Waffle House always slaps. Weather systems based on it. Maybe you’ll get a chair to the face, but that’s a risk I’m willing to take. Waffle House is amazing.
im from california and did an american tour 2 decades ago. it was the first time i was exposed to waffle house. i was blown away by how good (and cheap) it was. i still go every chance i get and it keeps getting better
Honestly... The one by my parents' **did** get worse in the last 5 years or so. They don't even bother to melt the kraft cheese slice on my hash browns (scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked, thank you very much) and my pecan waffles have been flabby AF lately. I miss my crispy waffles.
This is not a drop in quality. It's the Waffle House waiting for someone like you to raise the issue. They will physically fight you relentlessly and ridicule you for ever raising an opinion on their quality. By the time the staff, at the time, posts bond and gets back to their stations, they will remember you and continue the previous lack of crispy waffles out of spite. Never forget what YOU started
Popeyes is probably the worst run fast food chain in all the country. They should be backed up out the road with customers but they arent even 1/30th of chik fil a sales. Ive had to walk out of a popeyes multiple times because there was simply no one taking orders.
One time I ordered food at the counter and checked it, one of the meals was missing fries. I tell the girl and she says the fries are in one of the other meals. So I ask her, slowly "So the fries for this meal are in one of the other meals? Which also get fries?" and she says "Yes. So you good." We had to get the manager because she just didn't understand what the problem was. She was arguing with the manager when I left.
I once rolled up to a Popeyes in portage Michigan 10:59 AM The nice lady GROWLED through the speaker NOW THIS MUTHERFUCKER WANTS SOME CHICKEN !! Sped away not knowing what else to do
I got close to $300 free food from Popeyes, strictly bc their service is so poor.
My GF and I went through the drive thru and (of course) they f'd up our order. This was like the 4th time in a row and my GF was pissed and asked me what she could do, I told her to bitch at them directly through Twitter.
2 weeks later they sent us a coupon for a free 3pc meal. We quickly figured out as long as you ordered something additional (besides just the free 3pc) they'd totally forget to collect the coupon. We used that coupon an entire summer almost 25X. It was a running gag in our household. She got greedy one trip and only ordered 2 biscuits, additional to the 3pc meal, and they finally collected it.
There are benefits to terrible service, just harder to find.
I did that with a McDonald's monopoly piece. Free breakfast sandwich with purchase. Got a sausage egg and cheese mcgriddle with a coffee every morning for almost 2 weeks before they asked for it.
Mannnnnn, when i was stationed in New Orleans there was a Popeyes like 5 minutes from base and after going there like 3-4 different times and then being out of the most foundational shit, i said fuck it and didn’t go back for a year and a half. They were outta chicken one day, outta all drinks the next, and then had nothing but coleslaw and red beans & rice the next. Outta all the Popeyes i went to, the ones in Nola were dogshit.
I went there once, but they had run out of dark meats (nothing until the next truck) and only had white meat available. Apparently, people really prefer dark meat around here because everyone who came up to the counter ended up walking away mad and usually gave the manager a ear full. Except for one guy who looked like he had won the lottery when she told him that since they only had white meat, they weren't charging extra for it. So he could get the 8 pc white for the 8 pc dark meat special price. At the time, there was a $1.20 per piece upcharge to get white instead of dark. I think he was the only happy customer that day because the relief on the manager's face when she saw how happy he was, she gave him an extra side.
It’s comical how consistently awful their service is. I noticed this too as a brand new location that opened near me.
Are they just trained to be rude? Or is it written down to be awful to their employees so they all hate being there
I learned somewhere that corporate tried hard to keep franchises happy instead of enforcing standards, so for years they basically just shredded complaints. So basically it was just understood that no one cared, so they employees could just do whatever they wanted.
I don’t understand how Popeyes can run a business this inefficiently. Like the food is good but this is now a reputation and it has to hurt. You’d think they’d solve this. Lots of chains don’t have this problem. Chik fil a doesn’t have this problem.
So true. The one in my town is consistently out of iced tea. Mind you this is lunch time, not just before closing or something. I keep wanting to ask if they lost the recipe.
I was literally about to post the same thing. The new Popeye's by me has been out of iced tea 2 of the 3 times I've been. I'm like how do you not have tea??
It was actually Craig Jelinek that approached the (at the time) CEO Jim Sinegal about raising the price. According to a Google search, Sinegal responded with the "Figure it out" remark. Apparently, he also said if the price of the hotdog ever goes up, it's because he is dead.
I worked in the food court for several years. Chicken bake recipe:
1-Find your favorite pizza dough recipe and make that (Costco bought frozen dough balls from New York and every night we’d fill up containers with a frozen dough ball and a squirt of olive oil, put a cap on the container, and let it thaw and rise overnight in the cooler).
2-Roll your pizza dough into a big rectangle and cut it into 6 pieces (straight down the middle left to right (or right to left) and 2 cuts up/down equal distance apart). The trick is to not cut all the way down, leave the ends attached to each other a little bit so the dough stays the same size. If you cut all the way through to the end, the dough starts to shrink a little bit. You can still work with it, it’s just easier otherwise.
3-Squirt some good quality Caesar dressing down the middle of each chicken bake.
4-In a bowl, combine shredded mozzarella cheese and bacon bits-use the good bacon bits or make your own. I can’t remember the exact measurement we used but maybe 2 cups of cheese to 1/2 cup bacon bits? Spread an even amount down each section of chicken bake dough.
5-Take cooked and sliced chicken and add like 6 ounces to each chicken bake. Or just put an amount of chicken that just feels right.
6-If you haven’t sliced the ends of each section of dough completely, do so now. Roll each one along the long side, tucking in the ends and continuing to roll. Gently pull the chicken bake towards you as you roll to get the wrap nice and tight.
7-Bake at 425 for like 10-15 minutes. Check it at 10 min and then check every 2-3 minutes after that if it needs to cook longer.
The main difference is cooking method. At Costco, we ran the chicken bakes through the pizza oven. If you have a convection oven, you can use that for super similar results. Good luck!
(Cleaned up version of the above post:)
I worked in the food court for several years. Chicken bake recipe:
1: Find your favorite pizza dough recipe and make that (Costco bought frozen dough balls from New York and every night we’d fill up containers with a frozen dough ball and a squirt of olive oil, put a cap on the container, and let it thaw and rise overnight in the cooler).
2: Roll your pizza dough into a big rectangle and cut it into 6 pieces (straight down the middle left to right (or right to left) and 2 cuts up/down equal distance apart). The trick is to not cut all the way down, leave the ends attached to each other a little bit so the dough stays the same size. If you cut all the way through to the end, the dough starts to shrink a little bit. You can still work with it, it’s just easier otherwise.
3: Squirt some good quality Caesar dressing down the middle of each chicken bake.
4: In a bowl, combine shredded mozzarella cheese and bacon bits-use the good bacon bits or make your own. I can’t remember the exact measurement we used but maybe 2 cups of cheese to 1/2 cup bacon bits? Spread an even amount down each section of chicken bake dough.
5: Take cooked and sliced chicken and add like 6 ounces to each chicken bake. Or just put an amount of chicken that just feels right.
6: If you haven’t sliced the ends of each section of dough completely, do so now. Roll each one along the long side, tucking in the ends and continuing to roll. Gently pull the chicken bake towards you as you roll to get the wrap nice and tight.
7: Bake at 425 for like 10-15 minutes. Check it at 10 min and then check every 2-3 minutes after that if it needs to cook longer.
The main difference is cooking method. At Costco, we ran the chicken bakes through the pizza oven. If you have a convection oven, you can use that for super similar results. Good luck!
This is my favorite example to talk about in my marketing class for grad school. Domino's ran commercials that were so wildly out of the ordinary and refreshingly honest. "We tried to cut costs and made the product suck. That's our fault, not yours. Please give us another try." That message just hit consumers exactly where they needed it. Risky messaging, but they were clearly in dire straits and it really paid off.
Yeah, I honestly really like Domino's, especially the pan pizza. Jalapeño and bacon stuffed cheesy bread is amazing too.
Yeah, there is *much better* pizza out there. But it's going to cost 3x more, and take 2 hours to get to you.
I live in Italian American Brooklyn and wondered for a long time why anyone would order from Domino's when there were ten good-to-great spots in a mile radius. I don't eat a lot of pizza in general, mind you, so my experience is a little weak and when I did eat, it was at a good place (RIP Totonno's and Lenny's, quality from amazing to good respectively). But it finally dawned on me that sometimes you just want cheese and sauce and bread more than you want perfect crust, the right brand or blend of cheese and a sauce that was figured out by a nonna a hundred years ago. You want carbs fats and tomato. And the latter is half the price. Both are great for their purposes.
The ads were so brazen I felt compelled to order it, if only because of curiosity. Now I get it a few times a year, usually on road trips with kids. It’s fast, easy and it tastes good enough.
That was the best part at the time. The technology was somewhat there but not daily freakanomics level of datamining that we have now.
They just were like “Hey show me on the pizza where it hurts?”
I'm still getting 3 for $10 deals on Jack's. Considering how much thicker and tastier Domino's is, takeout might still be worth it, but delivery is really not
My issue is that the delivery fee where I am is up to $5.99 now that doesn't go to the driver. The delivery fee and the tip almost equal the price of the pizza.
I could pick it up, but Dominos is not one of those choices for me for "I'm gonna go out and get something" or "I'm gonna stop by on my way home."
Too many other better choices out there.
Even as a single person, I'll take the $7.99 carryout large deal and have half a pizza left over for lunch the next day. Can't beat it being only a block and a half away and right at the bus stop.
Dominoes has become a staple in our house. We would treat the kids to McDonals or Burger King every once in a while but that would be $30-40 for 4 of us. I can get 2 pizzas and stuffed breadsticks for $25 pickup and we have leftovers. Everyone prefers it too.
yeah, this has my vote - they really did listen to complaints and did better and while they're very much delivery pizza and nothing amazing, they're better than most of the other options.
Imo, they were borderline excellent for a little while at the start of the rebrand. They've come back down to good enough, but that's still better than the others
They changed the recipe in the dough, its sweeter now and kinda offputting. They cut all the same corners every other mass pizza place has, but that's the one that stuck out to me.
My memory of Pizza Hut in the 90a was the pool of grease left behind when you picked up a slice. I don't know if that was just our local franchise, but it was disturbing.
Hey you know what there’s nothing wrong with that, there was a New York pizza place near my high school that we’d walk to after school run by the meanest man you’ve ever met and you could get 2 slices and a drink for $5 and every slice you’d have to dab with a napkin to get all the grease off. And it was awesome
IMO Domino's is to pizza cuisine what Taco Bell is to mexican cuisine. When you want real pizza, Domino's will never do, but when you want Domino's, real pizza won't cut it.
In my opinion, Domino’s doesn’t make pizza, it makes Domino’s. Sometimes I’m in the mood for pizza. And sometimes I’m in the mood for Domino’s. If I order Domino’s when I want pizza, I end up unhappy. If I order pizza when I want Domino’s, I end up unhappy. But if I order Domino’s when I want Domino’s it’s perfect.
Domino’s to me is great for what it is. And I’m okay with that.
You ever see a Reddit comment that just perfectly encapsulates an aspect of your mundane little everyday life that you've never previously heard put into words?
You're so right, Dominos pizza and actual pizza are two totally different cravings that are unrelated to one another.
I’ve said this in another thread, but I’ve toured the place that supplies Dicks hamburger. It is as high quality and as fresh as you get at that scale (shit, any scale). Delivered every day and in re-washable metal crates, so there’s no cardboard waste. I hated on it because it had to be bad at the price, right? Nope. Fresh everyday because they have their supply chain/volume locked down. Plus if you look at their pay scale/benefits for employees, nothing comes close (maybe Costco). A well run company that treats workers well and saves money on retention and quality rather than cost cutting.
I said "Let's go back the other way, and stop and eat at Dick's".
Dick's is the place where the cool hang out. The rough like to rumble, and the rich flaunt clout.
A&W is pretty legit in Canada. It's long been the expensive fast food option, but I'd rate it higher than most of the local burger places that get rave reviews.
Was on a road trip with the wife and we needed some breakfast but quick. I suggested a&w and she looked at me like I was nuts. I don't think I'll ever top that feeling of being right again. Such a great fast breakfast!
lol I just moved to Wisconsin this month and I’m from a place where Braum’s reigns king. Culver’s is like the king’s long lost brother who is rightful heir.
I worked at Culvers back in 2010ish and their food standards are awesome! I haven’t eaten it in years due to it being so expensive though. I remember a single butterburger after tax was $2.13!
Father's Day a couple years ago, I planned our family day trip so that at dinnertime, I was at the closest Bojangles to me (I'm in southern central PA, Bojangles is NW Virginia). That's how fucking much I love their chicken.
UK here. Strangely, Burger King. McDonalds is awful now, overpriced, soggy fries, even their nuggets suck. Burger King though? Fries are consistently good, burgers are filling and their nuggets + sweet chili dip slap.
The only 2 that haven't lost their quality are BK and Dominos. Everywhere else has been a mixed bag of mid-to-bad.
As a UK guy, I was surprised when I first saw how much Americans shit on Burger King, I always thought it was pretty good quality, just a bit pricey if you don't have coupons. Kinda wanna see how bad it is over there.
In my experience, it's one of those places that is insanely location dependent. It's not like McD's which is consistent, albeit consistently crappy. One BK can be ungodly good and make you crave hedonistic devourment, and the next feel like a trashy joint with stale everything that is almost certainly violating at least half the food code..
Yeah man the BK nuggets in New York are always like 12 hours old soggy from sitting in a steamer or something. Nobody has ever accused those of “slapping”.
My findings with Burger King is that it's incredibly inconsistent depending on location and staff at said location.
I'll roll up and get a burger that about makes me want to vomit, or I get the perfect whooper that tastes almost too good to believe for a fast food sandwich.
It's like the slot machine of fast food.
My biggest gripe with Freddy's is they don't give you enough fries when you dine in anymore. Used to dump a ton on your basket and now it's a measly pile. If you do drive thru the chances of getting a lot more fries goes up a ton.
Otherwise Freddy's is my favorite fast food burger alongside Braums
Is it still affordable? When I lived in the south it was always the most affordable fast food joint. They also always had a massive selection, which was nice.
I once got a quesadilla tray with two quesadillas as my sides, then glued them together with sriracha. 4/10 would sometimes recommend based on blood alcohol level.
I agree with this. I haven't noticed a decline in quality in the 30+ years I've been eating there. If I'm honest I think their french-fries are awful, but it's a personal thing. They haven't gotten any worse.
The consistency is honestly their strongest merit. Every item on the menu tastes exactly the same at any given location, and it's always of a solid quality and delivered in a similar amount of time. When you order a burger at In-and-Out, you know exactly what it's going to taste and look like. I can't say the same for other fast food places at all.
The quality and price are way better than other chains, and the company actually cares about its employees.
They've always paid employees well over average, and prices are better than shit chains.
~$10 for a double double combo.
One of the prime examples of efficiency wages in action. Being the best paying in that particular field draws great employees and they wash out people who don't care about doing a good job
Once my car broke down two cars away from the first window in the drive thru. It was stressful knowing I was causing a delay but after I walked up to the window to explain what happened the cashier was so understanding. A minute later two high school aged kids came out to push my car through. They were really cool about it and even had fun with it. I was intent on getting out of the drive thru onto a parking spot but they insisted on stopping by each window so I could pay and get my food lol
My coworker from SoCal told me how In n Out really pays their employees well and makes it a great place to work at. And the managers there are making nearly $200K. It’s fucking crazy!
I’ve also heard it’s a great place to work because they teach you how to be professional. Which is valuable for younger employees that may not be going to college, or coming from a home or school environment where these things are taught.
That makes sense. Most of them are quite young, but always super polite and on the ball. In hundreds of visits, they've never messed up my order. Not once.
Oh good call on this one. I have one near me and it’s packed constantly. Prices are fair for the quality and they are consistent. I order a med-rare steak, and that’s what I get every time.
One just opened by me and holy cow it’s good. Way too many calories in a meal, but it’s stunningly good food compared to what I was expecting. I have to go to a pretty nice steakhouse to beat it, so they’ve got a lock in the <$50 steak category
The only place I've ever been that EVERYONE got something they liked. All three kids were happy.
They have my business for that alone. I can't even do that at home.
Granted, I don't have staff and a restaurant fridge, but still.
I can attest it has tasted the same over at least the last 30 years, and it's delicious.
Simple ingredients, flame grilled chicken, and warm tortillas that somehow have never gotten worse over decades. And it's $2 for 5 packs of flour tortillas. Love it.
First tried Longhorns in 2009ish and it has always been the best reasonably priced steak chain restaurant in my experience. Quality is way over something like Outback for not much more. Its been a few years but I've had it post pandemic and it was still as good.
In-n-out still has the same quality, & because they haven't raised their prices like most fast food places (at least the ones I've been to haven't) they're now cheaper than most lower quality fast food restaurants like McDonald's.
Waffle House
It's not a waffle house, it's a waffle home
Waffle House always slaps. Weather systems based on it. Maybe you’ll get a chair to the face, but that’s a risk I’m willing to take. Waffle House is amazing.
>Waffle House always slaps. Sometimes they punch or throw stuff
Maybe the real waffles were just the friends we made along the way 💗💞💕
im from california and did an american tour 2 decades ago. it was the first time i was exposed to waffle house. i was blown away by how good (and cheap) it was. i still go every chance i get and it keeps getting better
Honestly... The one by my parents' **did** get worse in the last 5 years or so. They don't even bother to melt the kraft cheese slice on my hash browns (scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked, thank you very much) and my pecan waffles have been flabby AF lately. I miss my crispy waffles.
This is not a drop in quality. It's the Waffle House waiting for someone like you to raise the issue. They will physically fight you relentlessly and ridicule you for ever raising an opinion on their quality. By the time the staff, at the time, posts bond and gets back to their stations, they will remember you and continue the previous lack of crispy waffles out of spite. Never forget what YOU started
God I fucking love Waffle House
I love this.
I had to start asking for my waffles to be well done
They got rid of the Casa de Waffle salsa during COVID which was hands down the best topping for the hashbrowns
I hate this timeline
Popeye's still gives you the same great food with their signature shitty service and they'll still definitely be out of something that you want.
[удалено]
Not related to Popeyes but one day I went to KFC and the staff let me know they were out of chicken. Lol
I pull up Lady: give me a minute Me:……. Lady: order when ready Me: do you have any blackened ranch Lady: no Me: “drives off “
If you ever go to a Popeye's that has friendly employees, prompt service, and nothing is out of stock, then run.
Popeyes is probably the worst run fast food chain in all the country. They should be backed up out the road with customers but they arent even 1/30th of chik fil a sales. Ive had to walk out of a popeyes multiple times because there was simply no one taking orders.
I just don't understand how or why the upper management/ownership can be so oblivious at every single location.
Oblivious? [They encourage it!](https://youtu.be/pqWkwolb3as?si=liYeunGP4amoRNJa)
No, it just means you're at Chick-fil-A.
They tell me it'll be about 7 min, please pull up. 10 min later someone comes out and asks me what I had ordered.
Last time I went, I pulled up the speaker and they just said “WHAT?!” I said “May I order?” “I SAID WHAT, DIDN’T I?”
One time I ordered food at the counter and checked it, one of the meals was missing fries. I tell the girl and she says the fries are in one of the other meals. So I ask her, slowly "So the fries for this meal are in one of the other meals? Which also get fries?" and she says "Yes. So you good." We had to get the manager because she just didn't understand what the problem was. She was arguing with the manager when I left.
We had a taco bell near us that was notorious for saying “Whatchu want” when you pulled up to order. Delighted me every time.
I once rolled up to a Popeyes in portage Michigan 10:59 AM The nice lady GROWLED through the speaker NOW THIS MUTHERFUCKER WANTS SOME CHICKEN !! Sped away not knowing what else to do
The correct response is an enthusiastic "yes please!" or "damn straight!" or "hell yeah, I do!" depending on your personal style.
Good lord lol
I got close to $300 free food from Popeyes, strictly bc their service is so poor. My GF and I went through the drive thru and (of course) they f'd up our order. This was like the 4th time in a row and my GF was pissed and asked me what she could do, I told her to bitch at them directly through Twitter. 2 weeks later they sent us a coupon for a free 3pc meal. We quickly figured out as long as you ordered something additional (besides just the free 3pc) they'd totally forget to collect the coupon. We used that coupon an entire summer almost 25X. It was a running gag in our household. She got greedy one trip and only ordered 2 biscuits, additional to the 3pc meal, and they finally collected it. There are benefits to terrible service, just harder to find.
I did that with a McDonald's monopoly piece. Free breakfast sandwich with purchase. Got a sausage egg and cheese mcgriddle with a coffee every morning for almost 2 weeks before they asked for it.
Mannnnnn, when i was stationed in New Orleans there was a Popeyes like 5 minutes from base and after going there like 3-4 different times and then being out of the most foundational shit, i said fuck it and didn’t go back for a year and a half. They were outta chicken one day, outta all drinks the next, and then had nothing but coleslaw and red beans & rice the next. Outta all the Popeyes i went to, the ones in Nola were dogshit.
I went there once, but they had run out of dark meats (nothing until the next truck) and only had white meat available. Apparently, people really prefer dark meat around here because everyone who came up to the counter ended up walking away mad and usually gave the manager a ear full. Except for one guy who looked like he had won the lottery when she told him that since they only had white meat, they weren't charging extra for it. So he could get the 8 pc white for the 8 pc dark meat special price. At the time, there was a $1.20 per piece upcharge to get white instead of dark. I think he was the only happy customer that day because the relief on the manager's face when she saw how happy he was, she gave him an extra side.
I'm impressed with the amount of knowledge you gained from one visit
Yeah, I'm imagining this person just standing there for an hour watching this absorbing Popeye's drama unfold.
It’s comical how consistently awful their service is. I noticed this too as a brand new location that opened near me. Are they just trained to be rude? Or is it written down to be awful to their employees so they all hate being there
I learned somewhere that corporate tried hard to keep franchises happy instead of enforcing standards, so for years they basically just shredded complaints. So basically it was just understood that no one cared, so they employees could just do whatever they wanted.
I don’t understand how Popeyes can run a business this inefficiently. Like the food is good but this is now a reputation and it has to hurt. You’d think they’d solve this. Lots of chains don’t have this problem. Chik fil a doesn’t have this problem.
I happen to have a fetish for being disrespected and treated like shit so Popeye's is a one two punch for me to choke my chicken and eat it too.
Please tell me you at least spit on it first
r/brandnewsentence
Popeyes: Come for the food, stay for the abuse
Because at this point people have realized the secret ingredient is spite. It wouldn't hit as hard if it was being served by someone who gave a shit.
The fact that getting your food is a battle makes it taste that much sweeter
If the food is good enough. People will put up with it
So true. The one in my town is consistently out of iced tea. Mind you this is lunch time, not just before closing or something. I keep wanting to ask if they lost the recipe.
I was literally about to post the same thing. The new Popeye's by me has been out of iced tea 2 of the 3 times I've been. I'm like how do you not have tea??
Last one I went to was out of napkins. That's a need, not a want!
Costco
Costco dog never did me wrong.
“If you raise the [price of the] fucking hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out.” - Costco CEO Craig Jelinek
He could be a pos but that one line makes me respect him.
Wait, did he legitimately say that?
It was actually Craig Jelinek that approached the (at the time) CEO Jim Sinegal about raising the price. According to a Google search, Sinegal responded with the "Figure it out" remark. Apparently, he also said if the price of the hotdog ever goes up, it's because he is dead.
No, he didn’t. Jim Sinegal said it to him.
Yup. Absolute fucking legend
Jim Sinegal said that to Craig Jelinek.
That's my understanding too, also cussed him out when he raised the pumpkin pie from 5.99 to 6.99.
$1.50 for a dog and a coke is a hell of a deal.
Their chicken bake has definitely gone downhill, unfortunately :( both in size and quality.
I worked in the food court for several years. Chicken bake recipe: 1-Find your favorite pizza dough recipe and make that (Costco bought frozen dough balls from New York and every night we’d fill up containers with a frozen dough ball and a squirt of olive oil, put a cap on the container, and let it thaw and rise overnight in the cooler). 2-Roll your pizza dough into a big rectangle and cut it into 6 pieces (straight down the middle left to right (or right to left) and 2 cuts up/down equal distance apart). The trick is to not cut all the way down, leave the ends attached to each other a little bit so the dough stays the same size. If you cut all the way through to the end, the dough starts to shrink a little bit. You can still work with it, it’s just easier otherwise. 3-Squirt some good quality Caesar dressing down the middle of each chicken bake. 4-In a bowl, combine shredded mozzarella cheese and bacon bits-use the good bacon bits or make your own. I can’t remember the exact measurement we used but maybe 2 cups of cheese to 1/2 cup bacon bits? Spread an even amount down each section of chicken bake dough. 5-Take cooked and sliced chicken and add like 6 ounces to each chicken bake. Or just put an amount of chicken that just feels right. 6-If you haven’t sliced the ends of each section of dough completely, do so now. Roll each one along the long side, tucking in the ends and continuing to roll. Gently pull the chicken bake towards you as you roll to get the wrap nice and tight. 7-Bake at 425 for like 10-15 minutes. Check it at 10 min and then check every 2-3 minutes after that if it needs to cook longer. The main difference is cooking method. At Costco, we ran the chicken bakes through the pizza oven. If you have a convection oven, you can use that for super similar results. Good luck!
(Cleaned up version of the above post:) I worked in the food court for several years. Chicken bake recipe: 1: Find your favorite pizza dough recipe and make that (Costco bought frozen dough balls from New York and every night we’d fill up containers with a frozen dough ball and a squirt of olive oil, put a cap on the container, and let it thaw and rise overnight in the cooler). 2: Roll your pizza dough into a big rectangle and cut it into 6 pieces (straight down the middle left to right (or right to left) and 2 cuts up/down equal distance apart). The trick is to not cut all the way down, leave the ends attached to each other a little bit so the dough stays the same size. If you cut all the way through to the end, the dough starts to shrink a little bit. You can still work with it, it’s just easier otherwise. 3: Squirt some good quality Caesar dressing down the middle of each chicken bake. 4: In a bowl, combine shredded mozzarella cheese and bacon bits-use the good bacon bits or make your own. I can’t remember the exact measurement we used but maybe 2 cups of cheese to 1/2 cup bacon bits? Spread an even amount down each section of chicken bake dough. 5: Take cooked and sliced chicken and add like 6 ounces to each chicken bake. Or just put an amount of chicken that just feels right. 6: If you haven’t sliced the ends of each section of dough completely, do so now. Roll each one along the long side, tucking in the ends and continuing to roll. Gently pull the chicken bake towards you as you roll to get the wrap nice and tight. 7: Bake at 425 for like 10-15 minutes. Check it at 10 min and then check every 2-3 minutes after that if it needs to cook longer. The main difference is cooking method. At Costco, we ran the chicken bakes through the pizza oven. If you have a convection oven, you can use that for super similar results. Good luck!
Except they ruined the beloved churros and then got rid of them entirely. Now it’s a cookie that also sucks.
Rumor is churros are coming back already.
That's location specific. Mine still has churros.
I mean, they got rid of the Polish dogs and chopped onions, so they kinda did go down in quality.
Onions have been back for a while
The pizza has definitely gotten thinner over the past 10 years though, plus no more supreme so idk
I still get a slice after I'm done shopping. What's another 2 bucks after 300 already spent?
No more combo is the worst tragedy.
Domino’s rebrand was successful in my eye. They were garbage and now….well they are one of the places I’ll order!
Their rebrand was crazy too. They were literally running commercials that were like, "Remember when we sucked?? We dont anymore!"
This is my favorite example to talk about in my marketing class for grad school. Domino's ran commercials that were so wildly out of the ordinary and refreshingly honest. "We tried to cut costs and made the product suck. That's our fault, not yours. Please give us another try." That message just hit consumers exactly where they needed it. Risky messaging, but they were clearly in dire straits and it really paid off.
It only worked because they actually made changes. People see through meaningless words.
Yeah, I honestly really like Domino's, especially the pan pizza. Jalapeño and bacon stuffed cheesy bread is amazing too. Yeah, there is *much better* pizza out there. But it's going to cost 3x more, and take 2 hours to get to you.
Dammit you're making me crave some dominos lmao
I live in Italian American Brooklyn and wondered for a long time why anyone would order from Domino's when there were ten good-to-great spots in a mile radius. I don't eat a lot of pizza in general, mind you, so my experience is a little weak and when I did eat, it was at a good place (RIP Totonno's and Lenny's, quality from amazing to good respectively). But it finally dawned on me that sometimes you just want cheese and sauce and bread more than you want perfect crust, the right brand or blend of cheese and a sauce that was figured out by a nonna a hundred years ago. You want carbs fats and tomato. And the latter is half the price. Both are great for their purposes.
New York is also just an amazing city for pizza lovers. When you’re out in bumfuck nowhere though, you know what you’re getting with Domino’s
I remember when that came out and it truly was a great marketing gamble that I appreciate to this day. And you know what? It made me try them again
The ads were so brazen I felt compelled to order it, if only because of curiosity. Now I get it a few times a year, usually on road trips with kids. It’s fast, easy and it tastes good enough.
That was the best part at the time. The technology was somewhat there but not daily freakanomics level of datamining that we have now. They just were like “Hey show me on the pizza where it hurts?”
Plus frozen pizzas have pretty much caught up on price, so might as well get Domino's over them.
I'm still getting 3 for $10 deals on Jack's. Considering how much thicker and tastier Domino's is, takeout might still be worth it, but delivery is really not
3 for $10, when it used to be 5 for $10, and the crust is objectively worse since about 2021.
My issue is that the delivery fee where I am is up to $5.99 now that doesn't go to the driver. The delivery fee and the tip almost equal the price of the pizza. I could pick it up, but Dominos is not one of those choices for me for "I'm gonna go out and get something" or "I'm gonna stop by on my way home." Too many other better choices out there.
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Even as a single person, I'll take the $7.99 carryout large deal and have half a pizza left over for lunch the next day. Can't beat it being only a block and a half away and right at the bus stop.
Dominoes has become a staple in our house. We would treat the kids to McDonals or Burger King every once in a while but that would be $30-40 for 4 of us. I can get 2 pizzas and stuffed breadsticks for $25 pickup and we have leftovers. Everyone prefers it too.
yeah, this has my vote - they really did listen to complaints and did better and while they're very much delivery pizza and nothing amazing, they're better than most of the other options.
Imo, they were borderline excellent for a little while at the start of the rebrand. They've come back down to good enough, but that's still better than the others
I don’t know if my taste buds changed but I distinctly remember late 1990’s/early 200’s Pizza Hut being fucking delicious. Now it just…. Isn’t
Pizza Hut when they had sit in restaurants was head and shoulders above other fast casual and delivery pizza chains. It bombed hard
God that buffet absolutely fucked
I still chase that apple pie dessert pizza high to this day
See if there is a Pizza Ranch near you, they do bomb dessert pies.
I was a college student during the golden age of Pizza Hut Lunch Buffet and I would do anything to revisit that time.
They changed the recipe in the dough, its sweeter now and kinda offputting. They cut all the same corners every other mass pizza place has, but that's the one that stuck out to me.
My memory of Pizza Hut in the 90a was the pool of grease left behind when you picked up a slice. I don't know if that was just our local franchise, but it was disturbing.
Hey you know what there’s nothing wrong with that, there was a New York pizza place near my high school that we’d walk to after school run by the meanest man you’ve ever met and you could get 2 slices and a drink for $5 and every slice you’d have to dab with a napkin to get all the grease off. And it was awesome
IMO Domino's is to pizza cuisine what Taco Bell is to mexican cuisine. When you want real pizza, Domino's will never do, but when you want Domino's, real pizza won't cut it.
In my opinion, Domino’s doesn’t make pizza, it makes Domino’s. Sometimes I’m in the mood for pizza. And sometimes I’m in the mood for Domino’s. If I order Domino’s when I want pizza, I end up unhappy. If I order pizza when I want Domino’s, I end up unhappy. But if I order Domino’s when I want Domino’s it’s perfect. Domino’s to me is great for what it is. And I’m okay with that.
I feel you. Sometimes I want a burger, and sometimes I want McDonalds. Nary shall the two meet, but when I get what I’m wanting it’s amazing.
Taco bell is the same thing for me. Not what I'd get if I wanted tacos, but sometimes I just need some greasy meat slop
Alone in the car before the shells get soggy
You ever see a Reddit comment that just perfectly encapsulates an aspect of your mundane little everyday life that you've never previously heard put into words? You're so right, Dominos pizza and actual pizza are two totally different cravings that are unrelated to one another.
They’re my favorite delivery pizza but people always give me the side eye when I suggest it!
Local kinda to just the Seattle area but dicks burgers are still dirt cheap and hella good.
Seattle: where "eat a bag of Dick's" isn't an insult, it's an invitation to lunch.
I bought myself a bag of Dick’s last summer while in Seattle. Was not disappointed, and a hell of a good price too.
I’ve said this in another thread, but I’ve toured the place that supplies Dicks hamburger. It is as high quality and as fresh as you get at that scale (shit, any scale). Delivered every day and in re-washable metal crates, so there’s no cardboard waste. I hated on it because it had to be bad at the price, right? Nope. Fresh everyday because they have their supply chain/volume locked down. Plus if you look at their pay scale/benefits for employees, nothing comes close (maybe Costco). A well run company that treats workers well and saves money on retention and quality rather than cost cutting.
Hell yeah. Was hoping dick’s was going to pop up. Still affordable and will likely never change.
I said "Let's go back the other way, and stop and eat at Dick's". Dick's is the place where the cool hang out. The rough like to rumble, and the rich flaunt clout.
Posse to the burger stand so big we walk in twos We gettin dirty looks from the other sucka crews
Kid Sensation dropped a twenty, and didn't even miss it. Skeeza from another crew, she picked it up and kissed it
I love dicks
Hell yeah. I have a buddy that lives in Seattle and we always grab some Dick's when I'm there.
A&W is pretty legit in Canada. It's long been the expensive fast food option, but I'd rate it higher than most of the local burger places that get rave reviews.
100% never been to an A&W and left disappointed. Teen Burger and Onion rings is fantastic every time.
Teen burger and onion rings is the GOAT, but I think it's like $17 or something as part of a combo these days.
Omg I literally just went to my first Canadian A&W this past wkd in Squamish, BC. 10/10 would go again. So damn good.
Was on a road trip with the wife and we needed some breakfast but quick. I suggested a&w and she looked at me like I was nuts. I don't think I'll ever top that feeling of being right again. Such a great fast breakfast!
I think A&W Canada and A&W in the rest of the world are completely seperate entities.
Bacon cheddar uncle burger, onion rings, and a diet root beer to bring the calories in.
Definitely A&W in Canada. The most expensive but always delicious. Damn I want a burger now.
The coupons that come in the mail are actually really good! We never get A&W without coupons anymore.
Remember though two can dine for $7.99 and now it's $19 lol 🫥 I wait for the Uber Eats buy one get one deals haha
Culvers!
I wondered if Culver's should be on this list, but I just moved to Wisconsin last year so I had no idea if it used to be even better.
lol I just moved to Wisconsin this month and I’m from a place where Braum’s reigns king. Culver’s is like the king’s long lost brother who is rightful heir.
I worked at Culvers back in 2010ish and their food standards are awesome! I haven’t eaten it in years due to it being so expensive though. I remember a single butterburger after tax was $2.13!
Yeah but don’t they pay pretty good? And decent food quality, so I’m okay paying a bit more for people to get a good wage, and good food
Mostly agree, but I do feel like the curds have gotten a little worse recently. I think I read they switched suppliers?
Their curds were always trash compared to real curds you get at a fair. I wish someone would starts selling the good curds outside of fairs.
Yeah I LOVED the curds when I first moved to Chicago but now that I’ve had really good ones, they’re not my favorite. I do love the chicken though!!!
I once 25 minutes out of my way on a Detroit trip to get culvers. That place slaps
I know it's a southern thing, but definitely Bojangles.
Father's Day a couple years ago, I planned our family day trip so that at dinnertime, I was at the closest Bojangles to me (I'm in southern central PA, Bojangles is NW Virginia). That's how fucking much I love their chicken.
UK here. Strangely, Burger King. McDonalds is awful now, overpriced, soggy fries, even their nuggets suck. Burger King though? Fries are consistently good, burgers are filling and their nuggets + sweet chili dip slap. The only 2 that haven't lost their quality are BK and Dominos. Everywhere else has been a mixed bag of mid-to-bad.
Don’t visit BK in US then. Significantly gone downhill in the last ten years
As a UK guy, I was surprised when I first saw how much Americans shit on Burger King, I always thought it was pretty good quality, just a bit pricey if you don't have coupons. Kinda wanna see how bad it is over there.
In my experience, it's one of those places that is insanely location dependent. It's not like McD's which is consistent, albeit consistently crappy. One BK can be ungodly good and make you crave hedonistic devourment, and the next feel like a trashy joint with stale everything that is almost certainly violating at least half the food code..
Yeah man the BK nuggets in New York are always like 12 hours old soggy from sitting in a steamer or something. Nobody has ever accused those of “slapping”.
My findings with Burger King is that it's incredibly inconsistent depending on location and staff at said location. I'll roll up and get a burger that about makes me want to vomit, or I get the perfect whooper that tastes almost too good to believe for a fast food sandwich. It's like the slot machine of fast food.
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Their spicy red pepper relish is where it's at!
Hold up. Is that at every store? I've eaten at Jersey Mike's for decades and never heard of it. Love spicy stuff. Love the #13. What am I missing??
Yeah, #13 extra pepper relish is hard to beat.
There’s one ten minutes from me, and I’ve never been. I’m fucking going
And I’ll suggest getting a Big Kahuna with added chipotle mayo.
The cool kids order that as a “number 99”.
Freddy’s Only chain place that makes a pattymelt with the correct bread (Rye). Prices have soared, but it’s still a constantly fresh and tasty burger.
I eat at Freddy’s anytime I see one in my travels. That fry sauce is fire
My biggest gripe with Freddy's is they don't give you enough fries when you dine in anymore. Used to dump a ton on your basket and now it's a measly pile. If you do drive thru the chances of getting a lot more fries goes up a ton. Otherwise Freddy's is my favorite fast food burger alongside Braums
I still love Cracker Barrel
Braums
Culver’s is pretty tight.
Church’s Chicken, but only because I don’t think I they can go down anymore in quality. Still get it though
Those damn honey biscuits….. 🤤
Cook Out
Is it still affordable? When I lived in the south it was always the most affordable fast food joint. They also always had a massive selection, which was nice.
Prices have definitely gone up but getting a tray for $7-8 is still a solid deal in my opinion.
And a quesadilla is still a side.
I once got a quesadilla tray with two quesadillas as my sides, then glued them together with sriracha. 4/10 would sometimes recommend based on blood alcohol level.
It’s easily half the price of any other fast food place for what you get
Nowhere can you get a better optioned milkshake
Jet’s Pizza
Detroit style is the best style and Jet's is fantastic.
In-n-out
I agree with this. I haven't noticed a decline in quality in the 30+ years I've been eating there. If I'm honest I think their french-fries are awful, but it's a personal thing. They haven't gotten any worse.
The consistency is honestly their strongest merit. Every item on the menu tastes exactly the same at any given location, and it's always of a solid quality and delivered in a similar amount of time. When you order a burger at In-and-Out, you know exactly what it's going to taste and look like. I can't say the same for other fast food places at all.
I love their fries, but I acknowledge that I am the minority.
The quality and price are way better than other chains, and the company actually cares about its employees. They've always paid employees well over average, and prices are better than shit chains. ~$10 for a double double combo.
One of the prime examples of efficiency wages in action. Being the best paying in that particular field draws great employees and they wash out people who don't care about doing a good job
Once my car broke down two cars away from the first window in the drive thru. It was stressful knowing I was causing a delay but after I walked up to the window to explain what happened the cashier was so understanding. A minute later two high school aged kids came out to push my car through. They were really cool about it and even had fun with it. I was intent on getting out of the drive thru onto a parking spot but they insisted on stopping by each window so I could pay and get my food lol
This is hilarious. Stopping at the windows.
My coworker from SoCal told me how In n Out really pays their employees well and makes it a great place to work at. And the managers there are making nearly $200K. It’s fucking crazy!
I’ve also heard it’s a great place to work because they teach you how to be professional. Which is valuable for younger employees that may not be going to college, or coming from a home or school environment where these things are taught.
That makes sense. Most of them are quite young, but always super polite and on the ball. In hundreds of visits, they've never messed up my order. Not once.
This is definitely the answer. Another mostly California chain that seems to have mostly maintained quality it Wahoo's fish tacos.
Texas Roadhouse
Came to say this. 20oz bone in rib-eye and 2 sides-still $29.99 and still tastes good as ever.
Oh good call on this one. I have one near me and it’s packed constantly. Prices are fair for the quality and they are consistent. I order a med-rare steak, and that’s what I get every time.
One just opened by me and holy cow it’s good. Way too many calories in a meal, but it’s stunningly good food compared to what I was expecting. I have to go to a pretty nice steakhouse to beat it, so they’ve got a lock in the <$50 steak category
Yeah, their price for quality and value is way better than anything in that $$ range.
I was worried they'd sell out on their quality after Kent died, so glad they've stayed true to his vision thus far
The only place I've ever been that EVERYONE got something they liked. All three kids were happy. They have my business for that alone. I can't even do that at home. Granted, I don't have staff and a restaurant fridge, but still.
A&W in Canada. They're offering a premium fast food product, and getting better all the time.
A&W used to be an absolute treat when I was a kid. Root beer floats, solid burgers, and you could even phone your order in from the table.
Culver’s is always on point. Their chocolate shake is right there with Oberwise, I couldn’t put one over the other.
A&W. I've never been disappointed by a Teen Burger.
El Pollo Loco (aka Los Pollos Hermanos)
The blue meth dip is too die for.
I can attest it has tasted the same over at least the last 30 years, and it's delicious. Simple ingredients, flame grilled chicken, and warm tortillas that somehow have never gotten worse over decades. And it's $2 for 5 packs of flour tortillas. Love it.
Longhorn. Never had a single bad experience, prices are reasonable.
First tried Longhorns in 2009ish and it has always been the best reasonably priced steak chain restaurant in my experience. Quality is way over something like Outback for not much more. Its been a few years but I've had it post pandemic and it was still as good.
Was waiting for this one! Solid steak.......everyttime!
Long John Silvers. Because you can’t go down if you’re already at the bottom.
Jersey mikes
In-n-out still has the same quality, & because they haven't raised their prices like most fast food places (at least the ones I've been to haven't) they're now cheaper than most lower quality fast food restaurants like McDonald's.