Who needs a main course when there's all-you-can appetizers ...

Wouldn't have happened if you'd been working for the Plain Dealer.

 

Secret menu?

 

It's like Fight Club.



http://mentalfloss.com/article/22661/10-secret-menu-items-fast-food-restaurants

Sometimes past food items (in this case) can still be purchased.

 

Yeah most fast-food places just throw different crap on the same old thing (ie. the "new" BBQ long burger at Burger King....uh, it's two patties, BBQ sauce on a Chicken Sandwich bun).

 

Yeah, the long burger is a joke. Just get two burgers of your choice off the value menu and save the money. Just two small patties, o rings and the chicken sandwich bun, which makes it difficult to eat. Well, relatively speaking.

 

I have eaten at all of the above. Chili's is the best of the bunch. Ruby Tuesday's mini burger/salad bar deal is a once-a-year thing for me. TGIFridays was memorable in no way. I absolutely HATE Applebees. The Quesadilla Burger is the worst thing I have ever eaten (with a hangover, no less, on a trip back from Key West). Makes me want to barf just thinking about it.

 

It's your own damn fault for ordering something like that. What were you thinking?

 

Subway is the worst when it comes to originality.

From their pizzas to feature sandwiches, every "new" item is a variation on a dish/ingredient already in stores. I have no idea how that company became so massive -- and how they'll remain so now that the $5 footlong deal is history.

 

Chili's has a new spicy Southwest soup these days that is very good. Their enchiladas are better than decent too.

 

I will see your Subway and raise you taco bell. 100 different menu items -- all with the same six ingredients -- meat, beans, rice, cheese-like substance and sour cream.

 

I'm with you there, Ace. There is a very well paid cottage industry in LA for TV art directors who do nothing but make the fast food used in commercials look delicious. For Taco Bell, they can't do it. Its food looks just like the swill it is in real life.

 

What's the sixth ingredient? All answers welcome.