/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17657867
There's a Wendy's and a DQ within a few blocks of my house that look like this.

When fast food used to have a salad bar.

>>17657885
Can I just grab a whole tomato to go with my stuff?

>>17657917
i'd grab her whole tomato if you know what i mean

>>17657885
Anything was pastable...

>>17657867
>>17657885
>salad bar
It was remodeled during the pandemic, but the Wendy's near where I work still had an outline of their salad/taco/pasta bar on the floor tiles in the corner.
On a related note, I should cook some spaghetti with taco meat. That shit was great.

>>17657885
people always talk garbage to me about the carl's jr. salad bar
I don't give a fuck, I saw it and it was there and it was real and I ate the food
people always talk garbage you don't want to even play in that game. You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that's being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world.

>>17658119
yup taking away salad bars was the "new normal" of the 90s

This is what they took from you

>those weird curved windows from the 80's-early 00's
I remember eating under one during a really heavy rainstorm as a kid, some pizza place my dad took us to while we were on vacation.
It was really cool to be under the glass as it was bombarded with monsoon-tier moisture.

>>17657873
They tore down our last one

>>17657885
also back when people used to care about their appearance, if that pic was taken today she'd be in yoga pants with a side cut and about thirty tats.

>>17657867
I was born in 2000 and I just barley remember restaurants looking like this, they also had smoking sections back then.

>>17657867
aka
The 90's.
>>17657885
pantyhose.
nice.

>>17658349
sad reality.

>>17657867
the old 90's pizza hut, good times

>>17658421
Shakey's kinda looks like that. Pizza Hut and Dominos just arent dine-in anymore

>>17657867
ponderosa was not fast food.

>>17658140
what? that's not even the good taco bell

>>17657867
fug this looks like a wendy's i used to go to decades ago when they still allowed smoking in there.

>>17657867
>when fast food restaurants had white staff
Ftfy

>>17658456
Stand aside, millennial. True SOVL coming through.

>>17657885
Reminds me of the Pizza Hut lunch Buffett. Used to go after church in the 90s.

>>17658110
>spaghetti with taco meat
I just remembered! It wasn't spaghetti, it was rotini! So the sauce and over-spiced meat could mingle and become entrapped in the spirals!

>>17657885
is that michaal jackson?

>>17658504
yeah, right, whatever

>>17658596
>>17658504
I like how so many of the old arch Taco Bells are still standing, but are almost all occupied by mom and pop taquerias.

>>17658596
I FEEL DIARRHEA COMING
I FEEL A BAD SHIT ON THE WAY

>>17658603
here they're chinese and korean restaurants
the korean one used to be a sushi place as well I think

>>17658605
Why is taco bell synonymous with diarrhea?

>>17658225
You should get a sky light

When PDQ switched from their absolutely perfect, crispy, deliciously seasoned shoestring fries to FUCKING WAFFLE FRIES, I knew they had soul their soul to the devil. Look at how perfect they used to be. FUCK WAFFLE FRIES

>>17658643
only alcoholics and fattys with ibs eat it in large amounts.

>>17658349
and at least 100 lbs more

>>17659066
>PDQ
nobody knows what that is.

>>17657867
Oh fuck off. Has your life always been so empty that the decor of fast food restaurants is something that is important to you?

>>17657867
I remember when my mom took me to wendys when I was young.

We would eat near the window and she would always get the chili.
I would always get chicken nuggies with fries and chips then make a burger with the chips and put the chicken nuggie in the middle.

>>17659912
Good, they deserve to die in obscurity for taking away my fries

>>17657885
Imagine how big her bush is under that skirt. Imagine how big it is now if she is still alive.

>>17659912
non-homophobic Chik-Fil-A

>>17660310
>non-homophobic
That's pretty gay.

>>17657885
Me in the rear

Does anyone have the picture of the old McDonalds interior, compared to the new?
The color difference was striking

>>17658349
>comparing an advertisement to how people actually dress

>>17658464
real

>>17658596
chili burger that seems good

>>17657885
I miss the salad culture of the 90's

>>17658421
>please wait to be seated

I miss when restaurants did that

>>17658140
soul vs soulless

>>17660360
40 years ago you could throw a dart into a crowd and miss because they weren't all fat fucks.

>>17657885
>Oh boy, which pile of lettuce should I choose?

>>17658421
Same exact layout as the one I worked at.

>>17657867
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCGDl2AnNf0

>>17657867
When you could afford college working at a fast food restaurant.
They just got cheaper and cheaper on everything so the bosses could get richer and richer and if you think they didn't cut major costs on "food" you deserve the cancer you get from eating it. Even just handling the package. Oh right that's only if you "believe in" science.

>>17662014
fuck off troon
when "science" says a person with a dick is a woman because they feel like it, there is a problem

When fast food giants used to market to kids instead of young adults.
I really do miss all of the colorful plastic decor.

>>17657885
I miss the Whole Foods salad bar. I would pile mine up with all kinds of good shit.

>>17657954
Take my updoot! You win the internet this day good sir!

>>17658421
my pizza hut still looks like this, I think the buffet has been closed ever since covid started though. I haven't eaten inside in forever since there's never anyone else eating in there so it's depressing. it's also a bit old and run-down and just feels kinda gross inside. the underlying style is still cool though

>>17662026
I wouldn't expect someone like you to understand medical science isn't that simple.

>>17662196
I identify as a medical scientist

>>17661122
kek

>>17662026
>bringing up TRANNIES TRANNIES TRANNIES out of nowhere
touch grass man

>>17660310
sound like da place for chudz bruh

>>17658140
>Left = personality and each chain having its own identity with how the building facade appears
>Right = dull grays with a splash of color. Each building looks similar enough to be confused with the others if you removed the logo and color splash

>>17659954
>pic related

>>17658421
Ah classic Pizza Hut. The smell of fresh pizza, the nice red cups, and the cocktail table Pac-man game. Old arcade games for me are linked to the smell of pizza.

>>17662031
me on the left
> N

>>17658596
So even then they had a bunch of hipster faggots eating there.

>>17659066
I worked at PDQ from 2015-16. We used to cut our fries by hand until mid-2016.

I remember coming into work for my pre-shift meal and noticing that the fries tasted "off", perhaps I just got a bad batch. My manager came up and broke the news that we switched to frozen ones, it became depressing walking into our prep room and seeing our fry cutter collect dust.

A friend of mine who stayed with them a little longer told me that the once-homemade sauces are now mass-produced by Ken's.

The fact that they switched to waffle fries tells me that they're getting desperate.

you expect big companies to have soul?

>>17662031
>The Rugrats Movie / Release date
>Nov 20, 1998

>>17657885
I miss having the ability to eat pickled herring at every single establishment with a salad bar.

>>17663280
>y tho

>>17657867
Your soul, that is. Congrats on escaping, but you need to stop regretting it.

>>17663280
I'm poojeet and we actually have a toilet in our house. Not for sacred or cooking purposes though.
I don't live in India though. I live in SEA.

>>17662537
>>17658421
I miss it bros.
There's a part of my soul that never left that place.

>>17658596
>>17658603
College kids used to steal the bell in the 80s. It was a common item for scavenger hunts, back when youngfolk actually did mischief out of doors rather than shitposting online.

>>17658643
ypipo have sensitive stomaches

>>17658140
Omfg I love picture collage. Why did they take it? When did it happen? Can we take them back somehow? I will start filling some collage folder, and making some oc. Don't worry frens I will share my collection when the need arises. We will not be collageless, you have my word as an autist!

>>17658643
Because the niggers, and spics who work there don't wash their hands after they go to the bathroom

>>17664459
These were always full of old people

>>17663095
Yeah their fries fucking suck balls but i think they are the best restaurant for tendies. Their sandwiches are second to chick fil a though

>>17664366
ayy devious licks sick af

>>17657873
They recently renovated our last old-school wendy's and turned it into a grey brick.

> An average American white person is more concerned over how fast food restaurant facades look than over racial discrimination in America

>>17657867
when anon had a waistline under 60 inches

>>17664459
>REST
>RANT
average plebbit user

>>17666332
I'M BLACK YOU FUCKING RACIST
Also, autistitic and I like architecture

>>17666332
>racial discrimination in America
Yes, it's crazy that majority pops are being discriminated against by the smallest minority there is. Now shut the fuck up retard this is a thread about fast food

>>17666332
OK, Sinead

>>17666332
Incorrect, I am extremely concerned about whites and asians being discriminated against in college admissions.

>>17657867
A big part of this is that they're moving away from people actually eating in the restaurant and towards just being a takeout and drive through restaurant. When I was back home visiting a month ago a friend of mine had checker's delivered and I wanted to cry.

>>17668092
>WAAAAAAAHHHH I DIDN'T GET INTO THE COLLEGE I WANTED MOST!!!!!!
>WTF I HATE RACISM NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>17668092
Yeah, there need to be fewer blocks for their rich parents buying them degrees.

>>17666332
Yes.

come on guys this is the cooking board leave the racebait shit to /pol/ we're here united under our love of good food and cooking :D

How do these places invoke some sense of nostalgia in me, even though I didn't grow up in the US?

y'all every go to a birthday party in the train? that was pretty sweet

>>17668171
That image is total bullshit. I've believed in myself and made an effort and I usually just fail time and time again and the world just gets worse and worse.

>>17662031
>When fast food giants used to market to kids instead of young adults.
never thought about that, good catch

>>17668475
she was talking to that guy not a retarded pleb

>>17668475
Anime made me once believe I, too, would one day have my own harem. What a fool I was.

>>17668121
I don't know man, old school 'no negros' racism was at least honest.
'Negros keep walking' is simple and straight forward
'asians are too smart so we have to fudge their test scores' is just silly.

>>17658119
>Sir this is a Carl's Jr.

>>17658421
Holy SOVL, I'm Mexican and always loved going to the US to buy clothes and games and end our days at Pizza Hut. I mostly liked it because they had arcades but I remember it was much nicer than the other fast food places.

>>17657867
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wendy's/@39.0847348,-77.0789869,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b7ce232acc1cef:0x5f4da57bf7513495!8m2!3d39.0846625!4d-77.0767888
my wendy still lives

>>17669582
soul. enjoy it while you can. what's the inside like?

>>17669582
ultra comfy. I'd find myself here for hours on a very rainy day.

>>17668121
> just fix discrimination against X by discriminating against Y bro it’s that easy.

>>17669610
like this>>17669612
and it's actually strange how much i recall being there when it rained. i think they remodeled the sunroom years ago so i don't think it's going anywhere

>>17668409
Because you can see the soul put into them vs the stale bland post modern designs of current year. Old buildings were trying to appeal to humans. New buildings try to appeal to shareholders.

they took this from you...

>>17658421
Soul

You're a bunch of good for nothing consoomers

>>17657867
>when fast food restaurants had sol

>>17657867
Bump

>>17669930
I try to divest myself from publicly traded companies as much as possible. Hell I started worked for a multinational but still privately held company in 2020 and I can't tell you the world of difference working for them over some ticker symbol one has done like I had for the few in the decade prior

>>17670107
You never eat fast food? Never ever?
No matter what you're still a consumer of endless other goods.
Hypocrite.

>>17669612
If only there was something to look at other than a fucking parking lot. Non walkable cities are a crime.

>>17657867
My Arby's has a tree in the middle of the dining area

>>17658456
SOUL
>>17658504
Also SOUL but I've never actually seen one of these in person

>popeyes’ buffet
This is what they took from you.

I think what's so funny about these "return to old fast food" memes is exactly this chain

>>17658140
>>17658456
>>17658504
>>17658596

They were always changing and modernizing the look for trends. They never had soul.

>>17672364
>last popeye buffet closed and it was in Lafayette
GOD WHY

It was too based to survive. We used to descend on that place after football practice maybe once a week and eat everything on the buffett. The workers would see us walk through the door and immediately start preparing more food in the back. This was the late 90s though and they were competently staffed so the wait was not long.

>>17660328
That guy is either showing a lot of disdain for that woman or is extremely attracted to her, I can't tell which

>>17664497
If a fast food place has a black staff, I won't eat there. They're either all teenagers who can't think past the next two hours and don't care about consequences or single mothers who are worn to nothing and don't care what happens anymore. The places run by teams of middle aged Hispanic ladies are fine, they've all got five grandkids to raise at 40 and care about keeping their jobs.

>>17662031
The McDs near my house in N. Va had a drive-in theme and was fucking incredible. There were working Wurlitzer jukeboxes and TVs playing movies above the counter (a marquee above had showtimes for Godzilla) and the tables were shaped like Cadillacs split in two and there were giant murals of roller girl waitresses with milkshakes on trays and even a statue of a female cat burglar breaking in through a skylight. Going there for a happy meal was as good as going to Chuck E. Cheese's and kids were running all over the place. Now I can't even find a photo of it online.

>>17657867
So, to you, "soul" means that you're a demographic being preyed upon by a corporation. That's really fucking weird.

>>17657867
lol yeh i can smell this bitch

>>17663280
they are not even indians tho

>>17658421
If I ever opened a restaurant, I'd want the inside to look like Pizza Hut used to.

>>17657867
>>17658140
>>17662031
>>17662510
Two important points. One, when Baby Boomers had young children, fast food marketed to children. They have switched to young adults/18-39 because those children grew up. Rational reactions to population changes.
Second, the reason for the buildings - not only switch from kids to adults, but lack of confidence in the economic future. Old school Wendy's or Pizza Hut buildings were too iconic which hurt resale value. In boom times companies wanted iconic buildings; now they anticipate failure and closing down/selling off stores/real estate. Dark days ahead, my friends. Dark days.

>>17660310
gross, what's the point then

>>17666332
More like:
> An average American white person is more concerned over how fast food restaurant facades look than over the dispossession of their people and loss of their nation and civilization

>>17668092

Imagine going to college in the year of our Lord 2022

Eating in a plane

>>17674241
You are like a little baby

>>17658504
>taco bell
>taco BELL
ringadingdong!
ringadingdong!
RING RING DONG
RING RING DONG

>>17670107
You're literally on a Food board dipshit. I'll let you take a guess what food is for lmao. Astronomical Galaxy Brain take here everyone.

>>17666332
There can't be discrimination if they aren't all forced together. Segregation is the answer.

>>17657885
just drink water, it's the same thing as a salad bar

>>17673873
>The McDs near my house in N. Va
703 represent

This thread is literally made every week here. Come on OP.

>>17658140
>>17657867
my local wendy's still looks like this
perks of living in a low-income flyover state is that it takes a white for things to change

>>17658225
comfy

>>17664459
i remember having a burger here as a kid, did not like it, mom told me to eat it because it'd offend the waiter