Tolerable chain fast food?

[hostile]

Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich - it's convenient on my way home from work and open late.

On a side note, one of the things I miss from Philadelphia is the food trucks outside the hospital. Good variety, open late and usually tasty. Much better than the routine fast food joints. Don't know about the nutritional quality or lack thereof.

[clackamascoug]

Subway.

I decided to mix up my usual BMT the other day and got a Tuna Melt. For $5 it was good and very filling. When I'm on the road, I will get a Subway and go to my room and watch the Sports de jour. Good times.

[Surfah]

As long as people are talking about Chipotle, I'll throw out Rubios. I think it's pretty tasty.

x2. I love Rubio's Fish Taco Tuesdays.

[Pheidippides]

i think you are right. i dislike subway because the bread is gross. the wheat bread is always dry and crumbly. also, has anyone noticed that the jalapenos always seem really old? I think they must change them once a month, max.

I am definitely with nik: lotsa vinegar, por favor!

The subway I went to always had decent bread, so that worked out. I would prefer a whole wheat instead of their part whole wheat, but at least it was wheat of some sort.

Mayo on sandwiches is gross. I don't understand how people eat that stuff.

[TripletDaddy]

I like Rubios much more than chipotle.

Surfah is right, chipotle is a massive calorie bomb. You are better off eating a few slices of pizza than eating an entire chipotle burrito, chips, and a soda.

I like the Crazy Chicken, too. grew up on that stuff.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

As long as people are talking about Chipotle, I'll throw out Rubios. I think it's pretty tasty.

[TripletDaddy]

The biggest variable on Subway is the bread quality. If you can get the bread soon after it is baked it makes a big difference. Sometimes I swear they use day-old bread (against franchise rules) and it crumbles in your hands when you eat it. I find it is easier just to ask them before ordering which bread is the freshest and then go with that.

i think you are right. i dislike subway because the bread is gross. the wheat bread is always dry and crumbly. also, has anyone noticed that the jalapenos always seem really old? I think they must change them once a month, max.

I am definitely with nik: lotsa vinegar, por favor!

[old_gregg]

Crown burger for the win

[Surfah]

Chipotle, IMO, has fast food that is actually GOOD, and not just acceptable. Subway is acceptable. I still enjoy fast food burgers, especially In-n-Out, but I'm not kidding myself... they are nutritional poison.

A Chipotle burrito will set you back a minimum 800-900 calories. A few extras and you're eating over a grand on lunch. I know, because I am fat.

[RobinFinderson]

Chipotle, IMO, has fast food that is actually GOOD, and not just acceptable. Subway is acceptable. I still enjoy fast food burgers, especially In-n-Out, but I'm not kidding myself... they are nutritional poison.

[BigPiney]

Wendy's chili and I think it's fairly healthy.

They use the patties from the day before that were over cooked or whatnot and recycle in a way.

Jack in the box does the same for their 2 for 99c tacos.

[YOhio]

mass produced Mexican, as the primary offering, with over the counter ordering and service.

Chipotle is the best fast food Mexican chain, IMO. Though I wouldn't say it's healthy, at least the ingredients are fresh.

[MarkGrace]

This reminds me of a story from Anthony Bourdain's book Medium Raw:

Reminds me of this line from his wiki page:

Known for consuming exotic ethnic dishes, Bourdain is famous for eating sheep testicles in Morocco, ant eggs in Puebla, Mexico, a raw seal eyeball as part of a traditional Inuit seal hunt, and a whole cobra — beating heart, blood, bile, and meat — in Vietnam. According to Bourdain, the most disgusting thing he has ever eaten is a Chicken McNugget,[12] though he has also declared that the unwashed warthog rectum he ate in Namibia[13] and the fermented shark he ate in Iceland[14] are among "the worst meals of [his] life."

[SeattleUte]

I would say fast food is anything with a drive-through option.

Pei Wei is what they call "fast casual".

Anything with fried food and soft white bread, or mass produced Mexican, as the primary offering, with over the counter ordering and service.

Ivar's prawns and to a lesser degree fish and chips are worthy of mention.

[falafel]

Jimmie John's is a lot better than subway. But Jimmy John's is very decadant.

Jimmy John's is better, I agree. I also like Jersey Mike's, but I don't think is healthier than Subway.