For actual fast food - - that you can order in a drive-thru and not have to wait around for - - the best around here is honestly Wendy’s. They’re not anything id pay $20 each for, but their average burger is better than their just-as-fast competition.
If by “fast” you really mean “without waitstaff”, they’re all great. 5 guys, smashburger, fuddruckers", and a dozen tiny chains all make burgers worth paying a premium for.
About the only place NOT worth getting a burger at is anyplace with waitstaff. They just dont take them seriously enough to do a good job, and wind uo about as good as a slightly well-run McDonald’s.
(*: i think this one went out of business.)
I agree with the first part but vehemently disagree with the third paragraph.
I suspect it varies wildly based on where you live, but in Chicago there absolutely ARE places with waitstaff worth getting a burger from.
I like Whataburger and in n out equally, sometimes i feel like one, sometimes the other.
There’s a local burger place where I live that’s basically an In-N-Out without the branding. Excellent cheeseburgers. The owner even uses locally sourced beef so the burgers are pretty fresh.
There’s something like that near me, but it’s a Five Guys clone. Seems like a good idea if you can get established locally. Small menu, nothing complicated.
In N Out
Dick’s in Washington state
Freddy’s
- In n out
- Carl’s Jr
- A ten way tie between most other places
- 2020 McDonalds
- 1995 McDonalds
well mcdonalds has sold the most, so corporately they are the best. for me tho, in-n-out
There’s a gas station north of Austin TX in Round Rock that has Buddha Burgers. Absolutely, hands down the best burgers I’ve ever had, fast food or otherwise.
We have a local fast food chain called Good Times.
I’d put their burger up against all other national fast food chains. I’m willing to bet, though there’s a litany of other local fast food chains all over the place that could compete. Part of the joy of traveling in the US, as far as I’m concerned.
We just started getting In-N-Out locations here a few years ago, and it’s lovely for a cheap burger. But let’s not pretend it’s anywhere close to the best around. Plus their fries are so bad it’s shameful.
Good Times’ Wild Fries are divine. And strangely for a fast food chain they have decent green chile for said fries.
I used to live in Colorado but not anymore and Goddamn do I miss Good Times. The wild fries and that SAUCE, man. It’s amazing.
Wild dipping sauce.
"…We’re gonna be big. "
Remember in like 2009 or something when the got rid of the wild fries and started only selling “fresh cut fries” that tasted fucking horrific? I boycotted that place and then wrote multiple complaints to the company. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one, they brought wild fries back eventually.
We did the exact same thing. I wrote a weird email where I compared their removal of wild fries to McDonald’s manipulation of McRib availability to influence whale migration patterns…
Clearly I was on to something…
I’m a fan of SmashBurger
Same. Easily the best quick burger.
Burgermeister, DE.
Farmer Boys in SoCal. The avocado burger gave me a solid 20 pounds back when I was very overweight and gaining. Working 7/12 nights with Farmer Boys nearby the asphalt plant, I ate that one way too much.
Chargrill in North Carolina
Taco bells bean burrito put inside a soft potato taco
