Cook Out — Restaurant in North Carolina

You know, if you ever want to experience what pre-covid life was like again- just hit this place up, it doesn't disappoint on that front! I thought it was bad enough that just driving through the parking lot, you're greeted with a literal flock or 5, of 100% UNMASKED high-schoolers, all congregated together (legitimately around 30 total, at least), sitting in each other's laps and all that stuff that can't happen with 6 ft of distance between people; the cherry on top had to be the dude manning the milkshake machine- COMPLETELY UNMASKED, WORKING at an establishment serving FOOD, DURING A PANDEMIC that has well OVER 9 MILLION confirmed cases in the US, and about 300,000 in NC alone. I just moved to this area, and adding this to my "(insanely) high risk- list of places to AVOID," because unfortunately, I am one of MANY people that have compromised immune systems; meaning that the selfish and careless actions of people like this, could legitimately be even MORE fatal/dangerous for us, than it already is. Pure negligence, this is a hazard and something needs to be done. One unmasked employee kind of negates the rest of your team following restrictions/guidelines, lol. i really wish this (all) wasn't such a hard concept for people to grasp. No one is immune, so wear a mask or stay tf home.

The unmasked employee was an ordinary (or bland, lol) looking white guy, dark brown hair, and I believe he had glasses?? Idk, but OBVIOUSLY unmasked, so that should say enough. And, maybe post signs to keep the cesspool of insensitive, apparently immune, loitering ppl away?

Bruh I couldn't even get a milkshake without fear, thanks...

For fast food, you really can't get better than Cook Out. I live in another state, so we don't have Cook Out there, and every time I come to visit family up here in NC, I can't wait to go to this Cook Out. The food tastes like actual food, really, and it's MUCH cheaper than other fast food places. Compared to other fast food, that tastes like pre-fab made-from-frozen mass produced junk, Cook Out actually tastes like food from a backyard barbeque at your neighbor's or something. The burgers are great and fresh. The pulled pork sandwich is my favorite. The hush puppies are a must, and the fries are great, but the cajun fries are way better. The shakes are great as well, I've had a couple different ones and they're all good. The only complaints I have about this location is that sometimes the lines are extremely long and slow - I think it's partially because they seem to be understaffed, and the employees seem to be having to do too much work per person, at some of my visits, I felt really bad for the employees because it would be like, just two of them trying to run the whole place. And their speaker system (or really, the headsets that go with it) at the drive-thru doesn't work very - every time I've been here, the order-taker can't hear very well because of some kind of issue with the headsets, it seems. But yeah, the customer service is still pretty good most of the time, most of the people that work there are quite friendly. So, if you're looking for something fast, cheap, and delicious, this Cook Out is the...

I’ve been to this location twice and both times a really sweet blonde girl took my order. My receipt says her name was Bailey, but as a restaurant worker, I know the name doesn’t always match the person. If that really is her name, Bailey deserves a huge raise and any employee award there is. Typically cookout workers are rude and unkind, but she is the only cookout worker from any location I’ve ever met to seem to take pride in her job. She says “my pleasure” after finishing each order, so maybe she used to work at a Chick-fil-A, but either way she is awesome. I know it’s hard to be nice to customers especially at a place like cookout, when almost every customer is a redneck, arrogant teenager, but she manages to do it. Even though cookout isn’t always the fastest, especially at night, and doesn’t have totally amazing food, her service makes me want to go back for more. Seriously cookout, give...