Originally Posted by
AmericanCasey
Arby's restaurants in the Richmond, Virginia area have vegetables, kind of like a Boston Market. They have broccoli all the time, lima beans sometimes, and have carried spinach before, although that seems to be gone this year. They also have rotisserie chicken, various salads, and baked potatoes. And they added frosted coffee milkshakes starting a few years ago that the national menu hasn't picked up.
I was pleasantly surprised by this... I used to be in Richmond 2-3 nights a month for work with the airport so would stay nearby. Arby's (and a Mexican place across the street) were the only passable things to eat within brief walking distance of where I was usually stuck at the Courtyard. A few other Arby's locations used to have similar but I hadn't seen in years.... the one in BWI airport Terminal A/B until recently had a build your own salad.
Arby's roast been (and the CBS sandwich) have seem to have gone downhill. I'll get a beef and cheddar once in a blue moon. But since I had to spend a lot of time in St. Louis and discovered Lion's Choice now I cannot look at Arby's roast beef the same ever again!
Interesting the comments on the name and store brands tasting the same... because many cases they are. Example: Wal-Mart store brand (I think it's Great Value?) pot pies are made on the same line as Swanson. Some supermarket brand syrup is basically Aunt Jemima's (or what is formerly known as).