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It's definitely in a weird place. People used to do fast food, expecting not much, for not much money. But plenty of premium options exist. A burger from a s

It's definitely in a weird place. People used to do fast food, expecting not much, for not much money. But plenty of premium options exist. A burger from a steakhouse is like 7 bucks. My local food truck, 6 bucks. And that dude makes it fresh in front of you, and puts tiny fries on it(Venezuelan style, apparently). That Wendy's charges 5.19 for a single is almost an insult, when 80 cents gets you something worlds better. So does fast food just disappear? It simply doesn't compete with more premium offerings today. Or do they compete with the steakhouse/foodtruck, and eliminate the fast/cheap aspects?

ghaff 5y ago
I've gotten back to traveling over the past month and a half or so and the restaurant business is a complete sh-tshow even outside of fast food (which I rarely eat--at least at the big chains). Have eaten at a place the past couple of days that was only operating at about 50% capacity outside seating (I assume lack of staffing) and still had about a 20 minute wait. A couple weeks ago was at a place in a different city. Arrived and just got a seat at the bar shortly before 3pm closing because the place was packed. Wasn't opening again until Thursday. Personally I wouldn't care if McDs went away tomorrow but obviously a lot of people depend on or at least think they depend on stereotypical fast food. (And a lot of "fast casual" at places like Five Guys is a fair bit more expensive. Non-chains are often cheaper.)
nradov 5y ago
Which steakhouse sells burgers for $7?
- silisili 5y ago
  Totally depends on your local places. Even a national place like Texas Roadhouse is something like 9 dollars. We've actually found places, by chance, that have huge awesome kids burgers for 5 or 6 dollars. Apparently some places just sell the same foods cheaper under the kids guise. We aren't scammers, we do have a kid.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y ago
  Seriously - Carl's Jr's six dollar burger came out in 2001, which was about what a burger cost in a full service restaurant back then. That was 20 years ago.
  - jjav 5y ago
    It was named six dollar burger because that was pretty extreme at the time. In 2001 a Whopper was less than $2, for comparison.
listenallyall 5y ago
A burger from a steakhouse is 7 bucks? What steakhouse is that? Even 6 would probably be the lowest-priced food truck burger I've ever seen.
- SECProto 5y ago
  Bit of an oddity, but I went to a food truck (then known as "burger 2.85") back in 2015. It's now $3.99. Canadian dollars. just proving that such things do exist! https://goo.gl/maps/cNhDTEk41RDQwGHz7 https://goo.gl/maps/cNhDTEk41RDQwGHz7

ghaff 5y ago

I've gotten back to traveling over the past month and a half or so and the restaurant business is a complete sh-tshow even outside of fast food (which I rarely eat--at least at the big chains). Have eaten at a place the past couple of days that was only operating at about 50% capacity outside seating (I assume lack of staffing) and still had about a 20 minute wait. A couple weeks ago was at a place in a different city. Arrived and just got a seat at the bar shortly before 3pm closing because the place was packed. Wasn't opening again until Thursday. Personally I wouldn't care if McDs went away tomorrow but obviously a lot of people depend on or at least think they depend on stereotypical fast food. (And a lot of "fast casual" at places like Five Guys is a fair bit more expensive. Non-chains are often cheaper.)

nradov 5y ago

Which steakhouse sells burgers for $7?

silisili 5y ago
Totally depends on your local places. Even a national place like Texas Roadhouse is something like 9 dollars. We've actually found places, by chance, that have huge awesome kids burgers for 5 or 6 dollars. Apparently some places just sell the same foods cheaper under the kids guise. We aren't scammers, we do have a kid.
rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y ago
Seriously - Carl's Jr's six dollar burger came out in 2001, which was about what a burger cost in a full service restaurant back then. That was 20 years ago.
- jjav 5y ago
  It was named six dollar burger because that was pretty extreme at the time. In 2001 a Whopper was less than $2, for comparison.

listenallyall 5y ago

A burger from a steakhouse is 7 bucks? What steakhouse is that? Even 6 would probably be the lowest-priced food truck burger I've ever seen.

SECProto 5y ago
Bit of an oddity, but I went to a food truck (then known as "burger 2.85") back in 2015. It's now $3.99. Canadian dollars. just proving that such things do exist! https://goo.gl/maps/cNhDTEk41RDQwGHz7 https://goo.gl/maps/cNhDTEk41RDQwGHz7