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RE: Chain eateries in your hood.
January 30, 2016 at 11:54 pm
In the UK we have nandos. The best peri peri chicken I've had, well I don't know if it's the best but I associate it with a lot of good dates I've had.
It's strange that nandos hasn't spread to America yet, maybe you have another peri peri chicken type place over there that already dominates the market.
Another beast of a place to eat in the UK is the red hot buffet places. It has a collection of every nationality of food, my favourite is squid in thai sauce.
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RE: Chain eateries in your hood.
January 31, 2016 at 12:19 am
I don't eat fast food unless it's an absolute necessity -- we don't have any out here in the country anyway; the nearest McDonald's is 14 miles from home, and I hate their food anyway.
The last fast food I had was back in June when visiting my old stomping grounds in SoCal ... I took my gal to my favorite burger place, the Habit. It's a small chain there which makes great burgers and onion rings.
We have a few good family-owned restaurants out here, though, and I enjoy them on occasion.
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RE: Chain eateries in your hood.
January 31, 2016 at 2:41 am
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RE: Chain eateries in your hood.
January 31, 2016 at 12:15 pm
I'm very particular when it comes to fast food; a bout or two of food poisoning will do that. I usually play it safe and stick with french fries and Diet Coke if I'm stuck with drive-through; Wendy's are the best. Sonic has absolute the worst.
I would throw caution aside if White Castle makes it to VA, though.
Tropical Smoothie is great, although I don't frequent them much. They just don't open early or stay open late enough for my schedule. I enjoy their delicious $100 wraps, though. 
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January 31, 2016 at 12:17 pm
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RE: Chain eateries in your hood.
January 31, 2016 at 12:27 pm
(January 31, 2016 at 12:15 pm)Thena323 Wrote: I'm very particular when it comes to fast food; a bout or two of food poisoning will do that. I usually play it safe and stick with french fries and Diet Coke if I'm stuck with drive-through; Wendy's are the best. Sonic has absolute the worst.
I would throw caution aside if White Castle makes it to VA, though.
Tropical Smoothie is great, although I don't frequent them much. They just don't open early or stay open late enough for my schedule. I enjoy their delicious $100 wraps, though.
I had the nasty e coli back in the 90s from a raw center hamburger at a now defunct fast food place. I had the yellow eyeballs, white poop (then red) and brown urine all with the continuous sensation of my intestines trying to crawl out of my body.
And a few years later got it again from an improperly handled grilled steak. Same symptoms with the addition of profound weakness and inability to walk. Easy to see how that sort of thing can kill the very young, old and infirm.
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RE: Chain eateries in your hood.
January 31, 2016 at 12:37 pm
(January 31, 2016 at 12:27 pm)vorlon13 Wrote:
Goddamn, that's horrible.
I hope it didn't cause any permanent damage. Or create any chronic conditions.
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RE: Chain eateries in your hood.
January 31, 2016 at 12:39 pm
Didn't put me off steak and hamburgers.
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RE: Chain eateries in your hood.
January 31, 2016 at 12:40 pm
It is quite a jolt to pee liquid that looks like coffee.
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RE: Chain eateries in your hood.
January 31, 2016 at 1:46 pm
I miss Frisch's Big Boy from my childhood; vegetable soup, a Big Boy, onion rings and a Chocolate shake. When I get back to southwest Ohio I have to go to Frisch's. The problem is that I must also squeeze in a visit to Skyline or Gold Star. My wife thinks I'm nuts but knows better to get in the way.
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