Ah, the fast food hamburger

[ysengrin]

I'm confident that most of us have eaten a fast food hamburger/cheeseburger. There are several different fast food chains across the world that make and sell them.

The question (and meme) now is, what "makes" of hamburger/cheeseburger have you eaten? I think the definition of "Fast Food" should be obvious (no gourmet $40 burgers need apply), a "chain" should be more than two or three locations (at some point in time), and the basic hamburger shall be defined as a bun and at least one meat patty (Arby's sliced beef doesn't count).

EDIT: As two commentators have pointed out, fast food involves ordering at a counter as opposed to having a server come to you. If I'd been more awake when I first posted this last night I'd have picked up on this :)

I'm keeping the "sit down" places for general interest, but not considering them fast food.

These are the ones I could think of quickly (feel free to add to the list, especially those regional chains):

A & W's -- yes
Blake's Lotaburger -- no
Burger Chef -- no
Burger King -- yes (some of my earliest memories of "eating out" were at a BK)
Burgerville -- no
Carl's Jr -- yes
Checkers (AKA Rally's) -- no
Dairy Queen -- yes
Dick's Drive-In -- no
Fatburger -- no
FuddRuckers -- yes
Griff's Hamburgers -- yes
Hardee's -- yes
Harvey's -- no
In-n-Out -- yes
Jack In The Box -- yes
Johnny Rockets -- yes
Krystal's -- no
Lick's -- no
McDonalds -- yes
Nation's Giant Hamburgers -- no
Sonic Drive-In -- yes
Steak 'n' Shake -- yes
Wendy's -- yes
Whataburger -- yes
White Castle -- no (I plan on correcting this in the near future)
Yankee Doodle Dandy's -- no

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And, the not-fast-food places we all came up with ...

Fran's -- no
Red Robin -- yes
Kip's Big Boy -- yes
Denny's -- yes

Comments

Re: Some from Canadia

[ysengrin.livejournal.com]

Agreed on the definition :) List updated.

Re: Some from Canadia

[torrle.livejournal.com]

And y'know, I think there's another chain to be added yet, but I'm failed on the name until googling it up.

Portillos Hot Dog Inc in the Chicago area (there's one 2 miles west of the old MFF hotel on Golf Rd). Not sure if they extend beyond that, but they're a chain, have burgers, and are over-the-counter ordering. Too much of a stretch?

Ruby Tuesdays came to mind, but they're totally sit-down.

Re: Some from Canadia

[linnaeus.livejournal.com]

They're better known for their hot dogs and Italian beef, but yeah, they do serve burgers which aren't bad. They're mostly in the Chicago area, but they have a couple of locations in Buena Park and Moreno Valley in California, for some reason.