What's your goto fast food?

[nudemacusers]

I hate most fast food but I’ll gobble up a dollar chicken sandwich from McDonald’s

Mostly local stuff.  Not a snob about fast food or anything but I do just really like the stuff that's local to here.

Kid Valley - Cheapish burger place and they have fried mushrooms... mmmm
Dicks -  The cheapest burger around.. it's mostly simple drunk food.. but it is that old school never frozen beef, hand cut fries kinda thing.  A Seattle classic.  Also Gianna Michaels worked at the Dick's I used to go to... so Gianna Michaels has served me DICKS.
Local taco places -  too many to mention.. lot of different styles, there's about 7-8 places within a mile of my house.

I do have a soft spot for Taco Bell though.   But I also love Taco Time (the version regional to the PNW).

You know I’ve had dicks probably dozens of times but I don’t think I’ve ever eaten dicks sober. Phrasing intentional.

I hate taco time tho. 

[nudemacusers]

Oh I guess Popeyes counts too huh.. spicy tenders with red beans & rice

[nudemacusers]

The wait between order and receipt of food is a great time to nap on the sidewalk 

[Great Rumbler]

My city has, I believe 5 Subways despite being a city of about 50k. At least 4 for sure. There are more Subways than McDonalds here. And I've never seen more than one car at a time at any of them. No idea how the fuck they stay open.

I checked on their store locator and found that there are 45 Subway restaurants within 50 miles of my house. 9 are less than 20 miles away.

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The closest is 13 miles away, though.

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[Tripon]

There are more than 50 less than 10 miles from me and 20 of those are less than 5.

I don’t understand it either.

There's no territory limits for Subways shops, and the requirements to be a franchise owner of a subway shop are so low because Subway home office wants franchise fees instead of sustained growth. That's basically it.

[nudemacusers]

I remember a YouTube vid diving into this in detail; most of them break even or pull a meager net... subway lives on a #s game... in retrospect them shits are everywhere, practically every interstate truck stop has one.

[Joe Molotov]

Had a chicken sammy from Jack in the Crack today. It's no Popeyes I'm sure, but at least they didn't run out.

[Himu]

McDonald’s and taco bell

[chronovore]

In the USA, Popeyes, hands down.

In Japan, there are $5 tempura donburi which are amazeballs. I just ate one. This is on par with what I’d expect for $15 in the USA. Both Tenya and Santen are great.

[CatsCatsCats]

Taco Bell, ofc. But also!! Wendys

[Himu]

does mexican fast food like food trucks and taquerias count because that's always number 1

[CatsCatsCats]

Personally I wouldn’t count that, anything from a cart is a step up from fast food imo

[Human Snorenado]

does mexican fast food like food trucks and taquerias count because that's always number 1

Nuh uh baby, that shit is fine dining

[Rman]

More curious how they (the franchise owners) manage to sustain that many. 

Not like rent, materials or employees are cheap here either.

Don't Subway franchisees tend to struggle like crazy?

[Trent Dole]

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/popeyes-chicken-sandwich-back-november-2019
The Popeye's Sammich is back on Sunday the third if you want to see what the hell the hype was over it.

[tiesto]

They opened a PDQ around here and it's probably the best fast food I've ever had. Anyone ever been? Seems to be concentrated in Florida.