Carl’s Jr. — Restaurant in Dixon

The place was dirty. The service was blah, but more importantly, what happened to Carl's Jr.?

They used to celebrate their double Western Bacon Cheeseburger. It was their flagship sandwich. It was that friend that was always there when you needed them.

The Western Bacon Cheeseburger used to have this BBQ sauce that was the nectar of the gods dripping off the bacon where it hung over from the rest of the sandwich. It would ooze out the other side during every savory bite you would take, to the point where there was no escaping getting at least one drop on your clothes.

That drop was your badge that you had been part of something great. That you had tasted something not of this earth. Something so great that you would leave already fantasizing of your next encounter with that sweet, smoky two handed cheeseburger of goodness.

Soiled clothing from that place that used to have ad campaigns that proclaimed, "IF IT DOESN'T GET ALL OVER THE PLACE, IT DOESN'T BELONG IN YOUR FACE!"

Where did that Carl's Jr. go?

What happened to the place that would leave your stomach satisfied, your lips sticky and your clothes dirty?

This Carl's Jr. is not that place, and the sad fact is, none of them seem to be either.

This new imposter, or sad shell of it's former self, serves it's once great cheeseburger with two flat halves of a single strip of bacon, two pickle sized soggy onion rings and barely any bbq sauce on it. Then when you ask for extra sauce, they give you a small dipping container of a different bbq sauce, proclaiming "I'm supposed to charge you 35 cents for this."

We went from a cheeseburger oozing with BBQ goodness that exploded in your mouth to a cheeseburger dryer than a Kardashian at a NASCAR event.

With everything wrong in this world today, we need the Western Bacon Cheeseburger to return to it's former greatness.

Do this Carl's Jr., not for me, but for all humankind.

As Princess Leia once said, "Help me Carl's Jr., You're my only hope." (Or...

Very unique location, off the freeway, but when I was visiting en route to Lake Tahoe, inside was really clean, wasn't too many customers ahead of us so service was decent plus we weren't really in much of a rush. Food wise, the hash rounds were nice and crispy whilst 2 out of my 3 tenders were tasty too. The last one was a little rubbery but with fast food that's got to be expected in my opinion. Oreo shake is nice (even had little Oreo crumble pieces in there. Only I got food, whereas the rest of us only got a drink and they still were able to access the restrooms. Would I constantly visit there? Honestly, no. However, that's the same for any fast food restaurant. Would I go there if we passed it along the way to grab a bite to eat? 100% yes, it's nowhere near as bad as some of these reviews make it out to be.

And dare I say it, I got a gut feeling Carl Jr's may be back to it's best in the near future. 👍

Signing off from me...

Staff taking my order was rude, I specifically asked what the new beyond burger was he didn't say it was plant based (not meat). Once I got to the window I asked if it was plant based I said oh no sorry can I get a normal burger he said no we started cooking it you have to buy another one. I asked okay can I buy another one then he said nope you have to go all the way back around. I didn't want to be rude it being Christmas so I said thats fine. He then proceeded to hand me my change he reached out and through my coins on the floor and shoved the receipt n dollars in my hand n slammed the drive through window. I had to get out of my car and pick up the coins proceeded to make and unnecessary circle back into drive through he watches my car then gets another lady and makes her take my order as he goes and stands against the wall staring as we pay again. I was very disappointed on how rude the staff handled it no sorry no...