Ah, the fast food hamburger
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ysengrinI'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
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
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
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
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Date: 2008-08-21 08:09 pm (UTC)I've only ever been to BK twice myself, admittedly. The first time I went, I felt so sick afterwards that I thought I'd vomit (I didn't actually, but I felt like it); the second time, years later and in a different town, I thought I'd give them another chance, but the exact same thing happened again, so... no, no BK for me anymore. :P