#1 posting 6.29.2008
a periodic look at life in the fast food lane
I traveled to Sioux Falls and back on Friday through Sunday. So here we go with a extended trip chronicle.
FRIDAY
Since I left right at breakfast time Burger King was the first stop:
BURGER KING
Place: Burger King, 8501 Xylon Ave N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445
Date: Friday, June 27, 2008
Meal: breakfast
Order: #1 Croissant Sausage, Egg Cheese meal with small hashbrown and orange juice.
Total cost: $4.24
Method: drive through
Time entered line: 7:00 am
order time finished: 0:09
Wait to pay: 1:08
Wait for food: 0:01
Total elapsed time: 1:17
extremely fast.
SUBWAY
Place: Subway, 3101 W 41st St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Date: Friday, June 27, 2008
Meal: lunch*
Order: cold cut 6 inch
Total cost: $3.20
Method: take out
Time entered line: 11:32 am
order time finished: 2:39
Wait to pay: 0:09
Wait for food: 0:01
Total elapsed time: 2:49
this was for supper since I was going to be locked in for nine straight games and I wanted a little more than the hot dogs involved.
BURGER KING
Place: Burger King, 2509 W 41st St., Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Date: Friday, June 27, 2008
Meal: lunch
Order: Value meal #3 Double cheeseburger, medium fries, Diet Coke
Total cost: $4.14
Method: drive through
Time entered line: 11:39 am
order time finished: 1:19
Wait to pay: 1:28
Wait for food: 0:01
Total elapsed time: 2:48
SATURDAY
With breakfast provided by the hotel I only needed two meals
SONIC
Place: Sonic Drive In, 3810 W 34th St., Sioux Falls, SD 57106
Date: Saturday, June 28, 2008
Meal: Lunch
Order: SSCB Deal, onion rings, and a diet Dr. Pepper.
Total cost: $6.51
Method: Drive in
Time entered line: 2:12 pm
order time finished: 0:57
Wait to pay: right away
Wait for food: 6:20
Total elapsed time: 7:17
This was back to the future with the 50s themed Sonic Drive in. It is similar to the old A&W pull style. There are a few differences or modern improvements. First you call in the order with the flick of a switch. Second you pay with a credit card like at a gas station. The waitress comes to the car, but there was no tray that hangs on the car window as in the past. Instead you get your meal in a bag.
Sioux Falls has two Sonics, Minnesota has one.
MC DONALD'S
Place: McDonald's, 3200 South Minnesota Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Date: Saturday, June 28, 2008
Meal: supper
Order: #3 Quarterpounder with cheese meal, Diet Coke
Total cost: $5:03
Method: take out
Time entered line: 7:52 pm
order time finished: 0:30
Wait to pay: 0:01
Wait for food: 1:16
Total elapsed time: 1:47
fast for a Saturday. I avoided the 8 car line and went in to order. No one was in front and as you can see it was quick and painless. I may have been in the drive through line still.
SUNDAY
WENDY'S
Place: Wendy's, 303 11th Ave S, Hopkins, MN 55343
Date: Sunday, June 29, 2008
Meal: lunch
Order: #2 Double Cheeseburger meal. Diet Coke
Total cost: $6.07
Method: drive through
Time entered line: 1:27
order time finished: 0:20
Wait to pay: 0:38
Wait for food: 1:16
Total elapsed time: 2:14
Obviously this trip was heavy on burgers
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Ames: McDonald's, and B-Bop's
#1 posting 6.23.2008
a periodic look at life in the fast food lane
AMES TWO-FER
Yesterday I was down in Ames, Iowa for the All Iowa Attack girls basketball tournament and stopped by McDonald's for lunch and B-Bop's for supper. B-Bop's is an Iowa hamburger drive in type that harkens back to the 50's. There are only seven B-Bop's around and all are in Iowa.
This McDonald's was a bit slow in the lunch experience. We went with the take out method and there were problems with orders to our right where a store manager had to come and sort things out. Nothing was wrong with my order. It just took longer than normal because of the people in front were slow.
B-Bop's served up large drinks compared to McD's, and their fries were hot, but probably thinner, and had the deep fried feel.
Joining me on the excursion to Ames was Tony Geer and Stephen Froemming.
MC DONALD'S
Place: McDonald's, 534 South Duff, Ames, IA 50010
Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008
Meal: lunch
Order: #3 1/4 lb double with cheese meal and a Diet Coke
Total cost: $5.10
Method: take out
Time entered line: 2:07 pm
order time finished: 3:30
Wait to pay: 0:09
Wait for food: 3:28
Total elapsed time: 7:07
B-BOP'S
Place: B-Bop's, 1112 S Duff, Ames, Iowa 50010
Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008
Meal: supper
Order: #1 Single Cheeseburger meal with a diet coke
Total cost: $3.93
Method: drive through
Time entered line: 6:33 pm
order time finished: 1:00
Wait to pay: 1:10
Wait for food: 2:06
Total elapsed time: 4:16
After the order usually at other drive throughs we are told to pull forward. Not so here at B-Bop's.
a periodic look at life in the fast food lane
AMES TWO-FER
Yesterday I was down in Ames, Iowa for the All Iowa Attack girls basketball tournament and stopped by McDonald's for lunch and B-Bop's for supper. B-Bop's is an Iowa hamburger drive in type that harkens back to the 50's. There are only seven B-Bop's around and all are in Iowa.
This McDonald's was a bit slow in the lunch experience. We went with the take out method and there were problems with orders to our right where a store manager had to come and sort things out. Nothing was wrong with my order. It just took longer than normal because of the people in front were slow.
B-Bop's served up large drinks compared to McD's, and their fries were hot, but probably thinner, and had the deep fried feel.
Joining me on the excursion to Ames was Tony Geer and Stephen Froemming.
MC DONALD'S
Place: McDonald's, 534 South Duff, Ames, IA 50010
Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008
Meal: lunch
Order: #3 1/4 lb double with cheese meal and a Diet Coke
Total cost: $5.10
Method: take out
Time entered line: 2:07 pm
order time finished: 3:30
Wait to pay: 0:09
Wait for food: 3:28
Total elapsed time: 7:07
B-BOP'S
Place: B-Bop's, 1112 S Duff, Ames, Iowa 50010
Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008
Meal: supper
Order: #1 Single Cheeseburger meal with a diet coke
Total cost: $3.93
Method: drive through
Time entered line: 6:33 pm
order time finished: 1:00
Wait to pay: 1:10
Wait for food: 2:06
Total elapsed time: 4:16
After the order usually at other drive throughs we are told to pull forward. Not so here at B-Bop's.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Wendy's: Rogers
#1 posting 6.21.2008
a periodic look at life in the fast food lane.
WENDY'S: Rogers
No I haven't been starving myself or on a fast. I know my fan is eager for another report so here it goes: Today I was up at Rogers for the Breakdown tournament and I grabbed a bite to eat after the three championship games. It was off to Wendy's for a #2. It met the requirement of being on the right hand side of the road.
Place: Wendy's, 21601 S. Diamond Lake Road, Rogers, MN 55374
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008
Meal: supper
Order: #2 1/2 lb double with cheese meal and a Diet Coke
Total cost: $6:07
Method: drive through
Time entered line: 7:42 pm
order time finished: 1:00 (one car in front)
Wait to pay: 0:19
Wait for food: 0:28
Total elapsed time: 1:47
A Saturday with fast service? it is true. Maybe it was because the timing was after the supper rush. The service not only was fast, but cheerful.
a periodic look at life in the fast food lane.
WENDY'S: Rogers
No I haven't been starving myself or on a fast. I know my fan is eager for another report so here it goes: Today I was up at Rogers for the Breakdown tournament and I grabbed a bite to eat after the three championship games. It was off to Wendy's for a #2. It met the requirement of being on the right hand side of the road.
Place: Wendy's, 21601 S. Diamond Lake Road, Rogers, MN 55374
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008
Meal: supper
Order: #2 1/2 lb double with cheese meal and a Diet Coke
Total cost: $6:07
Method: drive through
Time entered line: 7:42 pm
order time finished: 1:00 (one car in front)
Wait to pay: 0:19
Wait for food: 0:28
Total elapsed time: 1:47
A Saturday with fast service? it is true. Maybe it was because the timing was after the supper rush. The service not only was fast, but cheerful.
Monday, June 9, 2008
TGI Friday's: Burnsville
#1 posting 6.9.2008
a periodic look at life in the fast food lane
TGI FRIDAY'S: Burnsville
My nephew graduated from St. Thomas and today I took him out for lunch at TGI Friday's. It was his call and he chose TGI Friday's. This is another sit down restaurant. The lunch crowd had pretty much vacated by the time we arrived. We got a booth. Naomi the waitress arrived early for our meal order, but we needed more time. I took the Tennessee BBQ sliders. These are two little hamburgers--think White Castle with more pizzazz. They maybe could make it three instead of two. Naomi asked if we wanted the drinks refilled (no) and if we had room for dessert (again no). The onion rings numbered about 8. I was hoping for more. Ice ruled the drink.
This was the first Monday, first meal over $10, and first time the food arrived over 20 minutes after we arrived.
Place: TGI Friday's, 14400 Buckhill Rd., Burnsville, MN 55306
Date: Monday, June 9, 2008
Meal: lunch
Order: Tennessee BBQ sliders, onion rings, and diet coke
Total cost: $11.00
Method: Dine in
Time entered: 12:38 pm
Sitting down: 0:52
drink order finished: 0:24
meal order finished: 4:51
Order arrived 16:13
check arrived: 16:06
paid and left: 3:34
Total elapsed time: 42:00
a periodic look at life in the fast food lane
TGI FRIDAY'S: Burnsville
My nephew graduated from St. Thomas and today I took him out for lunch at TGI Friday's. It was his call and he chose TGI Friday's. This is another sit down restaurant. The lunch crowd had pretty much vacated by the time we arrived. We got a booth. Naomi the waitress arrived early for our meal order, but we needed more time. I took the Tennessee BBQ sliders. These are two little hamburgers--think White Castle with more pizzazz. They maybe could make it three instead of two. Naomi asked if we wanted the drinks refilled (no) and if we had room for dessert (again no). The onion rings numbered about 8. I was hoping for more. Ice ruled the drink.
This was the first Monday, first meal over $10, and first time the food arrived over 20 minutes after we arrived.
Place: TGI Friday's, 14400 Buckhill Rd., Burnsville, MN 55306
Date: Monday, June 9, 2008
Meal: lunch
Order: Tennessee BBQ sliders, onion rings, and diet coke
Total cost: $11.00
Method: Dine in
Time entered: 12:38 pm
Sitting down: 0:52
drink order finished: 0:24
meal order finished: 4:51
Order arrived 16:13
check arrived: 16:06
paid and left: 3:34
Total elapsed time: 42:00
Sunday, June 8, 2008
McDonald's: Delano
#1 posting 6.8.2008
a periodic look at life in the fast food lane
MC DONALD'S: Delano
It has been a while.
It may have been because it was a Saturday night during graduation season. It may have been the road construction. Whatever the reason, the service was poor at Delano's McDonald. I ordered the #3 the Quarterpounder with Cheese meal. After dosing up with my insulin I saw that it was not a quarterpounder with cheese at all, at least not the cheese portion. Instead they had lettuce and tomato on it. I went back in and tried to get it fixed. They put the cheese on it. The cheese wasn't melted into the burger, just a cold slab and the burger was cold afterword. Plus the tomato and lettuce remained. If they have changed the formula for the quarterpounder I haven't heard about it. When I returned to the car I saw it was still not right, but decided I was too hungry to try to get it changed again.
This was the slowest drive through bar none. This came dangerously close to being behind the sit down supper I had last week at Davanni's. It only beat Davanni's by 26 seconds.
This is the 8th McDonald's on the chart. The average drive through time for the 7 before this Delano version---3:12. In fact four were less than 2:10.
Saturday's are the worst, the absolute worst day for service. The average time is 9+ minutes.
Sunday is the best time with 2:30.
I was in Delano watching a MYAS basketball tournament
Place: McDonald's, 1490 Babcock Blvd, Delano, MN 55328
Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008
Meal: supper
Order: #3 Quarter pounder meal with a medium Diet Coke
Total cost: $5.10
Method: drive through
Time entered line: 7:30
order time finished: 1:40 (one car in front)
Wait to pay: 6:37
Wait for food: 0:32
Wait to get the order right 3:41
Total elapsed time: 12:30
I did get two apple pies plus the modified quarterpounder.
Insulin dose: 6
a periodic look at life in the fast food lane
MC DONALD'S: Delano
It has been a while.
It may have been because it was a Saturday night during graduation season. It may have been the road construction. Whatever the reason, the service was poor at Delano's McDonald. I ordered the #3 the Quarterpounder with Cheese meal. After dosing up with my insulin I saw that it was not a quarterpounder with cheese at all, at least not the cheese portion. Instead they had lettuce and tomato on it. I went back in and tried to get it fixed. They put the cheese on it. The cheese wasn't melted into the burger, just a cold slab and the burger was cold afterword. Plus the tomato and lettuce remained. If they have changed the formula for the quarterpounder I haven't heard about it. When I returned to the car I saw it was still not right, but decided I was too hungry to try to get it changed again.
This was the slowest drive through bar none. This came dangerously close to being behind the sit down supper I had last week at Davanni's. It only beat Davanni's by 26 seconds.
This is the 8th McDonald's on the chart. The average drive through time for the 7 before this Delano version---3:12. In fact four were less than 2:10.
Saturday's are the worst, the absolute worst day for service. The average time is 9+ minutes.
Sunday is the best time with 2:30.
I was in Delano watching a MYAS basketball tournament
Place: McDonald's, 1490 Babcock Blvd, Delano, MN 55328
Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008
Meal: supper
Order: #3 Quarter pounder meal with a medium Diet Coke
Total cost: $5.10
Method: drive through
Time entered line: 7:30
order time finished: 1:40 (one car in front)
Wait to pay: 6:37
Wait for food: 0:32
Wait to get the order right 3:41
Total elapsed time: 12:30
I did get two apple pies plus the modified quarterpounder.
Insulin dose: 6
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
McDonald's: Woodbury
#1 posting 6.3.2008
a periodic look at life in the fast food lane
MC DONALD'S: Woodbury
After the Battle of the Hardwood I had supper at McDonald's in Woodbury. This was the 7th McDonald's that has made the list. This is another quick under two minute time. The average for drive throughs for those keeping track is 3:35.
McDonald's have four of the top five drive through times. This in Woodbury is #2 to Hudson.
The top four fastest service times are all on Sunday.
Three of the bottom slowest times are on Saturday.
Place: McDonald's, 1759 Weir Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125
Date: Sunday, June 1, 2008
Meal: supper
Order: #4 Double Quarter pounder meal with a medium Diet Coke
Total cost: $5.85
Method: drive through
Time entered line: 7:22
order time finished: 0:15 (no one in front)
Wait to pay: 0:27
Wait for food: 1:04
Total elapsed time: 1:46
Insulin dose: 6
a periodic look at life in the fast food lane
MC DONALD'S: Woodbury
After the Battle of the Hardwood I had supper at McDonald's in Woodbury. This was the 7th McDonald's that has made the list. This is another quick under two minute time. The average for drive throughs for those keeping track is 3:35.
McDonald's have four of the top five drive through times. This in Woodbury is #2 to Hudson.
The top four fastest service times are all on Sunday.
Three of the bottom slowest times are on Saturday.
Place: McDonald's, 1759 Weir Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125
Date: Sunday, June 1, 2008
Meal: supper
Order: #4 Double Quarter pounder meal with a medium Diet Coke
Total cost: $5.85
Method: drive through
Time entered line: 7:22
order time finished: 0:15 (no one in front)
Wait to pay: 0:27
Wait for food: 1:04
Total elapsed time: 1:46
Insulin dose: 6
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Davanni's: Woodbury
#1 posting 6.1.2008
a periodic look at life in the fast food lane
DAVANNI'S: Woodbury
On Saturday Coach Teas & I were at the Battle of the Hardwood at Woodbury High School. We took some time off waiting for the 6 pm game and drove around and found Davanni's. This is the first pizza place and also we ate at 4:15 which is not quite the supper hour.
This was the second "sit down" restaurant charted. The difference in this place is you go to the counter to order while at Lyon's Tap the waitress takes your order.
Place: Davanni's, 1905 Donegal Dr., Woodbury, Mn 55125
Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008
Meal: supper?
Order: solo thin pepperoni pizza, and a Diet Coke
Total cost: Coach Teas was good enough to take the check--my end $6.24
Method: Dine in
Time entered the line: 4:15 pm
order time finished: 2:02, We couldn't make up our minds
Wait for food: 10:54
Total elapsed time: 12:56
Insulin dose: 4
Thin pizza due to the diabetes. At 4 pm there isn't a big supper crowd rush.
a periodic look at life in the fast food lane
DAVANNI'S: Woodbury
On Saturday Coach Teas & I were at the Battle of the Hardwood at Woodbury High School. We took some time off waiting for the 6 pm game and drove around and found Davanni's. This is the first pizza place and also we ate at 4:15 which is not quite the supper hour.
This was the second "sit down" restaurant charted. The difference in this place is you go to the counter to order while at Lyon's Tap the waitress takes your order.
Place: Davanni's, 1905 Donegal Dr., Woodbury, Mn 55125
Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008
Meal: supper?
Order: solo thin pepperoni pizza, and a Diet Coke
Total cost: Coach Teas was good enough to take the check--my end $6.24
Method: Dine in
Time entered the line: 4:15 pm
order time finished: 2:02, We couldn't make up our minds
Wait for food: 10:54
Total elapsed time: 12:56
Insulin dose: 4
Thin pizza due to the diabetes. At 4 pm there isn't a big supper crowd rush.
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