Fast Food restaurants in USA
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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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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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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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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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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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Good Ol' Burgers
Don't even look at the fast-food joints at the Hwy 46 East junction with Hwy 101 or you may literally turn into a pillar of salt. Instead opt for this local favorite, which grills up damn fine burgers. You can enjoy at tables outside and before you go, pose for a silly photo with the cut-out characters.
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Pahala Town Cafe
Being the only eatery, this sterile café feels the need to be it all. Soups, salads and wraps are all on the extensive menu, but it's best to stick to what it does best: plate lunches, burgers and fried things. The gigantic malasada with optional fillings are the only breakfast item.
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Espressamente Illy
A whiff of real Italian espresso leads you inside this brightly lit cafe. House-made panini, dessert crepes and over four dozen flavors of artisan gelato provide the sugar rush you’ll need to attack the racks nearby at Barneys New York. Beware of the annoying, hidden ‘dine-in’ surcharge.
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Dogma Grill
Don’t worry: we’re sparing you more reality-defying Colombian hot dogs (no whipped cream-and-baby-iguanas-on-your-dog here). Just good ol’ American toppings – chili, mustard, ‘kraut and relish – at this most popular of Miami cheap eat chains.
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Royal Kitchen
A simple takeaway shop, Royal Kitchen is famous for its baked manapua (Chinese-style buns) with a selection of fillings: char-siu (barbecued pork), chicken curry, vegetarian, sweet potato, kalua (cooked in a pit) pig and more. Mains per piece around US$1.
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Yosemite Lodge Food Court
This self-service restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Make your selection at several tummy-filling stations serving pastas, burgers, hot sandwiches and other fare that holds up well under heat lamps, then proceed to the cashier and find a table inside or on the patio.
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Mug 'N' Bun
The mugs are frosted and filled with a wonderful home-brewed root beer. The buns contain burgers, chili dogs and juicy pork tenderloins. And don't forget the fried macaroni-and-cheese wedges. At this vintage drive-in near the Speedway, you are served - where else? - in your car.
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