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« Reply #2604 on: August 24, 2021, 02:52:03 PM »
There's gringo taco joints and then there's Mexican taquerias.

The gringo taco joints have things like the "Taco Of The Month" that might feature a Panko-battered chicken tender on a bed of crispy bacon, with award-winning Green Chile Queso, Diablo wing sauce, poblano ranch slaw, blue cheese crumbles, and a drizzle of honey, all served on a flour tortilla for $5.75.

The Mexican taquerias serve basic standard fare every day with ingredients that include things like intestines and cheek or head meat.  Usually topped with just a little cilantro and queso fresco, and sold for around a buck each.

Both can be quite tasty, and they're certainly not the same thing.

 
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« Reply #2605 on: August 24, 2021, 03:16:18 PM »
Yup, we have both, but the places out Buford Highway are the former.

El Rey del Taco – The best authentic Mexican food in Atlanta (elreydeltacoatl.com)

We;ve had lunch here a few times, it's packed.

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« Reply #2606 on: August 24, 2021, 04:56:40 PM »
You can get lots of gringo tacos around here (and far more places that make authentic ones), but the very gringo-iest of them all, is a place called Torchy's.  They started here in Austin but have become a fairly large national chain that spans from Colorado in the west to North Carolina and Virginia in the east.

https://torchystacos.com/




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« Reply #2607 on: August 24, 2021, 05:18:48 PM »
Why do some people in public hold a long winded discussion with a voice that carries to everyone else around?

Was just at the pool, two guys, one describing how he redid his house in CA apparently.  On and on, he was very proud and wanted me to hear I guess 30 feet away.

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« Reply #2608 on: August 24, 2021, 05:19:51 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on August 24, 2021, 05:18:48 PM
Why do some people in public hold a long winded discussion with a voice that carries to everyone else around?

Was just at the pool, two guys, one describing how he redid his house in CA apparently.  On and on, he was very proud and wanted me to hear I guess 30 feet away.
Deafness?
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« Reply #2609 on: August 24, 2021, 05:31:49 PM »
The other annoyance also happened today, a person at a restaurant talking on speaker phone.  He was asked by a server to stop, fortunately. 
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« Reply #2610 on: August 24, 2021, 06:58:58 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on August 24, 2021, 05:31:49 PM
The other annoyance also happened today, a person at a restaurant talking on speaker phone.  He was asked by a server to stop, fortunately.
Consideration for others is in short supply these days.
Society in general is fraying at the edges.  Politics inserts itself into nearly every other function of family and social interaction.
Why bother being considerate?  That guy at the next table that your speakerphone is blasting might be one of those bastards anyway!  Screw him!
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« Reply #2611 on: August 24, 2021, 07:06:56 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on August 24, 2021, 02:11:59 PM
Some people really get overly freaked out and excited about fast food burger joints. Whataburger.  In n Out.  Some people even really love White Castle.

I'm not really like that.  It's just fast food.  But Whataburger is pretty good, for a fast food burger.

Not cheap at all, though.

In general I agree.  I do rather like Five Guys though.  But also not cheap, as burgers go.  
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« Reply #2612 on: August 24, 2021, 07:17:42 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on August 24, 2021, 02:08:09 PM
Here's Where Whataburger Will Open Its First Metro Atlanta Restaurant | What Now Atlanta
Here's Where Whataburger Will Open Its First Metro Atlanta Restaurant | What Now Atlanta

When I was a kid in Augusta, there was a What-A-Burger place that I liked when we went, it might have been a knock off, like McDowell's.  I remember I called it "Water Burger".
Similar spellings abound in the eternal effort to profit from someone else's brand without quite breaking the law.
What-A-Burger, Whataburger--sound alike but two entirely different things.
When I was in 3rd-5th grade, there was what I remember as Lot-A-Burger.  In the 50+ years since then, I've seen other Lot-A-Burgers, Lottaburgers, Lotta-Burgers, and probably some other spellings I've forgotten.
We've got 3 Five Guys restaurants in Tulsa, but before they got here, a "Fat Guys" opened up with what I think is a very similar theme.
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« Reply #2613 on: August 25, 2021, 12:23:21 AM »
Quote from: CWSooner on August 24, 2021, 05:19:51 PM
Deafness?
Guilty as charged. I’m basically deaf in my right ear due to a viral infection as a teenager and I really don’t hear all that well in the other ear. I talk loud. Like really loud. Even though I try not to do it my voice level will always trend higher when I’m engaged in conversation. My dad and other relatives were hard of hearing as well so we always talked loud, even when younger and not quite so deaf. 

So basically just remember that anytime you hear somebody talking loud just remember there is a good chance they are hard of hearing and really just don’t realize it. 
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« Reply #2614 on: August 25, 2021, 01:07:54 AM »
My mother has lost over half of her hearing and I can't sell her on getting hearing aids.
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« Reply #2615 on: August 25, 2021, 11:53:21 AM »
I like Torchy's

what A Burger is similar to Burger King or McDonalds IMO - nothing special and try not to eat at these types of places
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« Reply #2616 on: August 25, 2021, 01:14:24 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on August 25, 2021, 11:53:21 AM
I like Torchy's

what A Burger is similar to Burger King or McDonalds IMO - nothing special and try not to eat at these types of places
Whataburger has a ton more choices and options than McDonald's or Burger King, and they use fresh-never-frozen beef.

For the actual food itself, I'd say it's a lot closer to a 5 Guys or even a Red Robin, than it is to McDonald's or Burger King.

For the experience, well, it's fast food and not fast casual, so that's gonna be like a Mickey D's rather than a Red Robin.

But I don't eat at any of the above very often, usually only on roadtrips. When I want a burger, there are some really great places in town that are neither fast food nor fast casual.
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« Reply #2617 on: August 25, 2021, 02:08:21 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on August 25, 2021, 01:07:54 AM
My mother has lost over half of her hearing and I can't sell her on getting hearing aids.

Same.  Mine doesn't talk loud, she just can't hear a word you say and constantly asks you to repeat yourself.
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