Arby's Beef & Cheddar and curly fries were great in the mid 90s, but I have had it once or twice in recent years and I swear the cheese and meat both taste like plastic now.
Oh yeah I also loved Harvey's but couldn't find one the last time I was in Calgary. I had this master plan to load up on burgers at the airport before leaving town but ended up disappointed when I found out it had been replaced by that homophobic fried chicken chain.
There’s one off crowchild at Brentwood and then Harvey’s/Swiss chalet combo at Westills, where you can order of both menus at the drive thru. Mmmm
Sorry, but A&W have the best onion rings and it isn't even close. Bigger and better batter coating.
Gotta give that a hard no, onions are sliced way too thick and the coating isnt light or crispy. When I've ordered them the batter still comes out half fried. I do prefer more flour in the batter for onion rings though, similar to fish n chip batter
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In N Out will win this only because it's insanely over rated in western Canada.
In N Out is strange. The burgers are a very legit contender for best burger, but the fries are terrible. You can order them well done which makes them less terrible, but still not very good. I just get a burger whenever I'm there now.
My go-to fast food in the US is shake shack. Everything is good, and the chicken sandwich is great.
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Gotta give that a hard no, onions are sliced way too thick and the coating isnt light or crispy. When I've ordered them the batter still comes out half fried. I do prefer more flour in the batter for onion rings though, similar to fish n chip batter
Okay, you have a point. I guess I like a thicker onion slice.
For me I find the batter on the DQ rings to have no taste and to be rather bland. They come out very hard and the onions to small and too thin. More batter than onion itself.
Good poll. My cheat sheet in case anyone isn’t familiar with any of the entries:
McDonalds - The pictures all look like food. Look. Shakes should get thinner at room temp. Fries are really good but the Super Size Me guy got pretty messed up eating here too much. And what the hell is Grimace?
BK - Nothing make a gal say “go brush your teeth before makeouts” like the Whopper with its onions and secret sauce of ketchup mixed with mayo
And as for the king mascot, I’ll see whatever Grimace is and raise you - this is one of the most glorious moments in creepy bizarre fast food commercial excellence
Wendy’s - the baconator. So many slices of paper thin bacon, it actually adds up to a whole slice
Arby’s - 5 sandwiches for 5 dollars. Wtf? Yeah, that’s right. Puddy took Elaine there. “I had the roast beef”
A&W - their whole hormone free campaign was restating the regulation they are subject to, wasn’t it?
DQ - chocolate dipped cones are great. Mandatory to eat them once a year, early summer, then remember how unsatisfying their ice cream is. Repeat next year.
KFC - So greasy. Those weird fat hanging off the drumsticks always grossed me out. I don’t know what they are because the birds I get from the butcher don’t have them
Popeyes - even more sodium than Chick Fil A. Move over Colonel, we can make chicken unhealthy too
Subway - that weird smell of their bread that you smell from half a km away and say “there must be a Subway nearby”
Tim Hortons - it’s like Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, you can identify their current state or their direction but not both. So many reinventions and so many mediocre lunches. The new deluxe donut strategy is interesting
Domino’s - Pizza shouldn’t be cooked and delivered that quick
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Little Caesar’s - their pizzas mirror the Red Wings of late. Not that great any more, and experiencing them is super cheap
Taco Bell - almost everything but the shells comes out of a caulking-style gun. Meat paste, bean paste, sour cream. Although all the new things are just variations using the same ingredients, 20 bucks could go a long way and wrapping a hard taco shell with a soft taco shell is ingenious
Chipotle - It’s kind of comparitively healthy, should be disqualified
Five Guys - yeah, like that other guy said, those fries are salty
In and Out - odd inclusion as it’s not local, unless I’m missing something
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Most North American fast food chains suck in North America. They are all better in Asia, except maybe McDonalds because their formula seems more globally standardized.
Really, it's a big step down in food quality getting this stuff in Canada vs getting it in Asia. Even Tim Horton's is way better in Shanghai. Any time I eat fast food in Canada I regret it.
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Is DQ food decent? I honestly don't think I have had DQ food in the last 20 years. I've only ever had the ice cream.
I like their chicken fingers dipped in buffalo sauce, but I find their food is very expensive and their quality of veggies makes it so I would never get a burger there.
How did Tim Hortons get on this list? Kind of an insult to fast food if you ask me. There was a time when their food was edible but they started cheaping out with iceberg lettuce in their sandwiches as their Turkey Bacon Club used to be acceptable but the last two times I had one it tasted nasty. If Tim Hortons faced off against 7-Eleven I would probably pick 7-Eleven.
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How did Tim Hortons get on this list? Kind of an insult to fast food if you ask me. There was a time when their food was edible but they started cheaping out with iceberg lettuce in their sandwiches as their Turkey Bacon Club used to be acceptable but the last two times I had one it tasted nasty. If Tim Hortons faced off against 7-Eleven I would probably pick 7-Eleven.
Probably!?!? It’s no contest.
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