15 worst fast food fails

[Jetfire]

McD's in the Maritimes also regularly have the McLobster in the summer, usually with a regional ad campaign advertising its return for a limited time. Then again, we can get Lobster so cheap around here that it's not a big deal.

I remember the McPizza, and I liked it when I could get it, but it was just before my town had a McD's of its own, so I could only rarely get it. IIRC, most of the McD's in Canada served the pizzas.

I very vaguely remember salad and even a Super Bar at a Wendy's but not much beyond it.

Tried an Arch Deluxe once, didn't like it. Loved the McDLT's, but it was the end of styrofoam packing that killed that.

[dendawg]

I've never had KFC's chicken livers, but Lee's Famous Recipe's livers were da bomb!

[XCashier]

Chalk me up as another who really liked Wendy's salad bar. I know they're high maintenance, but they were good, healthy and not too expensive.

I'd probably like KFC's chicken livers, too.

[HYHYBT]

The Arch Deluxe, ahh yes, I remember it well. Take your regular burger, put on really hot onions, an even more tasteless bun, and Dijon mustard. Then charge nearly double the price for it. The thing DESERVED to die.

Interesting; I'm pretty sure the ones around here had regular onions... but then, it's been a while. I do remember the price was only slightly more than a QPC, though people did quit buying them as soon as the introductory BOGO coupons ended. I liked the taste and feel of the potato bun, but the things grew mold like you wouldn't believe; black spots when they're only two days old. And of course without the Arch Deluxe I'd have missed one of the oddest conversations with a customer I've ever had that didn't actually turn ugly: they came with circular-sliced peppered bacon. Which is exactly what it sounds like: perfectly normal bacon, cut into burger-sized circles instead of the more usual strips. This guy ate everything else, then brought the box back with the bacon in it asking what it was, and no matter who or how many people told him it was bacon, his answer was "No it isn't! What is it?"

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I remember liking the McPizza and the McDLT. I remember having the Arch Deluxe on one occasion and not being crazy about it for some reason.

Side note: anyone remember the Shaker Fries from McDonald's? They'd sell you fries with a little paper bag and a small packet of seasoning salt (BBQ, sour cream and onion, there may have been others...). They just stopped selling those after a while... I loved those.

[purple]

Side note: anyone remember the Shaker Fries from McDonald's?

I loved those we had them here in NZ a couple of years ago the time beofre that I think I was like 8.

[drunkenwildmage]

Side note: anyone remember the Shaker Fries from McDonald's? They'd sell you fries with a little paper bag and a small packet of seasoning salt (BBQ, sour cream and onion, there may have been others...). They just stopped selling those after a while... I loved those.

Don't remember the shaker fries... For a while, the McDonald's around here sold a "pound of fries with cheese" which was basically a huge fricking order of fries, and a Cheez Whiz type cup. Wasn't to bad actually.

[mikoyan29]

Color me as another fan of the McDLT. I know the Big N' Tasty is supposed to be its replacement but it doesn't quite taste the same.

Never had a McPizza.

The Super Bar was pretty awesome if I remember correctly.

[mattm04]

McSpaghetti!!!?? Um. Ok. Didn't see that coming.

[ohsobitter]

We had a Wendy's superbar right across the street from campus in college. We would always go over the next day to get the grease fix after a hard night of drinking.

Plus, something about how Wendy's mixes their pop, we could drink gallons of it. It was the perfect combo of carbonation.

[Spiffy McMoron]

There's part of me that cringes to say this, but I actually thought the McPizza wasn't half bad for the price.

The McPizza came out when I was 8 or 10 and REALLY didn't want to eat vegetables. I loved it because I could have a veggie-less pizza, veggie-less fries, and a crap-ton of Coke, all in the same meal.

McLobster - I actually remember this and it actually wasn't that bad of a deal. Very litle lobster but what did you expect fo $6?

Subway's around here sold a lobster sub a couple of years ago that looks pretty much the same as their crab salad sub. I was tempted to try it, but the fact that a footlong sub cost $16 really killed it for me.

I remember liking the McPizza and the McDLT. I remember having the Arch Deluxe on one occasion and not being crazy about it for some reason.

Side note: anyone remember the Shaker Fries from McDonald's? They'd sell you fries with a little paper bag and a small packet of seasoning salt (BBQ, sour cream and onion, there may have been others...). They just stopped selling those after a while... I loved those.

I remember those! The BBQ was awesome.

[Argabarga]

I was a devoted Superbar fan

I recall no bad experiences about any of the failed 90's McDondalds products, did they really taste bad and I missed it? Or was it a case of millions of marketing dollars grooming people to expect more than just a hamburger when ordering a hamburger?

I also remember Burger King's insipid attempt to be "Radical" at the dawn of the 90's with the "BK TEE VEE" movement, I have an old episode of MST3K on VHS that was recorded off of broadcast TV and a couple of period BK commercials are now immortalized on it for added humor.

[XCashier]

I also remember Burger King's insipid attempt to be "Radical" at the dawn of the 90's with the "BK TEE VEE" movement, I have an old episode of MST3K on VHS that was recorded off of broadcast TV and a couple of period BK commercials are now immortalized on it for added humor.

MST3K!

BK has never been known for having good commericals (that honor goes to Jack In The Box). Frankly, BK's commercials suck rocks through a straw, and the more "hip" they try to be, the worse they get.