Re: Why so few ff places in the northeast?

In article <2NCdnRThIovurxTanZ2dnUVZ_qelnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Golden California Girls <GldnCAGrls@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Shawn Hirn wrote:
> > In article 
> > <ce9a12de-09f0-4fc6-a5e7-a0abe95626ac@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >  spamtrap1888@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> The variety of fast food burger places in the bay area is not
amazing.
> >> I've never seen a Sonic, a Whataburger, or a Fat Burger here.
In-n-Out
> >> took a half-century to move north. And Carl's Jr. owns Hardee's.
> >> Further, we have no White Castles, and even Dairy Queens are few and
> >> far between.
> >>
> >> The part of the west that we live in is not blessed with fast food
> >> chains in general. Fried chicken joints are in short supply; hating
> >> KFC I would drive to East SJ to get Church's. Luckily now there are a
> >> few PopeYes outposts. Sometimes nothing satisfies like deep fried
> >> food: Where are the Long John Silvers, the Arthur Treachers?  The
lone
> >> Dunkin' Donuts went out of business.
> > 
> > Arthur Treachers' parent company is the same as Kenny Rodgers. They're

> > both owned by Nathans Hotdogs who has a strange business model which 
> > consists of closing branches. They closed down almost all the Kenny 
> > Rodgers Roasters and Arthur Treachers stores and opened up just a few 
> > food court places where you can buy from a very limited menu of each 
> > one. What a shame. 
> > 
> > As for SF, its choice of fast food places is limited, but nowhere near

> > to the Philadelphia area. We don't even have Carls Jr or In-n-Out. I 
> > rarely eat fast food hamburgers, but when I do, I would much prefer 
> > In-N-Out to BK, Wendy's, and McDonalds which are the only choices in
my 
> > area for that sort of food.
> 
> Are you saying there aren't any independent (not chain) fast food
(burger) 
> places out there at all?!!  Man that would be a desert.

There are tons of diners in my area where one can get an excellent 
hamburger and fries, but none are fast food places. The only independent 
fast food burger joint I can think of in my area is a little shoebox of 
a store a couple of miles away, which I haven't tried yet, but should.