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07-17-2009, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by jdevelop2
Don't take me wrong, I absolutely love Austin. I am however amazed at the absence of some two major fast food brands. Anyone know why the following haven't entered the Austin market?
Krystal/White Castle
Checker's/Rally's
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I don't think I have ever seen either in any place in Texas I have been. Don't think that is an Austin thing. |
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07-17-2009, 10:47 AM
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Gen X in Sugar Land
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I thought there used to be Checkers in Austin? When I lived there, and then they closed. Or maybe I am just losing it.
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Originally Posted by theloneranger
Austin needs a Raising Cane's.
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Houston has them, so maybe soon. |
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07-17-2009, 10:48 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Texas
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Originally Posted by jdevelop2
Don't take me wrong, I absolutely love Austin. I am however amazed at the absence of some two major fast food brands. Anyone know why the following haven't entered the Austin market?
Krystal/White Castle
Checker's/Rally's
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We need more Waffle Houses. |
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07-17-2009, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by mimimomx3
I thought I was dreaming....with all the press about obesity and disease, you'd think we'd be clamoring for less fast food rather than more. Oh, well, I guess the national health care plan will take care of lipo and stomach stapling for us. Other than maybe Subway, there's no fast food place I would eat at.
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I forgot to mention, that I love fast food so much that I live in 78704.... and 78741 |
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07-17-2009, 11:00 AM
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Checker's was around Houston for a while. They pulled out of my town--probably couldn't compete with Sonic just down the road.
There's a Krystal in Spring, TX. Tried it and immediately disliked it. I think steamed burgers are just a tasteless novelty.
I don't really care about the lack of a few national chains. It's nice to have some decent local chains that flip a damn good burger like Dan's or Hill-berts for an occasional outing.
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07-17-2009, 11:14 AM
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Real Estate Agent
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Ah, yes, Hill-berts! I used to go by there regularly when they were on Lamar just south of 34th, was heartbroken when they closed, only to drive by and see them on Burnet the other day! Woo hoo!
Dan's is great for sit down, but they don't have a drive through, do they?
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07-17-2009, 11:19 AM
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Super
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The Dan's on N Lamar does not.
Hill-berts moved down the road from that old 34th location. They're off 35th street by the Randall's.
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07-17-2009, 11:28 AM
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Real Estate Agent
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Really? Because I saw them on Burnet in the shopping center up by Dallas. Do they have two locations now? (Gonna have to go get me a chocolate malt!)
Hey! They have 3! (But they're calling the Burnet Road one the "original", when the original was on 34th Street - ate there for decades - and something else was in the Burnet Road location.) |
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07-17-2009, 12:08 PM
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Location: Plano, TX
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I think there was a White Castle in South Austin back in the 1980s.
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07-17-2009, 12:31 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Austin
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I for one think that there are too many fast food chains in Austin. Remember, Keep Austin Weird. Not make Austin generic city USA.
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