The best fast food places are..... (per Zagat)

[Svnla]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/06/zagat-fast-food-survey_n_950167.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl10%7Csec1_lnk2%7C93045

Fast Food - Large Chains
1. Five Guys
2. Panera Bread
3. Chipotle Mexican Grill
4. Chick-fil-A
5. In-N-Out Burger
Fast Food - Mega Chains
1. Subway
2. McDonald's
3. Wendy's
4. Burger King
5. Taco Bell
Best Burger
1. Five Guys
2. In-N-Out Burger
3. Wendy's
4. Burger King
5. McDonald's
Best French Fries
1. McDonald's
2. Five Guys
3. Wendy's
4. In-N-Out Burger
5. Chick-fil-A

Full list = http://www.zagat.com/fastfood#

Agree? Disagree?

Also, how many times you eat at the fast food places per month? I think about 10 times or so for me.

 

[zinfamous]

I can feel the hate swelling in the southwest.

 

[LinuxIdiot]

Hmmm I have ate Five Guys a couple of times and never felt they were all that great

 

[ahenkel]

I'll give it to McD for the fries, but that's only because they found a way to replace the potato with fat and salt.

 

[Kirby]

wtf, no Hardee's? They're much better than McD, Wendy's, or BK.

 

[sactoking]

Eh, results are meaningless. FYI- they're not "Per Zagat", they're "Per a bunch of people Zagat polled". This is blatantly obvious by the inclusion of McDonald's and Taco Bell on the lists.

Zagat recently polled 6,064 people for its annual Fast Food Survey

First 11 words in the article.

 

[PhoKingGuy]

Five guys is not that great

 

[makken]

I agree with wendy's position. I would replace McD with jack in the box (curly fries FTW) and burger king with carl's jr/hardees. can't speak for five guys or chick-fil-a

*puts on flamesuit*
I've never been too fond of In N Out's burgers tbh. Their bread is excellent and their veggies are fresh, but I find their patties rather bland and always overcooked. Its usually masked pretty well with cheese and thousand island (aka secret sauce) but it really shows when you order a regular hamburger over a cheeseburger.

I have a softspot for chipotle's fiesta burritos with corn salsa even though its overpriced and americanized.

 

[lxskllr]

Baja Fresh should be on that list. If Chipotle is fast food, then so is BF.

 

[eits]

agree, except mcdonald's shouldn't be on the list at all.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

No What-a-burger?!?!

 

[ElFenix]

No What-a-burger?!?!

we're in flyover country so we don't count



worthless poll is worthless. i don't care what other people think is good fast food. it's like consumer reports doing taste tests of grocery store pasta sauce. why should i give a rat's ass what some guy in a labcoat thinks is the best sauce for $2? it's just $2, i can afford to try them all.

 

[paperfist]

What do they mean by best? McDonald's french fries are so vile now that I won't order a combo from there anymore.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Subways is mentioned, automatic FAIL.

 

[OutHouse]

No arbys or carls jr?

 

[The Boston Dangler]

pfffft chain restaurants

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

we're in flyover country so we don't count

It's the standard go-to place for my Dallas TF2 LANs. Taquitos w/everything or Whatachick'n FTMFW

 

[dud]

Using the words "best" and "fast food" in the same sentence is an oxymoron. Its like stating that the best smelling shit is ...

 

[QuantumPion]

wtf, no Hardee's?

wtf, no Hardee's?

 

[zokudu]

How did Wendy's new fries lose to Five Guys. Five Guys fries are awful.

 

[BudAshes]

The fact that burger king is on a good list means it's failed.

 

[nageov3t]

How did Wendy's new fries lose to Five Guys. Five Guys fries are awful.

Wendy's fries are gross.

Five Guys fries are at lease edible.

I like Five Guys, but I've never gotten the orgasmic hype. their burgers taste like a burger that I'd make for myself at home. which is to say, better than McD's/Burger King, but not better than an average diner.

 

[swanysto]

Subway is gross. I worked there for a month and will never eat there again. Nothing is fresh. Only place on that list I eat is Burger King cause I can get 2 double cheeseburgers and a large coke for $5. Jimmy Johns/Qdoba gets 90% of my business.

 

[ichy]

I wish I didn't love Five Guys since their food is godawful for you, but I agree that they're the best fast food chain out there. Chipotle is kind of unexciting and totally Americanized, but I do enjoy one of their burritos from time to time. I guess they're a form of comfort food. I find McD's/Burger King/Taco Bell to be inedible and absolutely not worth the calories/fat/salt. If I'm eating something that's really unhealthy it had better be delicious!

 

[LookBehindYou]

Rallys and Arbys' curly fries are the best fries. Everyone knows this.

Though chick-fil-a's waffle fries and five guys are great too.