Best Fast Food Burger

The closest Shake Shack to me has a neon sign on the wall that says "stand for something good"

 

could have saved a lot of words and just said "we help give the south diabetes"

looks delicious tho

 

there is a shake shack opening right across the street from one of portland's major tourist attractions (powell's books). people will get hit by cars.

 

that’s too bad. Powell’s Books is awesome, hate to see the neighborhood get ruined.

 

powell's is indeed awesome, you just have to walk by the guy without a belt doing the fentanyl lean

 

crinkle cuts suck

 

they should try making good burgers first

 

fwiw for me it's still the wendy's big bacon classic. it's like $10 for a combo but it's my day off

 

they put this up before the shake shack logo sign and i was like "what kind of bullshit is this"

 

To me Wendy's is pretty clearly the best of the big 3 fast food burger places.

 

The crinkles at Culver's are p darn tasty.

 

they're not terrible by any stretch, it's just at the very bottom of my preferred fries list.

 

Bottom of my fries list is shoestring. Especially the ones at Freddy's. Fuck those things.

 

My complaint that will prob seem insane but i am going with it. Fuck curly fries. Arbys and Jack N the Box give you sliver fries. If I wanted half moon fries, I'd order half moon fries. There are usually like 3-4 curly fries in an entire medium order. Fuck em

 

I'm a snob but find shake shack pretty damn good. Granted all burgers make me feel like shit for a few days but five guys(go to one of the originals, have had some bad 5 guys) and shake shack are probably my top 2

 

I had Shake Shack for the first time the other day and the burger was great.

 

Shake Shake or Mr Beast >>> In-N-Out or Whataburger

 

Nah. Sizzle Pie and Thai Peacock are still on that block. Much much much better. OZ2

 

Crinkles can be really good. But there are a lot of bad ones out there.

Shoestrings just suck. There's no upside there.

 

Sizzle Pie is good. I like SFNY just up burnside but they are similar. Never tried Thai Peacock but I will

 

I judge myself after In-and-Out every time but it's fantastic

"Setting the Table" by Danny Meyer I had to read when I first got out here and I've worked with a lot of his staff, I have to admit I lionized the guy to a degree

Danny = Union Square Hospitality (multiple Michelin starred restaurants) and started Shake Shack

 

Nice edit - I was literally just about to post that the vast majority of the board has no idea who you're talking about.

 

As an admittedly pretentious food person - given these parameters probably:

1. In N Out
2. Burger King
3. Wendy's

There's probably plenty that aren't out here that I'm missing out on.

 

BK varies the most between franchisees, at least around here. I can drive 2 miles and the whopper is noticeably different

 

Are we counting small chains or is this just like McDonald's/BK discussion?

 

Oh we have one that is pretty solid and one that I refuse to let him place an order from

 

Oddly enough the BK that usually nails it is ratchet as hell

Coin operated bathrooms, etc

 

Thai Peacock is the exact upscale, Americanized Thai that you know and want.

It’s not Laangban in terms of greatness (still the singular best meal I’ve ever had) but it’s not supposed to be.

It’s just tasty fucking food that is great wether drunk (usually with Dirtball) or sober (wife). I miss Portland food so much

 

what

 

Yep - you have to get a coin from the counter if you want to use the bathroom

It's self deprecating to have to admit that I've used a central Hollywood bathroom at a Burger King but it is what it is

 

typically it's a key around these parts. i just thought "coin operated" implied that there is a time limit

 

You just put the coin in to open the door and you have to order food prior to get one

 

Danny was my neighbor.

 

tell him his fries are shit

 

I like his crullers and breakfast sandwiches, though.

His daughter makes some dope ice cream, as well.

 

Incredible - I'm not sure if it's for this thread or another but would love to hear random anecdotes.

 

Can you translate this into east coast? I have no idea what this means.

 

In many areas of LA, the condition of restrooms in fast food places are horrible due to the unhoused population.

 

Can’t go wrong with KING crinkle cut fries

 

Burger King blozz. I would never go there

 

I just took an edible and I'm going to wendys

 

There a lot of words In here when “I’ve never had Culver’s” would suffice.

 

Guess I have to give this a try.

 

(i hate onion)

 

that looks fucking terrible. Culver’s would never.

 

Hardee’s breakfast out of this world

 

They really are. My office is between a Wendy’s and a DQ (the DQ is awful). We had a Hardee’s across the street but it closed in 2019. Replaced with a Freddy’s and it just doesn’t live up. Whenever we’d work 7-noon on Fridays I’d always send someone over with $40 to get us a breakfast feast.

Now, I know it’s the same thing but I swear Carl’s in Oregon was better quality than Hardee’s here in KC. Has anyone else noticed a difference between the two?

 

Now there are Keith Lee imitators? Anything for clicks, I guess.