With apologizes to some Flyertalkers... I had White Castle ONCE and sober... and got very bad food poisoining. The smell of them and the look of them make me sick.
Well, a bad experience like that would turn anyone off. FWIW, I find them tasty, rather "different" from other fast food burgers, but not something I'd eat regularly were they nearer by. But I'll have them as a once-or-twice a year thing when I'm in NYC (especially since they're open later than any place else with hot food in my neighborhood.)
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The only other fast food I'll make an effort to get is Chick Fil A.
What's the must-try item there? I tried some kind of nuggets/fingers/somethinglikethat when I was in Indy a few years ago, and found them bland and sorta boring, but perhaps I was getting the wrong item (or sauce... don't recall what I got from them.)
And the fries are horrible, no matter what secret way you order them.
That is just so NOT true! I noticed another poster above said this as well. Maybe it has to do with the lack of greasiness/sogginess/frostbite-itis found in typical fast-food fries that you've grown to love.
I guess it just proves that taste is a matter of taste, but I also know people who don't like Wendy's hamburgers and actually prefer a Mickey D's burger because the Wendy's ones taste "too homemade"!
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Originally Posted by Scott in LA
Even living in southern California, I've never understood the praise heaped upon In-n-Out here--it's like some secret cult. I mean, for a fast-food burger, they're pretty good...but it's still just a pretty good fast-food burger. Lots of better things than that.
Agreed
If you don't know any other burger places in the area you are traveling, then In-n-Out is a good FAST FOOD chain burger default.
But as Scott in LA and many others have said, there are FAR better burgers out there to be had.
The only other fast food I'll make an effort to get is Chick Fil A.
You should've been in our car the day a group office mates and I decided to go to the Chick-Fil-A in San Diego! It turned out to be truly an effort as we encountered a missing person (he wasn't where he was supposed to be for us to pick up) and THREE wrong freeway exits en route.
And once we got there, we realized it was sooo easy to find, we couldn't figure out why we got so turned around and about to get there.
If forced to eat at a fast food burger joint, it would be among my first choices.
It still *is* a fast food quality burger, but there is something about it (and the BUN!) that makes it addictive. Ditto on the fries. Worth a try if you are in an INO area and keep your expectations in-line with a fast-food experience.
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I really do think it's that good. Of course, I see In-N-Out as a special treat since I only get to one when I travel out west. Perhaps it's the scarcity of In-N-Out locally that makes those burgers taste so good when I happen to get near one.
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I've only had them once, in Vegas. We do not have an in-n-out in Atlanta. I went there because of a free gift card that I received from something that was posted in S.P.A.M. a while ago. Maybe because I went to the drive-thru or maybe because I didn't have any idea what to order because of all the choices, but I didn't find anything memorable about it. I've never been back.
Living in southern california you'd swear saying anything bad about in&out was punishable by death. The burgers are ok, interesting taste, lots of grease and fairly small. It's certainly not a bad meal but I don't get all the rave or the "best burger ever" comments... they're way too little to get that distinction.
I mean, for a fast-food burger, they're pretty good...but it's still just a pretty good fast-food burger. Lots of better things than that.
