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Fast Food - Any Chains That Ireland Lacks and Needs?

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    #32
    chickenbutt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭chickenbutt


    Taco Bell
    Waffle House

    Can't believe I forgot Jimmy John's!


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    #33
    Offside
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    Chick-Fil-A, can only be found in the South in America and its damn tasty, far better than KFC.

    I'd also love to see 5 guys and In and Out burger over here.


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    #34
    Coriolanus
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    Famous daves
    Culvers


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    #35
    The Scientician
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    Offside wrote: »
    Chick-Fil-A, can only be found in the South in America and its damn tasty, far better than KFC.

    They've got Chick-Fil-A in every state I've ever been in North and South. Never tried it though.


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    #36
    sillymoo
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    Cinnabon


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    #37
    Overflow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭Overflow


    White Castle :)


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    #38
    katharinewheel
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    A proper Pizza Hut wouldn't go amiss.

    I know there are those PHQ delivery things all over the place but after ordering from a few different ones I can't help but think that they're quite substandard.


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    #39
    MagicMarker
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    A&W and Dairy Queen.


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    #40
    CageWager
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    Offside wrote: »
    Chick-Fil-A

    +1 on Chick-Fil-A

    I dunno if anyone here has ever heard of it but theres a mexican chain in Texas called Freebirds thats amazing. Best burrito ive ever had. Nicer that chipotle IMO.

    An in and out burger wouldnt go amiss here either..


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    #41
    lmkman
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    Cheescake Factory. mmmmmmmmmm


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    #42
    YouTookMyName
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    Krispy Kreme.


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    #43
    angeldelight
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    Shake Shack! Gorgeous burgers


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    #44
    JayeL
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    +1 for IHOP or even just somewhere you could get similarly fluffy pancakes. Taco Bell is surprisingly tasty, I think they were in the UK for a while.

    I'd love to see more American diner food over here, Eddie's is grand but the sheer joy/novelty of asking your eggs (yes, plural) to be cooked a certain way is something I don't think an indigenous restaurant would ever even think of.

    Someone should also import the Coldstone Creamery method of mixing ice-cream, strange but amazing to watch.


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    #45
    cHaTbOx
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    Los Pollos Hermanos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDEBRf_H6A4


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    #46
    bnt
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    later10 wrote: »
    Not a fan of their food (there is no such thing as Portuguese food) but excellent advertising campaigns!
    Nando's, Portuguese? They're originally from South Africa, specifically Johannesburg, and they've been around a long time. I went to one in Johannesburg some time around 1988, though it wasn't the original restaurant. Their food is based on Mozambique style chicken, and since Mozambique was a Portuguese colony, some of that cuisine spread to Portugal later. But the Nando's founders didn't get it from Portugal.

    Dunno if I'd call them real fast food, either. Me, I'd like to see a place that does better burgers, such as a Fatburger or a In-N-Out. Despite the sound of the name, the Fatburger I had in Denver wasn't that unhealthy - good beef that you could taste clean through a wedge of veg.

    Taco Bell? Only been to one recently (Denver again), but on that basis - no thanks. They're fast, I'll give them that ..! :eek:

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    #47
    doddly
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    Arbys
    In and out
    Ihop


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    #48
    Ponster
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    Not fast food but I'd like to see a few more Wagamamas about.


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    #49
    Plazaman
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    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    I would love if there was a really good American Diner like one you'd see n the program Diners, Drive-ins & Dives.

    A high quality fast food, BBQ, steaks, ribs etc with everything prepared from fresh.

    +1 on any Triple D type diner, I don't think there's any place with a decent year round Barberque Pit or slow cooking style. Of course the cost of supplies in Ireland would mean either smaller portions or the price tage for rack of ribs would be €950*

    * May by a slight exaggeration


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    #50
    chughes
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    I'm surprised there's no mention of Hooters yet.

    Oh, and they do nice food too.


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    #51
    Tom
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    Red Lobster has excellent seafood at a very reasonable price but good seafood always comes at a price here so probably wouldn't be feasible.


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    #52
    swingking
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    Dunkin donuts


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    #53
    boredatwork82
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    Jack in the box was cool too.


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    #54
    Burning Eclipse
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    For the 2 people who have said Cheesecake Factory... what about it strikes you as being fast food? There is nothing fast about CF. The one in San Fran had waiting times of 25-45 minutes just to get a table any time I was there.

    I agree that it's tasty food though. Could defo go for a slice of their tiramisu cheesecake now... yes, I know it's 9 am.


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    #55
    lmkman
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭lmkman


    25 min queue in San Fran. the one in Chicago was worse 1.5 hours but u could gget the same menu upsatils. Their Nachos are fab. There portion sizes massive


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    #56
    charlietheminxx
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    JayeL wrote: »
    Someone should also import the Coldstone Creamery method of mixing ice-cream, strange but amazing to watch.

    ColdStone ice-cream - nomnomnom! WANT.


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    #57
    Sofa King Great
    Registered Users Posts: 869 ✭✭✭Sofa King Great


    Chipotle

    In n out burger

    Jack in the Box


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    #58
    ringadingding
    Registered Users Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭ringadingding


    We need a 'Los pollos hermanos'.
    Gus fring is a genial host with a flair for running a good operation


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    #59
    Burning Eclipse
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    lmkman wrote: »
    25 min queue in San Fran. the one in Chicago was worse 1.5 hours but u could gget the same menu upsatils. Their Nachos are fab. There portion sizes massive

    :eek: That's insane!!

    Portion sizes were indeed massive... myself and my wife got nachos (yes, they are fabulous), chicken wings and onion rings (3 appetizers) and no main courses... Between the 2 of us, we couldn't even finish the 3 appetizers, and that was after a morning of walking constantly. Oh the memories...


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    #60
    iMax
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    Somebody doing research for a franchise ???

    There was also a Pizza Hut in Phibsboro (where Eddie Rockets now is) some time around 1978, it lasted for about two years, we weren't ready for such exotic tastes as pineapple on a pizza, nor were we ready for a pizza base that wasn't made of cardboard.

    KFC replaced (IIRC) Pat Grace's famous fried chicken, which in itself was a small chain but one of the first specialising.

    I can remember when McDonald's opened in Ireland (Grafton Street & O'Connell Street - both opened the same year). Brown & Yellow decor. "Seats" that you rested your ass on as they tilted down at an angle so you didn't spend time sitting around. They had it down that a customer should be turned around & out the door in ten minutes.

    The queues were out the door at the weekends & yes kids, we only went there once or twice a year usually on our birthdays (they even had a Ronald McDonald Ice Cream cake for birthday parties.

    There was a King Burger (not burger king) on Henry Street where the "new" part of clears is in the early 80s. They served bottled beer there. Burned down suspiciously in 1985 I think.

    My vote goes to Taco Bell or Hooters or Dennys or Chillis or Jack in the box (although that's just a supermacs that do it better).


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    #61
    Cavehill Red
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    later10 wrote: »
    (there is no such thing as Portuguese food)

    What?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_cuisine


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