Carl’s Jr. — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Not a fast food fan, so I am somewhat biased. The service was friendly and timely, and Carl's Jr, or for that matter any of the national fast food chains, are almost indistinguishable from each other. The burgers are ok, but it's just variations on enormous slabs of cheap ground beef slathered with mayonnaise based dressings and piles of tasteless iceberg lettuce and pale tasteless tomato slices. This would be ok in a pinch, but the main reason anyone eats this stuff is that your can fill up for a few bucks and quickly. Except fast food prices are no longer a bargain. You cannot eat a full meal for much less than 9 bucks! I can get homemade Italian Porchetta (Italian version of pulled pork) with Extra Virgin olive oil, shaved Parmesan and fresh Arugula for the same price, and you actually want to eat it. So for me, there few reasons to go to Carl's Jr or any fast food...

The food was fine and the place was clean. The problem, though, was with whoever's managing the place. During my visit, a customer who seemed to be a friend or relative of an employee came in and proceeded to talk very, very loudly. She was sitting far in a corner of the place and decided to have a convo with someone on the other side--full volume. That wasn't enough, though, because she then decided to have a convo with one of the workers at the counter, which was probably 40 feet away and I was smack dab in the middle.

I made eye contact with an employee and gave an expression of exasperation in the hope she'd ask the guest to chill, but it kept on and on and on and made the entire...

Excellent attention from Employee Antonio during our visit today, Sunday, a lot of patience and explanation of all the burgers to make a good choice. The food was super fresh and very high quality. Something worrying is that many homeless people and wandering people with bad attitudes enter. And it has to be the Employees who have to confront them and remove them because of the aggressiveness of these people, a place where children are eating. Applause for the Guy who was in charge of Restaurant Antonio, for preventing something bigger...