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Five Guys, Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Panera among winners in Zagat survey
Five Guys Burgers & Fries, Wendy’s, McDonald’s and Panera were among the many winners in the 2010 Zagat Fast Food Survey.
The results are based on the opinions and experiences of 6,518 “surveyors.” There are so many categories in the Zagat survey — and they’re broken down between various sizes of both fast-food chains and full-service chains — that many companies can claim victory somewhere.
Check out the Zagat press release here and the results as interpreted by MSNBC here.
According to Zagat’s summary, Five Guys took home the trophy for the best burger in the land, while Wendy’s captured Top Overall and Top Food honors among mega chains (more than 5,000 U.S. locations). McDonald’s won for Best French Fries (for the third straight survey), Best Drive-Thru, Best Value Menu and Best Breakfast Sandwiches, but the Golden Arches folks came in second in the Most Popular mega-chain contest to Subway, which was also named No. 1 for Healthy Options among mega chains. Panera was declared the “most popular” chain in the second-largest category of restaurant chains, those up to 5,000 units.
What do you think of the Zagat reviewers’ conclusions? Do they align with your experiences?
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By e
August 30, 2010 3:01 PM | Link to this
The one on E.Dorothy was called Hot-N-Now, or something like that. It was terrible.
By Henry Saunders
August 18, 2010 9:11 AM | Link to this
Growing up in SoCal, I KNOW for a FACT that In-N-Out Burgers are the BEST burgers hands down! Just go to any In-N-Out Burger location in Cali or any place and see the amount of people there waiting for their order. As far as I can remember, it has always been busy almost any time of day. It is the FIRST stop I do whenever I get to go home. The French fries are AWESOME,the burgers are PHENOMENAL, and the shakes are OTHER WORLDLY! Just a correction, the furthest east location for In-N-Out is the Salt Lake City area, for now. If I could, I would have a In-N-Out location here or even Cincy.
By Jim
August 17, 2010 8:51 PM | Link to this
There has never been an In-N-out here. Tucson is the furthest city east.
By Steve
August 17, 2010 9:57 AM | Link to this
We had an In ‘n’ Out on East Dorothy, where Krispy Kreme is now I believe, but it never caught on and closed. I would guess this was in the late 90s or early 00s.
By David
August 17, 2010 9:48 AM | Link to this
Oh how I wish we had In-N-Out Burger.