@@MostlyInteresting we have Sonics everywhere. 3 in Greenville, NC alone. Our 3 are the best too. Each has a huge playground, one a playground & beach volleyball court. And the owner of the Checkers here.. I was his kids babysitter all throughout high school & college. I always knew Checkers & Rally's were the same thing, but I knew that because of traveling. I think in Georgia they're Rally's not Checkers.
Carl's Jr, The Habit, Culver's, Whataburger, Braum's, Del Taco, and In-N-Out are amongst my favorite fast food options. Unfortunately, a few of those are not available in my region, and require being taken advantage of when traveling through their regions.
Names change regionally to avoid confusion. West coast: Dreyers Ice Cream. Midwest: Dreyers is called Edy's to avoid confusion with local favorite Breyers.
White Castle sliders are ok when they are hot. Just don’t let them get cold. It is like biting into a block of Crisco. The only think I like from there is the fries (or chips, if you like...).
When I said Rally’s I was like WTF is that?! But than he said “people the East Coast calls it Checkers”. I was like I’ve never heard nobody call Checkers “Rally’s” in my whole damn life!
I’ve never heard of rally’s or checker or Hardee’s or Carl’s Jr or White Castle. I had my first in and out burger in January 2020. I’m from Houston. I’ve been wanting in and out for a while. Have you heard of Crystals
Here's my tip for fast food, since I worked in so many of these places in my life : The best employees in about every fast food place usually work the day shift from 6am-2pm or so. They are the ones who have been there the longest and they generally make you better food, wash their hands more often, and have everything streamlined (not always but usually) So, if you don't want the shitty second string people who just started 3 days ago or 45 minutes ago, go there in the morning or lunch, but not dinner. You're much more likely to get a quality product. Like when I want KFC chicken (for dinner) I go there at about 10am and get all the stuff and take it home and refrigerate it until dinner, but I wont go there at dinner time to buy it. That's when all the after school stoners and fly by night employees are working and they just don't care about anything. Go when those 4 old ladies who've worked there for 8 years are there in the morning you'll get way better quality.
Better yet, don’t do fast food! If there aren’t any restaurants open where I travel I go into a grocery store and pick up a ready made salad or sandwich.
Might explain why every time I've gone to any different Hardee's anywhere in the USA for breakfast, its absolute manna from heaven. Go there for burgers and curly fries later in the day, its just not that same unless you hit that 11-1:30pm rush for lunch. Go there later in the day and you can tell the fries aren't as fresh, people don't give a shit. McDonalds has it figured out in giving you the same damn thing 24 hours a day, the quality is pretty consistent no matter time of day/who's working.
The reason Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. go by separate names despite now being the same restaurant chain is because they once where separate chains that merge together with their respective menus also merging. Rather then doing a confusing rename of some sort they simply decide to keep the original names since there was never a Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. in the same city.
I would suggest Whataburger. This is a regional food chain mainly in the Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana areas, though I do believe they are spreading as well they should. Fun fact: I was due to have my labor induced the next day so we were enjoying my last meal for a while at the local Whataburger. Lo and behold my water broke in between onion rings bites! Love that place.
Culvers has some of the most tasteless burgers throughout fastfood, and the frozen custard is just as bland. I'd eat at Taco Bell before I'd eat at Culvers, just because an unpleasant experience is preferable to no experience at all.
@@clayendfield4850 You're just a crank. Culver's is excellent. The pot roast sandwich is the finest "fast food" meal in existence. Culver's is the best there is.
Honestly, my favorite fast food is an American classic you didn't mention - A&W. Known for both drive-in and sit-down restaurants featuring their signature root beer, it's one of the first fast food memories I formed as a child. Dad would push a button and talk into this box by where he parked the car, and a few minutes later a carhop would carry our order out of this tiny central shack that seemed too small to prepare all this food for all these people. The car windows would be down, the breeze would be flowing through the trees and making the early evening sunlight dapple across the scene, all while we happily stuffed our faces with various burgers, hot dogs (my dad loved their chili dogs), fries, and root beer. I've made note of the locations still operating so I know where to go for a shot of nostalgia and cholesterol. :)
Also, Culver's hasn't expanded quickly on purpose, they didn't want to be a chain that grew so big so fast that they would have to cut quality to meet the very expensive demands of opening up chain after chain. They expanded quickly for a while and experienced the hell of location management, and dealing with all of their franchise owners. There may be more restaurants down the road, but it will be a long time coming.
Lost in the Pond, The color scheme, red and yellow supposedly have a scientific reasoning behind them. The color yellow elicits a feeling of comfort, while red tends to make people feel more hungry and impulsive. The Mustard and Ketchup theory.
I greatly despise the implication that Wendy's is an inferior McDonald's, because that lends credibility to the idea that McDonald's is fit for human consumption.
yeah they don't have remotely the same type of food. Just because it's a burger doesn't mean they're the same. Wendy's excels in some areas where McD's excels in others. I do love McD's fries but that's about it
IMO, Wendy’s chicken sandwiches are definitely better than McDonalds or Burger King’s. But McDonald’s is the place for chicken nuggets. Arby’s has good chicken sandwiches, too, and their potato cakes are good to go with them. I haven’t had the popular sandwich from Popeye’s yet, though.
If you ever get out to the Pacific Northwest, try Burgerville. I believe they are only located in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. They were not originally intended to be a "fast food" chain, they were a sit down burger place. With the changing times they have had to adapt to fast food and drive thru.
Realistically, here's his options: 1. Add AC to the studio, sacrificing sound quality for his comfort 2. Add AC, but turn it on only when the room is unoccupied (wasteful) 3. Be slightly uncomfortable for 20 minutes while entertaining us with his pontifications on a roast beef sandwich.
@@jrasquared1 4. Turn on the A/C before recording, long enough to chill the room, then shut down whilst recording the final cut. 5. Duct cool air in from another room.
Yes, I liked them also, but even more, I loved H. Salt Fish and Chips, I can't believe the only fast food restaurant we have now is Long John Silvers, which used to be pretty good, but the quality has gone way down in recent years to the point I will not eat there anymore.
@@Avatar2u Ditto. Most Long John's I know now are combined with the Colonel's fried chicken and tastes like they used the same oil for both. Maybe they changed from Pennzoil to Quaker State.
I ate at a Wendy’s in London around 1993. It amazed me that finally a fast food place in England with the self serve ketchup instead of charging 5p for a packet.
Culver's Cheeseballs. Yeah! Hard to believe, but one of the worst things about living in CA, Iowa (midwest) cheddar cheese balls, near impossible to find here.
Culver's is definitely on the high end of fast food, often placed in a category known as "fast casual", an intermediate between fast food resteraunts and casual dining.
I never think of Culver's as fast food. I love their snack pack meals, but I substitute cheese curds. Diet root beer! The staff always pleasant, bathrooms clean, no blaring music. A "fast food" restaurant I'm always comfortable eating in at.
Being born and raised in southern California, I've been eating at In-n-Out for about 48 years, but I rarely go nowadays because the food, while good, just isn't worth the hassle of waiting in line. My favorite fast food place is Jack in the Box because I like being able to buy egg rolls, tacos, and a spicy chicken sandwich all at the same time.
Jack-in-the-Box tacos are so good and so bad for you. I love them. But there are none here in Wichita. It's one of the few things I miss since moving here from L.A. ~sad face~
I was stationed on a navy ship in Long Beach California in the 90s. I liked In and Out , Jack in the Box , Del Taco , and El Pollo Loco . There is a Jack in my hometown in South Carolina . I would love to have an El Pollo Loco in my town .
Jack-n-Box is a western tradition. I used to call it it Jack-n-the Crap (Jack-n-the garbarge- when I'm PG), and my students used ask me why I ate there. It's cheap, which is a good thing.
The same kind of thing has happened to Chick-Fil-A. The food is still great, but the crowds have grown beyond what even great fast food can justify. The lines move pretty quickly, but most of the time I just don't even want to approach that madness.
Culver’s is definitely a cut above the rest. They’re privately owned and have expanded slowly but I’ve seen them in more places in the last few years including locations as far afield as Kentucky. I’ve only been to one I considered below average (in Milwaukee, by the way) but most are far better than average and their frozen custard is genuinely excellent. The location in Apple Valley, Minnesota is probably the single best run fast food restaurant I’ve ever been in. I admit to liking Arby’s roast beef sandwiches and Wendy’s chili too, but Culver’s is the place I would go if presented with the choice, even if I was in Anderson, Indiana.
We got a Culver's near Huntsville, Alabama last year, and I adore it. It's a 20-minute drive away from the city (over in Madison, AL), but definitely is worth it. It's a fast-food place with the customer service of a good full-service restaurant. The particular Butterburger I tried (Cheddar, I think) was tasty, but I really want to check out the seafood next time!
you know, I've been to Culver's and just have to say I wasn't wow'd. It wasn't bad, not at all. Just wasn't really any better than any other place I've been. It's definitely not my first choice when I feel like fast food.
If you go LJS then you have to include Captain D's. If you do Popeye's then you have to compare to Chic-Fil-A. Don't worry though, Popeye's wins hands down.
I loved Arby's Dip sandwich. Where I live in Canada, Taco Bell is normally found in food courts, not separate restaurants. We have Arby's, Subway, Wendy's, Dairy Queen, A& W, KFC, McDonald's. On McDonald's, a Canadian started McDonald's Canada, and it's considered separate from the American McD's.
Thank you for mentioning In-n-out. As a California native, I'm legally obligated to defend In-n-Out over Five Guys (Blah) or Whataburger (never tried) at all cost.
I'm from NC also and agree. My cousins from Louisiana used to head straight to Hardee's for a chocolate shake in the 70s when they came here. They were better then, but who wasn't, lol!
Hell I remember back when Hardee's was serving fried chicken for a while there. Then they ditched the chicken and had a whole ad campaign about focusing on burgers . . . now they're starting to peddle American-style Mexican food in a lot of their restaurants. Only thing they've been consistently good at is breakfast sandwiches.
Soooo true. And their fried chicken was the best. Actually it was Roy Rogers Fried Chicken until Hardees bought that chain. Then Carl Jr bought Hardees and just ruined it.
Carl Jr's destroyed Hardee's. They bought it to get the breakfast menu. They then gutted the rest of the menu. The Angus burgers are good, when you can get a good one, but the rest of the menu is rarely good. Oh well, I'll enjoy my Cook-out burger, with two sides, and a drink combo, for a better price.
mdtdbe It was also seen in the middle of the ocean and at the bottom of the ocean, but I believe the point was that they both left Southampton and never returned.
WENDYYYYY'S! Sorry, it's hard to contain my love for this place. It's my go to whenever I feel like I'm having a really bad day and need to treat myself. Had knee surgery this morning and my chauffeur home asked if I wanted to grab food (since I hadn't eaten in 16 hours) and I practically cried tears of joy the moment that Frosty hit my post-intubation throat. 10/10!
@@loriloristuff Nah, that would be Bo Jangles Steak Fries with Cajun seasoning like Red Robins. Best biscuits too. Having said that Wendy's failed in the UK because of bacon, as in the didn't use what we call bacon over their, they used what they call bacon which is similar to country ham.
Taco Bell is actually one of my favorite fast food places. I've got IBS and am sensitive to greasy foods, and the Bell is one of the very few places that rarely upset my stomach, even with Fire or Diablo sauce. You didn't list it, but one of the best burgers around you'll find at an A&W. They're not real common, but they are real good if you find one. Make sure you get a root beer float!
When I moved to Atlanta from Ohio I went in a Krystals one time only and never went back. Apparently other people feel the same way because a lot of them are closing down.
Well, I wasn't from there when I was there, but I agree. They're finally creeping down to where I ended up down here, I'm hoping to show everyone what I've occasionally talked about. :)
It could be the bias for me too, but at least at Culver's I've never once asked "is this fit for human consumption?" like I have at most other fast food places.
Culver's is actually really good. Its pretty high quality fast food and they serve decent frozen custards. If you ever see one you should pop on by especially wisconsin.
Funnily enough Taco Bell is actually the healthiest of all the fast food chains. www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/taco-bell-is-officially-one-of-the-healthiest-fast-food-chains/ar-AADpquA
I like to joke that Taco Bell isn't even food, it's plastic; but it's the most delicious plastic ever. It's weird to know that, as far as fast food goes, it's actually one of the better ones!
Taco Bell started as 60s generic Americana-Mex fast comfort food. As far from the more authentic Mexican tacquerias you can find, but cheap & delicious in it's own way. 💛Growing up I loved the 🍔Bell-Beefer -- a scoop of ground flavored taco meat (like a sloppy joe) in a puffy white hamburger bun. In college, their 🌮$0.49 crunchy tacos kept me from starving. (Plus, made a nice departure from boxed mac & cheese.) For a quick fix, still love TB's tostadas & bean burritos❣
There's another TH-cam video that explains why some restaurant chains have different names in different regions. Unlike Hardee's/Carl's Jr., where it's Hardee's in the East and Carl's Jr. in the West, there's really no geographic rhyme or reason to the locations of Rally's and Checker's.
@@User0000000000000004 I mean yeah, but a lot had changed since I posted this comment 2 years ago lmao. It's definitely not my favorite anymore. It's still good food but I'm so sick and tired of it.
I don’t think he has had the chance to encounter it given the very select areas in which it resides. As someone who live in the mid Atlantic it is just the stuff of legend of which I hear from time to time
I love trolling Texans with "Whataburger? Oh, you mean that Chicago burger joint." Of course referring to it now being owned by some company in Chicago and not being wholly Texan anymore.
In Oak Lawn, IL there was a "head shop" with a hand drawn pseudo-drug poster warning of the dangerous WHITE CASTLE HAMBURGER---street names: "sliders, postage stamp burgers, Big Barfers,"---symptoms being: bloating, weight gain, nausea and vomiting. I have had 14 at one sitting, when they were 12c. This was back in 1968 (I'm OLD-->sob
@@sherylhoward4831 I only recall one in Crystal Lake, IL, and I thought the chain was gone by the late 80s or early 90s. (I did see the store vacant). Their commercials had Burger Chef & Jeff, who ended each ad with "Burger Chef, you're incredi-burgable!" Never ate there, as there were a couple good Greek-owned places I liked (Lake Point & Round-the-Clock). I left the state in '94, and now really have no contacts there.
@@elultimo102 Back in the late '60's/early 70's in North Chicago, Il(south of Waukegan) there was a fast food restaurant called "Yankee Doodle Dandy". They were known for their "fixings bar". The hamburgers were flame broiled. You could add extra toppings from a bar with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles and condiments etc. Unfortunately that wouldn't be allowed today because of health regulations. Actually a nice clean restaurant with good food and friendly staff.
I've actually been to Anderson, Indiana (not to brag). I'm surprised Steak-n-Shake didn't make the list, you should check it out, they are easy to find in Illinois.
Yeah, I was totally expecting Steak 'n Shake to be on this list, since I know lots of these are around Indiana, the first time I ever went in one was in that state in the mid 90s.
Stake’n’Shake was founded in Normal, Illinois. I actually live a few blocks from the location of the first one. The spot is a pizza place now, but there are a number of other locations around the Bloomington-Normal area. Definitely one of my favorite restaurants.
Many years ago , my brother-in-law drove from his new home Baltimore, Md. back to his hometown of Danvile , il. for the Xmas holidays & before going to his mom's for truly amazing home-cooked meals , went to Steak'nShake ! Made us swear to not tell Mom as it would have hurt her feelings ...
Tried a Wendy's in London on a trip there in the 80s. It was absolutely gopping so it's not surprising it hasn't made it in the UK. And my favourite is still Wimpy, although they're bloody hard to find now!
I remember when Taco Bell only had a few items on the menu (including the Bell Burger). And the menu behind the counter had pronunciations for the items. (Tah-co, etc.)
This was when Taco Bell was the best! We used to be able to get a bean burrito, refried beans and a small drink for a dollar! Nowadays there are too many nonessential menu items that simply don't taste as good.
When I stayed in a small town outside of worcester their idea of a burger was basically salisbury steak ie a hamburger coated in batter fried and then swimming in brown gravy.
Thank you for your regular posts lately. I'm turning 40 in a couple weeks and been feeling more down than normal lately from the virus limiting things. The videos bring a smile to my face.
I also love Arby's roast beef. Way back in the mists of ancient time, in my youth, before the whole Carl's Jr. fiasco, I was a ravenous fan of Hardee's roast beef sandwiches. When my family would venture out of state we would encounter Arby's (then with a cowboy theme) and their roast beef was identical. Hardee's changed their recipe to an overbuttered, drier mess, but Arby's retains the glorious goodness I will always crave.
@Joe Casson Bold assertion, but I'm not so old that your gaslight-fu will work on me. There was a definite pivot in the latter half of the 90's, and evidently another one now as they're heralding the return of their original roast beef sandwich. BBQ sauce is irrelevant to my recollection because I never added sauce of any kind.
@@tejaswoman Butterburgers actually have a lot of vegatables on them. They taste very good, although I wouldn't have it with cheesecurds, because that's just too much. They do have salads I believe but I never ordered one so I don't remember.
I ate at an In-N-Out Burger less than two hours ago. I'm lucky to have one within a 20 minute walk of my residence, as it's based on California and exists almost exclusively in the Pacific and Southwestern regions of the USA.
A lot of the more recent comments miss the fact that Laurence is only talking about 'chains' of fast food shops. Practically every small town just larger than a village in the UK has a fish and chip shop, but sole traders usually, just the one shop. Same for sandwich shops, pie and mash shops, (in some parts of the country,) shell fish stands, cockles, whelks and shrimps in many small harbour towns, and kebab vans, after pub shutting time. But chains are a lot more recent, even imported ones.
I'm a fan of Sonic, as far as fast food that started in my state. When I lived in Naperville, just outside Chicago, I loved the shakes at Portillo's. The hot dogs there were pretty decent, too.
I've eaten at a local Sonic three times and have yet to find something that tastes like normal food. Even their shakes have almost no flavor, much like McDonald's shakes.
Popeyes is better. Of course my opinion my be tainted by the fact that last time I ate at Bojangles I got a chicken strip that was raw in the middle (and I don't mean just a little undercooked - it was flat out raw).
Don't do it! Any chicken place > Bojangles. I lived in NC for 8 years and the first time I ate there I took one bite walked over threw it away and went to Taco Bell. I've tried it several times still can't stand it. My take away, people in NC don't have taste buds.
That's it! After months of trying to codify that _expression_ you show on each of your videos' thumbnails, I've got it! The "deer caught in the headlights" look. Now I can rest my brain, now that I have expunged this mini-obsession.
Yes! They have the best french fries. Although, it does depend on location, like most of fast food places actually. I typically buy the frozen ones from the grocery store so they are cheaper and more consistent.
Arby's is my favorite, ironically not for the roast beef. Pretty much everything else on the menu though. They've improved leaps and bounds over the last 5-10 years. Culver's is very good too.
Oh no! We live in Wisconsin but would very much like to move to the northeast. But we learned from this video that there are NO Culver's in the northeast. That might just be a deal breaker. We absolutely love Culver's. Surprised you didn't include Taco John's, which we much prefer to Taco Bell, and which I think is much more common in the midwest.
@@holger_p I'm a single mom and have cooked breakfast, lunch, and dinner for my family basically every single day for over 24 years. I don't think getting a meal from a drive thru once in a while is unreasonable.
Through watching these videos I have discovered that in Canada we have an amazing amount of things from both the UK and the US that they can't get in the other country. We may have more choices in Canada than either the UK or the US. Yes, I can buy Marmite, HP Sauce, British Smarties as well as US BBQ Sauce and Heinz's Ketchup/Mayo Fry sauce. I can also visit Wendy's and Checkers and well as McDonald's, Burger King and Popeye's among others. I have also seen a Wimpey's.
@@kevinprzy4539 I'm only listing the ones I can remember. Every town big and small has their own unique restaurants. Canada has fewer chains and more mum and pop restaurants.
It either improved vastly since I was a child or Lawrence has dodgy taste buds. I had their namesake item once when I was a kid, didn't finish it, and have never gotten into an argument with anyone about going back since.
I would say that my favorite fast food restaurant locally is Arby's. However, this Arby's could be called a super Arby's because it also serves rotisserie chicken with numerous sides, and Mexican dishes (they were doing Chipotle style food before most people had even heard of Chipotle).
@@Timinator2K10 agreed! I'm from southern California and moved to the middle of the country for my husband's work. When I tried the "Mexican" food here, it was all ground beef and hard shell tacos, I cried for weeks 😂
I had never heard of Rally's, then when the picture came up, I was like, oh, that's Checkers, isn't it? I should know because there was one next to my grade school for the longest time (80s and 90s). I'm glad I'm not misremembering the name, I haven't seen that restaurant since at least the 2000s locally. (The McDonalds that was also near my grade school later expanded and took the place of the Checkers.)
@@kellynelson4771 We eat ice cream too... Just not the cheap stuff.😄 The University makes and sells it's own brand of ice cream. That's how serious we are about it.
Sad that you’ve missed some greats of the past. Like the real original Hardee’s before it merged with Carl’s Jr. I miss that. They used to have a simple roast beef sammie that was better than Arby’s IMHO.
Lawrence, I've been following your videos for months, and I'm sure that your overall tone has been sounding more and more depressed. Be careful and stay healthy.
I love Wendy's burgers, but I don't eat them often because of the amount of grease...Dave didn't have that early heart attack for nothing...I haven't eaten at McRancid's in almost 15 years...it's well known as being one of the worst for human consumption of all fast food establishments...though I did at one time have a fondness for the double quarter pounder...
I've literally never heard "Taco Hell" until Laurence said it. The form I've heard for decades is "Toxic Hell." EDIT: "...dominated by actual castles and whoopie cushions." is pure comedy gold.
Here in Texas, where you get real Tex-Mex food, we call it Taco Hell, Toxic Hell; you fix it, we call it. Depends on how the body gets rid of it, and how fast.
Only been to Whataburger once and yes, it was in Texas, never knew it existed until we went to San Antonio, so unless he's been to Texas he's most likely never even heard of it.
Jack Linde they have a specialty burger now called the Pico de Gallo Burger with a creamy cilantro lime sauce or something like that. It’s good! I’m not a fast food fan, but that was good I have to admit.
"Rally's? Never heard of it. "
*Shows Picture*
"Ohhh, Checker's."
Yeah, Sonic.
Haha. My reaction... “Rally’s looks a lot like Checkers.”
@@jwalterswartz Our Sonics in VA are gone. Sad face....
@@MostlyInteresting we have Sonics everywhere. 3 in Greenville, NC alone. Our 3 are the best too. Each has a huge playground, one a playground & beach volleyball court.
And the owner of the Checkers here.. I was his kids babysitter all throughout high school & college. I always knew Checkers & Rally's were the same thing, but I knew that because of traveling. I think in Georgia they're Rally's not Checkers.
@@MostlyInteresting there is one in chesterfield near a home depot, pet's mart, and dollar tree.
Carl's Jr, The Habit, Culver's, Whataburger, Braum's, Del Taco, and In-N-Out are amongst my favorite fast food options. Unfortunately, a few of those are not available in my region, and require being taken advantage of when traveling through their regions.
Wendy's was much better 20 years ago. They even had a decent salad bar.
peterinbrat, Once Dave Thomas died Wendy's lost some quality. I still like the chili and chicken sandwich once in a blue moon though.
@@bubbadano1508 Agreed to that 100%, and I'll add it was not just a Salad bar, but a Taco bar, and as a kid I thought it was AWESOME!!
I'm 22 so I never got to experience that growing up sadly
peterinbrat used to like their chili!
@@nhmooytis7058 Actually, Culver’s chili is better than Wendy’s.
And now I have a seared, burning image in my brain of Anderson, IN and what I am assuming is its' main thoroughfare.
Names change regionally to avoid confusion. West coast: Dreyers Ice Cream. Midwest: Dreyers is called Edy's to avoid confusion with local favorite Breyers.
The west coast has Breyer's too.
White Castle sliders are ok when they are hot. Just don’t let them get cold. It is like biting into a block of Crisco. The only think I like from there is the fries (or chips, if you like...).
Culver's is my favorite. They have an amazing pork cutlet sandwich, but I like most everything they make.
I love the Chris Morris delivery:))))))))))))))))
Culver's Pot Roast samichs rule!
If you like arby's roast beef, and being that you're in Chicago, try italian beef sandwiches from Gios deli in Bridgeport.
The take out fast food place I like is called Braum's. It's I Oklahoma thing.
My favorite is Five Guys. Their burgers are good but their fries are amazing.
Loved the video, all of them actually, and then I saw that Manchester United jacket on you.
When I said Rally’s I was like WTF is that?! But than he said “people the East Coast calls it Checkers”. I was like I’ve never heard nobody call Checkers “Rally’s” in my whole damn life!
And yet, it is true. Milwaukee has both.
I’ve never heard of rally’s or checker or Hardee’s or Carl’s Jr or White Castle. I had my first in and out burger in January 2020. I’m from Houston. I’ve been wanting in and out for a while. Have you heard of Crystals
Anyone remember Arthur Treacher’s?
Rally’s fries are my favorite
Anyone else getting major Mighty Boosh vibes from this guy?
He didn't cook much in Anderson, Indiana in 2009, did he?
Do they have BurgerFi in the Midwest yet? They are a step above most of the typical fast food places.
Here's my tip for fast food, since I worked in so many of these places in my life : The best employees in about every fast food place usually work the day shift from 6am-2pm or so. They are the ones who have been there the longest and they generally make you better food, wash their hands more often, and have everything streamlined (not always but usually) So, if you don't want the shitty second string people who just started 3 days ago or 45 minutes ago, go there in the morning or lunch, but not dinner. You're much more likely to get a quality product.
Like when I want KFC chicken (for dinner) I go there at about 10am and get all the stuff and take it home and refrigerate it until dinner, but I wont go there at dinner time to buy it. That's when all the after school stoners and fly by night employees are working and they just don't care about anything. Go when those 4 old ladies who've worked there for 8 years are there in the morning you'll get way better quality.
I'll remember that. Thx.
Better yet, don’t do fast food! If there aren’t any restaurants open where I travel I go into a grocery store and pick up a ready made salad or sandwich.
Might explain why every time I've gone to any different Hardee's anywhere in the USA for breakfast, its absolute manna from heaven.
Go there for burgers and curly fries later in the day, its just not that same unless you hit that 11-1:30pm rush for lunch. Go there later in the day and you can tell the fries aren't as fresh, people don't give a shit. McDonalds has it figured out in giving you the same damn thing 24 hours a day, the quality is pretty consistent no matter time of day/who's working.
Preach it!!! Someone else who knows the truth.
Great tip, thank you :D
The reason Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. go by separate names despite now being the same restaurant chain is because they once where separate chains that merge together with their respective menus also merging. Rather then doing a confusing rename of some sort they simply decide to keep the original names since there was never a Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. in the same city.
they should just merge the names and call their fast food chain Carl Hardees
I was starting to wonder if you're even allowed to leave Anderson, Indiana.
I would suggest Whataburger. This is a regional food chain mainly in the Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana areas, though I do believe they are spreading as well they should. Fun fact: I was due to have my labor induced the next day so we were enjoying my last meal for a while at the local Whataburger. Lo and behold my water broke in between onion rings bites! Love that place.
White Castle falls in the same category as Denny's: "It's 3am, we're drunk, why not?"
Speaking of which; care to do a number on cheesy chain restaurants?
And: You'll probably never see one, but Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips was once a widespread chain of pseudo-British fast food.
Or as some people call it Krystal
@@BBQPorkSandwich3 yep. Different chains (or at least used to be), but might as well be interchangeable.
Same thing with Waffle House and IHOP
My favorite is Culver's, founded & based right here in Wisconsin. Great frozen custard & gluten free buns for the butter burgers.
Hell yeah brother culvers is amazing
Culvers has some of the most tasteless burgers throughout fastfood, and the frozen custard is just as bland. I'd eat at Taco Bell before I'd eat at Culvers, just because an unpleasant experience is preferable to no experience at all.
@@clayendfield4850 You're just a crank. Culver's is excellent. The pot roast sandwich is the finest "fast food" meal in existence. Culver's is the best there is.
mbradleyc I bet they go to Taco Bell for “authentic mexican food”
Gluten is good for you (unless you have celiac disease, which is very rare).
Honestly, my favorite fast food is an American classic you didn't mention - A&W. Known for both drive-in and sit-down restaurants featuring their signature root beer, it's one of the first fast food memories I formed as a child. Dad would push a button and talk into this box by where he parked the car, and a few minutes later a carhop would carry our order out of this tiny central shack that seemed too small to prepare all this food for all these people. The car windows would be down, the breeze would be flowing through the trees and making the early evening sunlight dapple across the scene, all while we happily stuffed our faces with various burgers, hot dogs (my dad loved their chili dogs), fries, and root beer. I've made note of the locations still operating so I know where to go for a shot of nostalgia and cholesterol. :)
Also, Culver's hasn't expanded quickly on purpose, they didn't want to be a chain that grew so big so fast that they would have to cut quality to meet the very expensive demands of opening up chain after chain. They expanded quickly for a while and experienced the hell of location management, and dealing with all of their franchise owners. There may be more restaurants down the road, but it will be a long time coming.
Lost in the Pond, The color scheme, red and yellow supposedly have a scientific reasoning behind them. The color yellow elicits a feeling of comfort, while red tends to make people feel more hungry and impulsive. The Mustard and Ketchup theory.
Or Communism :-D
@@derhenri2002 so that's a why everyone in the USSR was starving
Funny, those colors tend to make me feel anxious.
Same reason for the color scheme in most casino carpeting. Red stimulates/enhances the “urge” to gamble.
I've heard that too.
I greatly despise the implication that Wendy's is an inferior McDonald's, because that lends credibility to the idea that McDonald's is fit for human consumption.
So true!
@Jeremy Harmon Wendy's Chicken sandwiches are some of the worst chicken I've ever come across in fast food.
yeah they don't have remotely the same type of food. Just because it's a burger doesn't mean they're the same. Wendy's excels in some areas where McD's excels in others. I do love McD's fries but that's about it
IMO, Wendy’s chicken sandwiches are definitely better than McDonalds or Burger King’s. But McDonald’s is the place for chicken nuggets. Arby’s has good chicken sandwiches, too, and their potato cakes are good to go with them. I haven’t had the popular sandwich from Popeye’s yet, though.
McDonalds chicken or burgers certainly can't hold a candle to Wendys
I prefer Wendy's, but have drastically cut down on my fast food eating since getting into my 40s
Rob Slevin Good idea. After age 50, it's asking for ED and Parkinson's...
because they don't cut corners? 🤣 Shit ass food is worst than taco bell.
Same, I barely eat out at fast food places anymore. If I have to eat out while traveling I prefer Wendy's or Culver's.
You need to try Sonic. It’s found mostly in the Southern part of the US.
it’s in my city and i live in the north
It's in Kansas City, Missouri where I used to live. As to where Kansas City is, north or south, I have no idea. And neither does it.
@@twocrows2 Hehe! I lived in the surrounding towns of Independence, Lee's Summit, Sugar Creek, from late 1980s to early 2000s and I totally get that.
There's one here, in Keizer, Or.
It’s also in Duarte, CA
If you ever get out to the Pacific Northwest, try Burgerville. I believe they are only located in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. They were not originally intended to be a "fast food" chain, they were a sit down burger place. With the changing times they have had to adapt to fast food and drive thru.
Come on Ponders, we need to raise money to get Lawrence some AC in his studio before he becomes a human version of steamed veggies
Don’t you mean “Steamed Veg” ?
He does seem to be wilting.
He's English. He was born that way.
Realistically, here's his options:
1. Add AC to the studio, sacrificing sound quality for his comfort
2. Add AC, but turn it on only when the room is unoccupied (wasteful)
3. Be slightly uncomfortable for 20 minutes while entertaining us with his pontifications on a roast beef sandwich.
@@jrasquared1 4. Turn on the A/C before recording, long enough to chill the room, then shut down whilst recording the final cut.
5. Duct cool air in from another room.
Dairy Queen actually has pretty good burgers.
Right? Double cheeseburger is great!
Bah! It barely tastes like beef. Any grocery store frozen patty can match it. That's all it is, you know.
They are officially boycotted by me. The ones by me have stopped selling the mushroom burger 🤦♀️🤬🤣
I love getting a side of Jalitos!!
No they don’t.
Culver’s is also my favorite fast food restaurant.
Culvers is awesome
ummmm....butter burger.....
YES! You can thank Wisconsin LOL
Freddy's Hamburgers is better!
The closer to Wisconsin you get, the better the food you get
I miss the old Arthur Treachers fish and chips.
There is one Arthur Treachers left in Ohio!
So does Arthur....
Yes, I liked them also, but even more, I loved H. Salt Fish and Chips, I can't believe the only fast food restaurant we have now is Long John Silvers, which used to be pretty good, but the quality has gone way down in recent years to the point I will not eat there anymore.
@@Avatar2u Ditto. Most Long John's I know now are combined with the Colonel's fried chicken and tastes like they used the same oil for both. Maybe they changed from Pennzoil to Quaker State.
@@Avatar2u Captain D's is another fast food restaurant that specializes in fish.
I ate at a Wendy’s in London around 1993. It amazed me that finally a fast food place in England with the self serve ketchup instead of charging 5p for a packet.
I ate in a KFC in Somerset (England) in 1989. I was amazed the chicken could be greasier than in North America!
Culver's rocks. Give me a cheeseburger. Fries are good too. And their fish, believe it or not.
Culver's Cheeseballs. Yeah!
Hard to believe, but one of the worst things about living in CA, Iowa (midwest) cheddar cheese balls, near impossible to find here.
Culver's is definitely on the high end of fast food, often placed in a category known as "fast casual", an intermediate between fast food resteraunts and casual dining.
I never think of Culver's as fast food. I love their snack pack meals, but I substitute cheese curds. Diet root beer! The staff always pleasant, bathrooms clean, no blaring music. A "fast food" restaurant I'm always comfortable eating in at.
SuppressingTheDruids Cheeseballs? Please tell me you mean deep fried cheesecurds?! The Wisconsin in me cannot accept “cheeseballs” 😂
Cheese curds
I love how monotone his voice is. I’m laughing at things way harder because of it.
That's what I love so much about British humor. It's mostly dry, and monotone, and most of the time, very sarcastic.
Being born and raised in southern California, I've been eating at In-n-Out for about 48 years, but I rarely go nowadays because the food, while good, just isn't worth the hassle of waiting in line. My favorite fast food place is Jack in the Box because I like being able to buy egg rolls, tacos, and a spicy chicken sandwich all at the same time.
Jack-in-the-Box tacos are so good and so bad for you. I love them. But there are none here in Wichita. It's one of the few things I miss since moving here from L.A. ~sad face~
I was stationed on a navy ship in Long Beach California in the 90s. I liked In and Out , Jack in the Box , Del Taco , and El Pollo Loco . There is a Jack in my hometown in South Carolina . I would love to have an El Pollo Loco in my town .
Jack-n-Box is a western tradition. I used to call it it Jack-n-the Crap (Jack-n-the garbarge- when I'm PG), and my students used ask me why I ate there. It's cheap, which is a good thing.
The same kind of thing has happened to Chick-Fil-A. The food is still great, but the crowds have grown beyond what even great fast food can justify. The lines move pretty quickly, but most of the time I just don't even want to approach that madness.
It is crazy how good those egg rolls are. Better than most of the Chinese food places around here.
Culver’s is definitely a cut above the rest. They’re privately owned and have expanded slowly but I’ve seen them in more places in the last few years including locations as far afield as Kentucky. I’ve only been to one I considered below average (in Milwaukee, by the way) but most are far better than average and their frozen custard is genuinely excellent. The location in Apple Valley, Minnesota is probably the single best run fast food restaurant I’ve ever been in.
I admit to liking Arby’s roast beef sandwiches and Wendy’s chili too, but Culver’s is the place I would go if presented with the choice, even if I was in Anderson, Indiana.
Culver's also has their own root beer, and it's ohh so good!
We got a Culver's near Huntsville, Alabama last year, and I adore it. It's a 20-minute drive away from the city (over in Madison, AL), but definitely is worth it. It's a fast-food place with the customer service of a good full-service restaurant. The particular Butterburger I tried (Cheddar, I think) was tasty, but I really want to check out the seafood next time!
you know, I've been to Culver's and just have to say I wasn't wow'd. It wasn't bad, not at all. Just wasn't really any better than any other place I've been. It's definitely not my first choice when I feel like fast food.
Kentuckian here duh fuck is a culvers
@@johnseawind9558 Hoping I get to try them soon since we're supposed to be going to Wisconsin in November for a family visit :)
I love how “Uncle Toby” was a comment on a video and he’s just become a meme
Tosa Walkers I eat his oatmeal sachets for brekkie in Aussie.
I wonder if his wife is giving him more sex now that he's a big TH-cam star?
@@travisl9201 I don't wonder about that at all.
No Five Guys, Long John Silvers, Popeyes, and so on? Lots to still explore, presumably outside of Anderson, IN.
Five Guys IMHO is bland, and overpriced.
At this point Five Guys is easy to find in London (though that is relatively recent). Not sure about the rest of the UK.
If you go LJS then you have to include Captain D's.
If you do Popeye's then you have to compare to Chic-Fil-A. Don't worry though, Popeye's wins hands down.
The Wendy's near me is mostly popular during the summer for having actual lemons in its lemonade.
There was no five guys in that area, long john silvers was either in muncie, or indianapolis at that time.
I loved Arby's Dip sandwich.
Where I live in Canada, Taco Bell is normally found in food courts, not separate restaurants. We have Arby's, Subway, Wendy's, Dairy Queen, A& W, KFC, McDonald's. On McDonald's, a Canadian started McDonald's Canada, and it's considered separate from the American McD's.
Thank you for mentioning In-n-out. As a California native, I'm legally obligated to defend In-n-Out over Five Guys (Blah) or Whataburger (never tried) at all cost.
Five guys? Isn't that a barber shop? My favorite sandwich shoppe is fantastic sam's.
I grew up on Hardee's here in North Carolina. Though before the star logo it was SOOOO much better. Hardee's of the 80s was THE BEST!
I'm from NC also and agree. My cousins from Louisiana used to head straight to Hardee's for a chocolate shake in the 70s when they came here. They were better then, but who wasn't, lol!
Hell I remember back when Hardee's was serving fried chicken for a while there. Then they ditched the chicken and had a whole ad campaign about focusing on burgers . . . now they're starting to peddle American-style Mexican food in a lot of their restaurants.
Only thing they've been consistently good at is breakfast sandwiches.
Hardee’s once had good chicken and roast beef. Not anymore.
Soooo true. And their fried chicken was the best. Actually it was Roy Rogers Fried Chicken until Hardees bought that chain. Then Carl Jr bought Hardees and just ruined it.
Carl Jr's destroyed Hardee's. They bought it to get the breakfast menu. They then gutted the rest of the menu. The Angus burgers are good, when you can get a good one, but the rest of the menu is rarely good. Oh well, I'll enjoy my Cook-out burger, with two sides, and a drink combo, for a better price.
Arby's curly fries are Awesome!!!!
“Like the Titanic it left South Hampton and was never seen again”
Only Louis can get away with all these cheesy jokes, it just seems perfect for him
The only problem is that “Titanic” called at both Cherbourg and Queenstown after leaving Southampton. Just sayin’
mdtdbe It was also seen in the middle of the ocean and at the bottom of the ocean, but I believe the point was that they both left Southampton and never returned.
@@mdtdbe Very good point!
WENDYYYYY'S! Sorry, it's hard to contain my love for this place. It's my go to whenever I feel like I'm having a really bad day and need to treat myself.
Had knee surgery this morning and my chauffeur home asked if I wanted to grab food (since I hadn't eaten in 16 hours) and I practically cried tears of joy the moment that Frosty hit my post-intubation throat. 10/10!
The BEST french fries of the chain fast food lot is Wendy's! Dip those fries in a chocolate Frosty. You won't be sorry.
@@loriloristuff Absolutely! No ketchup needed!
@@loriloristuff Nah, that would be Bo Jangles Steak Fries with Cajun seasoning like Red Robins. Best biscuits too. Having said that Wendy's failed in the UK because of bacon, as in the didn't use what we call bacon over their, they used what they call bacon which is similar to country ham.
Aww :( I hope you're doing better now.
Taco Bell is actually one of my favorite fast food places. I've got IBS and am sensitive to greasy foods, and the Bell is one of the very few places that rarely upset my stomach, even with Fire or Diablo sauce. You didn't list it, but one of the best burgers around you'll find at an A&W. They're not real common, but they are real good if you find one. Make sure you get a root beer float!
Taco Bell,
Bringing a new meaning to the words
" Fast and Furious.."
In the southeast U.S. White Castle's equivalent is called "Krystal."
I used to stop at Krystals after the bars when I lived in Mobile, Alabama. 10 gut grenades to go please.
I once stopped at a Krystal's in Jacksonville while on a drive from South Carolina to Melbourne, Florida. Bad, bad, mistake.
White castle is better
When I moved to Atlanta from Ohio I went in a Krystals one time only and never went back.
Apparently other people feel the same way because a lot of them are closing down.
Ron Sparks you have weak genetics
Being from Wisconsin I might be bias but Culver’s is the best.
I agree.
Well, I wasn't from there when I was there, but I agree. They're finally creeping down to where I ended up down here, I'm hoping to show everyone what I've occasionally talked about. :)
It gives me heart burn
As your state neighbor i agree
It could be the bias for me too, but at least at Culver's I've never once asked "is this fit for human consumption?" like I have at most other fast food places.
Culver's is actually really good. Its pretty high quality fast food and they serve decent frozen custards. If you ever see one you should pop on by especially wisconsin.
as fast food goes it's much better.
Their custard is made from badger ejaculate and deer milk.
A comedian once said Taco Bell doesn’t even pretend to be healthy. “We’re puttin shit in a Dorito, get down here!”
Funnily enough Taco Bell is actually the healthiest of all the fast food chains. www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/taco-bell-is-officially-one-of-the-healthiest-fast-food-chains/ar-AADpquA
@@0898sparta It was in several British newspapers a while back that due toi the dressing, the McDonalds salads had more fat in them than the burgers.
I like to joke that Taco Bell isn't even food, it's plastic; but it's the most delicious plastic ever. It's weird to know that, as far as fast food goes, it's actually one of the better ones!
Taco Bell started as 60s generic Americana-Mex fast comfort food. As far from the more authentic Mexican tacquerias you can find, but cheap & delicious in it's own way.
💛Growing up I loved the 🍔Bell-Beefer -- a scoop of ground flavored taco meat (like a sloppy joe) in a puffy white hamburger bun. In college, their 🌮$0.49 crunchy tacos kept me from starving. (Plus, made a nice departure from boxed mac & cheese.) For a quick fix, still love TB's tostadas & bean burritos❣
@Rachel P the Taco Bell Bean Burrito is actually very good.
Having indulged in fast food from around the world, I now have my gastroenterologist on speed-dial.
Rally's is called Checkers in NY, so it's not limited to SE USA.
It’s checkers in SC
The two merged a while back
Where I live here in Virginia they were called Rally’s. In another part of the state they are called Checkers. Ours didn’t last very long.
In both Iowa and Illinois they’re called Checkers. Their fries are my favorite!
There's another TH-cam video that explains why some restaurant chains have different names in different regions. Unlike Hardee's/Carl's Jr., where it's Hardee's in the East and Carl's Jr. in the West, there's really no geographic rhyme or reason to the locations of Rally's and Checker's.
Chick-fil-A is by far my favorite fastfood place, and I work at one 😂
You are definitely white. That's why I eat there!
@@User0000000000000004 I mean yeah, but a lot had changed since I posted this comment 2 years ago lmao. It's definitely not my favorite anymore. It's still good food but I'm so sick and tired of it.
I love Whataburger, but it haaates me. I'm fine with this arrangement.
I don’t think he has had the chance to encounter it given the very select areas in which it resides. As someone who live in the mid Atlantic it is just the stuff of legend of which I hear from time to time
Whataburger! The best ketchup ever!!!
I love trolling Texans with "Whataburger? Oh, you mean that Chicago burger joint." Of course referring to it now being owned by some company in Chicago and not being wholly Texan anymore.
@@theangryintern yeah it was originated in Corpus Christi. Then there is Fuddruckers from San Antonio
The most overrated burgers.
Red, yellow, and orange are colors that make people hungry or crave food.
That's why they use those colors.
I'm already hungry when I go in. So the color scheme doesn't make me order more.
Funny enough red mixed with yellow makes orange (at least in regards to pigments, and not light color)
This is true, but he is right about them also being more friendly to the Commies.
Thank you for the White Castle FEMA warning! Hysterical.
In Oak Lawn, IL there was a "head shop" with a hand drawn pseudo-drug poster warning of the dangerous WHITE CASTLE HAMBURGER---street names: "sliders, postage stamp burgers, Big Barfers,"---symptoms being: bloating, weight gain, nausea and vomiting. I have had 14 at one sitting, when they were 12c. This was back in 1968 (I'm OLD-->sob
@@elultimo102 Did you have a Burger Chef too? Indiana here.
@@sherylhoward4831 I only recall one in Crystal Lake, IL, and I thought the chain was gone by the late 80s or early 90s. (I did see the store vacant). Their commercials had Burger Chef & Jeff, who ended each ad with "Burger Chef, you're incredi-burgable!" Never ate there, as there were a couple good Greek-owned places I liked (Lake Point & Round-the-Clock). I left the state in '94, and now really have no contacts there.
@@elultimo102 Back in the late '60's/early 70's in North Chicago, Il(south of Waukegan) there was a fast food restaurant called "Yankee Doodle Dandy". They were known for their "fixings bar". The hamburgers were flame broiled. You could add extra toppings from a bar with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles and condiments etc. Unfortunately that wouldn't be allowed today because of health regulations. Actually a nice clean restaurant with good food and friendly staff.
I've actually been to Anderson, Indiana (not to brag). I'm surprised Steak-n-Shake didn't make the list, you should check it out, they are easy to find in Illinois.
Yeah, I was totally expecting Steak 'n Shake to be on this list, since I know lots of these are around Indiana, the first time I ever went in one was in that state in the mid 90s.
Stake’n’Shake was founded in Normal, Illinois. I actually live a few blocks from the location of the first one. The spot is a pizza place now, but there are a number of other locations around the Bloomington-Normal area. Definitely one of my favorite restaurants.
In St Louis metro area they all but disappeared even on the Illinois side.
Steak-n-Shake is going out of business unfortunately. They were on their last legs when Covid struck.
Many years ago , my brother-in-law drove from his new home Baltimore, Md. back to his hometown of Danvile , il. for the Xmas holidays & before going to his mom's for truly amazing home-cooked meals , went to Steak'nShake ! Made us swear to not tell Mom as it would have hurt her feelings ...
Tried a Wendy's in London on a trip there in the 80s. It was absolutely gopping so it's not surprising it hasn't made it in the UK. And my favourite is still Wimpy, although they're bloody hard to find now!
Why doesn’t this video have more views!?? This is HILARIOUS!!
I remember when Taco Bell only had a few items on the menu (including the Bell Burger). And the menu behind the counter had pronunciations for the items. (Tah-co, etc.)
Those 39 cent tah-co's were priced right back then too!
This was when Taco Bell was the best!
We used to be able to get a bean burrito, refried beans and a small drink for a dollar!
Nowadays there are too many nonessential menu items that simply don't taste as good.
Old school Taco Bell still the best. Bellburgers, Enchiritos, Beefy Tostada Taco Light. Everything I love there always seems to go away
Picko de guy-oh.
you should have done that for the work pronunciations because it took be 6 times to read it correctly
Come down to Texas and have a real fast food burger at Whataburger. :D
naw taco cabana or Bill Miller's
While I like Whataburger, I love In-N-Out. Taco Cabana is good but, I'd love to have a Baja Fresh.
I remember that or least one named the same. Huge plate sized burgers were amazing back then
I'll 2nd that!
We had one in South Georgia. Tasty, but tore through my insides with the force of the D-Day landings.
When I stayed in a small town outside of worcester their idea of a burger was basically salisbury steak ie a hamburger coated in batter fried and then swimming in brown gravy.
Thank you for your regular posts lately. I'm turning 40 in a couple weeks and been feeling more down than normal lately from the virus limiting things. The videos bring a smile to my face.
Happy Birthday!!!
Is it the virus or are you closing in on the wall?
80sGamerLady Happy birthday!
Happy birthday! I turned 40 last year. It's not too bad.
Happy Birthday! I'll turn 42 in a couple of weeks myself. :)
I also love Arby's roast beef. Way back in the mists of ancient time, in my youth, before the whole Carl's Jr. fiasco, I was a ravenous fan of Hardee's roast beef sandwiches. When my family would venture out of state we would encounter Arby's (then with a cowboy theme) and their roast beef was identical. Hardee's changed their recipe to an overbuttered, drier mess, but Arby's retains the glorious goodness I will always crave.
@Joe Casson Bold assertion, but I'm not so old that your gaslight-fu will work on me. There was a definite pivot in the latter half of the 90's, and evidently another one now as they're heralding the return of their original roast beef sandwich. BBQ sauce is irrelevant to my recollection because I never added sauce of any kind.
Culvers is so so good. Every time I get into Wisconsin, my first stop is there to get a Butterbuger and cheese curds. Can’t beat it.
Sounds ghastly, but if I'm ever somewhere with the restaurant, I'll be happy to see what else is on the menu.
@@tejaswoman Butterburgers actually have a lot of vegatables on them. They taste very good, although I wouldn't have it with cheesecurds, because that's just too much. They do have salads I believe but I never ordered one so I don't remember.
I ate at an In-N-Out Burger less than two hours ago. I'm lucky to have one within a 20 minute walk of my residence, as it's based on California and exists almost exclusively in the Pacific and Southwestern regions of the USA.
A lot of the more recent comments miss the fact that Laurence is only talking about 'chains' of fast food shops. Practically every small town just larger than a village in the UK has a fish and chip shop, but sole traders usually, just the one shop. Same for sandwich shops, pie and mash shops, (in some parts of the country,) shell fish stands, cockles, whelks and shrimps in many small harbour towns, and kebab vans, after pub shutting time. But chains are a lot more recent, even imported ones.
I'm a fan of Sonic, as far as fast food that started in my state. When I lived in Naperville, just outside Chicago, I loved the shakes at Portillo's. The hot dogs there were pretty decent, too.
Portillo's has great burgers too !
Sonic must be an acquired taste. I haven't acquired it and most people in my area haven't because most of them have closed.
They aren't necessarily particularly *fast* food, but they got the best onion rings in this town, anyway. :)
I've eaten at a local Sonic three times and have yet to find something that tastes like normal food. Even their shakes have almost no flavor, much like McDonald's shakes.
@@grantrichards4950 You have pretty crappy Sonics, it sounds like. The ones here are really good.
Ewww, ManU. NM that, once you can travel again, one word: Bojangles.
Popeyes is better. Of course my opinion my be tainted by the fact that last time I ate at Bojangles I got a chicken strip that was raw in the middle (and I don't mean just a little undercooked - it was flat out raw).
I love bogangles!
@@neilis2405 I'm so sorry, it normally is not like that. I have been eating it almost every year of my 20 years.
Don't do it! Any chicken place > Bojangles. I lived in NC for 8 years and the first time I ate there I took one bite walked over threw it away and went to Taco Bell. I've tried it several times still can't stand it. My take away, people in NC don't have taste buds.
culver's is great. try the beef potroast sandwich!
That's it! After months of trying to codify that _expression_ you show on each of your videos' thumbnails, I've got it!
The "deer caught in the headlights" look.
Now I can rest my brain, now that I have expunged this mini-obsession.
I LOVE Rally French fries!
Yes! They have the best french fries. Although, it does depend on location, like most of fast food places actually. I typically buy the frozen ones from the grocery store so they are cheaper and more consistent.
you can buy them in the frozen section also and still good! some are branded as fast food fries but its rallys
Arby's is my favorite, ironically not for the roast beef. Pretty much everything else on the menu though. They've improved leaps and bounds over the last 5-10 years. Culver's is very good too.
Oh no! We live in Wisconsin but would very much like to move to the northeast. But we learned from this video that there are NO Culver's in the northeast. That might just be a deal breaker. We absolutely love Culver's. Surprised you didn't include Taco John's, which we much prefer to Taco Bell, and which I think is much more common in the midwest.
I lived in the northeast and ended up returning to Wisconsin. It’s better here.
Is anybody able to cook themselves ? Do people depend on restaurants ?
@@holger_p I'm a single mom and have cooked breakfast, lunch, and dinner for my family basically every single day for over 24 years. I don't think getting a meal from a drive thru once in a while is unreasonable.
Every time I go to visit my parents out in the Midwest, I make sure that we visit Culver's while I'm there.
Love taco john's
You'll have to do a video on british fast food. When we visited London there was a Turkish chain everywhere that had some interesting items.
Through watching these videos I have discovered that in Canada we have an amazing amount of things from both the UK and the US that they can't get in the other country. We may have more choices in Canada than either the UK or the US. Yes, I can buy Marmite, HP Sauce, British Smarties as well as US BBQ Sauce and Heinz's Ketchup/Mayo Fry sauce. I can also visit Wendy's and Checkers and well as McDonald's, Burger King and Popeye's among others. I have also seen a Wimpey's.
Not even close to as many choices as the US.
@@kevinprzy4539 I'm only listing the ones I can remember. Every town big and small has their own unique restaurants. Canada has fewer chains and more mum and pop restaurants.
Canada also has the best restaurant chicken in Swiss Chalet. They closed most if not all US locations years ago.
@@carolwiese6825 Swiss Chalet does do good chicken!
“In Anderson in 2009”
I second that 🤣
Arby's is your favourite? I didn't know it was anyone's favourite.
It either improved vastly since I was a child or Lawrence has dodgy taste buds. I had their namesake item once when I was a kid, didn't finish it, and have never gotten into an argument with anyone about going back since.
I would say that my favorite fast food restaurant locally is Arby's. However, this Arby's could be called a super Arby's because it also serves rotisserie chicken with numerous sides, and Mexican dishes (they were doing Chipotle style food before most people had even heard of Chipotle).
Not my favorite, but I like it.
@@LRod1959 I don't care for it, but my dog will eat the roast beef.
@@ladybee883 do you not like your dog then?
When he said close to Arby's, i thought of RAX
I wish we had RAX here in Alabama. Got a friend from Indiana who adores it (and goes up that way to get some once or twice a year).
mentions that Arby's is his favorite fast food chain. "Ah, you are also a man of culture I see."
Eat at Chipotle’s...be prepared to get filled up!
Beats taco bell any day, hand down!!
@@juliefisk8066 Taco Bell is more of a laxative than any semblance of Mexican food!
@@Timinator2K10 agreed! I'm from southern California and moved to the middle of the country for my husband's work. When I tried the "Mexican" food here, it was all ground beef and hard shell tacos, I cried for weeks 😂
I had never heard of Rally's, then when the picture came up, I was like, oh, that's Checkers, isn't it? I should know because there was one next to my grade school for the longest time (80s and 90s). I'm glad I'm not misremembering the name, I haven't seen that restaurant since at least the 2000s locally. (The McDonalds that was also near my grade school later expanded and took the place of the Checkers.)
I love Culver’s!! Their burgers and ice cream are so good.
Frozen custard.... Wisconsinites wouldn’t sully their tongues on something as simple as “ice cream”. 😋
@@kellynelson4771 We eat ice cream too... Just not the cheap stuff.😄 The University makes and sells it's own brand of ice cream. That's how serious we are about it.
Culvers-my fav; really, the only one I ever go to.
Everyone loves to make fun of taco bell but yet it still has a special place on our hearts
Not in my heart. It does have a special place reserved in my toilet though.
Errr... The only thing it does to my heart is give it heartburn.....
But yeah nothing beats stoner food at 2am. ^_^
It did in the 90s. The menu today is pathetic.
Everybody trashes TB, but that and Chick-fil-A are the busiest places in my town.
Wendy's is my favorite. I won't step foot in White Castle,
I live in Idaho falls! Why didn’t i see you 😤😭 how was idaho falls though?
Sad that you’ve missed some greats of the past. Like the real original Hardee’s before it merged with Carl’s Jr. I miss that. They used to have a simple roast beef sammie that was better than Arby’s IMHO.
They also had an outstanding bacon cheeseburger. It was the only fast food restaurant my grandma would go to.
I used to love their Big Deluxe burger. Their steak biscuit is still my favorite morning fare.
Also liked their Frisco Burger, which was the first example I ever saw of a burger using round sourdough slices for buns.
They also had decent fried chicken and their breakfast was better.
My 5th birthday party. Memories. Parent's favorite for the $.99 Silly Sack.
Lawrence, I've been following your videos for months, and I'm sure that your overall tone has been sounding more and more depressed.
Be careful and stay healthy.
I love Wendy's burgers, but I don't eat them often because of the amount of grease...Dave didn't have that early heart attack for nothing...I haven't eaten at McRancid's in almost 15 years...it's well known as being one of the worst for human consumption of all fast food establishments...though I did at one time have a fondness for the double quarter pounder...
The Greeks had fast food in the Bronze Age. It has been a blight on humanity for longer than anybody knows! A tasty, tasty blight
Exactly. It isn't a new phenomenon
I've literally never heard "Taco Hell" until Laurence said it. The form I've heard for decades is "Toxic Hell."
EDIT: "...dominated by actual castles and whoopie cushions." is pure comedy gold.
Yep, we always called it Toxic Hell, too.
Taco Hell...in Illinois
@@elroy8272 Toxic Smell... Taco Hell... All of the above.
Here in Texas, where you get real Tex-Mex food, we call it Taco Hell, Toxic Hell; you fix it, we call it. Depends on how the body gets rid of it, and how fast.
It called taco hell a lot in The South.
No Whataburger ?
Only been to Whataburger once and yes, it was in Texas, never knew it existed until we went to San Antonio, so unless he's been to Texas he's most likely never even heard of it.
hmm how about Bill Miller's or taco cabana
Eh, they're okay. I'd even rate them better than In-n-Out. Still not better than Five Guys.
Jack Linde they have a specialty burger now called the Pico de Gallo Burger with a creamy cilantro lime sauce or something like that. It’s good! I’m not a fast food fan, but that was good I have to admit.
Whataburger is not a top contender at all when you have Burger-Fi or Five Guys nearby. Sorry, Texans. More for you, I guess.
I like Wendy's they are the square burger. A lot of these restaurants are in Canada aswell.
Wendy's is my favorite also. Was just there tonight!
"That way, you get four bonus bites without buns."
-- Mike Birbiglia