"Local" Fast Food Chains to Die for!!!!!!
Nov 25, 2007 | 5:38 pm
#181
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Rhode Island Olyneyville System Weiners. They're like a small hot dog but made of pork covered in a home made secret hamburg meat sauce, mustard, celery salt and onions. They're only made in RI.
Spike's Junk Yard Dogs...This is a small chain in RI that has amazing all beef dogs on fresh baked rolls and a ton of topping combinations to choose from.
Wings To Go...small local chain with great buffalo wings and fingers. They also have other sauce combinations.
Boston Area Kelley's Roast Beef
New Haven, CT Frank Pepe's Pizza
DC Area I completely agree with Five Guys Burgers and also California Tortilla.
Los Angeles I can't believe no one has mentioned Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles. Their fried chicken is amazing!!!
Houston Area Papa's BBQ
Spike's Junk Yard Dogs...This is a small chain in RI that has amazing all beef dogs on fresh baked rolls and a ton of topping combinations to choose from.
Wings To Go...small local chain with great buffalo wings and fingers. They also have other sauce combinations.
Boston Area Kelley's Roast Beef
New Haven, CT Frank Pepe's Pizza
DC Area I completely agree with Five Guys Burgers and also California Tortilla.
Los Angeles I can't believe no one has mentioned Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles. Their fried chicken is amazing!!!
Houston Area Papa's BBQ
Good suggestions!
I can agree with you on the Houston attraction... I went to dinner with a friend at the Pappas Steakhouse, it was great!
And on another trip I even got some tex-mex at the airport at Pappasito's... good stuff!
Thanks for reminding me about the Boston area Kelly's... I'm driving up to Weston, MA tomorrow morning hopefully I could find one for lunch!
--Russ
Nov 26, 2007 | 8:43 pm
#182
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Gotta' jump in and say, 'WHAAAAA...' I miss Skyline Chilli!!! A 3 or 4 way with extra cheese and a couple of coneys to push it down with saved me many a time at 3:00 AM after a night of clubbing in my younger days.
Fat Burger in SoCal. ^ Far better than In-and-Through Ya'.
Not really fast food but, for someone that rarely eats deserts, the fresh peach pie in the summertime at Coco's in SoCal. That's worth a special trip for me.
Fat Burger in SoCal. ^ Far better than In-and-Through Ya'.
Not really fast food but, for someone that rarely eats deserts, the fresh peach pie in the summertime at Coco's in SoCal. That's worth a special trip for me.
Nov 26, 2007 | 9:02 pm
#183
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I like Kaspar's Hot Dogs (Oakland, CA)
Ben's Chili Bowl (in DC)
Buffalo Wing Univerisity (Fairfax, VA)
Glory Days (not really fast food, but worth the wait)
My brother says, Chipotle, Baja Fresh, Five Guys (I agree).
Ben's Chili Bowl (in DC)
Buffalo Wing Univerisity (Fairfax, VA)
Glory Days (not really fast food, but worth the wait)
My brother says, Chipotle, Baja Fresh, Five Guys (I agree).
Nov 26, 2007 | 9:03 pm
#184
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"2 Sliders & A Side of Grease!"
Easy -- Jack's Drive-In in Wynantskill, New York. They have been around about 50 years, have only one location, and serve only hot dogs, hamburgers (i.e. "sliders"), and, fairly recently, branched out into French fries.
Brought some to my future wife on our wedding day. (We got married in Wynantskill.) Then, I became a distance runner and started to eat healthier. I haven't had a Jack's in probably 10 years.
http://albany.citysearch.com/profile...drive_inn.html
Brought some to my future wife on our wedding day. (We got married in Wynantskill.) Then, I became a distance runner and started to eat healthier. I haven't had a Jack's in probably 10 years.
http://albany.citysearch.com/profile...drive_inn.html
Nov 29, 2007 | 4:28 pm
#186
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Yep, it's their "casual" version. Order at the front, and they give you a number and bring your food out to you. The food is pretty good, although IMO not as good as P.F. Chang's. The lettuce wraps are definitely tasty!
Nov 30, 2007 | 2:37 pm
#187
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Although there were unpleasantries between the Horton family and Ron Joyce with respect to the latter buying out the Hortons' share of the company, Timmy's is still the place I seek out when I want a doughnut. Their soups are yummy as well, and $C2.60 for soup and a bread roll - nice.
Haven't read all the pages, but for those who fancy Rubio's, there are two or three branches in PHX. I'm completely hooked on Carolina's, though, and will happily eat there every day when in PHX. All that melted cheese cannot be good for one's arteries, but I just don't care. The enchilada sauce is a poem, so full of flavour .....
Haven't read all the pages, but for those who fancy Rubio's, there are two or three branches in PHX. I'm completely hooked on Carolina's, though, and will happily eat there every day when in PHX. All that melted cheese cannot be good for one's arteries, but I just don't care. The enchilada sauce is a poem, so full of flavour .....
Nov 30, 2007 | 2:52 pm
#188
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I had my first Tim Horton's experience in London, Ontario
The little rolls they had with the soups were outstanding.
The sandwich my dad got was also great, something about that bread was unlike a typical fast food place in the US of A.... I noticed quite a few Tim Horton's too in the Rhode Island and Southeast Connecticut on one of my New England road trips. Haven't visited it though on that occasion because my friends recommended a little hole in a wall place called Two Little Fish restaurant.
--Russ
The little rolls they had with the soups were outstanding.
The sandwich my dad got was also great, something about that bread was unlike a typical fast food place in the US of A.... I noticed quite a few Tim Horton's too in the Rhode Island and Southeast Connecticut on one of my New England road trips. Haven't visited it though on that occasion because my friends recommended a little hole in a wall place called Two Little Fish restaurant.
--Russ
Dec 1, 2007 | 10:11 pm
#189
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If you are ever in Kansas City you have got to go get you a Hi Boys burger. Not Big Boys, but Hi Boy. As far as I know there are only two locations left for this chain in KC. Once of them is on 40 highway at Stadium Drive and the other is one 291 Highway up by 23rd street. Best burger around IMO.
Dec 7, 2007 | 10:56 am
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Jim's Steaks is probably the best local chain for cheesesteaks in the Philly area. Yum!
Dec 9, 2007 | 6:15 pm
#191
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I had my first Tim Horton's experience in London, Ontario
The little rolls they had with the soups were outstanding.
The sandwich my dad got was also great, something about that bread was unlike a typical fast food place in the US of A.... I noticed quite a few Tim Horton's too in the Rhode Island and Southeast Connecticut on one of my New England road trips. Haven't visited it though on that occasion because my friends recommended a little hole in a wall place called Two Little Fish restaurant.
--Russ
The little rolls they had with the soups were outstanding.
The sandwich my dad got was also great, something about that bread was unlike a typical fast food place in the US of A.... I noticed quite a few Tim Horton's too in the Rhode Island and Southeast Connecticut on one of my New England road trips. Haven't visited it though on that occasion because my friends recommended a little hole in a wall place called Two Little Fish restaurant.
--Russ
There was a local coffee and donut franchise called Bess Eaton Donuts that went bankrupt and was eaten by Tim Hortons so now we have a ton of them in RI and Connecticut
Dec 15, 2007 | 2:45 pm
#192
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Tim Horton's is also starting to add quite a few locations in the US
http://www.timhortons.com/en/about/locations.html
There is one every 500 yards now here in Buffalo!
http://www.timhortons.com/en/about/locations.html
There is one every 500 yards now here in Buffalo!
Jan 8, 2008 | 5:35 pm
#194
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Old news, but they have now stormed into the Philadelphia area. I've seen one in Center City, there's one in Bala Cynwyd, one in Allentown, one in Cherry Hill, NJ, Somers Point, NJ... I can keep going. They are really good! ^ for their burgers. Way better than MCDs or BK.
Feb 26, 2008 | 9:50 pm
#195
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I'm in Sonoma County, CA. There's a small chain here called Cattlemen's and boy is it garbage. Hugely popular, however, with the crowd that doesn't know good food. Looks like a trailer-trash convention most nights. Oddly, you will spend as much in there as in a fairly fine-dining restaurant. Way better, but I think it's a large chain is Outback. At least the one near me is real good.