Well,I hate to admit it,but I've found something pretty decent at micky D's.
Their grilled chicken Cesar salad is pretty good.
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Well,I hate to admit it,but I've found something pretty decent at micky D's.
Their grilled chicken Cesar salad is pretty good.
You can also get a pretty decent cup o' Joe at Mickey D's these days. Cheap, too.
I think McDonalds's coffee is better than Starbucks and cheaper to boot. Some of the McDonalds I have been to are equipped with free WiFi; I stayed at a (horrendous) Red Roof in Rochester and they wanted to charge me daily for internet, but the McDonalds right next door had an open, free, broadband WiFi router. They encouraged customers to stay, have a breakfast and suck down their excellent coffee while working online. Same thing with one in VA at Wilderness.
Their Cobb salad is excellent and, compared with the other usual offerings, very low in fat.
Ah, McD's. At least they are consistent. A Big Mac in Tokyo is just as bad as the one you buy here.
Yeah, it's not bad coffee. I actually don't mind stopping there for coffee over another place.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
I've been switching to McDonald's more often for remote work just for that reason. Starbucks and other coffee houses seemed to want to rush customers out, once they started getting popular.Quote:
Originally Posted by W3MIV
When my local McD started selling the new java I hit the jackpot. The staff was not aware of the new products yet. They were filling up the coffee cups with espresso, and selling it for $1.00. 4 shots for a dollar. That only lasted a month.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
Haven't had the one in Tokyo but so far, every cheese burger at every Mickey Dees is indeed exactly the same. Can't eat the stuff though and I was never a big fan but the times I did, even the sesame seeds were in exactly the same place on the bun.Quote:
Originally Posted by W5GA
I don't know what's in their food but it makes me depressed and whatever it is there is a lot in it. More so than the average food at the store which I would use as a standard for background levels of whatever it is.
Nah, they were just baiting the public and setting the hook!Quote:
Originally Posted by suddenseer
It worked. If I get drive thru java, it's the golden arches. I can go years without tasting the food though.Quote:
Originally Posted by KG4CGC
Starbucks sells coffee?Quote:
Originally Posted by W3MIV
I know what they call that bitter sludge, but it's not coffee!
Hello.
If there was an error on the one month coffee thing they must have done it nationwide, they did that here also.
And, yes! the coffee at McDonalds is now excellent!
Some of the salads are not bad, even the side salads are OK.
when i worked in an office a few doors down from a mcd's i used to go this route. the folks at this restaurant would let you substitute dressing freely, and i'd pass on the caesar and have the vinaigrette instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by W5IEI
haven't had a coffee at mcd's in years ... i suppose their new stuff is worth trying--their old stuff was weak. many locations have wayport wi-fi, but i find those places too busy to stick around and compute.
the starbucks i frequent doesn't rush people out (not even the guy who never seems to have a current beverage and has been napping in the corner for hours, which is kinda annoying). they also remember people's names, drinks, ...
I think Starbucks in 6-land is most likely a lot different than Starbuck's elsewhere. Especially in San Fran :)Quote:
Originally Posted by n6hcm
There is a difference in burgers between different McD's, and for that matter, booger-flings (Thanks Tim, for that wonderful nick-name!). Each of those nearest to me are just horrible -- they don't seem to have grasped the concept of "hot" meat...the last burger from each has been disgustingly tepid.
That's a pity. Big Macs have historically been a stomach settler for me. If I was feeling a little "off", I'd get a Big Mac meal & it took good care of me.
Albi - was that Red Roof in "Rochester" actually the one in Henrietta? I stayed in the Super 8 there many times when my parents were alive when I was driving out to Michigan. Did you get to the George Eastman House?
this is the starbucks i patronize. there are, basically, two kinds of reviews shown in the listing: reviews from regulars (routinely four or five stars) and reviews from others, who are annoyed that it is small (it's not a several-thousand-sq-ft place with upholstered chairs), or corporate (dude, it's a fscking starbucks!), or that, because it's small, they don't have all the facilities that they do at the uber-starbucks ... whatever.Quote:
Originally Posted by KC2UGV
I have breakfast at McDonalds regularly. I tried the oatmeal and it is pretty good. Usually I go for the bacon and cheese McGriddle combo with a cinnamon bun and a yogurt. Orange juice and a caramel latte on the side. The free WiFi, free newspaper, and television with Fox News is icing on the cake.
18th and Castro? Is you one o' them homersexuals?Quote:
Originally Posted by n6hcm
dint u kno?Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
I knew. It was an attempt at a joke that fell flat. I apologize to anyone who was offended.
As far as fast food goes I like White Castle's and Wendy's 99 cent burgers.
no offense taken.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
Thanks--that's a relief. Truly.Quote:
Originally Posted by n6hcm
The best cup of coffee to be had was at the old "Horn n Hardart" automat. Sadly the automat is long gone. There was something special about an automat in the wee hours of the morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by W3MIV
OMG!!! You watch Faux Noize???? THE HUMANITY!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by W4RLR
I once tried to explain what an Automat was. Most native Pittsburgher's don't "get" it. I always thought it was a pretty neat concept.Quote:
Originally Posted by n2ize
Why does someone always have to be offended? I don't have a problem with gays. I know they are as natural as heteros.
I sometimes use cock sucker negatively referring to a male because it's been branded into my vocabulary over 60 years. I hope that can be understood by those who may have the right to be offended.
It doesn't take long to really know who can't tolerate what, provided you have the unbiased ability to do so objectively.
No accounting for taste. Or the lack thereof.Quote:
Originally Posted by W7XF
Changed my mind. Nothing to see here, move along.
Mmmmm Quarter pounder with cheese meal and your favorite beverage to boot. They have some killer fries! (No pun intended).
After hanging out with some ham radio friends on a Friday night a few times a month. I will sometimes stop by McD's and grab me a tasty burger meal.
Mickey's is tolerable for breakfast, and a fishwich
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:F...onalds.jpg&t=1
as well as their fries can keep one from starving to death in a pinch. That's it for me. I can't do their burgers.
Agree. The chicken sammich was also decent, and they had some good salads going (Cobb my favorite), but I haven't been in a McD in so long I don't know what they are pushing now.Quote:
Originally Posted by kc7jty
I used to stop regularly at a McD in Opal VA on US29/15 (just at the US217 turnoff to F'burg). Gas and a bite. Either that chicken sammich, the fish sammich or the salad and a coffee. Good coffee. Now that I am sold out of VA, I no longer make the trip and no longer stop at any of McD's plentiful cholesterol emporia.
I was offended..<sniffle>Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
And I apologized. Now you're gonna whine and make me feel even worse? Jeeze, you're just like my XYL... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by w3bny
When I'm on the road, and the only options for puttin' on the feedbag are the usual fast-food suspects and I wind up at McD's against my will*, I'm always amazed at how much better the food is than in the places I've been to in the city. Like I said previously, It's been a looooong time since I got a McBurger, or a booger-fling whopper that was actually hot, or even warm. Guess McD's and the other places can practice their corporate policies everywhere but in NYC?Quote:
Originally Posted by W3MIV
*Not that I really mind the food. I've said previously that a good Big Mac is a wonderful palliative when my guts are feeling a little "off." I'm just really, really tired of them and miss the good ol' time greasy burgers that used to be served in roadside cafe's.
When I looked up "palliative", the first definition was "something that palliates. " So I had to look up "palliate". Frequin dictionary writers!
Then, when I copied "palliative" from the page to ensure proper spelling, what wound up on the clipboard was "jugum forfend affable egregious palliative". WTF? Can anyone figure out what's common between those words!
They are all something Albi would use?Quote:
Originally Posted by W1GUH
Only after a very satisfying session with a single malt. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by W5GA
My first and most memorable romance started at the automat at 4:00am.Quote:
Originally Posted by W3WN
I heard that some company was trying to bring back the automat. This was several years ago. I don;t know how they made out.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LaYM8zSera...er-automat.jpg
I would rather that they could bring back Edward Hopper.
RR that, Albi. He's a favorite.Quote:
Originally Posted by W3MIV
(Saw "Nighthawks" at the Chicago Art Institute, BTW. Great place to go if you're an art lover.)
Seems I heard something about Chock full of Nuts (huh-huh) opening a place in NY recently. Can't find anything on it, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by n2ize
For burgers, I remember that Hayes & Bickford's in Boston had great ones in the mid-60's, especially on Boylston street. For the 4:00 AM drunken crowd, there was always the Waldorf (no relation to the hotel), also on Boylston Street.
Thanks for the great Hopper image. There's a Hopper exhibition at the Whitney right now.