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Postby King Colby » Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:57 pm

Sweet... just found out they're opening a Piada right by me. Had no clue what it was

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Postby Shyster » Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:21 pm

Piada makes delicious and wonderful food and is a wonderful company with wonderful employees.

Also, if Piada ever needs legal services in western PA again, they should totally hire the law firm that represented them the last time.

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Postby nocera » Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:25 pm

Sweet... just found out they're opening a Piada right by me. Had no clue what it was
Pro tip: similar to chipotle, order online and pick it up. Bonus points for looking down on all the idiots standing in line as you pass by them.

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Postby RonnieFranchise » Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:27 pm

The only true, authentic Chinese I've had was at a Szechuan restaurant in Irvine, CA. I'm sure there are others, but your run of the mill Chinese takeout is hardly anything I've experienced in China.
Chinese people will tell you, there's Chinese and then there's American Chinese. American Chinese is stuff like Sweet and Sour Chicken. Authentic Chinese is more like Hot and Numbing stir-fried meat of choice. one place near by actually does this with Bullfrog. :scared:
Former employer had a plant in Thailand and a co-worker’s wife was Thai and part owner in a Thai restaurant in Boston so we went up there when they were in town for authentic Thai. We went around all week talking smack about whether I could handle it or not. I held my own, proudly, probably due to the heat of the buffalo wings I eat.

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Postby count2infinity » Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:50 pm

I was craving a Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich today, so I stopped by for lunch. As I was munchin on my fries, I thought, "man... these are way better than normal. Nice and crispy, not the limp, soggy stuff I'm used to from them. Wonder what's different?"

Well, they changed their fries:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/26/business ... index.html

Gotta say, they're way better than the last version. Which isn't hard, cause they were bad.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:55 pm

Our Wendy's continues to be a shitshow. Dining room is rarely open, drive-thru can be backed up onto the feeder road, and angry employees. I posted a video of the manager yelling at people and shutting the store down; it hasn't gotten any better. I had a window cashier say "I hate this **** place. I'm working sick, and that dadhole calls off" to another employee while the window was open. She sounded horribly sick, too. Ugh.

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Postby count2infinity » Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:57 pm

Yeah... ours has had the dining room closed for a while now. Luckily it's never all that busy at the drivethrough. I think I waited behind 2 cars to order at peak lunch time.

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Postby mac5155 » Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:42 pm

I was craving a Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich today, so I stopped by for lunch. As I was munchin on my fries, I thought, "man... these are way better than normal. Nice and crispy, not the limp, soggy stuff I'm used to from them. Wonder what's different?"

Well, they changed their fries:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/26/business ... index.html

Gotta say, they're way better than the last version. Which isn't hard, cause they were bad.
They are wonderful aren't they? Almost like they have a very slight batter on them

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Postby mac5155 » Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:43 pm

Just clicked your link. Lol. Agreed

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Postby NTP66 » Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:52 pm

They were always good, now they’re just better.

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Postby count2infinity » Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:53 pm

They always had good taste. The texture blew. Now they got both.

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Postby LeopardLetang » Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:41 pm

My Wendy's is so good right now. Got a manager running the window. She's so friendly and alert. She upgrades the experience tremendously. Even despite mistakes recently

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Postby shoeshine boy » Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:36 am

had a craving for onion rings after my Occupational Therapy yesterday so pulled up to the drive thru at my local burger king. this was around 3:00PM. the car at the speaker was trying to back out. she told me and the other car that they were doing a "shift change" and not serving. she said she had been waiting for 20 minutes. I didn't want onion rings that bad.

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Postby NTP66 » Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:45 am

Shift change? lol, that's just a **** BK location.

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Postby Viva la Ben » Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:45 am

Wendy’s has the best burgers, closely followed by McDonald’s fresh quarter pounders.

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Postby NTP66 » Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:48 am

Wendy’s has the best burgers, closely followed by McDonald’s fresh quarter pounders.
Agree on Wendy's, but I think it'd be a fight for second - at least on the east coast.

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Postby Viva la Ben » Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:51 am

Steak and shake was pretty good, but all the western pa locations shut down.

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Postby Viva la Ben » Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:56 am

I quit eating fast food until I started to spend an overnight on the road in Marietta Ohio. Wendys is literally the best option out there. I’ve tried the local joints and they all suck.

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Postby NTP66 » Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:57 am

Steak and shake was pretty good, but all the western pa locations shut down.
There's still at least one Steak and Shake on one of the PA TP rest stops.

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Postby shoeshine boy » Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:03 am

Steak and shake was pretty good, but all the western pa locations shut down.
we still have them here in GA but most of them get pretty bad health inspection scores. the one near my office once got a 43. on their re-inspection they got a 67. how is that possible??? YOU KNEW THEY WERE COMING BACK!!!! :scared:

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:30 am

My 15 year old "needed a snack" yesterday, so we stopped by the local Sonic (which is one of the busiest stores in the entire chain, and very well run). He got a drink and mozzarella sticks, but I noticed they had broccoli cheddar tots...so I got some. Pretty, pretty good. Like fried okra with cheese in them tbh.

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Postby NTP66 » Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:32 am

Source of the post Like fried okra
The only time I have ever had Okra that I liked was at K&M BBQ in Kansas. It was perfectly fried and fantastic.

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Postby tifosi77 » Tue Oct 05, 2021 1:42 pm

There's a Cajun place in Hermosa that has a jar of okra pickles on each table as a snack. So good.

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Postby NTP66 » Tue Oct 05, 2021 1:44 pm

There's a Cajun place in Hermosa that has a jar of okra pickles on each table as a snack. So good.
I don't think I could handle having them any way other than fried thanks to their slimy texture.

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Postby tifosi77 » Tue Oct 05, 2021 1:48 pm

It's a vinegar-based brine. No (or very much greatly reduced) slime.

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