Re: Why so few ff places in the northeast?

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 Al Eisner <eisner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> However, in my initial comment I was certainly emphasizing the "fast".
> In'n'Out is rarely fast, even if the line to order is short.  If I order
> a burger at a place I think we'd all agree is non-fast-food, such as
> The Counter or Kirk's on the mid-peninsula **, it doesn't take any
signifi-
> cantly longer to arrive than it does at IN'n'Out, although perhaps you
> would distinguish those places by their table-service (or at least
> table-delivery).

Having just dined at The Counter this weekend, I would disagree with 
your assertion that they do not take significantly longer to deliver 
meals than In-n-Out. Our meal went:

1) Order (t=0)
2) Receive drinks (t+5minutes)
3) Receive fries/onion strings (t+10 minutes)
4) Receive burgers (t+20 minutes)

This is not unusual for The Counter; the fries are treated (by them) as 
an appetizer.

You're asserting that it takes 20 minutes to receive your burgers at 
In-n-Out? I've never waited that long inside, even when the line was out 
the door (e.g., Vacaville, weekend lunch, summer weekend).

Steve

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