Fast Food restaurants in North America
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In-N-Out Burger
At California’s famous In-N-Out, where the beef patties are never frozen and the potatoes are hand-diced daily, there’s a secret menu. Ask for your burger ‘animal style’ (with mustard, an onion-grilled bun and extra-special sauce).
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Varsity
The world's largest drive-in restaurant and an Atlanta institution since 1928, the Varsity is a glorified fast-food joint, but it's always packed with folks ordering walk-a-dogs (hot dogs), gussied-up steaks (hamburgers) and bags of rags (fries).
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Huey's
Pass through the graffitied foyer and under the Xmas lights to get the best burger in town, at this lively Huey's location nearest the Beale St action.
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Hodad's
OB's legendary burger joint serves great shakes, massive baskets of onion rings and succulent hamburgers wrapped in paper. The walls are covered in license plates, grunge/surf-rock plays (loud!) and your bearded, tattooed server might sidle in to your booth to take your order.
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Chez Ashton
For a break from fine dining, head to Chez Ashton, a Québec City fast-food institution with dozens of restaurants across town. Some Québec City boosters swear it’s the best poutine in the province (Montrealers, of course, would quickly dismiss such an idea). Though poutine is the draw, Ashton also whips up burgers and roast beef sandwiches.
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Hawaiian Style Cafe
Join locals at the horseshoe-shaped counter that dominates the island's best greasy spoon: filling servings of loco moco, pancakes, laulau, poi fried rice, burgers and more will keep you going all day. As the sign says: 'Come early. When food is pau…there is no more!'
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Duckfat
If you have gourmet taste on a fast-food budget, this one-of-a-kind eatery won't disappoint. Try the innovative panini sandwiches, the duck confit salad, and, if you have a tolerance for grease, the signature fries crisped in duck fat with truffle-ketchup dip.
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Original Hot Dog Shop
Affectionately nicknamed 'dirty Os' or 'the O' by locals, this is a favorite for its cheap dogs and mounds of crispy fries - especially after a night at the bars.
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Five Guys
From just three locations a few years ago, this hometown burger chain has grown to more than 20 locations across the city. The burgers are mouthwateringly juicy with just the right amount of grease and a dizzying choice of condiments, the fries done right. Sit at the long bar and fill up on peanuts while your food's being fried.
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Biff-Burger/Buffy’s BBQ
The last remaining Biff-Burger (once a national burger chain) is a St Petersburg institution. It’s no longer a fast-food drive-in, but instead a sit-down restaurant kitted out with the longest bar in town, two patios and 20 big-screen TVs tuned to sports. Come for eggs, pancakes and every other conceivable breakfast entrée in the morning, or stop by for live entertainment and a greasy cheeseburger or traditional Southern BBQ at night. Biff’s attracts a biker crowd, especially on Saturday nights, and is proud to say so.
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La Casa Gelato
If you’ve been skiing, cycling, kayaking or just on your feet all day exploring the neighborhoods, it may be time to cool down with an ice-cold treat. A visit to Vancouver’s fave ice-cream joint should hit the spot, although you’ll likely get brain-freeze trying to choose from the bewildering kaleidoscope of flavors – 508 at last count. All the usual suspects are available, but if you’re feeling adventurous try the garlic or hot chili varieties.
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Palm Beach Fish Market & Bistro
Nestled in West Palm's antiques row, this new seafood house has quickly become a beloved spot. While its market half has a great selection of fresh catches, fine wine and gift baskets, its classic dining room turns out expertly prepared dishes including baked Chilean sea bass with tomatoes and shallots, seafood pesto pasta and pecan crusted swordfish. But is fish not your wish? Other options range from steaks to chicken dishes.
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Village Eateries
The cobblestone streets of NY–NY’s imitation Greenwich Village are bursting with tasty, wallet-saving options: Greenberg’s Deli, authentic down to the egg-cream sodas; Fulton’s Original Fish Frye for hot fish and chips; Gonzalez Y Gonzalez, a tequila-soaked Tex-Mex cantina; Jody Maroni’s Sausage Kingdom grilling haute dogs; and Chin Chin Café, serving dim sum appetizers and other quick-fix Chinese-American dishes.
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Market Square
Anchoring the market district, this sturdy brick building is the perfect place to stop when hunger strikes. Aside from the fresh produce and cheese, there’s an array of international takeaway joints offering falafel, spicy curries, flaky pastries, sushi (the list goes on). For dessert, don’t miss the stand at the corner of William and George Sts selling beavertails – Ottawa’s signature sizzling flat-dough dish.
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Restaurant Rapido du Plateau
If you're partying late on the Plateau you will probably end up here at least once. Is the food good? Impossible to say. By the time people end up here, that's kind of a moot point and they aren't really in the condition to recall what they ate anyway. Whatever. Good or bad, most Montrealers have fond memories of watching the sun come up while tucking into a hamburger steak here at some point in their youth.
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Annie’s Clark Brunch
On the edge of Clark University’s campus, this greasy spoon attracts students, professors, neighborhood Joes and a gravedigger. Nearly everyone dining here is on a first-name basis with Annie, the proprietor so connected with the community that Clark University recently awarded her an honorary degree. Inside, find dusty pictures of regulars from the last 20 years and an eyebrow-raising number of pigs.
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Howley's Restaurant
Stick around for more than a couple of days and you'll eventually find yourself in this retro-diner institution, reopened recently after a extensive renovation that's made it look like a mint-condition relic. You can get breakfast all day long, comfort foods from Reubens to burgers, and either a thick old-fashioned milkshake or a strong Old Fashioned, thanks to its full-liquor bar.
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Prince's Hot Chicken
Cayenne-rubbed 'hot chicken, ' fried to succulent perfection and served on a piece of white bread with a side of pickles, is Nashville's unique contribution to the culinary universe. Tiny, faded Prince's, in a northside strip mall, is a local legend. In mild, medium, hot and death-defying extra hot, its chicken will burn a hole in your stomach and you'll come back begging for more.
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Green’s Pharmacy
This place, housed inside a working pharmacy, hasn’t changed since John F Kennedy, looking to slip away from the Secret Service, would stroll across the mint-green linoleum and grab a bite. Choose between a table or a stool at the Formica counter and order from the paper menu just like everyone else, from the trust-fund babies slumming it to the college girls headed to the beach.
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Pink’s
The Black Dahlia, David Hasselhoff, and the line at Pink’s – these are LA’s enduring mysteries. Lunch, dinner, late night, there’s always a line at this family-owned, wood-and-concrete hot-dog stand that’s been around since 1939. Half the fun may be the anticipation – biting a chili-and-cheese-slathered dog for the signature ‘snap’ is definitely worth, uh, an hour-long wait?
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Frites Dorées
If you can deal with the low-life area and derelict regulars muttering about alien invasions at the table next to you, this place does a classic toasté all dress hotdog (relish, mustard and onion, topped with chopped cabbage and on a toasted bun). A city institution, immortalized by renowned Canadian photographer Gabor Szilasi in a one of his classic photos.
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Paul Weber
Just 12km north of Orillia on Hwy 11, this legendary grill-hut lures passers-by with cheap eats and a shmancy sky bridge to nab commuters on the far side of the highway. Endless lines of lip-lickers form for food, as though the burgers and fries have curative powers, which, of course, is the opposite of the truth. Now if only angioplasties were as cheap as the food…
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Tim Hortons
Before you send us hate mail for guiding you to Timmy’s, know this: Tim Horton was born in Cochrane and this link of his famous donut chain (started by his wife in his memory) is the busiest branch in the entire country. Truckers line up in droves at all times of the day (it’s open 24 hours) to snag some sugary goodness from the remarkably efficient cashiers.
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Dune Deck Cafe
Adjacent to the Ritz-Carlton (but worlds away), this breezy, friendly outdoor spot is right on the beach – fie on the sea grape for obscuring the ocean views! Offering omelettes, burgers and fresh salads, it’s a great place to head when all you feel like pulling on is flip-flops and beachwear. Beware: the Deck is cash only and there’s no ATM on-site.
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Waves Smokehouse & Saloon
Waves serves barbecue platters and burgers in an Old West-style saloon and former brothel dating from 1873. If you're not hungry, a drink in the historic bar, where stained glass and dark wood prevail, will take you back to a time when Post St bustled with all manner of sin and commerce. At night there's music, dancing and karaoke.
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