/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.14408379]

Which fast food place has gone downhill the most since the 90s?

[Anonymous No.14408405]

>>14408379
Left is soulless too, but right is just more homogenized and globalist soullessness.

[Anonymous No.14408411]

>>14408379
Can I get some more of them pixels?

[Anonymous No.14408412]

wait does soul mean kitschy and unappealing?

[Anonymous No.14408415]

>>14408379
Taco Bell or KFC

[Anonymous No.14408417]

>>14408411

[Anonymous No.14408418]

they gentrified my fast food interior design

[Anonymous No.14408502]

Gotta be Burger King used to be the GOAT and now I wouldn't feed that slop to my dog

[Anonymous No.14408509]

>>14408379
All of them.

[Anonymous No.14408550]

>>14408379
replace your meme title with "cheap interiors from the 90's vs cheap interiors from today", thanks.

[Anonymous No.14408721]

I really hate the new style of fastfood interiors.

Bench seating which you avoid because you don't want to end up sitting next to a family of strangers and those tables where one-side is a bench and the tables are so close that if there's someone in the table next to you, they get a face full of crotch/arse when you squeeze out

[Anonymous No.14408735]

>>14408502

>"flame grilled burgers"*
>*the burgers were flame grilled an hour ago and your burger is reheated in the microwave

That said, I'd take that over my local burgers kings which have given me lukewarm burgers in cold stale buns twice now.

[Anonymous No.14408769]

>>14408379
Food-wise, it's BK
Aesthetics wise it's MacDonalds objectively.

[Anonymous No.14408796]

>>14408417
Thanks.

[Anonymous No.14408802]

Sbarro's, Tim Horton's, Chester's chicken

[Anonymous No.14409083]

>>14408802
>Sbarro
mah man

[Anonymous No.14409100]

>>14408379
Subway

[Anonymous No.14409107]

>>14409100
nah man you can fuck off

[Anonymous No.14409127]

Church's Chicken

[Anonymous No.14409151]

>>14408379
Burger king

[Anonymous No.14409167]

>soul / soulless

[Anonymous No.14409447]

I unironically hate eating at fast food chains mostly because of their soulless, oppressive atmosphere
when there's a lot of people there with screaming kids and they're all sitting right next to you in these disgusting artificial interiors with the blandest most non-descript music I've ever heard playing on the radio, it all makes me feel like I'm in some consoomerist dystopia like in Brave New World or some shit

[Anonymous No.14409468]

>>14409447
>it all makes me feel like I'm in some consoomerist dystopia like in Brave New World or some shit
that's because you are

[Anonymous No.14409562]

>no more super size
>no more beef tallow fries
>no more big n tasty
>diminished emphasis on playplaces, no attempt to modernize the concept, imagine the success of McDick's putting game consoles to let kids hang out in the restaurant and play fortnite and eat together
>jewing us on the mcdouble pricing and the rest of the dollar menu
>inconsistent mcrib availability
>offering "high quality" artisan sandwiches instead of good, cheap fast food
>declining value of "combos" which used to be called 'Extra Value Meals" when they actually offered a value

[Anonymous No.14409638]

>>14408415
would say kfc. i remember getting a family bucket dinner was a real treat back when i was a kid..

[Anonymous No.14409670]

>>14408379
wendys, its not even close

[Anonymous No.14409698]

>>14408721
>they get a face full of crotch/arse when you squeeze out
Spoken like a true obese American

[Anonymous No.14409790]

They've all gone downhill. Fast food has extremely thin margins so it's all about cutting costs everywhere to save a penny here, a nickel there. It's a race to the bottom in terms of quality.
That being said, I think KFC has dropped the most. My wife worked there in high school in the 90s and it's amazing how different things got after Yum brands bought them. Biscuits used to be made daily from scratch, now it's a mix. Gravy was also scratch with fresh cracklins from the fryer, it was awesome. Now it comes from a big bag of factory slop and you can taste it.

[Anonymous No.14409938]

>>14408735
Thats because fast food only hires faggots and minorities

[Anonymous No.14411702]

>>14409127
Yes
>>14409151
No

[Anonymous No.14411731]

>>14408721
Fast food places are designed to be bad to move people out faster

[Anonymous No.14411750]

The quality of everything has gone down since the 90s. Burgerclaps refuse to accept the Amerimongrel dream is over. They are braindead spineless cowards and sexual deviants. No future for them.

[Anonymous No.14411751]

they took this from you

[Anonymous No.14411796]

>>14411750
as long as it doesn't get to the point where it's unbearable before I die, I don't really care.

[Anonymous No.14411822]

>back in my day

Grow up everyone

[Anonymous No.14411860]

>>14408379
>soul
>soulless
>still the same low quality in both pictures
Lol

[Anonymous No.14411889]

>>14409562
hit the nail on the head

[Anonymous No.14411910]

>>14411751
I can't believe they still had that interior style for as late their breakfast launch.
I thought they ditched that 90's style mid 00s.

[Anonymous No.14411923]

>>14411822
>destroy your inner child
No

[Anonymous No.14411940]

>>14409562
>imagine the success of McDick's putting game consoles to let kids hang out in the restaurant
They did that decades ago and it was horrible. The controllers had the shit beat out of them, half the buttons were broken, the plastic over the screens was so scratched you couldn't even see the game, and everything was covered in grease and sticky soda residue.

[Anonymous No.14412047]

>>14408415
>>14409638
Definitely KFC. I realize I hadn't been since I was a kid and used to love it so I went 4 times over 2 weeks and not only was it the most dried out shit, they never got my order right. And 2 of the times, it wasn't even close, like the totally wrong meal. McDonalds has bad service, but it's usually that they forgot fries or dipping sauces or something. KFC, I was the only car there and it took them 15 minutes to give me the wrong shit. I hope they bankrupt.

[Anonymous No.14412601]

>>14408379
Holy hell that old Taco Bell look, brings back a lot of memories of high school and girls I dated in high schools obsession with Taco Bell. I guess it was the cool place to eat back then

[Anonymous No.14412638]

>>14409670
>wendys, its not even close
This BK may have dropped but their prices relate to that drop. Wendys on the other hand is almost the same price as gourmet burger shops in my town and is utter dog shit compared to it's 90s quality.

[Anonymous No.14412693]

>>14408379
Off topic, but the most consistent my entire life (43) is White Castle. The White Castle today is the same shit my grandparents took me to 40 years ago. My all time favorite. I might only have it 8-10 times a year, but it never disappoints.

[Anonymous No.14412730]

>>14408735
>twice now

So you went back after once of that?

[Anonymous No.14412755]

>>14408379
I know this isn't located in several states but Steak n Shake. It used to be a nice casual sit down restaurant that happened to have a drive thru. It was always more expensive than large chain fast food and it was fucking worth every penny. It was vastly superior and they regularly sent out coupons so you could get a great meal for the same price as McDonald's. They got bought out by some tight wad investment banker/group around 2009 and have been getting worse by the year. The majority of the locations in St. Louis have closed. They had started a program to give a store to a person for $10,000 after they completed their gold standard training program. Only 1 of them have reopened so far and with covid, it's unlikely any will ever open up again. There should be an entire college business course on how not to run a business with SnS being the full subject matter. It's pretty sad to see this once great chain wither away.

[Anonymous No.14412766]

>>14412693
I love White Castle but only go a few times per year. I agree that it is just as good as it was 30 years ago but the prices are ridiculous now. I can go there hungry and easily spend $10 or more.

[Anonymous No.14412792]

>>14409638
KFC was always shitty. You just had babby tastebuds back then so you thought it was amazing.

[Anonymous No.14412794]

>>14411751
Taco Bell = Miami vice decor

[Anonymous No.14412801]

>>14409562
>>14411940
yeah the appeal of the playplace is that it's actual physical play, a big enhanced jungle gym, no need for any electronics.

[Anonymous No.14412835]

>>14412755
Private equity firms are a cancer.

[Anonymous No.14412855]

>>14412835
In 2018, Steak 'n Shake changed its business model to a franchise partner system, with Biglari attempting to turn all of the 400+ company-owned restaurants into franchise operations. Entrepreneurial single-unit operators could take control of an existing Steak 'n Shake for $10,000, an unusually low price, but would need to turn over fifty percent of the restaurant's profits to Steak 'n Shake.[11] The firm remained heavily indebted, however. As of April 2020, its debt was rated as a low C/D "speculative" grade by bond rating agencies, colloquially known as junk bonds. The Washington Post considered the chain extremely likely to default with a low likelihood of recovering, with the restaurant closings due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States being an unrecoverable blow to the firm.

It was just some Iranian that got lucky during the dot com bubble and has done nothing but fail since then. He ruined a great thing and I hope he suffers greatly.

[Anonymous No.14412899]

>>14408379
Whataburger for sure. Had one a few years ago and it broke my heart to see the pitiful shit I got.

[Anonymous No.14412943]

>>14411923
based

[Anonymous No.14413164]

>>14409562
The thing that pisses me off the most about McDonald's is that they no longer give franchisees the liberty to theme their restaurants to their liking. All of the ones in Orlando used to have some kind of unique theme (going as far as to advertise them as McFun), which has all been nixed in favor of generic dogshit due corporate mandate.

[Anonymous No.14413168]

Take off those goggles you dumb mother fucker

[Anonymous No.14413266]

>>14408379
i never got to eat at the comfy pizza hut when i was a kid bc we were poor, sounds like it was a magical place ;_;

[Anonymous No.14413488]

[Anonymous No.14413510]

>>14408379

there's no fast food place with soul.

[Anonymous No.14413615]

>>14412601
I went to HS in the US. The only people who ate at TB regularly were the Egyptian kids because it was the only one with consistent vegan options.

>>14408379
I moved back to the US for university then stayed and currently still live here. When I was in HS here, Popeyes was tits. Best fast food ever. During my time at uni, I ate more White Castle than anything because it wasn't too far and there were no Popeyes. Fast forward several years after I'd finished school and I had the option to get Popeyes again. So I did. And it was awful. The quality had dropped so drastically, it should've had a show on CW.
This was around the time BK bought them out and I'd figured that the lower quality of the food must have been because of that.
So yeah: Popeyes.

[Anonymous No.14413632]

>>14413510
this, home is where it is

[Anonymous No.14413635]

>>14408379
>second from top
if you don't enjoy the look of a nice newly built food court I feel sad for you. Those places can be gorgeous with all the decor, light fixtures, ceiling treatments, various floor levels and stuff. At least that's what that seems like to me, can't pinpoint a particular restaurant myself.

Wendy's does the best modern presentation. International McD's look nicer than stateside ones alot (Americans are really disrepectful of shit, we're a messy dirty people). Pizza chains don't look to bad IMO but who's actually dining in or picking up at those places these days? I am nostalgiac for old Pizza Hut though, family was poor so we ate there often. I remind shittty those frosted red plastic cups so well, so many restuarants had them but all the family casual places we went and Pizza Hut's were the most memorable.

[Anonymous No.14413680]

>>14413510
>there's no fast food place with soul.

[Anonymous No.14413687]

>>14412801
I always wanted to play in the play areas when I was younger, but my mom never fucking let me but maybe 5 times ever in my life.
For good reason thinking back on it. I'm glad they kept me out of those hog-pins I guess. Hell, they never even wanted me playing in the bouncy castles at fairs.

Shit's dirty as all fucking hell, and parents don't always know how to keep their kids clean.

[Anonymous No.14413699]

>>14413680
relics of a bygone era, anon.

[Anonymous No.14413702]

>>14413680
>yfw McDonald's used to be a place for kid's birthday parties in the mid-80s

[Anonymous No.14414347]

>>14408379
Muh 90s. That was 30 years ago gramps

[Anonymous No.14414358]

>>14408721
s-strangers? No such thing in europe. Unless (((immigrants)))

[Qanon No.14414367]

>>14413488
>when you find a restaurant in the middle of bum-fuck nowhere that still has the old decor.
sadly the food is never good.

[Anonymous No.14414372]

>>14414347
The early 2000's was just an extension of the 90's. I remember how much more soul was put into design even though it was on the way out. You must be a 6 year old

[Anonymous No.14414401]

>>14408405
kike

[Anonymous No.14414433]

>>14414372
the 90s ended on Sept. 11, 2001

[Anonymous No.14414456]

>>14412855
No place thats doing well franchises their stores off at 10k. They'll be gone in a year, thank God.

[Anonymous No.14414468]

>>14408415

KFC for sure. Their chicken used to be way better, plus they had the Triple Crunch Zinger, the GOAT fast-food sandwich. Never understood why they took that off the menu.

[Anonymous No.14414473]

>>14414433
tru

[Qanon No.14414487]

>>14413266
For nostalgia, it was great! in reality, it was shit.
If you're lucky and go to small towns in the south or midwest you can STILL see restaurants with old decor, but they changed for a good reason.
Pizza hut is the best example, the old wood and carpet absorbed heat, smells, and debris. So the pizza hut always smelled bad. The wood furniture were shaped in an odd way that trapped crumbs and garbage between seats and booths that made it impossible to clean. Then the wood that and stained glass that aged terribly and stained easily. It was OK cause you could have got a decent pizza there, but once their pizza became worse. You just never went to pizza hut. This pretty much happened to all restaurants hence why they all look the same "Clean and Simple."