had carryout pizza in St Louis one time. Said it was St Louis style. if glue mixed with catsup is a thing there, no thanks. Avanti’s Italian Restaurant(Peoria, IL) used to be pretty good but haven’t been there in years.
on a trip south walked into a Missouri gas station that was playing loud country music. I’m fine with the music but kept expecting a line dance to break out. just weird for a gas station. forget the name, chuckies? avoiding fast food for health reasons but love culver’s now and then. burgers, fries, ice cream
Which I guess the upvote button covers so I probably didn’t need to make this comment. But I’m thrilled to be commenting somewhere that isn’t Reddit. 😅
Central IL, I don’t know if it would count but there are several in a close area: Krekel’s Custard. Known for smashburgers and homemade ice cream. Similar to Culver’s but older I think, and better.
I can eat a Portillo’s beef in a pinch, but if I have my choice and I’m in Chicago, I’m going to Al’s.
What’s the criteria? Simply originating in the Midwest? Or not available in all contiguous 48 states? Or ones that embrace their Midwest roots? Do gas stations count?
steak n shake’s gone downhill. they were my favorite like 10+ years back, but the last few times ive gone, even at different locations, it’s been low quality meat even by fast food standards and nothing is assembled right. i swear even the fries are less salty. it’s so bad there used to be one over by a nearby highschool that managed to go out of business somehow
Midwest here, had a number of Steak n Shakes go downhill then close around me. Turns out if you lower the quality of your overpriced extremely slow ‘fast’ food people stop coming. Weird.
I guess it doesn’t matter anymore since nothing is open overnight these days, but back in the day I have been served some truly foul Steak ‘n’ Shake in the drive thru after midnight, bad enough to make you never wanna go back.
Quik Trip is pretty great. I think I actually like their pizza more than Casey's; their crust is a little more crisp on the outside with just the right amount of chew on the inside.
Kwik Shop kinda sucks. Though, at least in my area, they've started integrating Sbarro's into their locations, so at least the pizza is getting better.
You’re not missing anything. I honestly don’t think their food is very good, but I eat it all the damn time for the convenience of grabbing while on the run when I’m working. When I worked up in the UP I thought the Holiday stores were way better than Kwik Trips.
I like Culver’s, Taco John’s, and Kwik Trip, all mentioned before here.
My addition will be B-Bops. Last I checked, they are only in the Des Moines metro. Also, Tasty Tacos, but they are more fast casual rather than fast food.
Freddy's is pretty great. I'm originally from California, so In-N-Out is my first love, but Freddy's is my home away from home. And In-N-Out doesn't have that great custard.
Add comment