Home > Table Talk > Archives > 2008 > February > 11
Monday, February 11, 2008
What’s the best fast food or quick service restaurant?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Quality and fast food aren’t always hand-in-hand. Still, most of us have our favorites. A new survey of customers of fast-food and quick service restaurants across America placed several restaurants with Atlanta outlets in the top 10.
Some of them are easy to find, like homegrown favorite Chick-fil-A, which came in at No. 5. Others with many local outlets include Panera Bread, at No. 3; Firehouse Subs and Starbucks.
But some have just a few outlets in metro Atlanta or around the state, like Ledo Pizza, with stores in Norcross and Duluth, and Raising Cane’s, a chicken finger spot with locations in Athens and Augusta.
Here’s the top 10 from the Sandelman & Associates Quick Track awards. (In-N-Out Burger, based on the West Coast, usually tops the awards but this year, Pei Wei, a quick-service restaurant from the folks behind P.F. Chang’s, took the top spot.) Neither have Atlanta locations. 1. Pei Wei 2. In-N-Out Burger 3. Panera Bread/St. Louis Bread Co. 4. Raising Cane’s 5. Chick-fil-A 6. Firehouse Subs 7. Chico’s Tacos 8. Ledo’s Pizza 9. Starbucks 10. Imo’s Pizza
If you’ve been to Ledo or Raising Cane’s, what do you think? What’s your favorite fast food restaurant or quick-service place, and why? Do you agree with the rankings on this list? Who got left off the list that deserves Top 10 status?
Permalink | Comments (21) | Post your comment | Categories: Dining
Food Network Comes to Cabbagetwon
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Photo: Inside Cabbagetown Market and Little’s Grill, where one of things you can buy is raw milk… Louie Favorite/AJC staff
Calling all foodies and Food Network chowhounds: Cabbagetown Market and Little’s Grill, owned and operated by Lisa Hanson and Maria Locke, will be featured in an upcoming episode of the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” hosted by the whackily tattooed and coifed Guy Fieri. The show features forgotten-but-revived slices of culinary Americana, and Little’s fits the bill, having been a grocery and sandwich grill in Cabbagetown since 1929.
Hanson would like to “fill the store” with local folks for the taping, which takes place this Thursday, Valentine’s Day, beginning around noon. Hanson and Locke will be preparing the Grill’s famous fried pickles alongside the grass-fed beef burger with pimiento cheese and the store’s legendary Lime Rickey, but don’t expect a full lunch menu if you decide to go: the menu that day will be limited due to the taping. So go for the taping to support our local food scene!
198 Carroll Street Atlanta, Georgia 30312 404.221.9186 Cabbagetown Market and Little’s Grill
Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment | Categories: Dining
