/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I stopped at one in Cincinnati once for breakfast and some lady was rubbing her hand on every piece of sausage. Nasty bitch.

>>13341633
https://old.vocaroo.com/i/s1QBDuizXsgo
Based YOU DIED Squirrel poster

>>13341630
Big Boy wasn't a "food," it was a cheap diner which went out of business because it was ass.

>>13341711
They're still in business you contrarian faggot.

>>13341743
Not in my state.

>>13341711
They actually had to close because they spent to much money on quality ingredients and not employing illegal Mexicans to work in the kitchen.

This is the part you zoomers will never understand..

>>13341775
Mate, there are literally 5 diners within a 15 minute driving distance which meet that standard.
The thing is they have a small menu, and are either 24 hour or breakfast only, and most have a simple menu of grilled/fried goods, decent coffee, and shakes.
Most people just don't want more than that, and they want it cheap.

>>13341630
isn't that the guy from that one simpsons episode

>>13341843
Denny's doesn't count zoomer

>>13341843
>I LOVE OPEN BORDERS

>>13341857
Two are a local chain (Courtesy Diner), three are independent.
I intentionally excluded Denny's and Steak & Shake.

>>13341861
What does that have to do with anything? I just mentioned that these people employ local residents, and the person who takes my order is making my food in front of me.

>>13341869
And for context:
https://www.courtesydiner.com/
Two of the other three are like this but with less offerings and a few different dishes. One is only open until 2PM most days, closing early often, but has a few more sandwiches, soups, and other niceties.
The regular crowd for each diner is less about the food, and more the location + crowd + time of day.

>>13341768
>I live in the asshole of the country and think that what I experience is the norm for the rest of the country.

I was in the US in the early 90s and ate at one of these somewhere outside of New York.
I remember liking it quite a lot.
When I came back to the States in the late 90s then permanently since 2008, they were nowhere to be found. : (
During that same early 90s residency, my family also ate at Howard Johnson's (which was also delicious, btw) and they're gone now, too. And people tell me I'm misremembering it, but I swear to Christ that there used to be a Jimmy Dean chain of restaurants which are now gone.
Why do actually good American places, where they actually fucking cook shit rather than heat shit up, go away but shitty places like Applebee's, where the opposite is true, stay in business forever?

>>13341944
He didn't even specify the state m8.

Margarine.

I remember going to Big Boys and getting a comic where Big Boy gets in a dumpster and imagine he’s going to the moon but really he goes to the dump lol

>>13341630
knowing that zoomers have basically no future gives me a deep sense of satisfaction.

>>13342094
>Why do actually good American places, where they actually fucking cook shit rather than heat shit up, go away but shitty places like Applebee's, where the opposite is true, stay in business forever?
If I had to guess, cost, consistency and turnover. Chain diners aren’t expected to be more than sit down fast food.

>>13341843
>Mate

>>13342385
Yes, that is what I said.
Do you have a further comment?

>>13341630
Most boomers didn't get it either.

>>13342495
Steaks are one of the few foods which are stupidly easy to make at home.

>>13341630
>That jumpsuit

Croatian hamburgers?

>>13342603
Does your house have an electric petting zoo?

>>13342815
Nah, ours still runs on diesel.

>>13341630
I remember when they were here to speak.

>>13341630
Once when i was little, i remember being inside of a Big Boy.

>>13341630
My brother used to tell me that they sold deep fried shark at one point and it bothered me when I was a kid because I liked sharks. I like their roquefort dressing though, really addictive with the msg.

>>13341908
Jesus Christ, how is it so cheap? Sounds amazing, too.

>>13342818
You disgust me.

>>13341630
I loved this place back in the 70's they made a burger that I later realized was either them copying the big mac or the other way around. They also had an awesome seasoning salt on the table that was like 50% msg.

>>13342878
That's actually one of the more expensive ones. The one I go to has most of those items for a smidge cheaper.

But to answer your question:
1. St. Louis
2. Usually only 1 worker overnight, 1-3 during the day. The person who takes the order is also doing the cooking.
3. St. Louis

In my small farming hometown, the local diner sells 6 hamburgers for $5, so much of it is just cost of living in general.

>>13342231
It ain't got a big boys... Nuff said

>>13341630
I don’t know if it was just the local one, but the one In my hometown FUCKING SUCKED, their menu was obviously written by someone from the continent of Asia because of all the spelling and grammar errors.
I remember going to one as a child and it was good but the one in my hometown was absolutely awful

>>13342886
I aim to please

>>13342495
Fuck, I completely forgot about this place. I only went once and thought the talking animals were the coolest shit ever as a kid. Surprising this place was a chain and managed to stay open for 20 years.

Famous burger, one of the best

>>13341775
They were trafficking drugs too

>>13346919
no they were trafficking high quality no weed killer tomato, exhibit A >>13348281

Barrel of monkeys? More like Burger of Big Boys.

Big Boy toy circa 1999.

>>13349059
Weed killer isn't the end-all in this.
It's a combination of sacrifices made to obtain a consistently plump, large, and unblemished supply of tomatoes.

>>13341630
zoomers don't know that boomers built this board

I always got the country fried steak

>>13349464
Okay boomer

>>13349647

>>13349838
Kelly's shit is usually good for a giggle, but this one is extra kekworthy. Also, I had a Big Boy piggy bank when I was a little kid.

>>13345347
had one of these about 8 months ago
Big Boys are reopening in the Detroit suburbs
pretty good

>>13341711
>went out of business
they're still everywhere in Japan.
they specialize in "hamburg steak", ie: a grilled burger patty served on a plate with some vegetables and half a dozen fries.

>>13341630
Shut up gen x. You thought we forgot about you and how angry you are at the world.

>>13349838
cringe

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