Worst Restaurants in America
 

Here are Consumer Report's 11 worst restaurants in America!!! Bon Appetite

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/...merica?page=10

What are some your worst restaurant experiences?

11 worst fast food restaurants you mean?

In reverse order is it the 11 best fast food restaurants, or is that an oxymoron in itself?

Please feel free to nominate a non-chain restaurant.

And here are the ten best:

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/...urants-America

I really like the food at five of those terrible places.

I could really go for some fries right about now...

Well, I have a soft spot for McDonald's. No, their burgers are not good burgers, but they are super tasty in their own way (I really like the double cheeseburger, and think it is a great balance between cheese and meat and the soft bun). Plus the fries are good fast food fries. And I think they do a pretty good job with breakfast (the breakfast burritos are good). Throw in admirable consistency across locations and generally clean locations, I definitely wouldn't place them in the bottom.

I also question KFC and Church's at the bottom. It has been a while since I have been to either (over 10 years in the case of Church's), but it is fried chicken and even the worst fried chicken is still awesome.

Sbarro is vile (or was 8+ years ago when I last ate there), so they got that right. I have either not eaten at, or it has been so long (American locations only - I have eaten at BK in the Zurich airport within recent memory) that I really don't have an opinion on the others.

For the top...

Love In 'n Out, except for the fries. I also really like Chick-Fil-A. Culver's was okay when I went last year, but nothing terribly special.

I don't really get Firehouse, Jason's Deli, and Potbelly. Firehouse is just okay, but bested by pretty much any mediocre pizza/sandwich shop here in Boston, so I would never think to go. Jason's Deli is a bit better, but suffers from a similar feel. I have never been impressed with Potbelly, but I have to confess that I have only eaten at the location at Logan Airport, so that could be the fault of the location and not a knock on the whole chain.

Papa Murphy's, to my mind, shouldn't be included on the list. If they don't cook it for you, it can't be called fast food.

I have not been to the others on the top list.

Pappa John's isn't on either list. Pappa Murphy is not fast food if you have to take it home to bake.
I had a good breakfast burrito (chorizzo egg & cheese) at Carl's Jr. this morning.

Taco Bell is so bad that it is goooood :)

Well - I think with laces like that you know what you're getting.

What I can;t deal with are the places that try to seem like they're serving actual food - Applebees, Fridays, Olive Garden, etc. Not sure where Denny's fits - but it would get my prize # 1. Had to stop there for lunch on the way to a client and ordered a tuna sandwich - I got 2 slices of soggy wonder bread with limp lettuce and unripe tomato - no tuna at all. When I complained the waitress said they were out of tuna. OUT OF TUNA! - It comes in a can and you mush it with some mayo (although they probably use a fake). And the fries that came with it were not even warm through.

When I got up to leave without paying the waitress said they would call the police if I didn't pay. I told her to go right ahead. And this on top of all their problems with racial bias cases.

Applebees - my mom got a chicken pot pie that was still ice cold in the center (for some reason my dad loved the place so I had to take them there although there was a charming local cafe with lovely fresh food only a few minutes away).

Olive Garden - got the most hideous vat of pasta with chicken - the latter totally dried out and with so much sauce that the pasta fell apart - wouldn;t stay on the fork - another road lunch with no choice.

To tell you the truth I prefer Mickey D's - they don;t pretend to be giving you any more than what it is.

<i>Taco Bell is so bad that it is goooood</i>

I haven't been there in years, but I must confess that some of the ads have food that looks awful, but so good. I mean, why had nobody thought of a Doritos taco????

For fast food fried chicken, I like Popeye's. My Mother-in-law used to like KFC chicken pot pie. Even a deer wouldn't have touched that as a salt lick.

Taco Bell = Serious hangover food

For fast food fried chicken Bojangles and Popeyes are much better than KFC. Hardees also has good fried chicken.

Bojangles takes the win with biscuits.

I don't really get Firehouse, Jason's Deli, and Potbelly. Firehouse is just okay, but bested by pretty much any mediocre pizza/sandwich shop here in Boston, so I would never think to go. Jason's Deli is a bit better, but suffers from a similar feel.
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I have never been to Potbelly but am not a fan of Firehouse or Jason's. I think Jersey Mike's is much better than either of them.

LOVE that chicken at Popeye's. That's actually legitimately edible. And the biscuits are good too.

Jason's Deli is rot - no bloody taste to the meats. Firehouse is better; it's not awesome, but it has a TON of hot (or not) sauces to try and that makes it more interesting. I'd take Whichwich over either in a heartbeat. And I'd take Chipotle over any sandwich shop in that top 10 list with ease.

How Five Guys didn't make the top 10 is beyond me. The fries alone should have guaranteed a spot. And even at the LGA terminal B outpost the staff is friendly. Imagine if you had to work at that dump of an airport and had to try to keep a good face on it to outsiders. Geez.

<<Papa Murphy's, to my mind, shouldn't be included on the list. If they don't cook it for you, it can't be called fast food.>>

Um, yeah. It ain't fast if you need to go home and blow another 15-20 minutes waiting for the oven to heat up and COOK the meal.

The biggest saving grace for the top 10 is that Jimmy John's wasn't on it.

I mostly agree with everything said so far. I pretty much also agree with the best/worst lists.

I LOVE In-'n'-Out, even though the lines are usually enough to discourage us from going there. The fries are not good UNLESS you remember to order them "well done". I always get my burgers "Animal Style" (grilled onions; patty coated with mustard, then grilled; melted cheese), and sometimes "Protein Style" (no bun, wrapped in iceberg leaves) and even sometimes a "3x3" (three patties, three slices of cheese). The Secret Menu is everything at In-'n'-Out, after all.

I am mystified by the popularity of Chik-Fil-Hate-- er, Chik-Fil-A. The attraction is a cheap slice of chicken breast brined in pickle juice, after all. It certainly keeps it moist, but it's also quite salty, and the quality of everything that accompanies it is terrible. And I won't give my money to a company that in turn donates part of its profits to organizations that want to take away my marriage and my civil rights (it says it stopped, but apparently it still does).

The Habit-- well, my mother-in-law likes it a lot. We tried it and found it to be rather "meh". Not great. Not bad, everything was fresh, but just not great.

Rubio's? Good place. Beats Taco Hell by a mile. For that matter, Del Taco edges out Taco Hell by a nose. But just barely.

Two places not on the lists at all that I really like even more than Rubio's: Wahoo's Fish Tacos and Chronic Tacos. Smaller chains, great Cal-Mex fast food.

I'm surprised Jack in the Box wasn't on the "worst" list. But I frankly LIKE JitB once in a while when I really, REALLY need something greasy and just don't want to cook. Like at 2 AM. Sometimes an Ultimate Cheeseburger is just what you need.

Of course, lately we've simply stopped going out when we can avoid it. When we do, it's almost all non-chain places. But c'mon-- we can run to Sprouts, get some free-range chicken pieces and some veggies, toss with olive oil & herbs & spices, then chuck it in a 400-degree oven till roasted and lovely, and how much time was actually work? Five minutes? And we get leftovers and that lovely-smelling kitchen...!

(I know, I know-- "Then you have to do the dishes...!!" Nothing is perfect...! :) )

Never been to potbelly, but there is like one on every street in downtown chicago.

Of the 11 named, I have to agree with all but KFC. It's one of my favorites. I also like Taco Bell's bean and cheese burrito. I made the mistake of ordering a cheeseburger from BK at the airport last week and was very disappointed. I think it was the plastic cheese they used.....

Among the worst is Hardee's, they had a roast beef scare-someone saw some and did not recognize it.

Papa Murphy's isn't what I'd consider "fast food", but it sure is good. The service at ours is always friendly, and you can get whatever you want on a pizza.