ITT: People who don’t know what fast food is. If you are seated, wait staff takes your order, and you wait 15+ minutes for your food to be prepared, it’s not fast food, even if you’re ordering a hamburger and fries.
Probably A&W. I’m shocked to see so many people saying Wendy’s. Their meat is tasteless, imo.
What does it for me is that they use such fresh vegetables to balance out the Burger
Five Guys
So expensive though. But the last time I was there, they just filled the bag with fries instead of using one of those little cardboard boxes. I ended up throwing half a pound of fries away.
Yeah, it’s great. Order a small fries, they fill a small cup with fries, put it in the bag, then top the bag up with fries. Order large fries, they perform the process with a larger cup.
I love it, but can’t plan to do anything other than nap after eating there
In Canada, it’s easily A&W.
A&W burgers are so basic, they’re almost bland.
Dairy Queen, Fatburger, Five Guys, Burger’s Priest - they all easily clear A&W burgers.
Chubby chicken is gas tho.
Most of those other places aren’t available in Canada. Also, Canadian A&W is independent from American A&W so maybe their food is a bit different too. Canadian A&W is great
I’m in Canada, those places are all within a kilometre of me rn
Oh really? Huh. I’m also in Canada and haven’t heard of any of them other than Dairy Queen. Weird. Alright I take back my comment then, other than still believing that A&W is great here
I’m a big burger’s priest fan, holy smokes rules.
I’ll throw my hat in for Harvey’s, easily one of the better veggie burgers and you get to choose toppings.
Wetherspoons ‘Beyond’ veggie burger used to be the absolute shiznit. They stopped being cheap though, so there’s no real reason to go there any more.
Thats not a real burger
OK. Did I imagine it?
For actual fast food - - that you can order in a drive-thru and not have to wait around for - - the best around here is honestly Wendy’s. They’re not anything id pay $20 each for, but their average burger is better than their just-as-fast competition.
If by “fast” you really mean “without waitstaff”, they’re all great. 5 guys, smashburger, fuddruckers", and a dozen tiny chains all make burgers worth paying a premium for.
About the only place NOT worth getting a burger at is anyplace with waitstaff. They just dont take them seriously enough to do a good job, and wind uo about as good as a slightly well-run McDonald’s.
(*: i think this one went out of business.)
I agree with the first part but vehemently disagree with the third paragraph.
I suspect it varies wildly based on where you live, but in Chicago there absolutely ARE places with waitstaff worth getting a burger from.
Agreed, and some of them are cheaper than the fast food at this point
I loved Wendy’s in Iowa but Wendy’s in Los Angeles is always hood
wendy’s single with cheese and bacon. fries. frosty. classic lunch.
but, if there was a white castle nearby–that’s where i’m going. the original ‘fast food’ burger is still the best.
I only disagree with paying a premium for a burger at the other places.
It’s a freakin burger, not a steak. $15+ for a burger is nuts (and I worked in restaurants at one time, so I understand the challenges for them, it’s a tough business).
I like Whataburger and in n out equally, sometimes i feel like one, sometimes the other.
I have a hard time recommending Whataburger to others – you’re not missing anything special if you’ve never had it.
But – it’s my go-to. Give me some meatycheesyblobness and spicey ketchup please.
My experience with Whataburger is that the food is mediocre, and if it weren’t for bad service, they’d have no service at all. In fact, there’s one Whataburger that I have failed to eat at twice because no one came to the counter both times I tried.
Killer Burger. That peanut butter bacon burger is insane.
Five Guys is overrated. They’re a fine homemade style burger, not nothing I would call the best.
In N Out
Freddy’s or Culver’s. Shake shack gets a distant third place if nothing else is nearby.
Outside of my area, it’s white castle. Miss u baby 😿
Freddy’s > Culver’s
But I won’t eat either now that I’m vegan 🤐
Dick’s in Washington state
this is what I came to say as well, god that dick’s deluxe I don’t even eat meat anymore but i still crave those fuckers
+1 to this. And yes I’m extremely biased as a kid from Seattle.
in-n-out
There’s a local burger place where I live that’s basically an In-N-Out without the branding. Excellent cheeseburgers. The owner even uses locally sourced beef so the burgers are pretty fresh.
There’s something like that near me, but it’s a Five Guys clone. Seems like a good idea if you can get established locally. Small menu, nothing complicated.
Arby’s, ironically enough. Not having burgers used to be their whole identity.
Shake Shack’s Shroom Burger is by far the best non-meat burger I’ve had. I’m not even a big fan of mushrooms but Shake Shack manages to turn that portobello mushroom into deliciousness.
Freddy’s
