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    Wendy's Is Simply the Best Overall

    I have to be honest:

    1.) I absolutely love these fast food threads. You guys know how to have some good, clean, fun from time-to-time.

    2.) Wendy's is just the best.

    3.) No, really. It is. I shouldn't even really have to elaborate, but I will.

    A.) Wendy's has the most consistent product when it comes to their mainline foods.

    -When you go to Wendy's for a #1 Dave's Double (the single is insufficient and the Triple is not an optimal meat/toppings ratio) you know exactly what you are going to be getting. If you are in the continental United States, you can count on a hot and satisfying two never-frozen beef patties, two slices of American cheese, pickles, (usually) fresh and crisp WHOLE LEAF+++ Lettuce and fresh and crisp tomatoes and crispy onions.

    -That's fucking delicious and very consistent. The only thing that can sometimes vary a bit is the general quality of the vegetables, but usually, when you find a Wendy's (and there are likely to be multiple Wendy's options in your general area) with the crisp and fresh veg, the veg is always crisp and fresh at that location.

    -Are there Wendy's that you should maybe avoid? Sure, but those are few and far between. Also, I would suggest the same is true at most large-enough fast food chains. For example, you should avoid EVERY MCDonald's, except maybe for breakfast, but only if there's not a Wendy's available.

    B.) Wendy's now has the BEST breakfast.

    -Wendy's has the best breakfast and makes the hot and fresh breakfast sandwiches to order. You really shouldn't do it more than once every couple of months, but Wendy's came out of the gate and absolutely humiliated McDonald's with their flaky and buttery breakfast biscuits. The obvious choice (and main reason this needs to be a rare a.m. luxury) is the breakfast Baconator combo which consists of brioche bun, crispy strips of applewood bacon of surprising quality, enough American cheese to send Jack Black into an immediate massive coronary and also some Swiss cheese sauce. My advice is to ask them to hold the Swiss cheese sauce if you're driving...and it's also a little much anyway.

    -These and other breakfast combos come with Wendy's breakfast potatoes, which are just fucking ridiculous and unholy. They're so good. These Whore of Babylon seasoned potatoes are vile temptresses that will have you begging for more as you open Pandora's Box to discover natural skin-on potatoes with delicious, and ample, black pepper and garlic seasoning.

    -Wendy's coffee used to absolutely suck, but I think they realized that had to improve if they wanted to do breakfast. It has. You can drink it black and won't be choking it down every sip like McDonald's coffee---which tastes like mud. Better still, if there happens to be a Burger King nearby, get some orange juice with your combo and go grab a BK Joe for your coffee; I'll always defend that BK has great coffee, when it's not cold. That's id that Burger King uses Seattle's Best, of course, but most (if not all) do.

    C.) Wendy's Fries are NOT that bad.

    -I know, I know, McDonald's dominates the fry game in the minds of most people...and their fries, I must admit, are pretty crunchy and good in the rare event they are actually hot...but Wendy's fries are not bad. Wendy's uses natural skin-on fresh cut potatoes in making their fries and, while the seasonings are a bit weak in this case, you can use sauces if you wish. I'm fine with the fries as they are. I admit they aren't the best, but nor are they terrible.

    -Personally, I think they should serve the breakfast potatoes around the clock. Those things kick ass.

    D.) Wendy's has chili, I guess.

    -I imagine some people like chili; I do, but not from Wendy's. Still, if chili is your bag, then Wendy's has it and others don't. I could see where pouring chili on the fries might be okay and Wendy's may or may not have sour cream...I think they do for the baked potatoes.

    E.) Wendy's has baked potatoes.

    -I'll take the fries, or better still, the breakfast potatoes...but the baked potato is an option. Maybe the chili tastes good on it. Not for me. How would I ever get the chili when I can have a Dave's Double?

    F.) Wendy's has the custom pop dispenser at many locations.

    -I like a 50/50 of Dr. Pepper and Vanilla Root Beer.

    G.) Wendy's has a hysterical Twitter.

    -It speaks for itself. Check it out. You can also report customer service issues to them, via Twitter. You probably can on Burger King, as well, but Burger King doesn't care if you live or die and Wendy's donates money to help out with fostering/child adoption.*

    *I wanted to do a McDonald's joke instead of Burger King, but McDonald's has the Ronald McDonald houses which are actually a pretty terrific program.

    H.) The Wendy's app sometimes works as intended.

    -You can earn points and get special coupons with the Wendy's app...when the store's computer actually feels like recognizing it. That's much better than trying to use a McDonald's coupon, which often...somehow...actually causes the price to increase. It's usually because the coupons do not apply to combos, so then the system defaults to treating your coupon (with something like fries) as constituting totally separate items which cost more than getting the combo, even with the coupon. It's pretty stupid. Wendy's just usually gives you something straight up free with a purchase or $2 off a combo, which is not stupid.

    Those are the reasons why Wendy's is, objectively, the best overall fast food location. I suppose you guys are welcome to debate me on this OBJECTIVE FUCKING FACT, but I don't know why you would as you can only lose.

    +++Shredded Lettuce is for fucking peasants.

     
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    People living on the east coast can't really make an informed decision about which fries or burgers are better because there are so many chains that aren't here. We don't have Del Taco, In N Out, Carl's Jr., White Castle and probably more.

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    Best burgers by far love the triple bacanator with bacanator fries cholestoral nightmare.

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    Quote Originally Posted by country978 View Post
    People living on the east coast can't really make an informed decision about which fries or burgers are better because there are so many chains that aren't here. We don't have Del Taco, In N Out, Carl's Jr., White Castle and probably more.

    There are towns in Massachusetts that do not allow fast food franchises period. Pretty much zoned out of existence. California is just one endless strip mall in contrast. That is our lot in life Country.

    For no particular reason I never eat fast food except 5 Guys and then only rarely. Perhaps there just aren’t great options.

    I’ve read the origin story about the 5 Guys fries and want to be a fan but they are only passable although the serving size is beyond generous.

     
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    In college, we used to always get Wendy's chili. Then we'd add some Louisiana Hot Sauce and some crackers!

     
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    Spicy Chicken sandwich is my go to at Wendy’s

    My kids like it but the one closest to me consistently screws up orders

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    Yeah they fuck up my orders as well. They even repeat the orders at cashier but still get it wrong. Popeyes never fucks up my order.

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    Quote Originally Posted by country978 View Post
    People living on the east coast can't really make an informed decision about which fries or burgers are better because there are so many chains that aren't here. We don't have Del Taco, In N Out, Carl's Jr., White Castle and probably more.
    Some of us have been around and can certainly make an informed decision.

    Culver's > In-N-Out

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    not sure if they still have it but during covid the wendys pub burger was like 8 dollars and was spectacular like it would be 17 at yard house that and a glass of wine was a very strong drive thru burger

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    They just opened a Culver’s near me, took the kids to get frozen custard there, pretty diverse menu for a fast food place.

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    culvers good

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    OP wrote more words about Wendy's than their marketing has in the last 20 years.

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    did he touch on their bacon which might be the best fast food bacon its obviously done in an oven its ultra crispy

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    cuz if he didnt touch on the bacon its a bad press release

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    Quote Originally Posted by lol wow View Post
    did he touch on their bacon which might be the best fast food bacon its obviously done in an oven its ultra crispy
    Bam told me I didn't have to read anything besides the fryer temp for delicious curly fries.

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    I see this is becoming a fast food review site rather than a poker site, but I'll go with it.

    Here's my opinion of Wendy's:

    Chicken nuggets are great, especially the spicy nuggets. They blow away all other fast food nuggets I've had. The only exception is when they start to get old from sitting around awhile, so ask for them to make you fresh ones if possible.

    Burgers are good. For some reason they're not memorably good, but I am always satisfied with them.

    Fries are okay, but consistent. They're rarely awful, but also never great.

    Watch out for pricing tricks with the nuggets!

    At the Wendy's by me, the 20-pack is the best deal (as you'd expect), followed by the 6, followed by the 4, followed by the 10! Yes, the ten piece is the WORST deal of them all, to the point where you could buy three 4-packs cheaper than one 10-pack!

    For awhile the franchise owner was instructing the employees to ring up two ten pieces instead of a twenty, in case someone asked for twenty. He also told them not to inform people about the 20 being a better deal, or the 10 pack being the worst deal. One of the kids working there told me this.

    More than one location does this.

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    Wendy’s was my fave growing up partially cause it didn’t exist in my city so I only got it once or twice a year. Big bacon classic was great now the bacon deluxe. As for breakfast sandwiches though I can’t have them knowing that A&W has the great Canadian breakfast. So damn good. I try and grab one every two months.

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    todge in keeping the thematic elements of this site alive youre gonna need to give us a pumpkin spice frosty review by end of business sunday

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    real talk i had some mighty fine burgers at the wendys next to stones casino in sacramento.


    mighty fine.


    i think what stood out for me was the lettuce/tomato being weirdly fresh and tasty.

    plus dece buns and good beef.




    anyway at some point i think we should have a radio show about what happened to burgerking because for a hot fucking minute they brought war to mcdonalds front door and then like over the course of 6 months they fell off so hard that it felt intentional / personal.

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    I see this is becoming a fast food review site rather than a poker site, but I'll go with it.

    Here's my opinion of Wendy's:

    Chicken nuggets are great, especially the spicy nuggets. They blow away all other fast food nuggets I've had. The only exception is when they start to get old from sitting around awhile, so ask for them to make you fresh ones if possible.

    Burgers are good. For some reason they're not memorably good, but I am always satisfied with them.

    Fries are okay, but consistent. They're rarely awful, but also never great.

    Watch out for pricing tricks with the nuggets!

    At the Wendy's by me, the 20-pack is the best deal (as you'd expect), followed by the 6, followed by the 4, followed by the 10! Yes, the ten piece is the WORST deal of them all, to the point where you could buy three 4-packs cheaper than one 10-pack!

    For awhile the franchise owner was instructing the employees to ring up two ten pieces instead of a twenty, in case someone asked for twenty. He also told them not to inform people about the 20 being a better deal, or the 10 pack being the worst deal. One of the kids working there told me this.

    More than one location does this.
    I need more daily +REP's. I'm not above trying to bribe you. Inbox is open.

    The big thing for me, when it comes to Wendy's, is that it is consistently decent. It's very rare, in my opinion, that you find a fast food place with such consistency. I'd rather have, "Pretty good," 100% of the time than have, "Awesome," and, "This is fucking dog food," as even an 80/20 split.

    Of course, I think Wendy's has the best burgers in the game. I can understand why people would disagree. When I eat something like a sandwich, I'm very much a texture/distribution/bite consistency guy---and Dave's Double hits the exact spot when it comes to burgers, for me. The toppings/beef/bun ratio is simply the best in the fast food game. If I go to a casual American sit down restaurant and enjoy a burger there as much as I enjoy one at Wendy's, then I am at least satisfied with that burger. Obviously, many sit-down restaurant burgers are better...but when I can point to a fast food burger and say, "Your standard as a sit down restaurant is to do at least that well," I think that's a good fast food burger.
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