[Food] Bob your head!

Are they really "McNuggets"? Meaning, as Ken Hoffman said, that there are parts of several chickens fighting each other inside each nugget? (or, as I usually say, chicken particle board)

 

I snacked on a box of 6 yesterday too. I think they overfried them at my BK Lounge. Also, don't be fooled by the pretty pictures. I know that those pictures are always way better than the real deal, but the difference in the Chicken Fries pictures vs the actual Chicken Fries has got to be the largest gap ever.

 

it seems like the worst fast food idea ever. burger king should not be long for this world.

 

You can get in, but ya gotta have coups.

 

they're closing down locations left and right.

 

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4130&n=2

Many U.S. Cities Losing Battles to Preserve Their Burger Kings

CLEVELAND—Every day, 38-year-old Susan Tarsley takes a brisk walk through her tree-lined neighborhood. At each turn, she is reminded of the changes brought on by the march of progress: a TV antenna dismantled to make way for underground cable, passersby chatting on cell phones, a rusty tricycle abandoned for a Razor scooter.

But at the silent corner of Lark Street and Superior Avenue, Tarsley stops to mourn the passing of an especially treasured landmark. Her local Burger King is fading into memory. It's a sadly familiar picture in many communities: Fast-food hubs that once bustled with activity, when young and old alike gathered in plastic molded seats around gleaming yellow linoleum tables, are now boarded-up ghost restaurants. Their long-extinguished drive-through menus silently beckon to cars that will never come.

"I came here as a child when it first opened," said Tarsley, strolling through the empty, weed-strewn parking lot. "Now that I have kids, where are they supposed to go for Whoppers or Chicken Tenders? We need to ask ourselves, as a culture, 'Where are our priorities?'"

Once nearly as plentiful as McDonald's, Burger Kings are quickly becoming the fast-food franchise of a bygone era. A 2004 survey of fast-food diners showed that nearly 60 percent did not live within walking distance of a Burger King. Another 20 percent had to drive to a nearby town just to see one.

Although the Lark Street store closed its doors last November, not all communities are giving up their Burger Kings without a fight.

In Seattle, volunteer canvassers went door-to-door, collecting signatures to save the Burger King on Rainier Avenue. As a result of their efforts, Mayor Greg Nickels granted the store historic-landmark status.

"There are children alive today who don't know what a Whaler is," the mayor said at the signing ceremony. "All their lives, they've known only the McDonald's Filet-O-Fish. If you look into the eyes of such a child, you realize why it's important that we save our shared Burger King heritage."

In Phoenix, mother of two Gloria Poenig organized a community-action BK Broiler-buying group to help raise awareness of the fast-food chain's plight.

"Most people don't even know that our Burger Kings are in trouble, or they say they're too busy to help," Poenig said. "People don't realize that every time a Burger King closes, a little piece of America dies."

Although isolated heroes have saved some Burger Kings from the bulldozer, the problems of maintaining the franchises persist. With an 8 percent decline in patronage since 2002, the chains are plagued by vandalism, high employee turnover, and disappointing sales of french-toast sticks.

For those at the forefront of the battle to save their Burger Kings, the issue is not saving the brick-and-mortar buildings, but embracing the Burger King philosophy.

Steve Quislen, a Chicago-based civil rights and labor lawyer, has been doing pro-bono work on behalf of Burger King for 12 years. Members of his group, Coalition To Save Our Franchise Landmarks, meet every Sunday at the Bedford Street Burger King, where they don the cardboard crown of the Burger King Kids Club, eat Bacon Double Cheeseburgers, and enjoy what may soon become a lost way of life.

"We need to stand up and be counted before the things that make our society great—like Burger King's new Enormous Omelet Sandwich—vanish forever," Quislen said.

Despite the efforts of thousands of dedicated Burger King activists like Quislen, even die-hard believers like Tarsley say they are losing faith.

"Whenever I drive by a strip mall or new shopping district without a Burger King in it, I can't help but shed a tear," Tarsley said. "It is truly a sad reminder of inevitable change and decline."

As she began the walk back home from Lark Street's once-proud "Home Of The Whopper," Tarsley resolved to do everything in her power to preserve this hallowed source of budget meals, for her children, and her children's children.

"I won't throw in the towel until the last Burger King is gone," Tarsley said. "I will fight this fight wherever it is being fought, whether it's on the airwaves, the national news, or in the parking lots of the restaurants themselves. I will not let Burger King go the way of Sambo's and Kenny Rogers Roasters."

 

Seems their new ads are paying off

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/special_packages/business_monday/12259622.htm

Mark Smith, a Burger King franchisee in Connecticut, thinks Crispin's efforts are definitely paying dividends at the cash register. ''It's the first time in years people are talking about our ads as fun,'' Smith said. ``All of a sudden Burger King is top of mind.''

 

There was a Burger King on Memorial near Dairy Ashford for my entire life. It closed down about a year or so ago. The closest Burger King to me is at Westheimer and Dairy Ashford. I haven't eaten at a BK in about a year.

 

I haven't eaten at BK since college (6 years ago), and the only reason I ate at one then was because they had one on campus.

 

Our Burger King closed down before I moved here. It finally reopened... as a Taco Casa. (why? we already had one of those) Now you have to go to the next town.

There are apparently some good things that we used to have that we don't have any more... Golden Corral, Pizza Hut, etc. I think a lot of these had bad management and people quit coming, but now we just don't have the restaurants at all. On the other hand, we have 4 McDonald's if you count the one in Wal-Mart. People have no taste.

 

They have enough taste to get rid of Burger King, Golden Corral and Pizza Hut.

 

I never really liked Burger King. To me, it was a fast food restaurant without a hook. They didn't have anything there that was really original enough or so well done that would set it apart.

 

Man...I thought they were pretty good...

 

Golden Corral is good, but you can't beat Ryan's unlimited steak for 10 bucks. Pizza hut is right below toxic waste on the things I'll eat...worst pizza ever!

Anybody else remember Bonanza? It was like Golden Corral, but the salad bar wasn't as extensive....

 

Beating your head in with a hammer beats anything Ryan calls food. And I'm about the farthest thing from a food snob out there.

 

This is where they lost me. Is BK really a "heritage?"

 

The only BK I know of in Houston is the one near the Med Center at Main & Holcombe.

 

I actually ate at the one on Richmond between Weslyan and the train tracks a couple weeks ago. It's not bad, but nothing special when it comes to fast food.