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In the South, chains are about fried chicken, biscuits, tacos, burgers, and addiction. And until these ones expand, they're the reason Southern expats are burning millions of gallons of gas on drive-thru pilgrimages.

Well, maybe . . . I am a sucker for a good biscuit.

raising Canes is the fastest way to feed a teen-aged soccer team with no complaints.

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A "southern" chain of drive-in "food" opened up in the great north here called Sonic. Within a year all the locations closed around here. Think some go for the dart board method.

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1991 560 SEL / 185k miles
1992 750il / 17k miles - project car

Must have been hard rollerskating to the cars in a Wisconsin winter.

That may have been part of it. People here though it was a joke they would even try it.

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1991 560 SEL / 185k miles
1992 750il / 17k miles - project car

Chain food is chain food. North, South, West, Tacos no matter.
Salt, sugar and grease.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

More fried food.....just what we all need.

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Current:
1985 300D aka Miss Margaret
1991 300SE aka Alarice
1995 SL320 aka Samantha
1997 K1500 Silverado
Past:
1999 E300 ex-wife got it and let her son ruin it
1984 190 2.3 ex-wife got it and let her son destroy a great car
1985 300D (CA version) aka Maybelline lost to deer at high speed.
1981 300D aka Madeline (went to salvage at near 400k) rusty, yet best car I ever drove
Wishlist:
McFarlan TV6 (only a few privately owned)
ReVere with Rochester engine
1917 Premier (only one left)

All things in moderation.

I do enjoy a good quiznos, whataburger, chic-fil-a and sometimes waffle house meal from time to time. Raising canes just came here recently that I know of and have yet to try them. Seems chicken places are popping up all the time. 10 years ago all we had were KFC, Popeyes and churches along with bill miller but now we have golden chick, raising cane, bush's and something else I cant remember the name of.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

I ate at a Quiznos a couple of times, pretty good stuff. Heard an article on NPR a while back about how Q. franchise holders were pissed at the main hq. Apparently had to buy supplies from hq only at marked up prices. I just read that the company is filing for bankruptcy.

I can imagine there are plenty of sad stories of franchise holders who sunk years of their life into one of these, not to mention a 5 to 6 figure grubstake, and came up empty. Like the Sonic place in WI. The company may have felt very little pain on that one.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

wow, that is unusual, that is good old "merican drive in food.... not enough cheese curds I guess....

1. WhattaBurger: good, but Its a burger. Here, Braum's is way better (Braum's | Ice Cream and Dairy Stores)

2. Waffle House: great drunken food. end up there at 0200 to 0530 and its a festival

3. Taco Casa: THIS IS WHAT FAST TEX MEX IS ALL ABOUT. Taco Bell in the days before Pepsico, Cheese, meat, corn....classic food

reminds me of the high water mark of Krispy Kreme when it showed up in RI. Everyone in the state went once to check it out, and the place closed a few months later as everyone returned to the Dunkin Donuts stranglehold on the northeast.

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Many people blame the downfall of Krispy Kreme on the "Atkins" diet craze where carbs were shunned, but in reality, it was a failed franchising system. The franchise was hurt by 1) too many outlets (stand alone stores, grocery stores, convenience stores) selling the product; 2) too close to each other and 3) they choked their franchise owners to death with high markups on machinery and product.