Hey Nightfox!

On Wed, Dec 31 2025 18:25:48 -0600, you wrote:

Burgers: Wendy's has been a favorite of mine recently. I like their
Dave's burgers (single or double) - I think they're tasty, and they
seem fairly fresh too (and they say their burger patties are never
frozen - maybe that's true?).

I don't go to Wendy's often enough to even remember what a burger from there tastes like. But I believe it's one of my son's favorites so for now, I'll just have to take your word for it.

I like Culver's the most, I suppose. But I'm not sure they've made it out to the west coast yet, so you may have not had/heard of it.

I also like A&W's Papa Burger, Burger King's Whopper, and In-N-Out
burgers.

You had brought this up not too long ago (sometime in 2025, lol) which convinced me to stop at an A&W on the way home from work one day (there's none close to where I live, but 45 minutes southeast on the freeway was one). I don't remember if I got the Papa burger, or the Bacon Cheeseburger (which looks like a Papa burger with bacon, to be honest).

I don't remember it standing out above and beyond, but I didn't /not/ like it, either. It was a decent burger.

I like Burger King's Whopper with "heavy all" which they give you 1.5x of everything besides the meat.

I've only had In-N-Out once in my life, when we were on vacation in Arizona. Again, I don't remember being like "zOMG" but I didn't complain, either.

Mexican fast food: Admittedly I do like Taco Bell sometimes, but
also Del Taco and Taco Time (and I think Taco Time is mainly in the
northwest US). I think Baja Fresh and Victorico's are pretty good
too.

We probably shouldn't pool Taco Bell anywhere near "Mexican food". That is probably the most Americanized Mexican food around, and I'd be willing to bet most Mexicans wouldn't skimp on their meat, like Taco Bell does. I'm not even sure I'd classify any of the places listed above as "Mexican food".

That said, I don't mind Taco Bell once in a while. ;)

To be honest, Mexican fast food to me mainly consists of taco trucks, and those can be hit or miss whether they're good or not.

Otherwise, there's a couple sit-down places by me that I would rather go if I wanted authenticity. Corn tortillas, beans and rice, etc.

Pizza: These days, my favorites tend to be Papa Murphy's, Round
Table, and a couple that are more regional here (Abby's Legendary
Pizza and Belaggio's). For value, I think Little Caesar's isn't bad
for the price.

Since my son worked at Dominoes all last summer, we ordered from there at 50% off quite a bit, as we knew he was making our pizzas with love and was able to get us a hell of a discount. Plus, they usually have a better deal than other places where you can get up to 5 toppings on a large pizza for like $10. ;)

I honestly don't think I've ever had Papa Murphy's, but don't think I've ever heard anything bad about it, either.

Otherwise, I'd rather order pizza from a local bar, or Italian joint. I tend to like thin crust, where they load up the toppings and melt the cheese over the top of them, locking all the goodness in. I'm not a huge fan of thick crust, like most of the "fast" food pizza places make.

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Re: Favorite fast food items
By: Accession to Nightfox on Thu Jan 01 2026 09:47 am

I've only had In-N-Out once in my life, when we were on vacation in Arizona. Again, I don't remember being like "zOMG" but I didn't complain, either.

This was in another message of mine, but In-N-Out here in AZ is crap compared to any of the ones I've been to in California (which is admittedly only three or four). Maybe all their ingredients dry out in shipping ;).

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Re: Re: Favorite fast food items
By: phigan to Accession on Thu Jan 01 2026 10:21 am

This was in another message of mine, but In-N-Out here in AZ is crap compared to any of the ones I've been to in California (which is admittedly only three or four). Maybe all their ingredients dry out in shipping ;).

I'd think they would have built warehouses closer to their Arizona locations.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Favorite fast food items
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Thu Jan 01 2026 09:39 am

Carls Jr. Western Bacon Cheeseburger and a plain old whopper if I'm on a work break.

I like Carl's Jr., but their prices tend to be fairly high, and I haven't seen them offer any deals in their app to help bring prices down, so I don't go there very often.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Favorite fast food items
By: Accession to Nightfox on Thu Jan 01 2026 09:47 am

I like Culver's the most, I suppose. But I'm not sure they've made it out to the west coast yet, so you may have not had/heard of it.

We have Culvers here in Utah, got one a few miles away, the butter burgers there are great.

I also like A&W's Papa Burger, Burger King's Whopper, and In-N-Out
burgers.

Also have an A&W close by, they have a bad fly infestation problem there.
Thats why I never go there.

Pizza: These days, my favorites tend to be Papa Murphy's, Round

Love papa murphy's.
Sams Club 4 meat Pizza is good and a large is under $9.

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Hey Phigan!

On Thu, Jan 01 2026 11:21:10 -0600, you wrote:

This was in another message of mine, but In-N-Out here in AZ is crap
compared to any of the ones I've been to in California (which is
admittedly only three or four). Maybe all their ingredients dry out
in shipping ;).

I remember reading the message, but it didn't click that you had mentioned AZ in it. I believe we went to one in Peoria, where we were staying at a vrbo or whatever it was.

By all means, it wasn't bad - good even. I didn't dislike it, whatsoever. It also wasn't something that would make me remember and crave it when I left, either.

It was definitely 105F almost the entire week we were there, though.. So maybe you're right as far as drying out in shipping. ;)

Aside from food, we drove out to Jerome for a couple days and it was a 20-30 degree difference from Peoria.

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Re: Favorite fast food items
By: Accession to Nightfox on Thu Jan 01 2026 09:47 am

I like Culver's the most, I suppose. But I'm not sure they've made it out to

We have a Culver's now in Hope Mills, NC on the East Coast :-)

I tried it and wasn't bad, but wasn't my favorite either. May give them another try this year.

Glad to see new places though...

I see videos of lines at in-and-out so wonder when we will get one in NC.
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Re: Re: Favorite fast food items
By: Denn to Accession on Thu Jan 01 2026 12:42 pm

Pizza: These days, my favorites tend to be Papa Murphy's, Round

Love papa murphy's.

Is that the one that you take home and cook yourself?

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Re: Re: Favorite fast food items
By: Accession to phigan on Thu Jan 01 2026 03:32 pm

Aside from food, we drove out to Jerome for a couple days and it was a 20-30 degree difference from Peoria.

Jerome is pretty cool. There's a haunted hotel, and then a separate hotel that used to be an insane asylum. Trent Reznor and Maynard both have houses there and their wives have wineries.. and I think there was a good place for ice cream.

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Re: Re: Favorite fast food items
By: Amessyroom to Accession on Thu Jan 01 2026 01:33 pm

Re: Re: Favorite fast food items
By: Accession to Nightfox on Thu Jan 01 2026 09:47 am

I like Culver's the most, I suppose. But I'm not sure they've made
it out to

We have a Culver's now in Hope Mills, NC on the East Coast :-)

I tried it and wasn't bad, but wasn't my favorite either. May give
them another try this year.

culvers is spreading out all over. in some areas there's way too many.
i think the food is pretty bland and not special.
it seems like 'white bread' people love it. i can make a better burger
with meat from walmart and salt and pepper.
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Hey Phigan!

On Thu, Jan 01 2026 18:04:20 -0600, you wrote:

Jerome is pretty cool. There's a haunted hotel, and then a separate
hotel that used to be an insane asylum. Trent Reznor and Maynard
both have houses there and their wives have wineries.. and I think
there was a good place for ice cream.

That's exactly why we went there. My wife was big on ghost shows at the time, where they all do lockdowns, etc. So when we planned the stay in Peoria she looked up haunted places to go. We stayed at the haunted hotel for a night, in their main suite with a giant bay window facing the parking lot (we were a group of 4). We did a ghost tour and also visited Maynard's winery/bar, although I didn't know Reznor had anything there. Checked out a bunch of little gift shops, and we also ate at the "Haunted Hamburger" and got some t-shirts.

It was a fun two day trip. Almost wish we had another day to explore the town, as every time you plan something it always ends up kind of rushed.

We also checked out the Grand Canyon for a day, by way of the train in Williams - where we had a little time to check out gift shops on Route 66. Lots of stuff packed into a one week vacation. We only had a couple of actual days to enjoy our VRBO that had an outdoor kitchen and pool.

It was 105F in Peoria all week, but sitting outside in the shade you weren't all hot and groggy like you are here in Wisconsin at 90F and 80% humidity.

Needless to say, I'd love to go back and find more stuff to do for another week. Also seems like a great place to retire. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Re: Favorite fast food items
By: Accession to phigan on Fri Jan 02 2026 08:01 am

Jerome is pretty cool. There's a haunted hotel, and then a separate hotel

That's exactly why we went there. My wife was big on ghost shows at the time, where they all do lockdowns, etc. So when we planned the stay in Peoria she looked up haunted places to go. We stayed at the haunted hotel for a night, in their main suite with a giant bay window facing the parking lot (we were a group of 4). We did a ghost tour and also visited Maynard's winery/bar, although I didn't know Reznor had anything there. Checked out a bunch of little gift shops, and we also ate at the "Haunted Hamburger" and got some t-shirts.

That sounds interesting. I'm a bit into that stuff as well.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Favorite fast food items
By: Accession to phigan on Fri Jan 02 2026 08:01 am

looked up haunted places to go. We stayed at the haunted hotel for a night,

Nice. We stayed in that hotel and saw some ghost crew with their PKE meters and whatnot.

We also checked out the Grand Canyon for a day, by way of the train in Willi

I like going up to the edge and saying "Eh... I've seen grander."

packed into a one week vacation. We only had a couple of actual days to enjo

Know the feeling :). Went to Japan for two weeks and other than while at Universal Studios, stayed in a different town/city each night! It was non-stop movin'. Got to see a lot, but not nearly everything on the list. IMO two weeks might not be enough to even see just Tokyo.

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Re: Re: Favorite fast food items
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Denn on Fri Jan 02 2026 12:18 pm

Also have an A&W close by, they have a bad fly infestation problem
there. Thats why I never go there.

That's too bad - I remember car hop service when I was growing up, with cold glass mugs of root beer. Although, I think you only got the mugs
with dine-in service, now that I think about it.

Back before Pepsi-co bought out A&W we had the drive up car services, Girls on rollerskates would bring the food out to your car.
A&W was really good back then.

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Re: Re: Favorite fast food items
By: Denn to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jan 02 2026 02:45 pm

Back before Pepsi-co bought out A&W we had the drive up car services, Girls on rollerskates would bring the food out to your car. A&W was really good back then.

I don't remember that, though A&W was never very common where I live. I think there are only 2 A&W locations in my area, and they're both combined with KFC.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Favorite fast food items
By: Nightfox to Denn on Fri Jan 02 2026 02:27 pm

I guess A&W was not purchased by Pepsico.
Pepsico bought Pizza Hut (1977), Taco Bell (1978),
and KFC (1986), later spinning them off in 1997 into Tricon Global Restaurants.
May 8, 2002: Tricon officially became the owner of A&W and Long John Silver's, adding them to KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell.

Pepsico ruined KFC IMHO.

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Hey Phigan!

On Fri, Jan 02 2026 14:21:56 -0600, you wrote:

Nice. We stayed in that hotel and saw some ghost crew with their PKE
meters and whatnot.

I want to say we were there on like a Wednesday or Thursday night, so it was fairly empty, and wasn't many tourists around even during the day time. It was kind of nice, actually.

Know the feeling :). Went to Japan for two weeks and other than
while at Universal Studios, stayed in a different town/city each
night! It was non-stop movin'. Got to see a lot, but not nearly
everything on the list. IMO two weeks might not be enough to even
see just Tokyo.

Man, I'd love to try out a two week vacation. Everything we do we seem to cram as much crap into one week as we possibly can, which is nowhere near enough time to do just about anything!

Regards,
Nick

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That's too bad - I remember car hop service when I was growing up, with cold glass mugs of root beer. Although, I think you only got the mugs with dine-in service, now that I think about it.

you do, bu you can buy them to keep these days, I believe.

Back before Pepsi-co bought out A&W we had the drive up car services, Girls
A&W was really good back then.

LOL Yeah there is an A&W near me in Niagara Falls, NY. Their food
isn't as good as it used to be, but the root beer cream Freezes are
delicious :)

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