Thinking of non-fast food or chain places, here in NYC some places that come to mind for not living up to the hype but still survive on tourists who don’t know any better.
Halal Guys food cart - chicken & rice used to be a value proposition for $5 when you were drunk. Haven’t had it in years now that they serve par boiled chicken with plastic packs of watery mayo.
Grimaldi’s pizza - yeah worth it when Patsy was there, now wouldn’t go near it for any reason.
Junior’s - the cheese cake is just a heavy belly bomb. If you prize quantity of calories over quality of food, go for it.
Katz’s - the original restaurant. Yes, the sandwich is great but all pain in the neck stuff that comes with it like the ticket thing just turns me off. You can get as good pastrami elsewhere and not have to deal with the stupidness.
But count me in on Taco Bell and In n Out. The dorito tacos are amazing and a double double animal style with road kill fries. OMG.
