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

I had terrible experience in LV...not a clean place, no forks, no napkins:mad:

I prefer In n Out but the Guacamole Six Dollar Burger is an occasional guilty pleasure. :D

I like that they have curly fries and I really enjoy their strawberry shakes.

I like Carls Jr. Pretty good for fast food. The Strange thing is when I was on a trip to Atlanta they had resterants the looked identical to Carls Jr but were called Hardees or something.

They are the same company. History and details here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%27s_Jr.

This foot-long cheeseburger that's under test looks like trouble...

http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...ong16_ST_N.htm

And they are now going Subway:

http://www.geekosystem.com/foot-long...rger-carls-jr/

As long as you mean regular, and not the oversize "$6" version, I'd agree, it's both one of the more distinctive thing on their regular menu, and pretty tasty for a fast food burger.

Their basic burgers seem distressingly interchangeable with Jack in the Box; I'm not super-fond of either. But my wife grew up with Carl's, and we go occasionally.

Carl's/Hardee's has made a thing of trying for the most outrageous and unhealthy dishes; AFAICT, they don't sell that many of them compared to the regular menu, but the publicity brings people in.

OTOH, some people probably DO get them just to be extreme, even if not regularly - I'm reminded of one trip through LAX when out of desperation I went to the in-terminal Burger King. Adjacent to me in line were a couple of very young (18-21ish) guys with commonwealth (probably Australian?) accents, and I nearly burst out laughing when one said something along the lines of "We're in America now. I've GOT to get a triple Whopper."

Ah, CJs. There's one literally a walking distance from where I live and it's often a nice place to go for late night munchies with great fast food for a reasonable price.

To OP:

The locals in SoCal usually say CJ when referring to Carl's Jr. I have known CJs ever since I had my memory and has been a local hangout for kids back then. Back when I was young (back in the 1980s), CJs had great kid meals which came with high quality die-cast metal toy cars. Don't see that often these days but man were those the times!! And the taste and quality of the burgers back then were still the best out of all the other chains.

Back when I was kid, the CEO and founder Carl's Karcher would always be on commercials alongside with his "Star" sidekick promoting his restaurant. Since I was a kid I didn't know any of his personal conservative views, but he certainly did a great job of keeping quality and taste as top priority in his restaurants.

Their "$6 burgers" are good, for fast food I would call them very good. Their breakfast options are also much better than their fast food competition.

I'm not a huge fan of fast food but consider Carl's Jr to be in the same league as In N Out which would be my favorite fast food guilty pleasure.

My experience has been that Carl's Jr, like In N Out doesn't prepare their stuff in advance, so they aren't as quick as other fast food places, but the food is superior. It's not healthy, but is tasty.

I remember when Carl's Jr. first came out with the Six Dollar Burgers. The idea was that a CJ burger at $3 or so compared nicely with a $6 burger from a sit-down restaurant like Chili's, Applebee's, etc. Hence, you were getting a $6 value for $3.

So I found it humorous when the first CJ opened up here in Anchorage (which, AFAIK, was and possibly still is the highest-grossing CJ's in the world) and brought the Six Dollar Burger...which cost (you guessed it) $6.

Given that a burger at Chili's, Applebee's, TGI Friday's, etc. starts at $9, perhaps CJ should have renamed their burger the Nine Dollar Burger for the Alaskan market... :D

Was going to say when did you ever see a $3 six dollar burger in ANC :p

Happy to have the teriyaki Burger back again... now need to find a coupon ;)

Carl's Jr. is a good substitue if there's no In-N-Out around.