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Steak 'n Shake kinda sucks, right?
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I've liked all the burgers from them that I have tried.
But every time the fries are straight garbage from the ass.
And the menu makes you order a burger with fries. Let's stop pretending it's going to happen. The only enjoyment is covering them in ketchup.
But every time the fries are straight garbage from the ass.
And the menu makes you order a burger with fries. Let's stop pretending it's going to happen. The only enjoyment is covering them in ketchup.
SnS is ass. Just go to a local greasy diner instead. You're gonna get the same menu but better food.
Frisco Melt
Cheese fries
Side-by-side banana/strawberry milkshake
It's the best order you can make at SnS and it's fucking good. If you don't get the cheese fries don't bother getting the fries at all.
Cheese fries
Side-by-side banana/strawberry milkshake
It's the best order you can make at SnS and it's fucking good. If you don't get the cheese fries don't bother getting the fries at all.
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I think some part of the problem is just how bad the fries are. It's really hard to get excited about any fast food place that has bad fries (Wendy's, Burger King, Chick Fil-A, etc). A burger alone is not filling enough so you want to order a combo meal. But what's the point in a combo meal if you know the fries will be bad? It just feels like throwing away money on trash. I don't think McDonald's has the best entrees, but I keep going back there just because their sandwiches are always paired with really good fries.
Frisco melts while drunk were amazing. Frisco melts while sober were good but then you regret all the calories. I forgot how the shakes were but am curious now.
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It's hard to fuck a milkshake since they're just pure dairy and sugar and even a bad one is going to still be pretty satisfying. It's just that the recent trend of competitors that use frozen custard as a base make much more interesting and exciting shakes.
Waffle House is awful. And lol, I don't drink milkshakes in the middle of the night. Back before I quit red meat, though, a nice, greasy Royale Cheeseburger with fried egg always set me up well for the next day.
Terrible, yeah.
Went there once. Wife ordered a burger with avocado. Think it was called an avocado burger... not like she asked for it as an add-on. She gets it and there's no avocado on it. So she asks what's up and they say, "oh, we didn't have any."
She got something else after that, but putting aside that entire strange exchange, the burgers were weak-ass trash.
Went there once. Wife ordered a burger with avocado. Think it was called an avocado burger... not like she asked for it as an add-on. She gets it and there's no avocado on it. So she asks what's up and they say, "oh, we didn't have any."
She got something else after that, but putting aside that entire strange exchange, the burgers were weak-ass trash.
Steak n' Shake is great. Especially after a few hours at the local college bars. Milkshakes are always good, but it's kind of hard to mess those up. $4 menu was clutch.
Fries were always crispy and warm too.
Fries were always crispy and warm too.
Frisco Melts and Chilli are both pretty great. Their pepper sauce is good to--can't remember what it's actually called though.
My biggest issue with their shakes is that sometimes it takes a millennium for them to get it to you.
$4 menu, Royals cheeseburger and chili five way are good. Steak and Shake sucks cause they always seem to take 20 god damn minutes to get you your food
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I assume that's just because they are chronically understaffed, and whenever somebody orders a shake some line cook or server has to drop what they are doing and make a milkshake.
They always have long drive-thru lines, but I don't know if that is because they are really popular or just because service is always interminably slow.
This is exactly how I feel about Steak n Shake. Exactly.
SnS's quality has gone down considerably over the last decade. The fries were amazing when the staff could get them to your table within seconds of them coming up.
A shame, when places were carving a niche as a higher end burger joint SnS has been inching towards lower end fast food
As it stands, the chili is great, the melts are great, I even like a double steakburger. But cold food far too often.
A shame, SnS at 5-6am with my infant daughter was my easy button as a dad to let mom sleep. After bar crowd had cleared out and the staff loved seeing a baby, so it was a win win.
A shame, when places were carving a niche as a higher end burger joint SnS has been inching towards lower end fast food
As it stands, the chili is great, the melts are great, I even like a double steakburger. But cold food far too often.
A shame, SnS at 5-6am with my infant daughter was my easy button as a dad to let mom sleep. After bar crowd had cleared out and the staff loved seeing a baby, so it was a win win.
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Probably, but it can really ruin a meal if that's all you wanted to drink. Now a days, if i want one, I order it to go as we place our food order.
It's the ideal spot for a 2am milkshake, and the burgers are fine. The fries are terrible, but no worse than In N Out, which fills a similar niche.
There's one near where I live that closed down nearly two years ago and still no one has taken over the building: half of the signage has been torn off by vandals. I've tried going to a number of S&S but none of them ever felt clean inside.
Also always didn't like the fact that, for a place with "steak" in their name, that they didn't serve cheesesteaks.
Also always didn't like the fact that, for a place with "steak" in their name, that they didn't serve cheesesteaks.
Garlic Burger is the shit. Cease this blasphemy at once.
I've never met a shoestring fry worth a damn though, at any level of restaurant.
I've never met a shoestring fry worth a damn though, at any level of restaurant.
The one near me is really good. Only been twice. Once pre-pandemic, one Grubhub delivery. The shakes are stellar, the burgers about on par with Five Guys (which means good), and the fries merely OK.
Fries are trash.
Standard steak burgers are ok.
Specialty burgers are pretty good.
Shakes are the highlight.
Standard steak burgers are ok.
Specialty burgers are pretty good.
Shakes are the highlight.
Late night steak n shake runs where you go bother whichever of your friends is covering the night shift was basically the default thing to do in high school. Haven't been to one in almost 20 years now.
20 years ago Steak and Shake was good, not great but good.
10 years ago Steak and Shake was OK, especially at 3am.
Now Steak and Shake is awful at any time, day or night. I'll go to anything else, even a gas station.
But, the best thing about Steak and Shake is that no matter what it is or how busy it is you have to wait 30 minutes for your McDonald's tier food.
10 years ago Steak and Shake was OK, especially at 3am.
Now Steak and Shake is awful at any time, day or night. I'll go to anything else, even a gas station.
But, the best thing about Steak and Shake is that no matter what it is or how busy it is you have to wait 30 minutes for your McDonald's tier food.
there are 4 I think in my my town, 2 of them stay open 24hrs. All of them used to before the pandemic. It's cheap as fuck mediocre at best food. I remember 15-20 yrs ago the service and food used to considerably better. Shakes are syrupy and awful. That being said sometimes I get a burger and chili if I'm up in the middle of the night and hungry.
I don't know where you live, but In N Out is the same way with drive through taking 30 minutes. I avoid them sometimes because I just want to get food and get home quickly.
In N Out is absolute trash too. I live in the glorious land of Bojangles and Cook Out so I'm spoiled by having good fast food around.
I had Steak and Shake for the first time in my life last year and I have to say that it was one of the greatest food experiences I've ever had.
I was devastated to learn that there were no locations in NYC.
So no. Steak and Shake is awesome.
I was devastated to learn that there were no locations in NYC.
So no. Steak and Shake is awesome.
