On 4/9/2013 7:56 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:

>
> When Arby's first opened in my hometown, they had an attractive wooden
> barrel root beer dispenser. The Arby's sandwich itself tasted of wet
> kleenex covered with Catalina dressing.
>


Thirty-plus years ago when I first tried Arby's they still had real
sliced roast beef, not the compressed, processed stuff they sell today.
Once they switched we never went back.

gloria p

spamtrap1888 > wrote:
> On Apr 9, 5:44 pm, dsi1 > wrote:
>> On 4/9/2013 2:10 PM, gtr wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 2013-04-08 20:20:59 +0000, dsi1 said:
>>
>>>> Arby's is a pretty depressing place. The one we had at the mall just
>>>> screamed mediocrity. The workers looked like they wished they were
>>>> anywhere but there.
>>
>>> I tend to avoid places where everybody working there looks depressed. I
>>> don't figure they'll be too attentive to my needs, or sanitation and stuff.
>>
>>>> The area around the self-serve soda fountains was covered with
>>>> industrial rubber matting but it still had the aura of unwholesome
>>>> stickiness. The roast beef sandwiches are just so-so, although they
>>>> wouldn't be bad at all if they were a dollar each - but they're not.
>>
>>>> OTOH, their Ruben sandwich is pretty good. I could go for one right
>>>> now except I will not be able to acquire one with ease since the
>>>> Arby's at our mall has closed down. That's the breaks.
>>
>>> Certainly putting sauerkrout lessens that potentially nasty roast beef
>>> flavor.
>>
>> I think it was pastrami that was suppose to be in there. You're probably
>> right about the sauerkraut - it would probably increase the edibility of
>> their sandwiches. I think they should just roll out a barrel of kraut
>> and leave it next to the soda fountain with a sign saying "FREE!" It
>> might greatly improve the situation.
>
> When Arby's first opened in my hometown, they had an attractive wooden
> barrel root beer dispenser. The Arby's sandwich itself tasted of wet
> kleenex covered with Catalina dressing.

Been looking at these for 53 years every summer. Place has not changed and
on other side Dari queen.


http://aaroninwanderlust.files.wordp...dies-grill.jpg

Greg

On Apr 9, 10:18*pm, gloria p > wrote:
> On 4/9/2013 7:56 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
>
>
>
> > When Arby's first opened in my hometown, they had an attractive wooden
> > barrel root beer dispenser. The Arby's sandwich itself tasted of wet
> > kleenex covered with Catalina dressing.
>
> Thirty-plus years ago when I first tried Arby's they still had real
> sliced roast beef, not the compressed, processed stuff they sell today.
> Once they switched we never went back.
>
> gloria p

that's what I'm saying Gloria - it's not even like the roast beef you
get in the supermarket deli. It tastes like meat-flavored processed
cheese.

On 09/04/2013 9:56 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:

>> I think it was pastrami that was suppose to be in there. You're probably
>> right about the sauerkraut - it would probably increase the edibility of
>> their sandwiches. I think they should just roll out a barrel of kraut
>> and leave it next to the soda fountain with a sign saying "FREE!" It
>> might greatly improve the situation.
>
> When Arby's first opened in my hometown, they had an attractive wooden
> barrel root beer dispenser. The Arby's sandwich itself tasted of wet
> kleenex covered with Catalina dressing.
>


I went to Arby's once. They had an outlet close to the office where I
worked for a while. I ordered a roast beef sandwich, but the material
that was put on the bun sure didn't look like real beef. It was edible.
I never bothered going back. Between the office and the Arby's there was
a deli that sold freshly made sandwiches that tasted a lot better and
cost less.

On 09/04/2013 10:18 PM, gloria p wrote:

>
> Thirty-plus years ago when I first tried Arby's they still had real
> sliced roast beef, not the compressed, processed stuff they sell today.
> Once they switched we never went back.
>
I just posted about my one and only experience at Arbys and their
synthetic roast beef. That would have been about 25 years ago.

On 4/10/2013 8:05 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 09/04/2013 9:56 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
>
>>> I think it was pastrami that was suppose to be in there. You're probably
>>> right about the sauerkraut - it would probably increase the edibility of
>>> their sandwiches. I think they should just roll out a barrel of kraut
>>> and leave it next to the soda fountain with a sign saying "FREE!" It
>>> might greatly improve the situation.
>>
>> When Arby's first opened in my hometown, they had an attractive wooden
>> barrel root beer dispenser. The Arby's sandwich itself tasted of wet
>> kleenex covered with Catalina dressing.
>>
>
>
> I went to Arby's once. They had an outlet close to the office where I
> worked for a while. I ordered a roast beef sandwich, but the material
> that was put on the bun sure didn't look like real beef. It was edible.
> I never bothered going back. Between the office and the Arby's there was
> a deli that sold freshly made sandwiches that tasted a lot better and
> cost less.
>

Back in the day, there was a chain of Roy Rogers hamburger joints and
they had a roast beef sandwich that was REAL roast beef. I'm guessing
that they were cooked at a central factory and just re-heated in the
store, but it was pretty good, rare and almost deli quality. They also
sold a lot of fried chicken.

Roy Roger's got bought out by Hardee's and they changed hands a few more
times. I did a quick search and there are only a few Roy Roger's stores
left... all in the mid-Atlantic region.

I wonder if their food as as good as it used to be?

George L

On 4/10/2013 7:25 AM, George Leppla wrote:

>
> I wonder if their food as as good as it used to be?
>
>


If you think about it, NOTHING is as good as it used to be.
Unfortunately quality s sacrifced on the altar of profit margins.

In the wonderful words of Dr. Seuss:

"Business is business and business must grow regardless of crummies in
tummies, you know."

gloria p

On 2013-04-10 00:44:46 +0000, dsi1 said:

>> Certainly putting sauerkraut lessens that potentially nasty roast beef
>> flavor.
>
> I think it was pastrami that was suppose to be in there.

My bad--corn beef.

> You're probably right about the sauerkraut - it would probably increase
> the edibility of their sandwiches. I think they should just roll out a
> barrel of kraut and leave it next to the soda fountain with a sign
> saying "FREE!" It might greatly improve the situation.

If it's good sauerkraut, that would be okay. I have my reservations though...

On Apr 10, 4:52*pm, gtr > wrote:
> On 2013-04-10 00:44:46 +0000, dsi1 said:
>
> >> Certainly putting sauerkraut lessens that potentially nasty roast beef
> >> flavor.
>
> > I think it was pastrami that was suppose to be in there.
>
> My bad--corn beef.
>
> > You're probably right about the sauerkraut - it would probably increase
> > the edibility of their sandwiches. I think they should just roll out a
> > barrel of kraut and leave it next to the soda fountain with a sign
> > saying "FREE!" It might greatly improve the situation.
>
> If it's good sauerkraut, that would be okay. *I have my reservations though...

pretty sure you don't need reservations there.

On 4/9/13 5:18 PM, gtr wrote:
>
>
> Where I am now there is only Taco Bell and Weinerschnitzel. I can't do those
> too often. So I pick from between 4 and 6 mom-and-pop taco joints. It's
> worked out real well for me.

Huh? Not even a Subway? I thought there was a Subway in every nook and
cranny of the United States (if not the world).

> There is a new burger chain near here called "The Habit". I have to say
> it's really quite good. Very home-cooked tasting, whatever that means.
> Fresh ingredients I suppose. They have about 65 of them in California, six
> in the Phoenix area and a couple in Salt Lake.

Yes, a big thumbs up for The Habit. Two of them opened up within driving
distance from my home. Top-notch tasting burgers. They taste even better
if you ask them to make them "Santa Barbara style". Excellent tuna-steak
sandwich too. They also serve tri-tip and chicken sandwiches.


- Peter

On 2013-04-10 22:01:32 +0000, Peter Lawrence said:

> On 4/9/13 5:18 PM, gtr wrote:
>>
>>
>> Where I am now there is only Taco Bell and Weinerschnitzel. I can't do those
>> too often. So I pick from between 4 and 6 mom-and-pop taco joints. It's
>> worked out real well for me.
>
> Huh? Not even a Subway? I thought there was a Subway in every nook
> and cranny of the United States (if not the world).

Actually their is a Subway next to the Taco Bell. I didn't consider
it. Nor do I.

>> There is a new burger chain near here called "The Habit". I have to say
>> it's really quite good. Very home-cooked tasting, whatever that means.
>> Fresh ingredients I suppose. They have about 65 of them in California, six
>> in the Phoenix area and a couple in Salt Lake.
>
> Yes, a big thumbs up for The Habit. Two of them opened up within
> driving distance from my home. Top-notch tasting burgers. They taste
> even better if you ask them to make them "Santa Barbara style".
> Excellent tuna-steak sandwich too. They also serve tri-tip and chicken
> sandwiches.

The wife gets the vegi-burger and genuinely likes it. I don't know how
it is that they can make appetizing and quality food cheek-by-jowl with
so much dreck.

On 2013-04-10 21:59:49 +0000, The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior said:

> On Apr 10, 4:52*pm, gtr > wrote:
>> On 2013-04-10 00:44:46 +0000, dsi1 said:
>>
>>>> Certainly putting sauerkraut lessens that potentially nasty roast beef
>>>> flavor.
>>
>>> I think it was pastrami that was suppose to be in there.
>>
>> My bad--corn beef.
>>
>>> You're probably right about the sauerkraut - it would probably increase
>>> the edibility of their sandwiches. I think they should just roll out a
>>> barrel of kraut and leave it next to the soda fountain with a sign
>>> saying "FREE!" It might greatly improve the situation.
>>
>> If it's good sauerkraut, that would be okay. *I have my reservations though...
>
> pretty sure you don't need reservations there.

In that case I'm about 25 years late. Surely they haven't held them for me...

On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:01:32 -0700, Peter Lawrence > wrote:
> On 4/9/13 5:18 PM, gtr wrote:
>>
>
>> There is a new burger chain near here called "The Habit". I have to say
>> it's really quite good. Very home-cooked tasting, whatever that means.
>> Fresh ingredients I suppose. They have about 65 of them in California, six
>> in the Phoenix area and a couple in Salt Lake.
>
> Yes, a big thumbs up for The Habit. Two of them opened up within driving
> distance from my home. Top-notch tasting burgers. They taste even better
> if you ask them to make them "Santa Barbara style". Excellent tuna-steak
> sandwich too. They also serve tri-tip and chicken sandwiches.

The Habit may be new to you. They started in Isla Vista
(By UC Santa Barbara) in the sixties.

They have slowly expanded from there. They have a branch
in San Mateo for example, in the same plaza as Whole Paycheck.



--
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
- George Orwell

On 4/10/2013 9:25 AM, George Leppla wrote:

> Back in the day, there was a chain of Roy Rogers hamburger joints and
> they had a roast beef sandwich that was REAL roast beef. I'm guessing
> that they were cooked at a central factory and just re-heated in the
> store, but it was pretty good, rare and almost deli quality. They also
> sold a lot of fried chicken.
>
> Roy Roger's got bought out by Hardee's and they changed hands a few more
> times. I did a quick search and there are only a few Roy Roger's stores
> left... all in the mid-Atlantic region.
>
I remember those. I'm in the mid-atlantic region but I can't think of
where a Roy's is now.

> I wonder if their food as as good as it used to be?


--
CAPSLOCK–Preventing Login Since 1980.

On 4/10/2013 6:34 PM, Hans Klager wrote:
>
> They have slowly expanded from there. They have a branch
> in San Mateo for example, in the same plaza as Whole Paycheck.
>
>
>

Interesting, they are situated across from Whole Foods in Fresno too. I
wonder if that's coincidence or strategy.

George Leppla > wrote:
> On 4/10/2013 8:05 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 09/04/2013 9:56 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
>>
>>>> I think it was pastrami that was suppose to be in there. You're probably
>>>> right about the sauerkraut - it would probably increase the edibility of
>>>> their sandwiches. I think they should just roll out a barrel of kraut
>>>> and leave it next to the soda fountain with a sign saying "FREE!" It
>>>> might greatly improve the situation.
>>>
>>> When Arby's first opened in my hometown, they had an attractive wooden
>>> barrel root beer dispenser. The Arby's sandwich itself tasted of wet
>>> kleenex covered with Catalina dressing.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I went to Arby's once. They had an outlet close to the office where I
>> worked for a while. I ordered a roast beef sandwich, but the material
>> that was put on the bun sure didn't look like real beef. It was edible.
>> I never bothered going back. Between the office and the Arby's there was
>> a deli that sold freshly made sandwiches that tasted a lot better and
>> cost less.
>>
>
> Back in the day, there was a chain of Roy Rogers hamburger joints and
> they had a roast beef sandwich that was REAL roast beef. I'm guessing
> that they were cooked at a central factory and just re-heated in the
> store, but it was pretty good, rare and almost deli quality. They also
> sold a lot of fried chicken.
>
> Roy Roger's got bought out by Hardee's and they changed hands a few more
> times. I did a quick search and there are only a few Roy Roger's stores
> left... all in the mid-Atlantic region.
>
> I wonder if their food as as good as it used to be?
>
> George L

I always liked their chicken. Last time I got chicken, the pieces were much
smaller. Love their self serve condiments bar. You put the stuff on the
hamburger. Don't remember roast beef.

Arby's had roast beef when they started around here. 60's or early 70's
The one near here got bought by a local restaurant and closed in the 80's.

Greg

In article <2013040917100424230-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr > wrote:

> On 2013-04-08 20:20:59 +0000, dsi1 said:
>
> > Arby's is a pretty depressing place. The one we had at the mall just
> > screamed mediocrity. The workers looked like they wished they were
> > anywhere but there.
>
> I tend to avoid places where everybody working there looks depressed.
> I don't figure they'll be too attentive to my needs, or sanitation and
> stuff.
>
> > The area around the self-serve soda fountains was covered with
> > industrial rubber matting but it still had the aura of unwholesome
> > stickiness. The roast beef sandwiches are just so-so, although they
> > wouldn't be bad at all if they were a dollar each - but they're not.
> >
> > OTOH, their Ruben sandwich is pretty good. I could go for one right now
> > except I will not be able to acquire one with ease since the Arby's at
> > our mall has closed down. That's the breaks.
>
> Certainly putting sauerkrout lessens that potentially nasty roast beef flavor.

That is an acceptable spelling of "sauerkraut"?
Does not appear to be.

--
Michael Press

On 2013-04-11 04:06:02 +0000, Travis James said:

> On 4/10/2013 6:34 PM, Hans Klager wrote:
>>
>> They have slowly expanded from there. They have a branch
>> in San Mateo for example, in the same plaza as Whole Paycheck.
>
> Interesting, they are situated across from Whole Foods in Fresno too. I
> wonder if that's coincidence or strategy.

Maybe not; it might well bespeak the audience they intend. They are
across from Mother's Kitchen in Santa Ana.

On 2013-04-11 03:16:19 +0000, Cheryl said:

>> Roy Roger's got bought out by Hardee's and they changed hands a few more
>> times. I did a quick search and there are only a few Roy Roger's stores
>> left... all in the mid-Atlantic region.
>>
> I remember those. I'm in the mid-atlantic region but I can't think of
> where a Roy's is now.

I remember them in Central OK and in Maryland in the 70's.

What I remember best was the embarrassed and lackluster greeting,
"Howdy pardner", when you arrived and "Happy Trails" when you left.
The kids working there REALLY hated saying that.

On 2013-04-11 07:33:10 +0000, Michael Press said:

>> Certainly putting sauerkrout lessens that potentially nasty roast beef flavor.
>
> That is an acceptable spelling of "sauerkraut"?
> Does not appear to be.

You quite correct. It is called a misspelling, whether an intentional
error or a slip of the finger. In this case it was the latter, because
I know how to spell the word. Though corrected in a subsequent post, it
is and will always remain an error in that usenet entry; these posts
never die. It's sad, but it will be accompanied by hundreds, if not
thousands of others I've produced in my 20+ years on usenet.

Still, I manage to get up each morning and forge on...

On 4/11/13 9:54 AM, gtr wrote:
> On 2013-04-11 04:06:02 +0000, Travis James said:
>> On 4/10/2013 6:34 PM, Hans Klager wrote:
>>>
>>> They have slowly expanded from there. They have a branch
>>> in San Mateo for example, in the same plaza as Whole Paycheck.
>>
>> Interesting, they are situated across from Whole Foods in Fresno too. I
>> wonder if that's coincidence or strategy.
>
> Maybe not; it might well bespeak the audience they intend. They are across
> from Mother's Kitchen in Santa Ana.

OTOH, they're across the street from Five Guys Burgers in Sunnyvale (but in
the same strip mall as Trader Joe's).

The one in Pleasanton is in a shopping center with just a Safeway, though.


- Peter

On Apr 10, 6:34*pm, Hans Klager > wrote:

Come on, be happy:

Klager Festival!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfV_pmrnwSI

if i'm going to eat fast food
[food i don't know what i'm eating]
it might as well be inexpensive

i vote for mcdonalds

marc

Mr. N.A.Cho wrote:
> A Truly Disgusting Restaurant
>
> I know we have a lot of disagreements about restaurants in this
> newsgroup – I think I tend more towards the low-end, where as most of
> you seem to gravitate towards the more upscale and fancy places.
> This weekend I tried a chain, and I must say it was disgusting even by
> my standards...


Guy walks into a diner and order a hamburger. The woman at the counter
pulls a meat patty out from under her arm and slaps it on the griddle.

"What are you doing? That's disgusting!"

She replies, "Well that's the best way to thaw the meat."

A guy a couple seats down says, "In that case I'll cancel that hot dog."

--
Best regards,
Bob

On 2013-04-11 17:26:47 +0000, Peter Lawrence said:

> On 4/11/13 9:54 AM, gtr wrote:
>> On 2013-04-11 04:06:02 +0000, Travis James said:
>>> On 4/10/2013 6:34 PM, Hans Klager wrote:
>>>>
>>>> They have slowly expanded from there. They have a branch
>>>> in San Mateo for example, in the same plaza as Whole Paycheck.
>>>
>>> Interesting, they are situated across from Whole Foods in Fresno too. I
>>> wonder if that's coincidence or strategy.
>>
>> Maybe not; it might well bespeak the audience they intend. They are across
>> from Mother's Kitchen in Santa Ana.
>
> OTOH, they're across the street from Five Guys Burgers in Sunnyvale
> (but in the same strip mall as Trader Joe's).
>
> The one in Pleasanton is in a shopping center with just a Safeway, though.

And thus our vague theory crumbles, yet again, to dust.

On 2013-04-11 18:19:43 +0000, said:

> if i'm going to eat fast food [food i don't know what i'm eating]...

Other than in fast food joints, you think you really know what you're eating?

> ...it might as well be inexpensive
>
> i vote for mcdonalds

You put your lack of knowledge as a higher element than your tastebuds;
that's curious.

If I'm going to eat it, regardless of its expense or whether it can be
purchased from a car, I want it to:

#1. Not make me ill
#2. Taste good

I could see reversing these two, in the respect that I can sometimes
taste something and know immediately that it will make me ill.

Travis James > wrote in news:kk5cmb$n67$1@dont-
email.me:

> On 4/10/2013 6:34 PM, Hans Klager wrote:
>>
>> They have slowly expanded from there. They have a branch
>> in San Mateo for example, in the same plaza as Whole Paycheck.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Interesting, they are situated across from Whole Foods in Fresno too. I
> wonder if that's coincidence or strategy.

The store in El Segundo is in a small plaza with a Walgreens,
Chipotle, and Wells-Fargo. Closest WP is about a mile south.

Peter Lawrence > wrote in
:

[snip]

> OTOH, they're across the street from Five Guys Burgers in Sunnyvale
> (but in the same strip mall as Trader Joe's).

Wow, the El Segundo store is across the street from a Five Guys.
No TJ's in the vicinity though. Closet TJ's are Westchester and
Manhattan Beach.

IBM

On 4/11/13 11:36 PM, Ian B MacLure wrote:
>
> Wow, the El Segundo store is across the street from a Five Guys.
> No TJ's in the vicinity though. Closet TJ's are Westchester and
> Manhattan Beach.

Isn't there "The Counter" burger joint nearby too in El Segundo.


- Peter

Peter Lawrence > wrote in
:

> On 4/11/13 11:36 PM, Ian B MacLure wrote:
>>
>> Wow, the El Segundo store is across the street from a Five
>> Guys. No TJ's in the vicinity though. Closet TJ's are
>> Westchester and Manhattan Beach.
>
> Isn't there "The Counter" burger joint nearby too in El Segundo.

Yep, about 3/4 of a mile south off Sepulveda, spittin distance to the
local WP.

IBM