>From my non-Texas experience, at least some of the appeal of both Sonic and >Jack-in-the-Box is the variety of different items offered. I consider them >distinct from the chains that focus mostly on the burger: Whataburger, Five >Guys, In-N-Out, Burgerville (Pacific Northwest, and a narrow slice of it at >that), and probably Fatburger as well.
Thanks again for all of the suggestions. Not that I was worried, but I will certainly not lack for good food in Los Angeles. For the Bay Area list members - anything you'd recommend? I know In-N-Out is around from my last visit, and will be based out of a Super 8 near Fort Mason and the Wharf for the last couple of days. Best, David ________________________________ From: PGage <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 11:27 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Taking in some late night TV....liveCle On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 8:18 PM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 20:53, Ed Dravecky <[email protected]> wrote: > >And Dallas/Fort Worth is the happy battlefield where you can get Five >>Guys, In-N-Out, Whataburger, and a few other better than average >>burger chains all fighting for market share. >> >Judging from the reactions I had back in my college days when I was hosting or >visiting various other fraternity Brothers, Texas is some sort of burger >nirvana. We Texans dragged a bunch of Florida brothers on a late-night >Whataburger run to the then-brand-new Gainesville location and hooked them, >then they were thrilled to see Jack In The Box when they came here. The >Brothers from South Jersey were astonished that my college town of 60,000 >(when class is in session) had three Sonic locations because apparently >waiting long periods of time at the only location anywhere in the northeast is >a big "down the shore" ritual for a lot of people. > >Austin just needs to get an In-N-Out to complete the set now. We have a couple >of Five Guys locations, but neither of them are on my side of town, so I >haven't been there yet.' > I am not much of a food elitist, but if Jack-in-the-Box (where I worked myself through a couple of high school summers) is considered thrilling burger-fare in Texas, then the Bush-Perry years have been much worse than I thought for the Lone Star state (oh, the stories I could tell). In our family (and for many in our community) it is not so much that we consider In-N-Out a special burger experience, as it is that we no longer even consider having a fast food burger anywhere else. I am not sure when this happened (I think it was around the time my girls saw Supersize me when they were in high school) but if we are out and looking for a fast burger, we will only go to In-N-Out, if we can't find that, we will either go to what my kids always refer to as a sit down restaurant, or go to Taco Bell. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
