The one in Lawrenceville is right up my alley And the one at Moreland must be new, because I was there a couple of months ago, and didn't see it.
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > They're all over the place. There's one at Lindbergh station, another > across the street from the Chamblee Marta station, in the Wal-Mart parking > lot, one down the street from the Wal-Mart up Lawrenceville road, another at > the big shopping center off Moreland Avenue downtown. The burgers are fresh > and good, and they do a mean grilled split hot dog. My only complaint is > that they don't do onion rings, chili, or milk shakes, the three staples I > prefer with my burger. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, July 2, 2010 6:50:42 AM > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's menu is getting leaner > > > > I've heard great things all around about Five Guys. I intend to get to the > one up in Roswell one day to try it out. > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Keith Johnson > <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > >> >> >> Don't know. I try to avoid McDonald's. For breakfast I like to go to real >> breakfast joints that serve pancakes and syrup on something other than >> plastic plates. When it comes to burger joints, I eschew most chains like >> that, and prefer to go to good mom-and-pop joints. Or if I do chains, I do >> those that actually take time to cook good burgers, provide real shakes, >> things like chili, onion rings, etc. Sorry to go on, but I'm a >> burger-and-shake lover. For chains in Atlanta, the best are Virginia-based >> Five Guys, Steak-and-Shake, LA-based Fat Burger, and Ted's Montana Grill. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@gmail.com> >> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Thursday, July 1, 2010 3:37:48 PM >> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's menu is getting leaner >> >> >> >> Keith, doesn't the Mickey D's on Peachtree across from Barnes & Noble >> already serve oatmeal? I seem to recall it on the menu last time I was >> there, last year. >> >> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> I always referred to the Big N'Tasty as the "Big N'asty" burger. I am >>> shocked, shocked I tell you, to find out that the Big N'asty burger was >>> supposed to be McDonald's answer to Burger King's Whopper. >>> >>> ~rave? >>> >>> >>> http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-06-30/business/ct-biz-0701-mcdonalds-20100630_1_fruit-and-walnut-salad-mcdonald-menu >>> >>> McDonald's menu getting leaner >>> >>> Restaurant to add oatmeal breakfast, eliminate 3 low-selling items >>> >>> June 30, 2010|By Robert Channick >>> >>> The expansive McDonald's menu is undergoing a makeover. Out will be some >>> low sellers; in will be leaner breakfast fare. >>> >>> In a memo sent to franchisees, the Oak Brook-based chain signaled the >>> impending demise of the Big N' Tasty, Mac Snack Wraps and the fruit and >>> walnut salad, among other items. At the same time, McDonald's is gearing up >>> for a planned national rollout in January of an oatmeal breakfast, currently >>> being test-marketed. >>> >>> The menu moves, particularly the new breakfast offering, could prove >>> healthy for customers' waistlines and McDonald's bottom line, according to >>> Morningstar restaurant analyst R.J. Hottovy. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
