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Brutus Buckeye

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« Reply #3472 on: February 03, 2025, 11:32:16 AM »
A lot of fried chicken chains operate out of gas stations around here. Ernie's, Krispy Krunchy and Chester's. 

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« Reply #3473 on: February 03, 2025, 12:11:21 PM »
I like Mexican food quite a bit, we have several options near us that are quite good (not fast food) and we make tacos at home fairly often.  I get your point that there are few TB alternatives when it comes to fast "Mexican".  The last time I ate at TB I resolved never to dine there again except under duress.  It well could be they are as good as McDs, sort of a consistent mediocrity of OKness.

Fried chicken is messy to fix at home, air fried chicken isn't very good, to me.  But, if I want some here, I'll walk to a nonFF joint near us, particularly Mukja, the Korean place.  Mary Mac's Tea Room is pretty good too.  The only FF places near us are CFA, Panera, and Chipotle. 

There is a pretty good place in the food hall called "Pretty Little Tacos".

Oxtail Birria Tacos | Pretty Little Tacos | Atlanta

I forgot about Tin Lizzy's, it's OK.  Not our fav.
Yeah, as I've said before I almost never eat FF any more. It seems like prices have gotten insane, and to me the value isn't there. I'd rather pay more for something that's objectively better, or not eat it at all. We cook at home pretty much every night, and I can always scrounge up something around the house for lunch. 

For the most part FF is generally road trip food. And for obvious reasons, I'm not likely to hit up Taco Bell on a road trip...



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« Reply #3474 on: February 03, 2025, 12:14:23 PM »
supposedly getting a Raising Cane's sometime in the future
I assume it will fare like Popeye's a year or so ago.
Huge lines the first few weeks.......... no traffic a year later
I don't expect them to be in business a couple years from now.
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« Reply #3475 on: February 03, 2025, 12:17:31 PM »
My own fast food ranking, e.g., if I have a choice, I use this ranking.

1.  CFA
2.  Burger King
3.  Wendy's
4.  Bojangles
5.  Zaxby's
6.  McDs
7.  TB maybe, it's really at the bottom.
I really don't care for Burger King.  Goes to the bottom of my short list.
Wendy's would be my choice of your list.
I've not tried Bojangles or Zaxbys
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« Reply #3476 on: February 03, 2025, 12:24:15 PM »
We enjoy dining out fairly often here.  There are interesting options around, some not too pricey.  Otherwise we pretty much share cooking.

I had $100 i gift cards to STK to be used by March 31, so we went Friday night.  It's not a place we go to much because it's quite pricey.  The food was pretty solid at least.    I'd rather go 4 times to a decent place at maybe $60 per than one time to STK.

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« Reply #3477 on: February 03, 2025, 01:18:07 PM »
We really only eat fast food when we're road tripping.  Or, late at night after a concert or something when we're hungry, don't want to scrounge in the fridge, and there's nothing else open.  

I don't really consider Taco Bell to be Mexican, I guess it's sort of Mexican-adjacent.  But it's fine for what it is.  I ate a lot of it in college because it was super cheap.  I could get two tacos and two burritos for $2.36 plus tax.  I guess it's still fairly cheap compared to what has happened to other fast food prices.  When a burger combo at a fast food joint approaches or exceeds $10, I'm definitely going to look elsewhere for a quick meal.


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« Reply #3478 on: February 03, 2025, 01:23:56 PM »
We really only eat fast food when we're road tripping.  Or, late at night after a concert or something when we're hungry, don't want to scrounge in the fridge, and there's nothing else open. 

I don't really consider Taco Bell to be Mexican, I guess it's sort of Mexican-adjacent.  But it's fine for what it is.  I ate a lot of it in college because it was super cheap.  I could get two tacos and two burritos for $2.36 plus tax.  I guess it's still fairly cheap compared to what has happened to other fast food prices.  When a burger combo at a fast food joint approaches or exceeds $10, I'm definitely going to look elsewhere for a quick meal.
Shh....

Burger combos here in SoCal already exceed $10. If you're letting people know that's not the case in Austin... well...

...that's not going to help your "don't move here" message :57:

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« Reply #3479 on: February 03, 2025, 01:31:10 PM »
No, my phrasing could be misinterpreted, my apologies.

It was meant to read as "Now that burger combos at fast food joints approach or exceed $10..."

The Big Mac combo is around $9 and that's at the cheaper end of the spectrum.  

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« Reply #3480 on: February 03, 2025, 01:57:25 PM »
Combo meals in France are called "menu".  It's rather confusing to me.  There is a McDs across from the hotel where we're staying, I threaten to eat there.  My wife rolls her eyes, as usual.  We leave a week from today, hard to believe.

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« Reply #3481 on: February 03, 2025, 05:01:03 PM »
Yup, my standard order at the McDonald's drive-thru in France was:

Menu Big Mac avec bière s'il vous plaît

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« Reply #3482 on: February 03, 2025, 05:16:15 PM »
Do you mean places like Red Robin?
Chipotle. That’s what I meant. 

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« Reply #3483 on: February 03, 2025, 05:23:05 PM »
I really don't care for Burger King.  Goes to the bottom of my short list.
Wendy's would be my choice of your list.
I've not tried Bojangles or Zaxbys
Burger King is always dirty. I keep expecting to see a rat or cockroach scamper across the dining room.

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« Reply #3484 on: February 03, 2025, 05:35:29 PM »
last time I stopped for Burger King......... in a hurry and on the road,,,,

I took a couple bites and tossed the burger out the window

that was 10+ years ago - not going back anytime soon
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« Reply #3485 on: February 04, 2025, 08:41:26 AM »
"Courage; Generosity; Fairness; Honor; In these are the true awards of manly sport."

 

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