New In and Out Burger Opens- Madness - They F You at the Drive-Thru

[nathanm]

Is it because there are few of them around or is it just that d*mn good ?

Their food is delicious. Not healthy, but delicious. I've actually gotten less fond of it as I've aged and come to appreciate more complex foods, but it's still rather tasty, if not worth the trouble. As grizz noted, it's well seasoned and fried in peanut oil.

There's a reason why they have a long history of providing free samples of their nuggets at their mall locations...

I have to disagree about the customer service aspect, however. They still don't open on Sundays. Very unfriendly to this customer.

[Conan71]

1. Good customer service
2. Well seasoned non-processed chicken
3. Peanut oil

There's no bones or skin on it.  It's quite processed, it's not a mystery meat if that's what you are getting at.

The one across SW 29th From Tinker Air Force base is crowded all hours it's open it seems.  I think the seasoning has a little crack in it if you ask me.

[sauerkraut]

On promotional days they have had two people in the parking lot working the line taking orders

Speaking of Promotional day, I remember a time in the early 1970's when McDonalds did some promotional thing, I forgot exactly what it was for I think it was that all burgers were put at the McDonalds 1955 burger price for the day, the only catch was you could not have the burgers made your way, you had to take them as McDonalds made them. This was before the drive thru service and the restaurant lobby was packed solid with people, some folks bought burgers by the bag full. Anyone here old enough to remember that, I think it was done  on a national level? Maybe it was just done in Michigan. The roads near the restaurants were traffic choked. I think the low price was for burgers only and other food items were at the reg. price, but not sure. My sister went there for a bag of burgers. This was in 1975 for McDonald's 20th Birthday.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Chick-Fil-A is pretty good stuff.  I think it is the massive amount of MSG!  (Just kiddding - I don't think it is MSG, it tastes better than that...)

nathan, there are 6 other days you can eat there!  Sunday is what homemade meatloaf or fried chicken or chicken and dumplings or turkey with dressing is all about....

Is Albert G's open on Sunday??  That would make a great family Sunday tradition...

[Red Arrow]

Speaking of Promotional day, I remember a time in the early 1970's when McDonalds did some promotional thing, I forgot exactly what it was for I think it was that all burgers were put at the McDonalds 1955 burger price for the day, the only catch was you could not have the burgers made your way, you had to take them as McDonalds made them. This was before the drive thru service and the restaurant lobby was packed solid with people, some folks bought burgers by the bag full. Anyone here old enough to remember that, I think it was done  on a national level? Maybe it was just done in Michigan. The roads near the restaurants were traffic choked. I think the low price was for burgers only and other food items were at the reg. price, but not sure. My sister went there for a bag of burgers. This was in 1975 for McDonald's 20th Birthday.

I remember when they had the number of burgers served on their sign and it was still a comprehensible number.  We had some local burger places that were high school favorites.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Lived up north when the signs changed to "Over 1 Million Sold".  That was a long time ago.

Sandy's up on 21st west of Sheridan was a pretty good place to go buy a bag of burgers at 10 for a dollar.  Cheeseburgers were 12 cents, I think.

Another place - can't remember the name - was just south of 31st on Yale had an occasional 20 for a dollar promotion from time to time.  Hamburgers, not cheeseburgers.

King's Food Host was always the best place to go, except for Pennington's.  King's always seemed to be a little cheaper, so got the vote more of the time.  Picking up pop bottles didn't pay THAT well.  Gas for the car and a Friday and Saturday night at Kings would just about tap it out.

[Red Arrow]

Our places were "upscale" before "upscale" was "in".  Burgers were $.15 in the late 60s.  A PB&J sandwich was $.10 in the high school cafeteria. Minimum wage was $1.65/hr and gas was $.35/gal.   I just checked google maps / streetview.  Neither of the places I was thinking of are still there. Doesn't surprise me.