Tolerable chain fast food?

[SeattleUte]

Taco Bell offered/offers these tacos that are actually real tacos...soft corn tortillas, onion, asada, cilantro. I was surprised.

I had this in Louisiana a while back, between meetings when I was very busy, and was quite surpised. I'd forgotten.

[SeattleUte]

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

[Pheidippides]

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.

When I worked in downtown H-town, I had three subways to choose from. There was one that was a clear favorite because they did a better job with the bread, loaded up in veggies and knew what I meant by double vinegar. The wait was longer but it was worth it.

[Pheidippides]

Subway.

This. Best of a bad lot by far.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I was thinking of saving time, but I go there for the same reason as you. It's just the last few times I haven't gotten a good sandwich and left feeling like I would have been better off going hungry until I could get home and make something myself.

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.

[Art Vandelay]

Baja Fresh and Macheezmo Mouse both have very good and relatively health food choices.

[marsupial]

I don't go there to save money. It just seems better than burgers when I am out and in a hurry.

I was thinking of saving time, but I go there for the same reason as you. It's just the last few times I haven't gotten a good sandwich and left feeling like I would have been better off going hungry until I could get home and make something myself.

[il Padrino Ute]

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

It's especially good on an October afternoon after a round of golf.

[Flystripper]

I don't go there to save money. It just seems better than burgers when I am out and in a hurry.

yeah. If I don't have time to make a lunch in the morning. Subway is one of the better options.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I just can't stomach Subway any more. Every time I eat there, I think, geez, I could have made a much better sandwich at home. Of course, I could make a better hamburger than McDonald's and a better taco than Taco Bell, but I guess because sandwiches are already pretty fast and convenient, I just don't feel like I am saving anything.

I don't go there to save money. It just seems better than burgers when I am out and in a hurry.

[marsupial]

I swear I've seen a thread like this before.

There can never be enough threads on fast food... or porn... or gay marriage.

[marsupial]

Subway.

I just can't stomach Subway any more. Every time I eat there, I think, geez, I could have made a much better sandwich at home. Of course, I could make a better hamburger than McDonald's and a better taco than Taco Bell, but I guess because sandwiches are already pretty fast and convenient, I just don't feel like I am saving anything.

[RC Vikings]

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

[MarkGrace]

I kind of love fast food, and tend to dig all the usual suspects: Taco Bell, McD's, Wendy's, etc.

Favorites would probably be El Pollo Loco and Chick-Fil-A.

[Donuthole]

I swear I've seen a thread like this before.