Subway needs a category of their own called "total crapshoot depending on which one you walk into and whether the sandwich artists are in a good mood because they got some last night."

I miss Rally's - I could never eat it on a regular basis but every once in a while you crave something that you know has absolutely no nutritional value.

The hamburgers and drinks at Sonic are hands down the best for fast food.

Whataburger is unreal - I'd beat a child to have them this far north. Same with In-n-Out. Wendy's is 100% first tier (people who have McDonald's ahead of Wendy's probably shouldn't be allowed to drive), which means Whataburger and In-n-Out should likely be in some sort of tier 0, along with those local, flame-grilled chains every region has (ours is B-Bops, which is straight retarded when you're hung over).

I think people who put Sonic in tier 1 likely have never eaten there, and are just judging off the commercials - there is no other place on Earth that has less consistency in its food, which means about 50% of the time you go to Sonic you just take a total beating.

Quoting this because this is the first and only time I've ever seen Roy Rogers less than tops! Where is one, any how? I know of two in Hagerstown & another small town in MD, but that's it.

She is talking about a turnpike Roy Rogers.

Turnpike restaurants are not the same as regular restaurants. They know they can feed you food from the Nixon administration & you won't care because you're a captive audience and starving.

I was watching Super Size Me in a class recently. Never seen it all the way through.

Speaking of fries. I liked when he put the big mac and fries in a jar along with a burger and an order of fries from a local restaurant. After a month the big mac and the fries looked the exact same sitting in the jar. The local cooked food was unrecognizable from decay and mold. After 8 weeks the McD's fries still looked the exact same, Big Mac was just starting to show mold.

Unreal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IGtDPG4UfI

Try several years old!

So pissed they closed all the B-Bops over here.

Hate McD's except when I'm in the mood for greasy fries.
Wendy's is not my first choice, but I'll deal.
If we have to eat fast food (and by fast food, I mean anything with a drive-through) we prefer Arby's and Culver's over most others. And by we I mean my husband because I haven't had the desire for fast food for the last, oh, four months.

I had some Green Chicken Chilli and a turkey ranch and swiss sub on whole wheat from Quizno's for dinner. :) It was fantabulous.

^That combo is the bee's knees.

I've never understood the attraction of Wendy's. I think their food is pretty awful. I'd rather eat at Hardee's -- and I agree with the folks who put Hardee's at the bottom of the barrell, although their double cheeseburger is really good.

I don't know that I could put much in tiers. I don't like subs or sandwiches, so I don't really care for Subway, Quiznos, Jersey Mikes and the like.

Of the burger Places, 5 Guys is good, but expensive comparitively speaking. McDonalds is at least "safe" in terms of knowing what you'll get.

Chik-Fil-A is supposedly a little healthier than some other places (and at least their kids meals don't have toys that will do nothinhg but gather dust after 4 hours), but the food is all pretty bland, and I hate their fries.

My first tier would probably be:

Bojangles
Moe's
Chipotle
(In KSig RC's words) The Local Flame-Grilled place
And if they were still around, the old Roy Rogers -- boy do I miss the Double R-Bar Burger.

After that, I don't get too excited about any of it.

First tier:
Chipotle
Au Bon Pain (does this count as fast food? mmm clam chowder...)
Pret A Manger (does this count as fast food? Anyway it's only in NYC, the UK, Hong Kong, and Singapore)
Boston Market

Second tier:
Burger King
KFC
Subway

Third tier:
McDonald's
Taco Bell (Make a run for the toilet!)

1st
____

Wendy's
Lime (FL/NY)
Popeye's (Pretty good at every location I've been to)
In-N-Out (but they are trained to be damned good!)
Paul's Maison (Florida only)
Miami Sub's (What is happening to this chain?! where are they going?!)
KFC (usually good)
Quizno's
Chik-Fil-A

2nd
___
McD's (cos everyone eats there and the breakfast is awesome)
BK (mmm salad)
Pizza Hut (if you must have chain pizza)
Sonic (when we had it in SFL-when I was like 8!)
Brown's Chicken and Pasta (not bad)
Johnny Rockets (not really FF, I LOVE them but they're never clean enough!)
Subway (eat sh*t!)

Do not rank at all
________
Arby's (it's okay but who really eats there?!)
Taco Bell (WTF this should get a gov't mandate to close obesity and indigestion would end)
Golden Krust (PATHETIC imitation Jamaican anything-their coco bread is INEXCUSABLE)
all other chain fast food -except those we don't have locally b/c I haven't eat it.

Mmmmm...a Taco Bell bean burrito or fresco style crunchy taco would be great right now!

If I was feeling really naughty I'd eat an Arby's beef and cheddar and cheese fries. Hmmmm...

*back to eating my bowl of cereal and apple*

=[ I love Wendy's... They're the only fast food place that makes a really good spicy chicken sandwich =[

That's my favorite menu item there, hands down.

My husband figured out I was pregnant with my first child even before I told him because I suddenly started craving Taco Bell burrito supremes with extra sour cream - and I couldn't stand Taco Bell before that.

McDonald's fries were good when they were cooked in beef tallow. Now they are awful.

Bellaire Broiler Burger near Houston is sooooooo gooooood. In labor for my third child the only "push present" I wanted was a tasty Cheeseburger from BBB. And their onion rings!!!!

That's about the only thing I ever want to eat at Wendy's! I love McDonald's fries fresh out of the fryer.

This article should mess up your eating habits for at least a month! I don't think I've eaten anything solid since I read it. :p

Tier One
In-N-Out Burger

Tier Two
Steak and Shake
Cook-Out
Sonic

Tier Three
Wendy's
Chik-fil-A
McDonalds
Jersey Mikes
Taco Bell
Bojangles
KFC

To go along with the article honeychile posted, I have done a bit too much study on food and have since not really eaten at any traditional fast food restaurants. I just cannot do it. But, I will eat at the following places, which would be my only tier:

Qdoba
Panera
Noodles & Co
McAlister's Deli
Jimmy John's
Crazy Bowls & Wraps (local chain fast food restaurant that should really expand. Google them, I'll bet a lot of people would like them in their area.)

first teir!!!

also, Bullets which is basically the same thing