Re: Why so few ff places in the northeast?

In article <srhi-9074F8.22090013012008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Shawn
Hirn <srhi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> In article 
> <Pine.SOC.4.64.0801131835060.19697@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  Al Eisner <eisner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 12 Jan 2008, Golden California Girls wrote:
> > 
> > > Oh, and I fully understand not ever wanting to eat a hamburger at
BK, 
> > > Wendy's 
> > > or McDonands if there is an In-N-Out anywhere within 100 miles.
> > 
> > You must own stock!
> > 
> > But in any case, In-N-Out doesn't satisfy the original criteria, since
> > it's not a fast food place.  Typical time delay is similar to that of
> > good non-chain burger places (unless one goes at very-off hours).
> 
> In my experience, the only reason In-N-Out isn't fast is because of the 
> long lines and their policy of making their burgers to order. I still 
> consider it a ff place though.

I've waited just as long at Burger King as at In-N-Out. Not
consistently, but sometimes.

By contrast, some sit-down Chinese places are able to deliver a
wok-cooked Chinese meal in less time than I have waited at either of
these burger places. (Having cooked on a wok, I know why...)

And Subway often can turn out a fresh sandwich in basically as short a
time as it takes me to move from one end of the line to the cash
register. A couple of minutes.

Still, the term "fast food" has a widely accepted meaning. So I use the
phrase as it is accepted.

--Tim May