limp, YUK!   Plus they're over priced.

 

Taco Hell... er... Bell:  Been there, done that many times, like the crunchy taco supreme, but very little else!

 

Wendy's:  I like / love the value priced menu item: frosty, chili, jr bacon cheeseburger, chicken nuggets, etc! (the nuggets aren't that ground/chopped/processed/formed crap McD's has).

 

Jack-in-the-Box: Used to stop regularly on my way to work for a breakfast item, but no more.

 

KFC / Pioneer Chicken:  While they are both good, I'm just not willing to pay their prices anymore. 

 

Jollibee: They are the "McDonalds of the Philippines".  I've been to a number of them when visiting the Philippines and one (or 2?) locally.  It's really cheap in the Philippines, but here in the US, it's quite pricey ($7 for 2 pieces of chicken and rice?!?) and honestly it's just not that good.

 

Chick-Fil-A: While I have to admit their sandwiches & nuggets are very good, I've refused to go in any of their stores since all the same sex policy controversy in 2011/2012.

 

**** According to Wikipedia "Fast Casual" falls between fast food and casual dining, like Boston Market, Chipotle Mexican Grill, El Pollo Loco, Panera Bread and others I'm not familiar with.  I have walked into both Boston Market and Chipotle, but then walked out again without buying anything. 

 

El Pollo Loco: (and similar So Cal local - Charo Chicken) both are very good, but again, cost is a factor.  (OK call me cheap, LOL)

 

I have really enjoyed Panera Bread every time I've been, but don't go that often. 

 

Kevin

 

[panthera]

Major challenge

A major difficulty the fast food/casual food places face here so close to the border is the enormous difference in salaries, health insurance and benefits (pot, too) between southern Wyoming and northern Colorado. It's impossible to keep staff in Cheyenne when just a10 minute drive for a poorly educated person gives them double the salary, health insurance benefits, pot and workers rights.