/ck/ - Food & Cooking

imagine sitting down to eat in a fast food restaurant and not just getting drive through/take away/delivery

>>14239597
Ah, yes, those heady days before the virus. I'll tell you all about them some day, kid.

>>14239597
imagine having middle class family and friends

>>14239602
I mean before that too
why would you make fast food less fast

>>14239606
sounds terrible

Imagine being a poor, sad internet kid in the 90s/early 00s where going out to eat with your parents was the only fun you had besides the computer. I miss these days.

Pizza hut used to be a place where you could take a family and sit down, they had buffets, beer, and table service. Now it's a joke and I hate it, the food quality has also gone down

>>14239661
Chuck E. Cheese has beer

Pizza Hut is dead. My town of over 80,000 people doesnt even have a Pizza Hut anymore.

I hope the comfy wooden home aesthetic makes a comeback. The modern minimalistic and sterile aesthetic is the exact opposite of comfy.

>>14239586
I always love when you go to a local restaurant and you can tell it used to be a pizza hut.

>>14239715
top left reminds me of when their chicken burrito was good

Who is in charge of designing fast food restaurants nowadays? They all look near identical with the stone/wood exterior and clean modern interior. Give me a log cabin fast food restaurant idk

>>14239769
>log cabin fast food restaurant
What type of fast food would that be? Fast food wild game?

>>14239586
does pizza hut still have buiffets?

>>14239773
Bbq fast food restaurant

>>14239597
Imagine not being a zoomer.

>>14239773
Arbys

>>14239769
>Who is in charge of designing fast food restaurants nowadays?
https://www.curbed.com/2018/4/11/17216794/mcdonalds-starbucks-kfc-fast-food-design

>>14239769
>>14239805
Basically they all fell for the "fast casual" marketing meme and are trying to look like Chipotle / Panera.

>>14239875
I forgot Burger King used to look like that. Instantly remembered how good their onion rings were back then too after seeing the picture.

Relief pitcher?
Holy fuck that's funny
It's like a baseball thing but about a pitcher of soda wow

I wish we could just permanently sit in the early 90s and nothing ever changed.

>>14239769
marketers trying to get the most money out of the consumer
>>14239715
the taco bell by my house still has it's 90s aesthetic and the day they redesign is the day I stop eating there

>>14239801
I dont have to imagine

>>14239586

They intentionally make fast food restaurants look like this to prevent people from staying there. Metal chairs and large open, spaces are easy to clean and make people slightly uncomfortable so they don't stay too long.

>>14239586
>The Relief Pitcher
Oh God, we had one of those. It came with us on every camping trip, sporting event or picnic my entire childhood.

>>14239586
Pizza Hut was always shit. Way too little sauce and the crust tastes foul

>>14239586
>no need to tip?
>sheeeeit

>>14239715
>Dat early 90s "Saved By The Taco Bell" design.
Peak interior design.

I rarely eat fast food, much less sit down to eat at the "restaurants"
Last time I did was with a group of friends and the McDonald's was packed with noisy kids and they had these big communal tables that made it impossible to sit down and have a talk, it was awkward as fuck

Terrible experience

I know these memes are gunny but we really do love in a gay, sterile, homigenized society that lacks any creativity

>>14239904
we have the race riots part

>>14240241
In this fantasy only whites exist.

>>14240030
If we were adults at the time we'd have seen fast food resteraunts in a similar way though, trashy and designed to appeal to dumb kids who don't know better, the only difference now is it's fake hip and designed to appeal to dumb 20-somethings who don't know better. People our age just have nostaliga for the old designs because you remember some early childhood trip to the mall or birthday party or whatever when a new videogame, some friends, 20oz of cola and some junk food were novel enough to blow your mind. It was always a corporate product created by people who wouldn't ever eat it themselves. An owner operated one location hamburger stand wasn't any less cynical of course but at least you knew fatty behind the grill was going to eat the same shitty meat when he closed for the night

>>14239586
Gay thread for faggots. Nobody cares about your nostalgia and if you're old enough to remember the 80s or 90s you don't belong here.

>>14240325
Isn't it past your naptime?

>>14240325
>if you're old enough to remember the 80s or 90s you don't belong here.
Why don't you start your own zoomer anime website instead of trying to steal ours?

>>14239586
>*bong rip*
>boards of canada starts playing

>>14240401
Omg grandpa get off 4chan

>>14239586
Left is tacky, ugly shit. The interior of both is also tacky, ugly shit, but at least the exterior of the modern Pizza Hut isn't infantile pastille coloured putrid trash that hurts my eyes, aesthetically pollutes the landscape and screams of regression.

>>14240401
It'd take effort.
It wouldn't be globally famous so they couldn't get cool kid cred by talking about it at school.
They'd have to make new discords.

>>14239654
>>14239715
>>14239875
My god, I know this is a fast food thread but do you have to deep fry the images too?

>>14240325
>a newfag
>on my board
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE NIGGER FAGGOT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR A DECADE YOU NEED TO GAS YOURSELF GET COOKED IN THE JEW OVEN PIECE OF SHIT

4CHAN IS FOR OLDFAGS ONLY, LEAVE NOW NEWFAG

>>14239586
looking at the past with rose-colored glasses again i see

>>14240325
Don't forget, you're here forever.

>>14239801
Borderline zoomer/millenial (23 years old) here. Pre-covid I used to do dine-in all the time. I hate letting my food go cold so I usually choose dine-in when eating alone so I can enjoy my food while it's still piping hot.

>>14240325
Im a 32 year old father of two. What am I still doing here.

>>14239875
modern BK´s look like public bathrooms from the inside

>>14240896
he posts while using an ancient meme

>>14239597
Pizza Hut is the best right in the store

>>14240438
Shut up, retard.

>>14239715
Taco bell food is still GOAT tho

>>14239654
I actually like the new building design more, but I miss those display cases with plates in them.

>>14240314
Lot of words but not really saying anything at all. You could line up a thousand niggers and chinks who didn't even know what a pizza was and show them the OP and 999 would pick the one of the left.

>>14240325
Mfw I read your post

>>14239586
That’s because they didn’t ban smoking in restaurants, anon.

Imagine being a zoomer and missing out on unlimited Hawaiian pizza and hot chocolate fudge sundae sauce pumps

>>14239777
Pizza Hut has a few different dining styles spread randomly throughout the country. Some are still the 80s style full-service sit-down place with buffets, beer, and wine. Most have been renovated into combination Pizza Hut/Taco Bell/KFC abominations.

>>14239586
So which Pizza Hut entertainment option was better: cocktail-table Pac-Man, or a Street Fighter 2 cabinet by the entrance?

>>14240865
true

>>14239586
>>14239654
>>14239715
>brands
>having soul
lol

>>14239715
Wait, Taco Bells don't look like that inside anymore? Last time I was actually inside one and not a drive through was back in 2013, but they still had that goofy shit inside.

>>14239661
I have a pizza hut with a buffet, beer, and table service within 5 minutes walk from me. I don't go there often, but it's nice to know it's there when I'm feeling like a real fat fuck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzesb4VCU_U

Pizza hut was legit better back in the 80s and 90s. I swear the shit they serve today is frozen pizza that is thawed at the restaurant.

>>14243202

Newer taco bells look like that. Taco bells that were built in the 90s and still in business have the same decor.

>>14243353
>Thawed at the restaurant
That's basically every restaurant without a Michelin star. It's a race to the bottom to be able to meet customers' value expectations while also increasing profits.

>>14239586
I legit get nostalgic about going to pizzahut with the family as a kid.

>>14240865
based

>>14239811
Did it ever occur to them that pizza and burgers are just too greasy and messy for white collar lunch break?

>>14239968
Why have dine-in at all if you don't want dine-in customers?
Also half of these restaurants do these redesigns in a misguided attempt to become people's "third place", that is, some place to hang out that's not work or home.
Of course, this shit never works because it just invites homeless people to loiter all day and nobody wants to hang out around smelly schizos begging for change.

>>14240896
>>14241355
samefag

>>14243508
Because some customers insist on having some option to dine in

>>14239586
>>14239654
>>14239715
>>14239939
Damn you to Hell for nostalgia-bombing me like this.

>>14239733
I can only assume they want it to be uncomfortable to keep turnover going.

theres a pizza hut nearby that still has the old decor and can seat about 30 people, its kind of ncie

>>14239715
>>14239586
>>14239654
>generic 70s-90s corporate design is soul
>generic 2010s corporate design is soulless
it's just passing trends and nothing else. if in 10 years Victorian-era decor comes back, zoomers will be crying tears about their beloved glass boxes being replaced with soulless corporate architecture.

>>14244008
I think there is at least some qualitative difference. 70s-90s corporate restaurants were separate entities trying to differentiate themselves, while nowadays there's been some consolidation and many of the major players are under the same corporate umbrella. More importantly, instead of each brand trying to stand out, now they're all trying to imitate Chipotle, so they're all quite similar to one another.

>>14239597
You can't have the Pizza Hut buffet in a car, anon.

>>14244274
>70s-90s corporate restaurants were separate entities trying to differentiate themselves
this is very arguable. >>14239586 is just your average rundown no-name restaurant look. >>14239875 is generic design of the 70s - wooden paneling and rounded letters. >>14239715 interior is standard 80s squiggly lines and pastels.
you might say the buildings looked distinctive, but so what? Olive Garden obviously imitates Italian buildings, does it make it "soul"? it's just a cheap fake imitation. and the old BK "castles" looked more like theme park rides, which might be ok for some kids' chain but not really cool for everyone else.
I can agree still that some part of identity was lost, but this is what chains should think harder about. When everything looks the same it's not great from design standpoint, this much is true. however, this is not the only part of design.

>>14239939
fuuuuggg i miss that salad bar

>>14239586
ITT:
>soul: muh nostalgia
>soulless: modern

even the happy meals became soulless

>>14239586
This thread sucks.

>>14245108
It's the same stupid junk you fool.

>>14239586
RETURN TO TRADITION

>>14239773
For me, it's wild boar nuggers and bald eagle egg breakfast sandwiches.

>>14239978
Nobody in that picture was going to tip either way.

>>14245108
>they arent doing the 90s cartoons anymore! they're doing 2020s cartoons!
really?

>>14239978
They don't tip anyway.

>>14245108
Jesus is that really worth 20 fucking dollars thats at least 15 cans of good ass deenz

"We want the millenial Starbucks/Chipotle audience"

Remember when Wendy's had the superbar. That shit was amazing.

>>14245651
>>14245684
fucking beautiful

>>14239661
Ah, this pizza's bringin me back. TO MY DAYS IN NEW YORK

did you guys know theres a few Pizza Hut "classics" around the US? they even have the original 80's interior with tiffany lamps.

>>14239715
Does anyone know why Taco Bell took the Chicken Grilled Stuft Burrito off the menu and do y ou know if there's a secret way to order it to get someone to make it?

Jesus God, I miss the late 80s/early 90s

If I could just go back for one day. Just one day.

>>14245186
Minions are a special kind of soulless.

>>14239597
Tarado

>>14239715
Purple was great

>>14239773
BBQ pork ribs
>>14239937
Post pics

>>14245684
This was with more soul.

>>14245944
you should blame the studio that made them, not McDs. or rather, not even the studio, but the auditory that bought all the tickets to the movies and all the merch. minions are just a mirror of the society you live in, the stupid children and their stupid moms

>>14245853
They are bringing it back

>they even had an ice cream buffet
Farewell O golden days of yore.

>>14246093
Proof?

>>14246234

https://www.wadenapj.com/business/4637560-80s-rewind-pizza-hut-take-classic-looks

Seems to be something that some nostalgic rich investors are doing.

>>14246287
They better have a Street Fighter II Champion Edition with greasy sticks and buttons

>>14246301
This. 100%

>>14239586
Bump

>>14246301
It's just not the same without it.

>>14245684
The Taco Bell in the ghetto near me still looks like this.

>>14246479
w-why are you going into the ghetto anon

>>14239586
Hipsters and their gentrification MUST DIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

>>14246508
Someone's gotta go around shouting nigger.

>>14246509
Kind of a non-sequitur. I don't think hipsters and gentrification have much bearing on the design of global fast food chains.

>>14246479
Pic

>>14239769
do you have to ask?

>>14246301
>>14246314
>would be the hipstro flat lc nucab 1up arcade cabs you see now with input lag and shoddy emulation.

I'd rather not.

>>14245119
>>14245186
The 1990s toys were actual toys that did shit. They had buttons, pull cords, wheels, propellers, wind-up keys, articulation... Modern McDonald's toys are just retarded little collectible statues that do absolutely nothing. Hence, soulless.

>>14243508
It's not to deter dine in customers, it's to deter homeless from spending a day living there. Dine in customers just also suffer because it's a general rule in America to make people feel guilty for being innocent in the course of disciplining the real criminals.

>>14246686
Actual toys were better.

>>14239654
If you think the exterior on the right is soulless, just try the even newer industrial looking one. I've never seen so many unique exteriors that differentiated them just completely go away for good until that happened.

>>14245296
>Now Hiring Assistant Managers
>$35,000 to start
>$35,000
MFW

>>14239939
I have a Wendy’s by me that still looks like the one on the left

>>14248113
is that bad for having a shitty mcjob? I dont get why you think thats weird.

>>14240844
kek

>>14239586
>giant food corp
>soul

no

>>14248188
That's something I'd expect for the burger flippers, not a junior manager position. Even $45K would be a step up at McDick's for a manager.
But then you have Taco Bell promising $100K which makes McDick's look downright hilarious.

>>14240461
>that pic
Letting children on the internet was a terrible decision. Shame on the retarded parents for not doing their job and monitoring the little shits.

>>14245108
Fappy meals

Y'all complaining about redesigns, but idk, the "modern" wendys near me seems comfier.
they added a fireplace and a buncha living room like furniture u can lounge on while you eat your meal

>>14248499
It's child abuse.

>>14239638
I was a poor, sad internet kid in the mid 90's. My stepfather worked for USWest so I was the first kid in my entire school district to have DSL. I spent my days downloading mp3's and more from Napster. I would take requests from kids at school and download and burn music onto CD's for $5.00 a disk which kept me cool with everyone, despite being an unpopular fat kid. (Everybody pretty much shared the same taste in music, so not much changed other than the song order. Easy money.) On the weekends we would always go out to dinner and a movie. I liked Fuddruckers but I always cast my vote for Chang's Mongolian Grill. But back then even going to Wendy's was a decent dining experience. Applebees was pretty new in my area and was a good place to go and had a great atmosphere, as was Olive Garden. Today the restaurants all have a sterile, cold feeling about them, but so do a lot of the people who eat at them anymore.

I will say though that I don't think Olive Garden has ever changed their decor in the entire time I've been going there.

>>14248432
Taco Bell pays assistant managers 100K???

>>14243083
Bust-a-Move

>>14251304
wait til you find out what wendy's pays the fry cooks

>>14239654
Why would Mcdonals speds extra money in interior design when fatasses will show up regardless of how it looks?

>>14253690
They know they have an established base of customers so they try to act like McDonalds is a hip and trendy place to attract zoomers

>>14239586
The Pizza Hut I used to go to had a huge TV. I remember being a brat and changing the channel from ESPN to Cartoon Network by myself. Good times.

>>14251304
Not even, actual managers.

>>14246524
based

>>14240461
this kid grew up to be in sleek 'n tears

>>14253940
Wait this is completely retarded. Is it actually a new burger or just a dumb folding box??

>>14242350
Kill yourself faggot.

>>14254696
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTSdUOC8Kac

>>14240325
Fuck off baby zoom zooms. We are what made the internet great. Your faggot generation came in and made it shit with your smartphone social media “””culture””” and complete lack of creativity+skill which turned this entire site into a circlejerk of normalfaggotry (ie fitness and politics). You retards have stagnated internet culture to a point where you are literally treating 12 year old memes (“feels good man” frog and feels man) like they are the hot new thing. We need a virus that wipes out everybody 24 and under.

>>14253170
I'm a chef at Wendy's and make 200k

>>14239597
Imagine having a garden, raising animals and preparing your own food for friends and family.

>>14239586
back in the day, fast food was quality and known as just cheaper, slightly less quality but still good food. Not great, but it really was good.
Bottom-line of course turned it into replacing real food with total disgusting shit and making it all terrible.
Hell, back when no one really went to college (early 80s and before) you were one of the cool kids if you happened to get a job at McDonalds. Like it was kinda "prestigious"

nothing beats a 90s McPizza with a tall glass of ice cold coke

>>14245853
and a once every-other-week all you can eat buffet at mine

>>14257018
I would give McDonald's pizza an 8 or 9 out of ten.

>>14239586
>unironically being nostalgic over kiddy architecture
I understand missing Pizza Hut when they made pan pizzas in actual cast iron pans or McDonald's fries when they had beef tallow, but everyone knew that the designs were tacky and childish.

>>14239939
Remember how good Wendy's was in the 2000s before they changed to that weird dry meat they use now?

>>14239769

There is the common fad of making a building not recognizable as a franchise outside of its sign, forcing the customers to seek out signs to identify the building, building brand recognition. Where if you just knew what it was by looking at it, you wouldn't look at the sign.

>>14257774
You just probably got an old burger

>>14257788
Nope, they went from smash burgers on a grill to McDonald's style microwaved patties:
https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Wendy-s-gives-its-42-year-old-burger-recipe-a-11556966.php

>>14245296
>Starbucks/Chipotle audience
Literally the idea. Problem is that they're all playing catchup rather than trying to think of something new