We have tons of Bob Evans in Tampa Bay! I think there is one in every major shopping area! It must have to do with the number of old people around!

I personally think Pollo Tropical is overrated! The food is not that great for the price and the service always sucks!

In-N-Out.

Blasphemy! :D

So, so true. I think you could deep-fry "cat cookies" and people would eat them!

When my one British friend came to visit recently, do you all know where she wanted to go? Bob Evans! I could have cried.

Golden corral. Any restaurant with a sneeze guard means the food has already been violated in some way the health department doesn't recommend. I don't like to eat food that's had a bad touch.

can't remember if I posted this or not, but Zaxby's. large portions but no flavor.

NONE OF THESE PLACES ARE RATED HIGH ENOUGH TO FOSBURY FLOP OVER THE MYTHICAL BAR NEEDED TO MAKE THEM OVERRATED.

I'm sorry but I find McDonalds to be overrated. It may be a familar source of comfort for some and may be an "All American" tradition to others, but I find the food for the most part disgusting. I feel the same way about Hardees and Burger King.

All fast food is overrated.

I guess it also depends on what you think of as "fast food."

If you're talking just the big chain places, then yes, they're all overrated to some extent.

However, if you're talking about the local places (i.e. Anna's Taqueria and Eagle's Deli in Boston, Five Guys in DC, etc.), then I think there's an argument to be made that those are legitimately good food establishments. I've always said that you can get good quality food at places like that. If you think I'm overrating it, watch an episode of Anthony Bourdain, or look through a Zagat guide...while there's obviously something to be said about top-shelf, five star establishments, you can get solid food at small local joints.

I also have to say, that when I hear someone immediately dismiss a place out of hand because it's a hole in the wall, or a grab and go establishment, I have serious questions about that person's taste in food.

Five guys is a local place? I've eaten at Five Guys in Blacksburg, VA, Howell, NJ, Baltimore, MD, and Philadelphia, PA. I would consider them a chain, by now...not in the same way as Hardee's or Mickey D's, but they're constantly expanding.

I liked Five Guys at first, but now I avoid them and make my own burgers. I don't like feeling like I'm going to have a heart attack every time I step in there. I'm still in my 20s, lol.

Well that's more what I meant - that I wouldn't compare them to Hardees or Mickey D's, etc. It wasn't a precise choice of words on my part.

The one in the Hartford area in CT is actually REALLY good.

ETA: They're definitely not healthy - the fries especially.

Understood. You mean the bag dripping with peanut oil and potato grease?

Those fries are so good. I just can't keep hurting my body, lol.

Yep, I think for the most part that is true! :)

Haha, yep, that one. The fries are excellent - the problem is they give you so many of them, and before you know it, you've finished them.

The fries are excellent, though - I'd put them up there with the Bristol Lounge (Four Seasons in Boston) and Radius (also in Boston) as some of the best fries I've ever had.

ETA: I heard the fries at Anthony Bourdain's restaurants (Les Halles) are also pretty incredible.