r/fastfood • u/khomer1964 • 8d ago

Discussion What is so great about Chick-fil-A???

I travel 100% for my job. I travel all over the USA. I have been all over the East coast, West coast, Southeast and Midwest and every Chick-Fil-A i pass is packed with cars, Cars lined up in the drive-thru. What is so great about this place? I have had it a few times and don't see what is so great that people line up to buy it.

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u/Courage-Rude 8d ago

I usually ask the same question as OP about Cane's. Don't really understand what's so great about it.

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u/Z-man1973 8d ago

Canes has been bland every time I tried it, so I stick to another more popular local chain that actually seasons the fingers they serve

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u/ElectricSnowBunny 8d ago

Canes and Zaxby's are both bland and depend on sauces.

Wingstop and Popeyes are fantastic.

Culver's and Carl's Jr are sleepers.

Church's is overrated.

The rest are varying degrees of OK.

I don't expect much from white meat chicken, tho.

The random chicken places in gas stations are always the best.

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u/galactic_funk 7d ago

The Culver’s buffalo tenders are surprisingly very good

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u/ElectricSnowBunny 7d ago

I think Culver's is probably the best fast food place. I mean who serves not only a pot roast sandwich, but a damn good one?

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u/lovetron99 3d ago

Culver's is GOAT for having killer pot roast. It's probably my most-ordered item.

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u/ElectricSnowBunny 3d ago

That pot roast sandwich is fucking amazing

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u/NeighborhoodVeteran 5d ago

Speaking of Church's... I don't think I've heard anyone say anything good about the chain for at least a decade now.

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u/jayjello0o 5d ago

I had Walmart deli fried chicken for the first time in years yesterday. It was...keyword fresh...and TBH better than popeyes.

Gas station Krispy Krunchy has always been a favorite too and it's a Louisiana company I think.

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u/lovetron99 3d ago

I always see a Krispy Krunchy in the Chicago burbs and I've always wondered. Might have to try it now.

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u/ktran2804 8d ago

Very very fast lines in the drive thru, very consistent where you know what you are getting each time. I think this matters a lot to people in a quick jam to get some food on their breaks.

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u/Hog_and_a_Half 8d ago

People value consistency and fresh food. 

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u/User_OU812 8d ago

It's better than Zaxby's.

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u/Nobody_Important 8d ago

Strongly disagree, their menu has basically one item, which is maybe slightly better than zaxbys, but vastly better overshadowed by the lack of choices.

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u/SNjr 7d ago

I’ll take consistency over options

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u/GeorgeRRZimmerman 8d ago

Small menu, consistent, fast, best value in fried chicken hands down. Like, pound for pound, I can't beat their prices and cook times in my own kitchen making everything from scratch.

They absolutely own the process.

Oh and the secret ingredient is MSG. My estimate is that MSG has got to be like 20% of the weight of their batter mix and then the sauce is loaded with it, too. Not surprising, but goddamn is their stuff flooded with it.

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u/GrayDaysGoAway 7d ago

Cane's sauce is awesome, the toast is killer, the chicken is always very tender, and the thinner breading is a great change of pace from the usual thick bois everywhere else.

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u/Gasarakiiii 8d ago

I like Cane's chicken strips, we get them sometimes, but its sad they don't have hot sauce so we never eat there, always to go.

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u/coreyleblanc 8d ago

Cane's has hot sauce, you just have to ask for it.

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u/Gasarakiiii 8d ago

Sweet, I will check it out next time I go!