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      There’s more but they had to crop out the 1ga bag of fries that they use as insulation for your burger.

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      Yup. And they know how to make fantastic fries. And cajun seasoning if you want. Fucking great, a worthy compliment to their consistently decent-to-great burgers.

      Every time I eat any fast food burgers besides 5 guys I’m disappointed that I didn’t hold out for 5 guys.

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        Overpriced? Really? I thought the whole point was it being fast and cheap. So that only leaves convenience as an argument to go there…

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          Yeah a combo meal runs like $13+…It’s ridiculous. My field guys at work eat out every day. I can’t afford it. Cheaper to hit the grocery store and make sandwiches all week.

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      And too strong opinions on them. How anyone part age twenty or so can have any thought on them besides ‘yuck’ baffles me.

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      What blows my mind is that it’s all large franchise. We have tons of independant selling various form of fast-food. Stuff like Sandwiches, Pizza, kebap and more. But I can’t think about only 2-3 large chain, basically we have Mc-Donalds, Quick, and that’s it ? or may-be burger kind did a comeback last years, not even sure…

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    Do people eat enough fast food to have a favourite? I’ve probably eaten fries from a fast food place under 10-15 times in my life.

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      lol at the attempted superiority

      Trillion dollar market

      Literally the largest restaurant chain in the world

      Still enough market demand for dozens of other restaurant chains to complete

      wHo EveN eATs FaSt foOd?

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        More talking about eating it regularly, I just don’t get it. If I’m at a service station in the middle of nowhere, sure I’ll eat a McDonald’s. But in a city, with hundreds of better options, I don’t get why anyone would choose it over better takeaways.

        All I’m saying is I don’t get it, I haven’t eaten enough to know the differences in any of their food. You could put every frie(fry?) And every burger from every FF chain and I wouldn’t be able to identify a single one.

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          Do you need to eat something multiple times to know how it tastes? Or do you just pay so little attention to what you eat that you can’t tell the difference between thick cut vs thin cut fries, or seasoned vs unseasoned, and so on?

          Or are you just blindly saying that any place that’s smaller is inherently superior because it’s less popular? Because you clearly can’t even remember how the fast food tastes…

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            Nah but it’s been so long I have no clue what any of them taste like at this point, they can’t be that different.

            Small doesn’t automatically mean better, it’s about the cooking process, speed, and cuisine. There are far better types of food I’d go for.

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            i have to say living in a country with more options i have not eaten in any of the places on that list in somewhere between 7-10 years and in that time i atleast have forgotten what their fries taste like other than vague memories of slight dissapointment. Also smaller places I would say have to be better than large fast-food chains as why would anyone go there if it was worse. Of course at least in my country there are tons of random no-name grills and kebab-pizzerias that have the most wildly swinging quality but even for them its very rare for the food to be noticeably worse than what I would expect from mcdonalds so atleast for me i would rather throw the dice between "technically edible"and “holyshitthisisthebestthingever!” than choose “tastes like dissapointment engineered to taste “good””. And even if the frood from the Nonamekebappizzeria™ is just barely edible i guess at the end of the day i supported a local business(altough sometimes it might be that they dont pay taxes(not like the multinational corporations are too keen on that either).

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        Maybe in food related matters but in life, no.

        There are just so many better options for takeaways. Fast food is like bottom of the barrel, if I absolutely have to kinda food.

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      I’m guessing that you’re some combination of “not poor” and “not from the US.”

      I’m no longer poor, but I do travel through the continental US on a regular basis. Even though my workplace reimburses me for food when I travel and budget doesn’t enter into the equation, I eat fast food fairly frequently.

      Scenario A) I’ve been though a series of planes, airports, and rental cars for the last eight hours. I’m in central Iowa, I’ve just checked into my hotel, and there’s a major winter storm 30 minutes away. Non-fast food takeout isn’t an option because this town has 20,000 people in it and I would need to travel for an hour to find a larger town. I could find a nice local restaurant, but there’s an Arby’s that’s a block away from my hotel. Since my priorities are 1) putting some warm food into my face, 2) not driving through snow, and 3) going to sleep, it’s Arby’s.

      Scenario B) I’m driving back home from Chicago, which is about a 7-hour trip by interstate highway. I’m in the scary part of Indiana when I realize that I’m hungry and still hours away from civilization. Food options are a) fast food and b) truck stop food. That last option is basically “unknown fast food with an unreadable label that’s been sitting in a heated tray for 4 hours.”

      Scenario C) I’m in a small southern city that I’ve never visited. My plane was delayed and my luggage is lost. The rental agency couldn’t find the car that I had reserved, so I’m driving a lifted pickup through dark and unfamiliar streets. By the time I finish shopping for some basic overnight things (deodorant, hairbrush, underclothing for the next day), it’s 9:45 and most nearby restaurants are closing. Five Guys is a block from the hotel and because they close at 10, I can either choose that or try finding and walking to a restaurant that’s open later.

      Those are all examples from this year. Basically, takeout options outside of major cities are horrible. In small cities, most places - if they even exist - close earlier than fast food chains. If I have the time and energy I’ll absolutely find the nicest local restaurant and enjoy some regional cuisine. And under normal travel circumstances, that’s exactly what I do. But sometimes you just need to put warm food into your mouth and get to sleep.

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        In’n’Out fries are only OK. Honestly their burgers are only OK, too. Five Guys is superior. In’n’Out just has the distinction of being quite cheap.

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          A double double animal style is a good fast food burger. And hits the spot when you’re in the mood. But those fries. Getting them animal style mostly redeems them but barely.

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    Top two picks from each row:

    • McDonalds is a standard, but I prefer Arby’s seasoned curly fries
    • Wendy’s recently changed their fries and they’re good enough, but prefer Smash fries.
    • (Special mention goes to Canadian KCF, which offers fries and gravy instead of mashed potatoes and gravy. I don’t know if their US fries are different because I don’t mess with that if mashed 'taters are an option.)
    • Five guys and Checkers
    • Steak 'n Shake and Popeyes

    Overall, if I were choosing a place based solely on the fries: Smash > Five Guys > Popeyes > Arby’s

    The top two spots were tricky. I like the 5 guys fresh cut style, but Smash mixes a traditional thin cut fast food fry with rosemary. And they don’t make things weird by giving you more than you can or should eat.

    The only one I actively dislike is Chick-fil-A, but some of the other offerings are ‘meh’ enough that they need ketchup.

    Missing entries: Penn Station and Skyline. They’re both regional, but I like both of them over most of the other offerings. Penn Station has fresh-cut style and Skyline’s fries are thin and crispy.

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    I’ve heard of eight of these and I’ve tried four. Are any of them better than Belgian frites?

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    I genuinely love McDonald’s fries. I don’t love anything else there and I go maybe once or twice a year, but they really are my favourite fries.

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    None of these, I really don’t get why people like fries so much. Those baked potato wedges on the other hand are great

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    If you could get McD’s fries but animal style, we’d have a clear winner. Source: username contains the word obesity