Fuddrucker's (and Luby's) are shutting down.

[crimson5pheonix]

Texas restaurants Fuddruckers and Luby’s announce plans to liquidate

Luby's and Fuddruckers were founded in San Antonio and expanded into Dallas-Fort Worth.

www.dallasnews.com

In some absolutely tragic news, Fuddrucker's is dying. Another victim of the pandemic.

 

[Shadyside]

Never been in those restuarants, even though I'm a native of San Antonio. Guess I will just try out some of their food.

 

[lil devils x]

Luby's food sucks. You DON'T want to try it. It is like bland stale freezer burnt TV dinner crap reheated and served old people style cafeteria. Fuddruckers makes good burgers, I actually use their recipe, slightly modified when making them at home. The only problem I have with them is they are just so SLOW.. Like they have all these people back there and 3 customers and it still takes like 30 min to get a burger. How long it takes to get food there likely kills their lunchtime business. Their Jalapeno cheesedip for their fries is good. I am going to have to carefully, remorsefully break the news to my sweety.. It is his favorite Burger place.

 

[Worgen]

As long as Shortstop is still around we will be ok.

 

[lil devils x]

I added Fuddruckers Burger recipe to the Escapist Cookbook:

The Escapist Cookbook

Can she see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch? I have never tried that... Not sure I want to by looking at it.

forums.escapistmagazine.com

 

[Tireseas]

I'll miss Fuddruckers, but It's been well more than a decade since I've stepped in one. Just another franchise on the pyre that is the 2020 economic crisis.

Depending on the expert you're talking to, potentially up a third to half of all firms and franchises aren't going to make it to the other side of this crisis. Some of these were already brands in decline (I'd include Fuddruckers as one of these) while others are going to be more misfortune or collateral damage by over-leveraged owners looking to liquidate assets or folding on their own, taking down their brands in the process (though the more profitable ones usually can find a buyer).

 

[Eacaraxe]

Wow, I haven't thought of Fuddrucker's since Idiocracy came out. Spoilered: NSFW language.

Spoiler

 

[BrawlMan]

That means the Fuddruckers in my area is shutting down too then.

 

[Buyetyen]

Every chain that shuts down makes me a little bit more afraid for some of my favorite locally owned places. Fuddruckers left my area years ago, I've since moved on. But losing some of my favorite breakfast places would be devastating.

 

[SilentPony]

I think there was a Fuddrucker here in St. Louis as some point. But i can't for the life of me remember where or if I've ever been.

 

[lil devils x]

 

[Agema]

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I might be missing something, but those look pretty ordinary.

Here in the UK, there was a bit of fashion for upmarket burgers about 10-20 years ago and so various chains (Byron probably the best well known) expanded to fill the niche, but it seems once the more innovative and stylish hipster independent burger joints got going (and for about the same price), many of the upmarket burger chains got caught as an unappealing middle ground and have been gradually going to the wall.

 

[Mister Mumbler]

We as a species are moving towards a dark future where we make Demolition Man a reality and the only food you can get is Taco Bell.

 

[lil devils x]

I might be missing something, but those look pretty ordinary.

Here in the UK, there was a bit of fashion for upmarket burgers about 10-20 years ago and so various chains (Byron probably the best well known) expanded to fill the niche, but it seems once the more innovative and stylish hipster independent burger joints got going (and for about the same price), many of the upmarket burger chains got caught as an unappealing middle ground and have been gradually going to the wall.

Those are just the buns.. they make fresh buns everyday, most burger places don't really do that for their prices. For most people though it is their burger seasoning and Jalapeno Cheese as well that they like.

*Wonders about UK Burgers* when I visited the UK, the burgers I had there were pretty bland, but most of the food was compared to Texas peppers and seasoning I am accustomed to. When I look over the UK top 50 burger places, I am not seeing these fresh ingredients like fresh cut fries and onion rings and the burgers look really greasy. To me that makes a burger worse, not better so maybe I am missing something. To me, just piling more weird stuff and more patties and such on a burger makes it gross, not better though.

I like a burger that is juicy, flavorful and well seasoned. Cayenne pepper is a must. Where the juices STAY in the burger, not all over me, freshly made, grill toasted buns, , crisp,lightly colored, flavorful seasoned pickles, and a good selection of cheese. Freshly making all fries and onion rings with NOTHING frozen. Onion rings must ALWAYS look like this:

and NOT like this ewww gross stuff:


Are there better ones than this list?

The 50 Best Burgers In England – Big 7 Travel Food

Nothing beats a good burger; it’s often one of the first things we reach for when arriving in a new city. So where are the best burgers in England?

bigseventravel.com

Now there are some good looking burgers on that list, but most of them are just junk piled high and I have no use for that. I just want a good tasting burger. If I want the other stuff, I would look for the other stuff, but I DON'T want all that other crap on my burger. I can do without a lake of grease when I eat. If it is well seasoned and evenly cooked it will have more than enough juice inside and the flavor stays in the burger, not on my dress.

 

[Agema]

Are there better ones than this list?

The 50 Best Burgers In England – Big 7 Travel Food

Nothing beats a good burger; it’s often one of the first things we reach for when arriving in a new city. So where are the best burgers in England?

bigseventravel.com

These are always pretty random. Bear in mind I can only really comment on my local area, but they've got at least one genuinely top class burger joint in there, yet also at least one bizarre omission. Pretty much all high-end independents will have everything freshly prepared. Chains, maybe not so much.

Food tastes differ from place to place: British tastes differ from US. When Brits want spice, they generally eat Indian or maybe east Asian. I have generally found US food quite... boring. It's satisfying in the sense of usually being huge portions, fatty and sweet (albeit obesity-inducing); go to a decent place the meat quality seems good; there's lots of stuff with spices but it often seems to me to be quite... unsubtle. And I really love cheese, but US cheese just makes me weep with despair.

 

[lil devils x]

These are always pretty random. Bear in mind I can only really comment on my local area, but they've got at least one genuinely top class burger joint in there, yet also at least one bizarre omission. Pretty much all high-end independents will have everything freshly prepared. Chains, maybe not so much.

Food tastes differ from place to place: British tastes differ from US. When Brits want spice, they generally eat Indian or maybe east Asian. I have generally found US food quite... boring. It's satisfying in the sense of usually being huge portions, fatty and sweet (albeit obesity-inducing); go to a decent place the meat quality seems good; there's lots of stuff with spices but it often seems to me to be quite... unsubtle. And I really love cheese, but US cheese just makes me weep with despair.

See now, being from Texas, most meats are expected to be " smoked" flavor, with flavorful woods like Hickory, pecan, mesquite, .. not sweet. I really do not like my food to be sweet. I strongly dislike Georgia BBQ for that reason. I prefer "savory and hearty" and "Hot and spicy" cayenne, jalapeno, habanero, bell peppers, onions are essential here. We don't actually think of " wanting spice" that is just in most everything we eat. HAHA! I can't actually eat US cheeses due to my cow milk allergy, so I wouldn't know much about those, I just eat goat's milk cheeses, though there are some others I can tolerate small amounts of with strong allergy medication that keeps me from swelling and getting hives..

From what I remember though the only places I ate burgers from in the UK was near Cambridge and in London. I don't eat burgers all that often, but if you give me a recommendation I may just have to drop by if I am in the UK again. I used to travel a lot for medical conferences, but since I am still recovering from that nasty virus, my travel is unsure for the immediate future. AT minimum, I will not be traveling again until after the Pandemic. Will have to see how my health goes after that.

 

[Agema]

From what I remember though the only places I ate burgers from in the UK was near Cambridge and in London. I don't eat burgers all that often, but if you give me a recommendation I may just have to drop by if I am in the UK again. I used to travel a lot for medical conferences, but since I am still recovering from that nasty virus, my travel is unsure for the immediate future. AT minimum, I will not be traveling again until after the Pandemic. Will have to see how my health goes after that.

I don't really know Cambridge - I'm mostly familiar with West Midlands and Northwest England (Liverpool / Manchester area).

Birmingham is a good place to eat: very international (particularly South Asian) and has a good supply of quality restaurants for almost anything. Manchester has a better indy scene with innovation than B'ham, but lacks the breadth and high end quality. Liverpool is meh. London has everything, obviously, albeit often overpriced. Cambridge is quite small, but full of rich people and the university, so couldn't fail to have lots of decent-good places to eat.

Unfortunately, many above average restaurants, especially in the southeast including London and Cambridge, are triumphs of style over substance. They decor and the food looks flash, but that's what you're paying for rather than flavour. After all, lots of people might have money, but they don't necessarily have taste.

 

[lil devils x]

I don't really know Cambridge - I'm mostly familiar with West Midlands and Northwest England (Liverpool / Manchester area).

Birmingham is a good place to eat: very international (particularly South Asian) and has a good supply of quality restaurants for almost anything. Manchester has a better indy scene with innovation than B'ham, but lacks the breadth and high end quality. Liverpool is meh. London has everything, obviously, albeit often overpriced. Cambridge is quite small, but full of rich people and the university, so couldn't fail to have lots of decent-good places to eat.

Unfortunately, many above average restaurants, especially in the southeast including London and Cambridge, are triumphs of style over substance. They decor and the food looks flash, but that's what you're paying for rather than flavour. After all, lots of people might have money, but they don't necessarily have taste.

Yea, I noticed that. I was thinking, why are we paying this much for something that has as much flavor as cardboard? HAHA! Due to being there for conferences, I really didn't get to choose where we ate, and I agree, they looked to have focused our reservations on style and atmosphere over taste, but hopefully I will be able to take a recreational visit in the future and be able to find a good " hole in the wall" once I am able to get about again.

 

[Agema]

Yea, I noticed that. I was thinking, why are we paying this much for something that has as much flavor as cardboard? HAHA! Due to being there for conferences, I really didn't get to choose where we ate, and I agree, they looked to have focused our reservations on style and atmosphere over taste, but hopefully I will be able to take a recreational visit in the future and be able to find a good " hole in the wall" once I am able to get about again.

Traditional British cuisine doesn't really exist much any more outside the low end (quite rightfully, as it was woeful). Mostly these days besides the obvious international stuff like Indian, Italian, Chinese etc. stuff it's more "modern European", and modern European tends to be subtle compared to the much more brash US flavours. Often, it requires high quality ingredients as the aim is to really get the taste of the ingredients rather than blast them into submission with fat, sugar, heavy spices and seasoning. In as much as "modern British" may be used, it's usually traditional British-style dishes updated with (usually European) angles, which is why I think modern European is usually a better term.

 

[lil devils x]

Traditional British cuisine doesn't really exist much any more outside the low end (quite rightfully, as it was woeful). Mostly these days besides the obvious international stuff like Indian, Italian, Chinese etc. stuff it's more "modern European", and modern European tends to be subtle compared to the much more brash US flavours. Often, it requires high quality ingredients as the aim is to really get the taste of the ingredients rather than blast them into submission with fat, sugar, heavy spices and seasoning. In as much as "modern British" may be used, it's usually traditional British-style dishes updated with (usually European) angles, which is why I think modern European is usually a better term.

I don't really eat any fat and sugar. I no longer have a gal bladder to digest fat well and my culture never really ate sugar or much of anything sweet. Fruit is the closest I even get to that. I LOVE seasoning though.. but it needs to be cooked into the meat, not something you just throw on top.
Yea, I understand COMPLETELY about "traditional British food" ..We were gracefully invited to a locals home where they cooked, but I really had a difficult time trying to actually swallow much of it.. I REALLY wish I was kidding. I was trying to be as polite as possible and endure but it was extremely difficult to stomach. Soggy, bland mushy.. It was really kind of them to cook for us though. I felt horrible about even thinking what I did about what I was eating when they were so nice to us.