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Have not tried the Popeyes sandwich yet. But someone down in my neck of the woods was stabbed to death for trying to cut the line. Absurdity.

 

i will say the Chik fil a mobile app has been a game changer.  I sit in my car, order, pay, and then walk in past the line and they hand my food to me at the mobile pickup area. So easy.  I don’t even bother with the long drive thru line either.

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In my area, the battle is between Popeye's and Bojangles for the fried chicken.  KFC is a distant competitor.  

 

CFA beats them all on the "experience" - their customer service and product consistency is top notch.  

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Finally got to try the Popeyes chicken sandwich.  Past experiences at Popeyes resulted in poor customer service.  Dunno if that's common across Popeyes franchise or if both I've been to are in less desirable parts of town.  In either case, service was consistent with past experiences.

 

The sandwich on the other hand was impressive.  In the pantheon of fast food chicken sandwiches I rank Popeyes as a respectable second behind only Wendy's spicy chicken

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31 minutes ago, /dev/null said:

Finally got to try the Popeyes chicken sandwich.  Past experiences at Popeyes resulted in poor customer service.  Dunno if that's common across Popeyes franchise or if both I've been to are in less desirable parts of town.  In either case, service was consistent with past experiences.

 

The sandwich on the other hand was impressive.  In the pantheon of fast food chicken sandwiches I rank Popeyes as a respectable second behind only Wendy's spicy chicken

 

Second behind the Wendy’s spicy chicken??  I’d rather eat an old sponge on a bun ?

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7 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

Second behind the Wendy’s spicy chicken??  I’d rather eat an old sponge on a bun ?

 

Seriously, 10 years ago the Wendy’s one was respectable.    They got cheap and it’s been disgusting for a while.  

 

Popeyes 1

CFA 2 

Sonic (chicken blt on Texas toast) 3 

 

The rest all crap 

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1 hour ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

Second behind the Wendy’s spicy chicken??  I’d rather eat an old sponge on a bun ?

Wendy's on ND Blvd in Amherst used to have the spicy chicken on its dollar menu. Good sandwich...two would do the job.

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22 hours ago, zow2 said:

i will say the Chik fil a mobile app has been a game changer.  I sit in my car, order, pay, and then walk in past the line and they hand my food to me at the mobile pickup area. So easy.  I don’t even bother with the long drive thru line either.

 

I use most of the fast food joints mobile apps just for this reason. It's great to drive past the line at McD's drive thru, pull into a parking spot, and they run my food out before some people even reach the pickup window. 

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21 hours ago, Just Jack said:

 

I use most of the fast food joints mobile apps just for this reason. It's great to drive past the line at McD's drive thru, pull into a parking spot, and they run my food out before some people even reach the pickup window. 

 

But.........the food you get is still from McD’s, right? I don’t see that as a win.  

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Went to the other Popeyes in my area for another try

 

Again, the service sucked.  But this time the sammich was even better :w00t:

 

On 11/6/2019 at 11:38 AM, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

Second behind the Wendy’s spicy chicken??  I’d rather eat an old sponge on a bun ?

 

On 11/6/2019 at 11:46 AM, Teddy KGB said:

 

Seriously, 10 years ago the Wendy’s one was respectable.    They got cheap and it’s been disgusting for a while. 

 

Maybe I'm in a Wendys test market or the ones in my area are better than the ones in your area, but the Wendy's around here make a righteous spicy chicken

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19 minutes ago, /dev/null said:

Went to the other Popeyes in my area for another try

 

Again, the service sucked.  But this time the sammich was even better :w00t:

 

 

 

Maybe I'm in a Wendys test market or the ones in my area are better than the ones in your area, but the Wendy's around here make a righteous spicy chicken

 

Wendy’s spicy chicken is about as good as fast food gets. That makes them the tallest little person....but when on the road and you need food....

 

Sometimes Mt Dew and salt and vinegar chips just doesn’t get it done.  ?‍♂️

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4 hours ago, JR in Pittsburgh said:


This is very accurate. I could eat that bun by itself and would be very happy. 

 

I don’t know.    I view the chicken as a push tbh.     Very similar but the spicy sauce/bun/pickles at Popeyes give it the win. 

 

The buttered bun trick is key.    Works well for fuddruckers too 

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I finally got my hands on a Popeye's spicy chicken sandwich and I came away with two thoughts.

 

1. It was awesome. The guy who stabbed the other guy for budging in line did nothing wrong.

 

2. The crew at the Erie Blvd location in Syracuse is easily the worst I've ever seen at any eatery. Just awful service.

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3 hours ago, LBSeeBallLBGetBall said:

2. The crew at the Erie Blvd location in Syracuse is easily the worst I've ever seen at any eatery. Just awful service.

 

All the locations here in Syracuse suck. I've never had good service at any. But I still go, knowing how it will be. 

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9 hours ago, LBSeeBallLBGetBall said:

I finally got my hands on a Popeye's spicy chicken sandwich and I came away with two thoughts.

 

1. It was awesome. The guy who stabbed the other guy for budging in line did nothing wrong.

 

2. The crew at the Erie Blvd location in Syracuse is easily the worst I've ever seen at any eatery. Just awful service.


I think popeye’s is known for universally bad service. When I got my sandwich the other day, the line wasn’t long and yet moved extremely slowly. the workers forgot to open half the dining room area. The kitchen was total chaos.  
 

Plus, it was funny how just about every other person came back up, complaining about errors with their orders. They kept just Basically giving people free food To fix the problems. even my order randomly came with an extra sandwich.

 

i think that’s what gives chic fil a the edge. I would rather have a slightly worse sandwich but with much better service. 

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14 hours ago, Just Jack said:

 

All the locations here in Syracuse suck. I've never had good service at any. But I still go, knowing how it will be. 

 

Chik-Fil-A is like the OCD Soccer Mom with a spotless kitchen scented with Febreezed to perfection, that buys name brand products, puts just the right amount of mayo on the bread, cuts it diagonally and removes the crust

 

Popeyes is like a ghetto/trailer park Mom, whose kitchen has a pall of cigarette smoke, buys the bottom shelf cereal in a bag, and smokes a cigarette while putting whatever you ask for on a totally unhealthy but incredibly tasty sammich

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2 hours ago, /dev/null said:

 

Popeyes is like a ghetto/trailer park Mom, whose kitchen has a pall of cigarette smoke, buys the bottom shelf cereal in a bag, and smokes a cigarette while putting whatever you ask for on a totally unhealthy but incredibly tasty sammich

 

Cigarette or...

 

https://nypost.com/2019/11/11/man-says-he-found-half-smoked-joint-in-popeyes-chicken-sandwich/

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10 hours ago, JR in Pittsburgh said:


I think popeye’s is known for universally bad service. When I got my sandwich the other day, the line wasn’t long and yet moved extremely slowly. the workers forgot to open half the dining room area. The kitchen was total chaos.  
 

Plus, it was funny how just about every other person came back up, complaining about errors with their orders. They kept just Basically giving people free food To fix the problems. even my order randomly came with an extra sandwich.

 

i think that’s what gives chic fil a the edge. I would rather have a slightly worse sandwich but with much better service. 

Your first paragraph was spot on. They were screaming at each other in the kitchen. There were 2 of us in store waiting for our orders. The woman who took my order forgot to fill it. Just started playing on her phone. I had to ask if they were waiting on chicken or something and she just apologized and said she forgot.

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On 11/13/2019 at 9:15 PM, JR in Pittsburgh said:


I think popeye’s is known for universally bad service. When I got my sandwich the other day, the line wasn’t long and yet moved extremely slowly. the workers forgot to open half the dining room area. The kitchen was total chaos.  
 

Plus, it was funny how just about every other person came back up, complaining about errors with their orders. They kept just Basically giving people free food To fix the problems. even my order randomly came with an extra sandwich.

 

i think that’s what gives chic fil a the edge. I would rather have a slightly worse sandwich but with much better service. 


im sorry that you are the way you are.

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38 minutes ago, JR in Pittsburgh said:


This seems randomly mean.  ?

 

And somewhat inscrutable. I am unclear what your crime supposedly is.

In any event, maybe we can start a thing. I apologize for the fella who is sorry for you being you.

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9 hours ago, Dr. Who said:

And somewhat inscrutable. I am unclear what your crime supposedly is.

In any event, maybe we can start a thing. I apologize for the fella who is sorry for you being you.


 I was just teasing that he preferred the sanitized experience and food he described as not as good, as opposed to the better food, with a little bit of risk (and in his case a free bonus sandwich!).

 

you’ll have to excuse me being a little rough around the edges- I’ve grown up in the mean streets of the Popeyes drive thru. 

 

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