DiningBuzz! - Carl's Jr. -- opinions?

Hi all,

Do you ever heard about new fast-food restaurant is called Carl's Jr. Where we ate there at Carl's Jr. When we have order Teriyaki burgers with swiss cheese. It was very delicious. It was on Cactus Rd near PV Mall. My mom that she got order with double cheeseburger. So it was so good for both of us. So why you don't lookup the website at www.carlsjr.com for me. Thanks all.

Regards.

PS. Is that best hamburgers at Carls' Jr. So please let me know if you are interested to go out a nice lunch, dinners or whenever. Thanks again.

Carl's Jr. has the best fast food burgers due to being char-broiled. Their prices are competitive with the other fast food burger operations. They're primarily a West Coast operation, but their East Coast counterpart is Hardees. I believe both are owned by the same parent corporation.

Carl's Jr. isn't new...they've been around since the 1950's. I worked at one 25 years ago when I was in school.

They ran (and continue) to run good advertising campaigns. Their Super Star w/cheese commercials ("Napkins are free" with some hot model chowing down on a burger with juice dripping) and their Six-Dollar burger commercials are classic.

If I were forced to eat a fast-food hamburger. In-n-out and CarlsJr/Hardees would be my picks.

Carl's Jr. was a staple growing up in Southern California. Then, the dear founder, Carl Karcher, became known for spending his $ various causes that made me never want to eat there again. I don't know what the current ownership is, now that he is gone (i.e., 6 feet under). But growing up, and before I knew what he was all about, it was a much tastier alternative than the golden arches, across the street.

Karcher had been a lifelong supporter of Conservative causes and contributed to anti-abortion and anti-gay initiatives.

Karcher was an early supporter of John Schmitz, a Republican and member of the John Birch Society who represented Orange County in the state senate and later Congress.

In 1978, he provided $1 million USD to California's Proposition 6, also known as the Briggs Initiative. He was the initiative's biggest financial supporter. The proposition was a ballot measure requiring the termination of all gays and lesbians from employment in public schools. The initiative was defeated by over one million votes.

Carl's Jr. has the best fast food burgers due to being char-broiled. Their prices are competitive with the other fast food burger operations. They're primarily a West Coast operation, but their East Coast counterpart is Hardees. I believe both are owned by the same parent corporation.

Wow! It was so best burgers in the town. I am really likes it lot instead of going to eat at McDonalds. Because McDonalds does not good for me at all. It is all unhealthy. This is not specifics time for me at McDonalds. So I will no longer eat at McDonalds. Sometimes that I will eat at breakfast time to get steak & eggs cheese bagels in St. Augustine. So I can't go to McDonalds anymore. When my friend Marilyn told me that I can't go to McDonalds at all. She knew all about McDonalds is unhealthy and it was very bad food.

Carl's Jr. isn't new...they've been around since the 1950's. I worked at one 25 years ago when I was in school.

Oh! I didn't realize know that before. How do you know about Carl's Jr? So it is very good fast-food in Arizona. So you went work at Carl's Jr from 25 years ago? That was long time ago. I didn't even know that since you were younger.

Paris Hilton did a famous Carl's Jr. commercial about 5 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gby0zfCYiA

Carl's Jr. isn't new...they've been around since the 1950's. I worked at one 25 years ago when I was in school.
Yes in places like California, they have been around for many years. My brother told me recently they've added "Big Carl" into their menu to counter Big Mac and you can get Big Carl value menu with fries & drink for under $5.

Yes in places like California, they have been around for many years. My brother told me recently they've added "Big Carl" into their menu to counter Big Mac and you can get Big Carl value menu with fries & drink for under $5.

I've never cared for Carl's, except for their spicy chicken sandwich, but if the 'Big Carl' is anything like the short-lived Big King, I may give it a shot. IMO, that was the only decent burger Burger King ever made.

I've never cared for Carl's, except for their spicy chicken sandwich, but if the 'Big Carl' is anything like the short-lived Big King, I may give it a shot. IMO, that was the only decent burger Burger King ever made.

I don't eat at Burger King anymore. Because we are very extremely busy. I didn't have enough time to go out a lunch or dinner at Burger King.

The first time I had a Six-Dollar Burger it had a taste and mouth feel exactly like the burgers my dad used to grill for us in the backyard when I was a child. The senses of smell and taste are the most directly evocative of memory, and suddenly, unexpectedly, I was transported back to my childhood. I was overwhelmed with emotion. Subsequent experiences of the Six-Dollar Burger have not been so shocking, but they still make me remember those childhood days and my late parents in the prime of their lives.

I admit that I liked Padma's better. I read somewhere that Carl's Jr. broke her of her vegetarianism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8nJKa13sBo

Carl's Jr has been in PHX for as long as I can remember. 20 years, at least. The location at PV Mall, on Cactus, has been there, for as long as I've lived in the neighborhood, 15 years or so.

Carls Jr in the West and Hardees on the East coast are the same restaurant, except Carls Jr is clean. The menus appear identical, although I never enter a Hardees to check for fear of what diseases I might catch.

Carl's Jr. was a staple growing up in Southern California. Then, the dear founder, Carl Karcher, became known for spending his $ various causes that made me never want to eat there again. I don't know what the current ownership is, now that he is gone (i.e., 6 feet under). But growing up, and before I knew what he was all about, it was a much tastier alternative than the golden arches, across the street.

Karcher had been a lifelong supporter of Conservative causes and contributed to anti-abortion and anti-gay initiatives.

Karcher was an early supporter of John Schmitz, a Republican and member of the John Birch Society who represented Orange County in the state senate and later Congress.

In 1978, he provided $1 million USD to California's Proposition 6, also known as the Briggs Initiative. He was the initiative's biggest financial supporter. The proposition was a ballot measure requiring the termination of all gays and lesbians from employment in public schools. The initiative was defeated by over one million votes.


After reading that, I'll be sure never to eat there again. :td:

It's OK now, he's been dead for a while. Carl's Jr. is now corporate-owned. I don't know if any of the family still have an interest in it or not. The Karchers are/were a seriously Catholic family - they had nine kids, I think, and one of the sons is a priest.

It is a great sort of rags to riches story. Carl started with a hot dog cart in the 40's and grew the business to quite a large chain. I can remember eating burgers there when we went shopping for school clothes in the 60's. And it's the only fast food burger I will eat these days.

Carls Jr in the West and Hardees on the East coast are the same restaurant, except Carls Jr is clean. The menus appear identical, although I never enter a Hardees to check for fear of what diseases I might catch.

Yeah, I remember where Hardees is on US-1. Where we drove on US-1 that I noticing old fast-food Hardees is no longer exist. It was being demolished. That's why I didn't realize know that. It was so much changes in St. Augustine for a long time. I have a good memory since I went to school for 12 years.

Bacon western cheeseburger FTW

I also grew up with Hardee's. However, a college trip to LA introduced me to Carl's Jr., and it was fantastic.

Yeah, I remember where Hardees is on US-1. Where we drove on US-1 that I noticing old fast-food Hardees is no longer exist. It was being demolished. That's why I didn't realize know that. It was so much changes in St. Augustine for a long time. I have a good memory since I went to school for 12 years.

I hope you didn't eat at Hardees in St Augustine. They all deserve to be demolished.

Used to eat this a lot (probably too much :p). Always went for the Western Bacon Cheeseburger (or double on occasion). Great place if you want big filling burger. Terrible from a nutritional aspect, but you probably realize that walking into most fast food joints.

Breakfast burger sandwich, no ketchup please. ^^

The late Carl Karcher, who founded Carl's Jr., was an extreme right wing activist and had the corporation contribute heavily to anti-abortion groups among others. I don't know whether the corporation still reflects its founder's philosophy, but if you don't believe in subsidizing extreme right causes, you might consider alternatives.

I hope you didn't eat at Hardees in St Augustine. They all deserve to be demolished.

:p

Carl's Jr. exists in the future (see the movie Idiocracy). Their slogan in the future is better too. :D

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We've got a couple in the ANC area... Moved up here about 5 years ago...

Enjoy their seasinal Teryaki Burger :mmm:

They also have a promo with hand scooped ice cream $0.49 for a scoop :cool:

They did move up here relatively recently, though I believe it was a bit more than 5 years ago (I'm thinking 2001 or 2002--the one on Abbott was the first). I remember them from my childhood in California, though, where they are often paired with a Green Burrito (fast food Mexican, a half-step up from Taco Bell, at least). Among the nationwide/large regional fast food burger chains, they're pretty much at the top, but they're easily surpassed by many regional chains (In 'N' Out, Five Guys, Sonic, Steak 'n' Shake, Whataburger, etc.).

I live within 5 minutes of one, it's great food when you're drunk as hell. It's also pretty tasty when you're really hungry and need a reasonably good burger. I personally don't care about the founder's politics nor will I ever.

I've only eaten at Carl's Jr. in Kuala Lumpur - was a decent burger, but given it was priced at 4x the price of the McDonald's next to it (and about 10x buying something from a local hawker stall), wasn't really worth the premium (that's what I get for having a hankering for a burger though :D).

I personally don't care about the founder's politics nor will I ever.

Follow it up with a scoop of Chunky Monkey and the political PH returns to 7.

Follow it up with a scoop of Chunky Monkey and the political PH returns to 7.

^ :D

I miss the teriyaki burger :(

That aside, there's a Carl's Jr. in Kingman, AZ that I always stop at during any road trips from Phoenix to Las Vegas. I love traditions.

I miss the teriyaki burger :(

That aside, there's a Carl's Jr. in Kingman, AZ that I always stop at during any road trips from Phoenix to Las Vegas. I love traditions.
Not to get too OT, but the best fast-food hamburger I've ever had was at the Dairy Queen in Kingman. The older couple running the place (I'm sure they were the franchise owners) looked like they'd been running it for fifty years, and they knew every person coming into the store (except for us, obviously). Although I'm too young to remember, it felt to me to be like what a DQ probably used to be in small Midwest towns in the 1950s--the gathering place of the community where everyone knew each other.

No other DQ I've ever visited has made a burger as good, so it must've been some extra special love there.

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I miss the teriyaki burger :(

That aside, there's a Carl's Jr. in Kingman, AZ that I always stop at during any road trips from Phoenix to Las Vegas. I love traditions.

Is it hibernating already?

I had at least one this summer...

Does anyone remember the french fries they served originally. This was probably at least 30 years ago, if not more. As a kid we were told they were made from potato powder, kind of like Pringles I guess. We used to love them as kids. Now I'm thinking I probably wouldn't like them as much.

Follow it up with a scoop of Chunky Monkey and the political PH returns to 7.
haha that will take care of my guilty conscience ;)

Not to get too OT, but the best fast-food hamburger I've ever had was at the Dairy Queen in Kingman. The older couple running the place (I'm sure they were the franchise owners) looked like they'd been running it for fifty years, and they knew every person coming into the store (except for us, obviously). Although I'm too young to remember, it felt to me to be like what a DQ probably used to be in small Midwest towns in the 1950s--the gathering place of the community where everyone knew each other.

No other DQ I've ever visited has made a burger as good, so it must've been some extra special love there.

Your post inspired me to stop in a DQ in gawdforsaken Gadsden AL tonight on my way home from a meeting at the college there. I ordered a mushroom and swiss burger which tasted like damp cardboard from the bottom of a dumpster or possibly filet mignon. Thanks a pantsload!

Your post inspired me to stop in a DQ in gawdforsaken Gadsden AL tonight on my way home from a meeting at the college there. I ordered a mushroom and swiss burger which tasted like damp cardboard from the bottom of a dumpster or possibly filet mignon. Thanks a pantsload!
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No other DQ I've ever visited has made a burger as good, so it must've been some extra special love there.

If you're ever going to eat at a DQ, make it the one in Kingman, AZ. I can't be blamed for you choosing to eat at one elsewhere! :D

If you're ever going to eat at a DQ, make it the one in Kingman, AZ. I can't be blamed for you choosing to eat at one elsewhere! :D

No, I hasn't ate at DQ for a long time. I remember where we went to DQ to get dinner time in St. Augustine during the school year. I have a good memorable since I was teenagers. I didn't want to get something for me at all. I remember for my last time since I am no longer to go out to Dairy Queens in Florida. I remember what happened to me since I was younger that my old staff that she had gave me wrong order with lettuce, tomatoes and etc. It was absolutely is no rights to do it for me at all. I am favor that I only to get cheeseburger with onions & ketchup only, too. I knew that I didn't like it to eat with lettuce, tomatoes, mustard. She was made me gravely mistaken for what she did her converted me from 20 years ago.

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The first Carl's Jr. I visited was the first fast food restaurant that I had ever dealt with using a computer-kiosk [similar to airline self-service kiosks] for a fast food restaurant.

A few problems with the kiosks:
-many computer illiterate people had difficulty using the machine causing back-ups for everyone else
-if you had a coupon you had to wait for the few human order takers that dealt with the drive thru
-the kiosks were taking away jobs for high school kids and/or immigrants willing to work for a low wage

Tasty food, but quite unhealthy. It took until January 2008 for Carl's Jr. to stop using zero trans fat cooking oil at all of their restaurants.

Not to get too OT, but the best fast-food hamburger I've ever had was at the Dairy Queen in Kingman. The older couple running the place (I'm sure they were the franchise owners) looked like they'd been running it for fifty years, and they knew every person coming into the store (except for us, obviously). Although I'm too young to remember, it felt to me to be like what a DQ probably used to be in small Midwest towns in the 1950s--the gathering place of the community where everyone knew each other.

No other DQ I've ever visited has made a burger as good, so it must've been some extra special love there.

Did you see my last line?:



If you're ever going to eat at a DQ, make it the one in Kingman, AZ. I can't be blamed for you choosing to eat at one elsewhere! :D

How can I be sure there's not another one out there with even deeper special love? Now I have to try them all. :D Seriously, stay away from the mushroom swiss burger at all DQ's. I think that was my mistake.

How can I be sure there's not another one out there with even deeper special love? Now I have to try them all. :D Seriously, stay away from the mushroom swiss burger at all DQ's. I think that was my mistake.

mushroom was the mistake... period.

Who wants to eat a fungus? Its been eating decaying matter, and now you want to stick it in your mouth :eek:

FWIW, there are three Carl's Jrs in the SF East Bay that participate in Rewards Networks (iDine) - Pleasanton, Dublin, and Walnut Creek.

I occasionally buy a gift cert (more often during RN promotions) that I then use at other Carl's Jrs.

Do you ever heard about new fast-food restaurant is called Carl's Jr...
Isn't it always disappointing when traveling to new places and eating at that great local restaurant with terrific food, and then later finding out that it's part of a chain?

Isn't it always disappointing when traveling to new places and eating at that great local restaurant with terrific food, and then later finding out that it's part of a chain?

You just described about 95% of the restaurants in Denver. :p

How can I be sure there's not another one out there with even deeper special love? Now I have to try them all. :D Seriously, stay away from the mushroom swiss burger at all DQ's. I think that was my mistake.

DQ #2 - somewhere north of Chattanooga off I-75. I ordered the double cheeseburger and found it juicier and more pleasantly flavorful. Was it love? I can't be sure yet. The quest continues.

DQ #2 - somewhere north of Chattanooga off I-75. I ordered the double cheeseburger and found it juicier and more pleasantly flavorful. Was it love? I can't be sure yet. The quest continues.
I'm proud of you! Your eyes are being opened! :p