Fast Food

If we don’t make it apparent enough, The Takeout is really proud of being based in Chicago. We love our local…

Beef, chicken, fish. Beef, chicken, fish. Go to most fast food restaurants, and those are your protein options.…

The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and it’s about time to get the hell out of the house and eat some…

Pandemic or not, fried chicken has always been one of my favorite takeout foods. I usually get a large order, eat so…

You haven’t lived until you’ve spent half an hour staring at a McDonald’s chicken nugget, going cross-eyed in an…

In a fast food landscape where french fry discourse is paramount, I am always surprised that more love isn’t thrown…

I say this with love, curiosity, appreciation, disgust, and full awareness of the human condition: In-N-Out’s fries…

You’ll find all kinds of treasures if you spend enough time on eBay—an eight-pack of Rush Limbaugh’s deeply…

Laredo Taco Company is 7-Eleven’s fast food taco chain, which we haven’t seen in person yet here in Chicago. It serve…

Chick-fil-A has rolled out a fleet of food trucks in Indiana and Kentucky. Each truck serves a limited menu of spicy…

This morning, Takeout editor-in-chief Marnie Shure shared the tale of 20-year-old Declan Evans, who set the Guinness…

White Castle rules. Those tiny square burgers, steam-grilled and oniony, are a true gift. And this week, they turned…

Welcome to another installment of Shrimp & Grids, the column where we dissect the meals of Instagram’s most…

Fast food chains have been exploring the concept of food lockers during the pandemic as a contactless way to hand…

When it comes to fast food, it’s widely understood that an excess of calories can be lurking anywhere, even (or…

On February 20, in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, police were called to a Taco Bell because a customer thought her…

Burger King International has been making some sweeping PR moves this year—like the chain’s “Chocolate Whopper” in…

Update, February 25, 2021: So, we all know that fast food joints, Taco Bell very much included, are all releasing…

Korean and Mexican fusion food is pretty ubiquitous these days. A lot of the credit, if not all of it, goes to L.A.…

It has been 562 days since Popeyes fired the first shot in the Chicken Sandwich Wars, and for 561 days, the world…