California Fast Food

Spending the summer in Los Angeles, I've noticed a wide array of new signs, arches, and bumper stickers. Besides the fact that I laugh to myself constantly at the plethora of advertisements for "The Best Fish Tacos", 50-foot signs for fast food places I've never heard of have sparked my curiosity. Del Taco, Carl's Jr., In-N-Out, Fatburger, Randy's Donuts - All new places for me to try. Drunk.

Here are my reviews of the above West Coast (or LA) based fast food restauraunts in the form of made up awards:

Best Fries:

Carl's Jr. Flat, crispy, tasty. Mmm. Apparently Carl's Jr. is also Hardee's elsewhere, which I had growing up (bangin' biscuits), but I treated this as a new fast food place. It's everywhere.

Best Taco:

Del Taco. Pulling into the drive-thru in a daze, I ordered a Big Fat Chicken Taco. Which was topped with Del Scorcho sauce. And it was amazing. On almost a pita/flat bread, the thing was gone in a blur, much like the rest of the night.

Best Burger:

Alrighty. This was tricky. Choosing between Fatburger and In-N-Out is a difficult choice. Especially knowing that the one that loses ends up not receiving a prestigeous JK award. But, after much internal debate (and taking into account which one made me feel sicker the next half hour), I've decided to award In-N-Out with the best burger. It's the sauce, man. And the bun. And the burger. With toppings. Geesh, it's just so good. It's like crack. And will probably kill you just as fast. And they have a freakin' secret menu. Dope.

Best Jelly Donut:

Randy's Donuts. Oh my. I waited in line with a headache, looked up at this giant donut, and said, "Randy, you've got balls." And, being a fan of some sufganiot, I got one of the most delicious Jelly donuts I've ever had in my life. Almost like a cream puff of sorts. I don't know if Randy spurts Jelly, but it was that good. Perfect way to start the day.


Runner Up:

Alright. Since Fatburger lost to In-N-Out, I decided to give it a lame 'runner up' award that would really just stigmatize Fatburger with 2nd place for the rest of its existence. It was really good. An awesome burger. It just didn't cut it. It couldn't beat out the legend. It's sauce just wasn't that special. Bummer, man.