No Whitecastle or Chik-Fil-A here in California

[Taverner]

Sigh...they need to share the love out there...

[Sandpiper]

1. No, but we do have

In N Out Burger.

I do miss White Castle though.

[Taverner]

2. Yes In-N-Out is pretty fucking okay

I love their burgers...and of course in the Bay Area we have Kirks Charbroiled Steakburgers (100% Sirloin Beef BABY!)

But I do like the East Coast dives...they just don't do dives here...

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

39. Yeah. Love CA, but they really don't "get" dives or real diners

(not like Fog City diner fer chrissakes), or why they are necessary.

In n Out is great. In DC when I was growing up there was Little Tavern Hamburgers (the same, small, square, oniony things, buy a bag of 6 or so) which was the late night/early morn snak of choice after an evening of underage drinking in Georgetown.

As far as I understand Little Tavern was sort of an approximation of White Castle. Not sure if it was open all night though. Don't know if there is still Little Tavern (small white place with green roof).

[AlCzervik]

3. I dont like in and out, i know thats a sin california

i like Carl's Jr.

[Catshrink]

4. In and Out Burger

and Carl's Jr., and Rubio's. Do you also have Sonic? Sonic is awesome! And they donate to dems.

[AlCzervik]

5. When i lived in Texas

we used to go to sonic every friday night, they had great food, Carls Jr. is pretty close in taste and quality.

[Pithlet]

23. Cool, I didn't know that about Sonic.

I've eliminated most fast food from my diet for health reasons, but I like the occasional treat at Sonic. It seems that there are fewer and fewer places to patronize that don't support right wing causes.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

40. It's weird. Sonic is a completely different concept of burger,

"clean" and not greasy like In and Out, but I really like it too. I did not know they are Dem contributors, must go out and get a bacon dbl chz there now!

[SW FL Dem]

6. I have Chik-Fil-A

here in FL. I tasted White Castle food in NY. You need to check out In and Out and El Pollo Loco before you complain. IMHO In and Out has the best burgers ever and El Pollo Loco can't be beat for chicken or burritos. Sigh, I miss California.

[Taverner]

8. I agree Those placesa are good

But I WANT IT ALL BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

41. I think Chik founders or owners are major biblethumpers. That's

why they are not open SUN at least here in TX. Dunno if they are shrubco supporters.

[bbernardini]

7. We finally got our first stand-alone Chik-Fil-A here!

I'm in SE Pennsylvania, and the only Chik-Fil-A outlets in the area for years have been in malls. Gods be praised, they finally opened a stand-alone about 5 minutes from my place of work.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

9. Chik Fil A

the only fast food i will eat. And what i mean by that is that its all i eat.

[Pithlet]

24. Chic Fil A is good

When I eventually move back north, I'll really miss Chick A Flick (an elderly customer of mine called it that). Their chicken biscuits are to die for. I wish they served them all the time, instead of breakfast only.

[Don_G]

10. I'll Trade You 20 White Castles

For one Costco.

[neverborn]

11. White Castle is VILE!!

[mouse7]

12. Gee, I'll have to pass on the "Sliders"

For those unfamiliar to White Castle, I don't think it's exactly rocket science for you to guess why White Castle burgers are called "sliders."

[Catshrink]

13. Or belly bombers.

[Kadie]

14. Do you have Sonic there yet?

They are popping up out here in the Sacramento Valley. Not bad.

[Catshrink]

15. Sonic is awesome!

and big dem donor, too.

[Don_G]

19. Decent Food

But I draw the line at 45 Minuets "just" to get a response from the waitress/cook to find out out what I want.

[Alenne]

16. Do you mean where you live or did they get rid of them?

When I lived in CA there was a Chik Fil A at the mall in Fairfield.

[Spider Jerusalem]

18. I seem to recall one not far from Sunnyvale, too...

but that's going on almost 20 years ago now. Closing on Sundays not good for business in most of California, one imagines.

[Dissenting_Prole]

17. I absolutely refuse

to eat in any restaurant (namely Chick-Fill-Uh) that doesn't open on Sunday so that it's employees can go sing songs to a dead guy tacked on a stick.

Besides, the food sucks. One visit was enough.



http://www.endofsuburbia.com

[SammyWinstonJack]

27. Holy crap!

".....dead guy tacked on a stick." Good thing I wasn't drinking anything when I read that!

[northofdenali]

30. Now you gotta come all the way to Alaska to clean my keyboard.

DAMN Pepsi through the nostrils, anyway! :P

[SmileyBoy]

20. There's no White Castles in Fargo/Moorhead, and I'm GLAD.

White Castle is just an excuse for you to give yourself watery diarrhea and call in sick from work...

[Blue_Tires]

21. do you at least have the southern delicacies of

waffle house and krispy kreme??

[IronLionZion]

22. How is Krispy Kreme Southern?

they're everywhere!

[Pithlet]

25. They used to be primarily in the South.

Many people still associate them with the South for that reason.

[cosmicdot]

37. see history time line here

http://www.krispykreme.com/history.html

[ForrestGump]

26. Always thought Chik-Fil-A would do really well in California

Good cpmpany, too, they are.

[tishaLA]

28. I thought Chik-Fil-A was a fundy place

even when I lived in a place that had one of those places--briefly, thank god--I wouldn't eat at it. I didn't want fundie cooties on my food.

[Taverner]

31. I always heard they were that weird breed of evangelical lefties

socially conscious, yet evangelical.

I know the guy from In-N-Out was...

[arwalden]

29. Isn't Chick-Fil-A Owned By Southern Baptists? I Mean The CHURCH ITSELF...

... not people who just happen to be southern baptist.

[Lars39]

33. Doesn't seem to be......here's some bios.....

http://www.chickfilapressroom.com/leadership.asp

[supernova]

34. No an SB Family

http://www.chickfilapressroom.com/leadership.asp

They seem like old-fashioned conservatives to me. :shrug:

[arwalden]

36. They Are All White... And All Men

Not a very diverse group.

-- Allen

[supernova]

38. Gee, you should be chomping at the bit

:P

I think it's that way b/c CFA is still very much a family-run business.

Did you see how many sons are on the payroll? Sheesh.

[GOPisEvil]

32. You need What-A-Burger, too.

:9

[cosmicdot]

35. actually there are Chik-Fil-As in California

the first time I had a Chik-Fil-A was c. 1970 in Burlington, NC ... and, I thought it was really good ... tried one in CA not too long ago ... it's not as good as a hope it would have been (nor as it used to be ... but, what is?)

1. The Market Place
13490 Jamboree Road
Irvine, CA 92602

2. Los Cerritos Center
123 Los Cerritos Center
Cerritos, CA 90703

3. Chino Hills FSU
3640 Grand Avenue
Chino Hills, CA 91709

4. Hidden Valley Parkway FSU
450 Hidden Valley Parkway
Corona, CA 92879

5. Del Amo Fashion Center
214 Del Amo Fashion Center
Torrance, CA 90503

6. South Bay Galleria
1815 Hawthorne Boulevard
Redondo Beach, CA 90278

7. California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407

8. Westfield Shoppingtown Solano
1350 Travis Blvd.
Fairfield, CA 94533