*** Cyclone Fanatic Fast Food Tournament Sweet 16 ***
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I remember papa-mama-teen-baby.
I’ve been voting A&w in the bracket largely for nostalgia. It’s the first drive-in/fast food I recall eating, was about the only thing of its type near our home when I was a child. It was a treat when family went out a few times a year.
I think out might not have been as much fun for mom and dad because my sisters and I (mostly me, probably) got ketchup/mustard and ice cream mess all over the back seat area.
I worked at the one in Ames for a semester when I was in school. Went home smelling like fryer grease every day.
Not gonna lie man, Culver's has been letting me down. They just aren't nearly as consistent as they used to be.
If we're going burger vs burger, I'm choosing B-Bops 10 times out of 10, and there is absolutely nothing special about B-Bops burger. It's a conveyor belt patty that comes out the same each and every time. Culver's does a smash-type burger that gets that slick surface from the flat top which I honestly don't like.
Expanded offerings roster gives Culver's the edge for me. And I like B-Bops fries, but I'm a fiend for crinkle cut
Im the opposite, crinkle cut fries are average to me.
Maybe it’s different near you, but my Culver’s crinkle cut fries are grocery store Ore-Ida freezer bag quality. They’re disgusting.
Yeah but then they’ll be cold and possibly half gone depending on who the driver is.
yup...i let my anger go about Portillo's. there isn't one even in Iowa so I can't be shocked that it lost early.
I mean, most restaurants are using some form of frozen fry that isn't much different than what you find in a grocery store.
Agreed on the burgers, prefer B-bops fries but the curds from Culvers are the best side among the two
The key difference to me is a) B-Bops serves Pepsi rather than coke which is huge for this Mt Dew guy and b) B-Bops is on average 5-10 minutes faster than Culvers.
You sound like my wife and her obsession with pretzel bites lol.
I don't like Culvers butter burgers at all - something about the fried butter and burger grease just tastes off to me, like maybe its gone bad? Turns my gut later too.
+1 on the spicy chix sandwich, thats what I get there and its good.
Davenport, right next to Raising Canes. There are about 40 food joints in a 5 block square at Elmore and 53rd. If you're coming through it's about 2-3 blocks off I-74 at the 53rd St. Exit.
I also like the Reuben at Culvers. They really do have a wide variety for fast food, versus something like Raising Canes - which has your choice of chicken fingers. Or chicken fingers.
But the one in Muscatine literally always gets my order wrong. Was in Chicago last week and the one there did not include the onion rings that I ordered... and paid for.
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demoncore1031
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A&W here doesn't have crinkle cut fries, they have regular fries that are pretty good. I always get cheese curds for my side though. When it comes to fries, I like the shoestring style that they have at Freddy's.
That sucks. Culver's onion rings are legit, possibly the best in all of fast food IMO.
