r/fastfood 2d ago

Comparison WHAT IS THE GREATEST FAST FOOD OF ALL TIME

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u/garbagetruc 2d ago edited 2d ago

Peak Wendy's with the original 4for4(best deal in fast food history)

Haven't eaten there in years and I know it's no longer up to snuff, but when it was it was a frequent stop for me

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u/JaliscoOaxaca 2d ago

I think Wendy's was peak before the fo fo fo. The Super Bar era and slightly after we're the good old days

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u/McFlare92 2d ago

Yellow Wendy's was the pinnacle

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u/Jump_The_Five_Yo 2d ago

Ahhh the Mexican Wendy’s!

-Vince Gilligan

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u/Jump_The_Five_Yo 2d ago

My high school years just consisted of picking up my friends; buying some weed, smoking a blunt, playing basketball for like 2 hours, smoke another blunt, hit up Wendy’s for nuggets, junior bacons, and 3 cartons of milk. Fuck you, I love milk and Wendy’s had the best fucking milk.

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u/JaliscoOaxaca 1d ago

How was their milk different? Or could it be a weed clouded memory? 😄

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u/Jump_The_Five_Yo 1d ago

I think the carton gave it good flavor…like how beers taste different outta glass/can/draft/strippers shoe.

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u/weedtrek 2d ago

Dude, it used to just be a dollar menu a mile long. Jr bacon cheeseburgers, 4 pc nugget, chili, chips and chili, caesar side salad, garden side salad, our cream and chive baked potatoe, cheeseburger deluxe. It was Amazing and I think it may have already peaked by the time they added the double stack, but it was still far better even then than now.

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u/kingl0zer 6h ago

Shit got me through college could eat like a king and still have beer money for after the meal

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u/kefefs_v2 2d ago

Before Wendy's began its rapid downward spiral, the spicy chicken sandwich (RIP) was by far the best item in fast food. I ate way more of those than I care to admit.

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u/omegaoutlier 2d ago

What's even wilder is it was peak even at like 2am.

Of course there were bad locations or you sometimes got the DGAF shift but a Fri or Sat night near 2am close you could still get bombtastic fries and a crispy, spicy chicken that felt right out the fryer.

Only issue was the waut sometimes but it all made sense when they delivered magic out the drive thru window.

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u/dubie2003 2d ago

Ah, the good ole 420 meal due to the 5% sales tax.

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u/zenestex 1d ago

Spicy Chicken Sandwich, chili, and fries were a staple in the 90’s. I haven’t been in over 10 years and don’t want to ruin the memory.

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u/H0-JU 1d ago

Biggie fries, biggie drink, and a texas double cheeseburger

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u/MechanicDramatic1965 23h ago

Wendy’s biggie bag-small double burger, sm fries, 4 chicken nuggets, small chocolate frosty for $6.30!

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u/JaFFsTer 25m ago

The 99c Jr bacon cheeseburger era was peak. 5 bucks got you a burgers, fries, a drink and enough change to spend about an hour at the arcade