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Dennis Lee
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Staff writer at The Takeout. Also: Saveur Humor Blog Award Winner, professional pizza maker, and insufferable troublemaker.

We had one here that closed during the pandemic, and nothing has moved into the old building.   Read more

Pizza places should not automatically qualify, especially if the only thing they serve is pizza.
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Low price point is huge factor.  I can go to my local Mexican place for breakfast and get a delicious and filling meal (homemade tortillas, homemade sauce, homemade everything!) for less than $6-7.  Not going to get this quality of food for that price point at many places these days. Read more

Yep. Someone should make these using quality seasoned ground pork and good barbeque sauce. I think I’ll try it myself, just need to find a fake riblet mold. Read more

One of my best surprises in the world was when my wife and I went to Oktoberfest in Munich and drove up to Nuremberg on our way to Frankfort for our flight home, I stopped at a McDonald’s off the autobahn and found they had McRib. I then found out they always had the McRib on the menu. Read more

Ate one in 1982 and it was so gross I’ve never tried it again Read more

Not valid, huh? Can you tell me the name of someone I might know who is valid?
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I think you’re thinking of Bob Dylan. Common mistake.
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Counterpoint- I think the dude has tried enough things in enough places that he can be said to have done his due diligence, and is allowed to have aversions. Read more

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Counterpoint, they are really quite bad. KwikTrip does a version with a less chemical tasting sauce, and if you go the pickles and mustard route it’s actually a pretty decent snack for $1.89, available every Tuesday and random days in between. Read more

You can’t be wrong no one can be wrong, clearly the reason the name is different is because two timelines merged because of CERN Read more

With their massive footprint and the success they have had with other food items and attempts to offer an all day menu, I’m surprised that Starbucks hasn’t gone hard at the cookie biz. Read more

Dennis, please listen - this is very very important:

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McDonalds used to only allow you to use either a coupon ‘deal’ or points accrued on previous purchases to unlock free food, but now allow you to use both together. The reason I state this is because a few weeks back I gotany size fry with a $1 purchase”, had points for a double cheeseburger and bought a $2 Read more

I started paying attention and cutting back on “expensive fast food” for my lunch hour. I usually skip the drink and have a bottled water at work (free). I will try and stay around $6 for a burger and fry. 4 for $4 at Wendys or a taco bell special for $5-7.
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My current favorite place to eat out is from a gas station. The burgers and fries chicken are great and they use fresh, quality ingredients. The price is similar to fast food. Their fries are not good (they are just crinkle cut and always soggy) but they have other choices for sides that are great. Read more

If our convenience stores carried the same selection of ready-made foods that they do in Japan, I would never hit a fast-food restaurant again!
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