Curious to hear from dispirited diners online, Redditor enjoysuffering asked:
"What discontinued menu item from a restaurant do you miss the most?"
Fast food joints are constantly updating their menus–sometimes to much success, and others, much to the chagrin of fans.
Yesterday's Salad
"Wendy's used to have a mandarin orange chicken salad that was amazing and the potato wedges from Jack in the box!!"
– RogueSleuth_
"I remember that salad! As a kid I thought it was strange to put fruit in there until my mom let me try some."
– Wooden_Artist_2000
Bye To The Snack Wrap
"Every fast food placed used to have a chicken wrap, and I don't get why they're gone. I mean they were never that great, but they were the best food to eat while driving."
– Justice_Prince
The Colonel Has Spoken
"popcorn chicken from KFC. They were genius, why would they remove them?!?"
– Will-i-n-g
"KFC is dead to me. Why get rid of potato wedges? It's criminal."
– fingerpuppet716
Back To The Beginning
"The entire Subway menu needs to be switched back to it's original form."
– jimbosdayoff
"When you walk into a Quiznos and ask for a sub that has its ingredients pre-selected the workers actually knew what to put on it without looking at the menu.When you walk into subway and they have all these new fancy pre-made subs they have no f'kin idea what goes on it and just ask you what you want anyways."
– t_funnymoney
Nothing sweet about these goodbyes.
The Bell Said 'Adios'
"Caramel apple empanadas from Taco Bell."
– Capable-Pay-4308
"There were nights where I'd go to Taco bell for a caramel apple empanada...and that was it. Not sure what the staff thought of me when that happened, but I don't care. Those things were fcking delicious."
– Better-be-Gryffindor
A Scalding Hot Favorite
"The fried cherry pies from McDonald's."
"Some places still have fried apple pies (popeyes, Taco Bell used to have a fried caramel apple empanada), but nobody has cherry."
– NecroJoe
"Oh man...! I remember those as a kid! You had to wait a several minutes before you bit into it, otherwise the Liquid Hot Mmmag-ma that is the cherry or apple filling would lay waste to the roof of your mouth."
– Any_Street
Healthy Goodbye
"Fruit and yogurt parfait from McDonald’s. Don’t understand why they got rid of it."
– Billiesoceaneyes
"Can almost guarantee they became 'too expensive' when produce started going up like crazy. Hell, everything went up, I believe it was around early pandemic when there were supply-chain issues galore. But they got rid of salads right around the same time, I guess you can hold frozen stuff damn-near indefinitely, but not so yogurt or lettuce."
– Sp1d3rb0t
It's not always about fast food.
Mad At The Factory
"Cheesecake Factory f'ked me thrice."
"First, got rid of their chicken Caesar sandwich. Second, got ride of their shrimp po-boy sandwich (remoulade was awesome). Third, got rid of the chocolate peanut-butter cookie dough cheesecake."
"Complete a**holes."
– CalabreseAlsatian
Another One Bites The Dust
"They got rid of their Oreo cheesecake years ago and I’m still not over it. Now it’s a half chocolate cake, half Oreo cheesecake fudge thing and it’s just too much."
– FiftyShadesOfGregg
"Chocolate Perfection"
"Chocolate lasagna at Olive Garden early 2000s, not the fake thing they have now. The old one had like a whipped cream cheese icing between layers of fluffy chocolate cake. There were white chocolate shavings on top. I was broke but would buy slices of it to take home and slowly devour. It was chocolate perfection."
– GreyWanderingFish
It's the bargain prices these customers miss most.
Beloved Dollar Menu
"It's more a general thing, but back when there were actual dollar menus at fast food places."
"Like you could get 2 tacos, a Jr Bacon Cheeseburger, and fries for $3. The broke adult's feast."
"Now the 'value menu' is like $2-3 an item."
– AVBforPrez
Meal For A Steal
"90s prices"
– Kangaroowrangler_02
"I'll take even late 00's pricing."
– Bubba420
"$5 footlongs!"
– Professional-Kiwi176
I still lament the loss of the garden poutine that used to be offered at my favorite mediterranean restaurant in Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan called Kashkaval Garden.
They seriously perfected the ratio between gravy and potato pork belly.
The other items on the menu are definitely delicious, but when they unceremoniously did away with my and my husband's favorite dish, it was enough for us not to go back.
Sad but true.
Redditor BungOnMimosas was curious to hear what people considered to be the most overhyped fast food chains around, leading them to ask:
"What do you think are the most overrated fast-food chains? Why?"
"Food As It Should Be"... Or Not...
"I know it's not technically 'fast food', but Panera Bread pisses me off."
"Insanely expensive for extremely average food." - Reddit
"Panera."
"Their quality has decreased so much in the past few years and they’ve added weird sh*t to their menu like pizza and chicken sandwiches."
"Massive identity crisis and crap food."- asm233
Things Ain't What They Used To Be...
"All of them, now that they charge real restaurant prices."- P00pf4rt5
Golden Arches
"As much as I hate to say it, McDonald's is the only place that I can think of that the quality hasn't changed much."
"I mean, that's a pretty low bar, but it is what it is."- gnatman66
happy ronald mcdonald GIF by McDonald's CZ/SKGiphy"The majority of them, especially the really big ones (McDonald's, Wendy's, BK, Pizza Hut, etc)."
"The prices are no longer fast food prices and the quality is not there like it used to be."
"Far better local options that cost roughly the same at the end of the day."- senorita_diablo
Consistency Is Key...
"Dunkin."
"You can go to the same location three separate times, have the food made by the same staff, and receive 3 wildly different results."- AndrewLampart
Not So Popular Anywhere, It seems...
"KFC in France became so bad."- SterBout
fried chicken animation GIF by octavioterolLikely Won't Go National...
"Idk how wide spread they are, but in the Buffalo NY area there is a chain called Mighty Taco."
"They were even voted best tacos a few years ago."
"It is absolutely terrible food."
"I’ve tried to like it and given them 3 chances."
"Each time I couldn’t eat more than a couple bites."
"Absolutely terrible and I’m disgusted even thinking about their sour vomit in a tortilla."- aa-2020
"Eat Fresh"...
"I think I’ve answered this question before but definitely for me, it’s Subway."
"Nothing but a giant hunk of bread."
"I’m editing this to add that part of my anger about Subway is how good it used to be."
"I can remember the days of nearly a whole can of tuna salad delicious sub."
"And a Veggie sub with Swiss cheese and piles of yummy veggies and the sweet Vidalia onion sauce."
"It’s all gone to sh*t."
"I would’ve been perfectly OK with increasing price but the big drop in quality pissed me off."
"Oh woe is me with my first world problems."- Mysterious-Region640
football ok GIF by Subway ColombiaGiphyQuantity Doesn't Guarantee Quality...
"Starbucks is a scam."- cmkeller62
Tasty, But Not Worth It...
"I’m going to say Five Guys."
"Not because the food isn’t good, but because I’m not paying $20 for a burger meal."- 2PacTookMyLunchMoney
"Dairy queen grill and Chill for sure."
"I worked at one for a lil' while and 1 burger combo is $14.56 CAD."- lolidk13
Ice Cream Miracle Treat Day GIF by Children's Miracle Network HospitalsGiphyAnd Not In A Good Way...
Big Kahuna Burger, it kills you."-Darklock2022
No two people have the same taste in food.
Some people know to avoid crappy food, while others eat literally nothing else.
Redditor Dangerous_Language26 asked:
"What is the worst fast food chain?"
Everyone Out Pizzas The Hut
"The sad, sad decline of Pizza Hut."
"Back in the 80's and early 90's it used be the place where you had pizza parties."
"You read your books to get a free personal pan pizza."
"Then they started to cut corners."
"The tomato sauce tasted different, the crust was hard."
"It was greasy and it just drove people away."
"Compared that to Dominoes which was literally the lowest tier of pizza and Pizza Hut dominated them for years."
"Then Dominoes hired Patrick Doyle as their CEO in 2010."
"They ran all those ads on focus groups and how they were going to improve their customer service and change their recipe."
"It all worked and using tracking technology and GPS Dominoes went from the bottom of the barrel to the king of the hill.""
"Now Pizza Hut is at the bottom."- dresn231
GiphyTim Would Be Appalled
"Tim Horton's - at least in the US."
"Their food is universally gross and overpriced."
"Their donuts are gas station quality at best."
"And the biggest most unforgivable sin is that for a chain that prides itself on coffee, they serve it in an atom-thin, hand-scalding cup through a drive-through window so, unless you have carpenter's callouses on your hand, you are assured to get first-degree burns."
"They use those cheap 1975 era coffee lids that you have to manually peel back, ensuring further skin damage as a splash of coffee will inevitably come out."
"Then finally you lift it to your lips, but with no other pinhole to regulate flow a geyser of 400-degree lava vaporizes the skin on your lips."
"You try to stuff your mouth with what you know is going to be an average-at-best donut just to have something to soak it up but that donut was cooked in a Cleveland warehouse that shares space with a Spirit of Halloween three days ago so it's just stale and bad and you can't decide if you want the burning coffee or the gross donut out of your mouth more."
"I've never felt like an entire chain hated its customers more than the masochists that visit Tim Horton's."- caffeinex2
Giphy"Tim Hortons gradually turned into complete sh*t after they were bought out."
"It's not even a Canadian company anymore."
"Their donuts have been garbage since they stopped baking them in store and their coffee isn't even good."
"Like you said all their food is gross."
"As a Canadian I've been boycotting them for quite some time. It's a shame because they used to be very good."-divine__love
Not Even Cheap Any More
"Gonna give a curveball answer: Subway"
"Since they dropped the $5 footlong model, they are are just overpriced and underwhelming subs."
"Go to Jersey Mikes, Firehouse, (good God come here, best subs for a chain IMO), Ike’s Love and Sandwiches (if one is near you?), or some really good mom and pop deli shops."
"There nothing redeeming about their subs"- Flaux454
Not Finger Lickin' Good
"KFC. Used to be my absolute favourite but when they changed the chips it started going downhill."
"Now they're just super slow at getting the food out, even when it's not that busy (at least all the ones where I live are)."- OrangesandLemons98
GiphyArby's Of The Past
"I was going to say Arby’s, because about twenty years ago an Arby’s franchise had all the charm of a crack house, but it feels like they’ve come around lately."
"Maybe new ownership, I don’t know."- Playful-Opportunity5
GiphyNot The Queen Of Dairy
"My husband is a health inspector and he will without a doubt tell you it's Dairy Queen."- cassiecas88
Ice Cream Animation GIF by JakeGiphyKing Of Burgers?
"I'm not sure about worst, but I don't understand how Burger King is still around."
"They just opened a new one about 2 miles from where I live."
"It's across the street from McDonald's and near a Subway."
"I never see anyone there.'
"Their dining room never seems to be open, there are never any cars in the parking lot."
"You drive by, and there will be 12 cars in the McDonald's parking lot and 5-6 cars in the drive through, and the BK is a ghost town."
"And many of them around here are like that."
"Nearest I can figure, they're all drug fronts."- pm1966
"Burger King."
"Do not need to explain."- True0Tech
"Burger King."
"Hands down."
"I've never once had a good experience at one, to include the taste of the food."
"Like you know its bad when even McDonalds is better."- Chris-P-Taco
GiphyNo Time For Taco Time
"Taco Time."
"Not to be confused with Taco Time Northwest (which is a f**king delight ::chef’s kiss::)."
" Regular Taco Time makes Taco Bell seem like fine dining and tastes like Satan’s butthole."- reruning
Don't Stop For Their Wings
"Wingstop."
"My source, you ask?"
"I work there lmao."
"Chicken is sh*t quality and super small not to mention how awful all the stuff in the sauces are."
"Everybody is obsessed with the ranch despite it literally just being mayo/buttermilk/hidden valley ranch packets."
"AND the new sandwiches we just started are nasty and come out raw despite cooking them exactly how corporate told us."
"Not to mention everything is just stupid expensive."
"$1.69 for a tiny side of ranch at my store."- smallemochick
GiphyChipotle Sucks Now I Guess
"I gotta say Chipotle."
"Hear me out."
"When they first started showing up they were really good."
"Cilantro lime rice. Tasty barbacoa." Decent hot sauce."
"It was treat going there."
"It wasn't too expensive and enough food that you'd always be stuffed full after eating."
"What else could you want?"
"Qdoba showed up."
"It sucked."
"It was terrible compared to Chipotle."
"Not even competition."
"Then Qdoba got good."
"Chipotle panicked and decided the solution was to increase their prices, shrink the menu options, and change their recipes."
"Suddenly the rice was bland."
"The barbacoa was dry and tasteless."
"They added that terrible cheese sauce that is truly inedible."
"I mean parmesan? Really? "
"Not a lime in the store. Just dreadful. "
"Their speed of service became embarrassingly slow."
"I don't think I've been there since that Godawful cheese sauce."
"I want 2008 Chipotle back."
"I think that was peak Chipotle. I'd get lunch there by myself and stare bleakly out the window at the parking lot; thinking about hating my job and enjoying my food."- mostlygray
GiphyMaybe Their Name Wasn't Meant To Be A Compliment?
"Whataburger."
"More like whatadisappointment."- DieselSwapEverything·
Wb Reaction GIF by WhataburgerGiphyThey Don't Deserve To Ring That Bell!
"I'm from South Africa."
"I visited the USA in January 2020, right before the pandemic started."
"I had always wanted to try Taco Bell after always hearing about it on TV and movies."
"So I found one in San Francisco, tried that taco that come with cheese in the middle of the soft taco shell, and I was incredibly disappointed."
"It just didn't taste very good, very greasy.:
"The other food I had there was okay, but Taco Bell was a major let down."- Cezkarma
taco bell tacos GIF by Justin GammonGiphyAre Any Of Them Good?
"All of em."- bl4ckpetunia
D For Disgusting?
"How has no one said Captain D's."- scorpio-mofo
More Like Pizza "No-WAY!"
"I'm not sure if anyone has heard about this place called 'Pizza Nova', but my god do they suck."
"Also there's this very unheard of chain called 'Fast Eddie's'."
"Sh*t is vomit inducing."- abstractdarkk
Rainbow Pizza GIFGiphyNo One's "Lovin' It" Any More...
"McDonalds is the worst thing from America."- DickInYourMouth69
"McDonald's."
"Food has gotten very expensive and is usually stale and unfilling."- Mysterydumper
ronald mcdonald wink GIFGiphyDefinitely Won't Come To Papa!
"Papa John's."
"The only pizza I have ever had that I threw out after one bite."
"Dominos is like homemade from Italy compared to that crap."- Ok-Asparagus-3296
Hungry Food GIF by Papa John’sGiphyNot all chains live up to their advertising, but quality can sometimes really depend on each individual location.
So go ahead and try that new place out, just don't be surprised if it kinda sucks.
