14 Thoughts on “No. 4 in fatty fattingtons

  1. Randall on August 23, 2009 at 4:59 pm said:

    hmmm… the wife wants to know:
    #4 in the state?
    …the country?
    the world???

  2. I think it was country. Yeah!

  3. Ghost of Dude on August 24, 2009 at 6:17 am said:

    I love me some Burger Time. But I guess that makes me normal.

  4. Costner on August 24, 2009 at 2:12 pm said:

    #4 in fast food consumption does not automatically assume #4 in obesity.

    I believe we are very high as far as the number of resturaunts per capita (both fast food and “normal”), and I believe we spend more on eating out per capita than the vast majority of metro areas, but I also tend to think that has more to do with all the rural areas around us using our eateries and thus articificially skewing the numbers to make it appear nobody in Sioux Falls knows how to cook at home.

    Just food for thought (pardon the pun).

  5. Because there is nothing else to do in this god forsaken place but eat out.

  6. Ghost of Dude on August 25, 2009 at 7:05 am said:

    Because there is nothing else to do in this god forsaken place but eat out.

    Yet we don’t have even one bar dedicated to those who eat out most often – female bikers and womens’ softball teams.

    And really, even our restaurant scene sucks for the most part because it’s all chains. People would rather drop $50 at Texas Roadhouse than $55 at Grille 26 because it’s a familiar brand and they won’t get lost on the way. People around here just aren’t adventurous eaters. Damn scandinavians.
    Go into any family-owned (non-mexican) ethnic restaurant in town and you’ll probably be the only white people there. If it has a flavor other than salty or disgustingly sweet, people here think it’s wierd.

  7. “female bikers and womens’ softball teams.”

    Ever been to Rookies?

  8. Costner on August 25, 2009 at 7:49 am said:

    People would rather drop $50 at Texas Roadhouse than $55 at Grille 26 because it’s a familiar brand and they won’t get lost on the way.

    Honesty I had never even heard of Texas Roadhouse before they built one in SF, and I happen to actually like the place because of the food – not because of reputation or comfort.

    Sometimes – as uncomfortable as it might make some – people eat where they eat because they actually enjoy what is on the menu or the style of food. Personally if I want a burger or a steak that is what I want. I don’t need it covered in 12 different spices or flavors, I don’t need it dripping in some cheese made from goats that only graze on the North face on a specific mountain in Switzerland, and I sure as hell don’t want it covered with some rare mushroom that can only be harvested under a full moon on a Tuesday with at least 80% humidity.

    I just want a damn burger. People can claim independent resturant A that offers hipster servers with thick rimmed glasses and hair with too much product in it has the best burger in town, but if I prefer the burger at chain resturant B that is served by a college freshman wearing Abercrombie jeans… then that is where I’m going to order my burger.

    I guess I’m the antithesis of a food snob. I know what I like and what I don’t like, and I’m never going to apologize for preferring to eat at Applebees instead of Foley’s or get a pizza from Little Ceasars instead of Red Rossa.

  9. Ghost of Dude on August 25, 2009 at 8:17 am said:

    I guess I’m the antithesis of a food snob. I know what I like and what I don’t like, and I’m never going to apologize for preferring to eat at Applebees instead of Foley’s or get a pizza from Little Ceasars instead of Red Rossa.

    Well, go ahead and throw the food snob thing around along with all the hyperbolic seasonings you think fine dining establishments put on their food if it makes you feel morally superior.
    Those of us who want something interesting will be trying new things brought to us by either local hipsters or our hard-working immigrant families in SF.

  10. My favorite restaurant in town is Sushi Masa, and I don’t eat there to be a hipster, I just think the food is damn good. I have ate at a lot of sushi joints all over the country, and Masa is still the best. We are lucky to have it.

    I think Wendy’s doublestack is one of the most delicious cheeseburgers in town, hands down. Hold the ketchup and pickles though.

  11. Ghost of Dude on August 25, 2009 at 8:51 am said:

    I’m rather partial to the Baconator myself.

  12. Costner on August 25, 2009 at 9:48 am said:

    Those things will kill you. There are families in Niger who don’t ingest that much protein in an entire year.

  13. Maybe they need to get a Wendy’s!

  14. Ghost of Dude on August 25, 2009 at 12:42 pm said:

    Looks like we’ve found a good business opportunity.

    And Costner, it ain’t the protien that’ll kill you. It’s the delicious bacon fat seeping slowly down through the beef. It’s like eating an orgasm.

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