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Northern Light said:
Burger King does not make a good burger.

You just compared it to irredeemably bad burgers to suggest it was better than some.

While true; that's hardly sufficient.

Among quick-serve places, South St. Burger, Big Smoke Burger and Burger's Priest all produce a much better product than BK.
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I recommend the "Four horsemen of the apocalypse" burger from Burgers Priest.

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Northern Light said:
Burger King does not make a good burger.

You just compared it to irredeemably bad burgers to suggest it was better than some.

While true; that's hardly sufficient.

Among quick-serve places, South St. Burger, Big Smoke Burger and Burger's Priest all produce a much better product than BK.
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What about Hero Certified Burgers?
 
Northern Light said:
Burger King does not make a good burger.

You just compared it to irredeemably bad burgers to suggest it was better than some.

While true; that's hardly sufficient.

Among quick-serve places, South St. Burger, Big Smoke Burger and Burger's Priest all produce a much better product than BK.
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I think of all the major chains only Wendy's uses fresh beef patties.

AoD
 
DSC said:
Said the guy who, just before his fatal heart attack, posted "I recommend the "Four horsemen of the apocalypse" burger from Burgers Priest." :->
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Now now.. I have eaten the Notorious P.I.G Combo at the CNE and lived to tell about it. :p
 
AlvinofDiaspar said:
I think of all the major chains only Wendy's uses fresh beef patties.

AoD
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If by that you mean McDs, BK, Harveys and A&W; I believe that is correct.

Interestingly, last I heard, McDs had gone to Fresh for its quarter pounders, in the U.S., but not here.

I doubt it would make a difference or cause me to wish to patronize said establishment..........
 
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AlbertC said:
The McD's at Bloor & Runnymede has closed:

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McDonald's just permanently closed another location in Toronto

Another set of golden arches is fading away. The McDonald's location at Bloor and Runnymede permanently closed this week. It's the latest of several …
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Not surprised they chose this one. It is a duplex with limited seating on the ground floor.

I've been there a few times and it was my least favourite store. I prefer not to climb stairs to eat.
 
Richard White said:
Not surprised they chose this one. It is a duplex with limited seating on the ground floor.

I've been there a few times and it was my least favourite store. I prefer not to climb stairs to eat.
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Are you a McBlogger on the side?

LOL

You're familiar with their locations all across the City; and have opinions on each!
 
Northern Light said:
Are you a McBlogger on the side?

LOL

You're familiar with their locations all across the City; and have opinions on each!
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I have worked across the city and don't drive anymore. That's lead me to get alot of takeout over the years.

The Runnymede location was near a place I worked at while the Broadview location has been on my way to work for years.

Personally I miss the Toronto Zoo McDonalds and the related snackbars.

My personal favourite is the location at the western railway station in Budapest. It has that old world, high class feel you don't get at other McDonalds.

A close second would be the Oxford Circus McDonalds in London.
 
This is what Toronto's most famous old waterfront restaurant looks like now

From link.

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This luxury liner turned restaurant turned urban icon turned tax forefeit turned nuisance took a long time to disappear from its 40-year berth across from the foot of Yonge.

But it hasn't disappeared completely. Captain John's, aka the MS Jadran, is now beached in an Ontario scrapyard, and was recently discovered by a woman who sailed past it while working on a cargo ship.

The floating restaurant had been on Toronto waters since 1975 and left its Toronto home in 2015. It was owned and captained by John Letnik, who bought it from the former Yugoslavia, where is once served as President Tito's personal yacht.
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The once fancy restaurant, declined, fell on hard times, and then shut for good in 2012.

And now it sits in a nautical graveyard in Port Colborne. A part of it, anyway.

Eventually, even this last bit of the combination ship and restaurant is supposed to be recycled.
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Julie Waller Fletcher recently posted the photo of the ship's wheelhouse sitting in the Port Colborne scrapyard to a Toronto history Facebook group to a wild reception.

The photos, taken from the deck of CSL Laurentien as it sailed the Welland Canal, inspired a long string of comments, full of memories of the ship.

One person remembers dining there the year it opened in 1975, and others share memories of graduations, weddings and dinner parties in the 1970s.

Comments also chronicle the restaurant's decline, one person noting how it was an "eyesore," though looking at the photos of the torn-apart ship with its faded lettering, it's hard not to romanticize its long and quirky history.
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