Things fast food places do that make you mad. Which one makes the most mistakes?

[ASTalumna06]

It's definitely worth it! I remember I was waiting for close to an hour, and I was kind of mad, but when I ate, all was good with the world.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

There are good breakfast places almost everywhere. In my current town, there's a diner downtown that makes excellent hash browns. When I was living in Boston, Zaftig's was the best, and Stephanie's was pretty close.

None of them are good down here. Well, "good" is subjected, but if I want a real breakfast, I'll make it myself.

3rd Street Diner and 4th Street Cafe are "good" in this regard, for when you need something on your stomach, and breakfast is the only thing that seems feasible.

But Deny's, Waffle House, IHOP, etc. are not good. And most of the greasy spoons/diner type places have been...good if I were drunk, not at all sober. Just my two cents.

[sthrnsweetie007]

Does anybody watch food network?

There was this one place in Boston on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives and I looked for it on the website but could not find it. All I remember is that they gave you a HUGE hamburger with fries and if you finished it all, they named it after you? I was wondering because we are making a trip up to Boston soon and I thought it would be cool to stop by.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Zephyrus

DDs are more filling . . . .

That's because

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

. . . Dunkin Donuts are like hockey pucks.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by sthrnsweetie007

Does anybody watch food network?

There was this one place in Boston on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives and I looked for it on the website but could not find it. All I remember is that they gave you a HUGE hamburger with fries and if you finished it all, they named it after you? I was wondering because we are making a trip up to Boston soon and I thought it would be cool to stop by.

Hm.. I don't know. But I'd like to find this place you speak of!

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by sthrnsweetie007

Does anybody watch food network?

There was this one place in Boston on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives and I looked for it on the website but could not find it. All I remember is that they gave you a HUGE hamburger with fries and if you finished it all, they named it after you? I was wondering because we are making a trip up to Boston soon and I thought it would be cool to stop by.

The place to which you refer is called Eagle's Deli, and it's on the Brookline/Brighton line, near Boston College. I used to live right down the street (only a couple of buildings away), and it's a place I visited all the time.

Here's the website: http://www.eaglesdeli.com/

I always got the Godzilla - it's a 1 pound burger with 4 slices of cheese, and a pound of fries. The burgers go up quite a bit from there, but I never tried any of the bigger ones. It's not just that the portions are big - the food is really good as well.

They also have a killer breakfast menu and make a really good chicken salad sandwich. But, as you noted, the burgers are the big draw.

Again...I REALLY miss living in Brookline.

Kind of a funny story - when I was released from the hospital after my heart procedure (not related to cholesterol or anything like that, mind you, it was an arrythmia issue), I was ready for anything other than hospital food. I obviously couldn't go anywhere out to eat in my condition, so when we got back to our apartment, my father-in-law made a run out to Eagle's and got food for myself, my wife, my parents, and my in-laws. I think they all became Eagle's fans that day.

ETA: One minor point - even if you finish the biggest of the burgers, chances are they won't name it after you. The standing deal is that if you order the biggest burger on the menu (which I believe is 5 pounds, with 20 slices of bacon and 20 slices of cheese, and 5 pounds of fries on the side), and finish it in an hour, you get it for free (otherwise it costs around $50).

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

ETA: One minor point - even if you finish the biggest of the burgers, chances are they won't name it after you. The standing deal is that if you order the biggest burger on the menu (which I believe is 5 pounds, with 20 slices of bacon and 20slices of cheese, and 5 pounds of fries on the side), and finish it in an hour, you get it for free (otherwise it costs around $50).

I can feel my arteries hardening just from reading this.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

I can feel my arteries hardening just from reading this.

Yeah - one of my doctors joked that a cardiologist could set up a lucrative practice just by opening an office next to Eagle's.

There is NOTHING healthy on the menu, so anyone with dietary restrictions would be best served by eating elsewhere.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

I can feel my arteries hardening just from reading this.

I almost wrote that same thing. But, instead, I went to Eagle's Deli website. (Not that I doubted KSigkid!)

Now, what I want to know is, what's the #1 place to pig out if a place that serves the Challenge Burger is #2? I can't imagine something worse than 5 pounds of beef, 20 strips of bacon, 20 slices of cheese, and 5 pounds of fries!

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

I almost wrote that same thing. But, instead, I went to Eagle's Deli website. (Not that I doubted KSigkid!)

Now, what I want to know is, what's the #1 place to pig out if a place that serves the Challenge Burger is #2? I can't imagine something worse than 5 pounds of beef, 20 strips of bacon, 20 slices of cheese, and 5 pounds of fries!

I'm not sure of the #1 place, but you could probably find it somewhere on the Discovery Channel's website.

The thing that struck me about Eagle's, which I mentioned in my previous post, is that the food is really, really good. It's not just that they give you big portions; it actually tastes great as well.

One of the things I love about Boston is it has about a million places to eat where you can get good food, for any budget. Eagle's fits right into that, where you can spend less than $10 and get good food.

[Fawn Liebowitz]

Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Pennsylvania is supposed to have the biggest burger - I realize Wikipedia isn't the most reliable source, but I saw this on one of the late night Travel Channel shows a year or so ago.

It started with a 6-pound burger that contains about 5 pounds of toppings. Patrons take the challenge of trying to finish it in the allocated time. BWMC pharmacist Russell Fortney of Millersville, Maryland,weighing 200 pounds was the first person to successfully finish the 6-pound version.[1]
Soon afterwards the restaurant introduced a bigger burger called the Beer Barrel Belly Buster, a two person challenge. This burger contains a 10.5 pound burger, 25 slices of cheese, a whole head of lettuce, three tomatoes, two onions, 1.5 cups of mayonnaise, relish, ketchup, mustard, and banana peppers all between one enormous hamburger bun. On October 17, 2008, Brad Sciullo, a Pennsylvanian chef, became the first person to eat the burger on his own in under five hours.[2]
On February 24, 2007 Denny introduced a 123 pound burger priced at $379. Besides an 80-pound burger, it contains a pound of lettuce, ketchup, relish, mustard, mayonnaise, 160 slices of cheese, five onions, 12 tomatoes, 2 pounds of banana peppers, 33 pickles, and a 30-pound bun. Denny's goal is to get the latest burger creation into the Guinness Book of World Records.[3]

[christiangirl]

I'm getting hungry and nauseous at the same time.

*goes to Wendy's for a salad*

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

*goes to Wendy's for a salad*

If you see low lite, tell him I said hello. lol

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

You apparently don't have any GOOD breakfast places nearby.

What's wrong with the Waffle House?

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

If you see low lite, tell him I said hello. lol