Is there such a thing as good fast food?

[Neilbubbachuck]

Merry Christmas to you too. Welcome!
What is Pollo Loco? Like some sort of a crazy moonstruck Venetian traveler? Or is it really the name of an eatery ?

[nettiesaur]

(12-26-2010 12:52 AM)Neilbubbachuck Wrote:  Merry Christmas to you too. Welcome!
What is Pollo Loco? Like some sort of a crazy moonstruck Venetian traveler? Or is it really the name of an eatery ?

It's really the name of a Mexican fast food chain. We have one here.
One step up from Taco Bell.

[Neilbubbachuck]

Taco Bellllllllll?

[Boomer]

I only do my wifes home made tacos....that Taco Bell stuff gives me gas bad. Something about the meat......

[Neilbubbachuck]

Ooooohh noooooooo !!! Bad meat is not good.
It's like (some) Chinese Food. Some are taken from your local rivers, ponds and back allies. Most Chinese food is great but the bad ones are really really bad.

[nettiesaur]

I don't eat at Taco Bell, Pollo Loco or any"fast" Mexican restaurants,
because I know some people who have real Mexican restaurants!
The food is better and just as fast.
And they are the parents of my students, so they don't want to kill the teacher(they me)

[2Beers]

Which of the resturants do you recommend Nettie??

[nettiesaur]

Jalisco...on the east side
Tres Hermanos...but on a weekend!
Fiesta Garibaldi..Bluemound Road

[SpaceCadet]

(05-15-2010 08:10 PM)Chip Oatley Wrote:  Have you ever been to In-N-Out Burger? Holy, what a line they attract. Fast, fresh and good. Simple menu. Like going back to where Ray Krok discovered the McDonald's brother's first place.

The other good one, sponsored the now, Team Garmin bike racing team (you know Tour de France). Chipotle, fast food, mexican! Need some of these in Canada.

I concur with Chip - if you're ever in the American southwest and see that In 'n' Out sign; if you're in the mood for a classic drive-in burger and fries, you are moments away from Nirvana, I kid you not.

Their beef is always exceptional (and I grew up on a North Dakota cattle ranch so I'm a bit of a thumbs-up/thumbs-down snob about that); the vegetables they put on top are always crisp and fresh, every single time; they peel and dice fresh potatos for the fries on the spot, every day (never frozen,) and they use cholestrol-free vegetable oil to cook 'em.

Another rare thing about In 'n' Out is that they treat their employees very well - which means jobs there are highly sought-after by high school kids, and the ones who get those jobs are very motivated and will bend over backward to make you happy. Their service is so uniformly great and military-efficient that it's almost a head-scratcher phenomenon in this day & age.

It ain't gourmet, but it doesn't pretend to be.
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[Paul Doherty]

"Chipotle" just opened about 100 yards from my house and I will agree, good food for fast food. Their mission statement also gets me in the door.