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fazolies

Fazoli's is THE Italian food place, man. Where do you live?

>>5045052
>>5045053
>>5045061

Never even heard of this place. Must be east coast only or something.

There's also Piada, which is similar to chipotle but with italian food.

Not sure how widespread it is though.

>>5045074
You can find it in the mid-west as well, I have seen quite a few in my travels through Utah but significantly fewer lately.

>>5045074

I'm in Missouri and you could find it here. It was also complete shit.

Pizza hut, dominoes, papa johns, little caesars, etc

>>5045086
Isn't that just found inside malls and stuff? That's like food court food.

>>5045093
This. An Italian fast food joint is a pizza place.

>>5045086
mah nigga. love me some sbarro. its so expensive though.

>>5045081
I think Piada is limited to Ohio now. I'd describe the menu, but I would have to stab myself in the face if I said Italian Chipotle. It's so good damned good.

Sbarro is common in airports, but I guess that's not much different than a mall food court. Convenience/captive audience kind of thing.

Interesting question tho. I've been to Fazolis and it was about the worst fuckin shit I've eaten. Their idea of what "italian food" is is already dirt cheap, yet they manage to skimp that extra 5 cents and ruin it by making it completely unseasoned. I've have spaghettios with more flavor depth. And the breadsticks... Dry as a pretzel, but without the crunch. Shit was a crying shame.

Also, think about Papa Murphys. Wonderful, but you take it home and bake it. They do well. Italian food as prepared drive thru fare? I'm imagining the average fast food patron doesn't want to sit in their car and eat a big tub of pasta, nor do moms want that shit on their car seats, nor does it have that instant greasatisfacionry element that burgers and tacos do. Plus burgers and tacos are small, as is the average consumer's pea-brain therefore they rope-a-doped into ordering several small things that seem cheap, but added together cost as much as a sit-down meal. With Italian food you would immediately see the price since you're ordering a single large entree.

>>5045645
I forgot to mention why I the "italian food" in quotes... That shits not italian. I've traveled extensively and French food is the only "cuisine" that lived up to its reputation, which is being wayyy fuckin overpriced. Everything else turned out quite a bit different than its american counterpart. Pretty much everything was a shocker, especially Spanish.

> Protip: when in spain, bring some condiments, and if a large meal is served, don't be shy. Rest of the time it's paper-thin ham on white bread or tater tots and other lightweight appetizers passed off as "dinner". Imagine individual french fries on toothpicks.

>>5045049
We got Fazoli's near here. Not sure if they're still open though.

Because ( and gonna piss many people off, and I am mostly english/ norhern european. but what languge do most of usw type in.. decended from where? Romans. Italians ( dont get the big head but true) and well deserved. in the us there are no to many "pure Ifalian " resturants.but the influence is there. io actually like lidya on pbs, fony did youtesefl rome, italy latin epluribus unim dmn inllence is evrywhere and a goof thiinng. could be worse. a lot wresw. God bless italy people forget

>>5045703

U wot m8
>because
then you lost me. the fuck are you even on about?

>>5045049

Panera bread has some pretty decent pastas. Bit expensive though.

There's Donatos. Donatos opened up right next to one of my favorite local Italian places and put it out of business since well known and mediocre sells better than local and good.

>>5045074
The only thing you are missing anon are the bread sticks...the bread sticks.

We had 2 in our area and they were closed after 2 years (one replaced by BoTapDancingJangles, the other with Purple Onion).

>>5045086
Its not bad, better than Fazoshittles.

>>5045169
Nori Japan is food court food and it is delicious.

pretty sure most pizza places also do pasta, also Fazolis

>>5045049
Because its fucking easy to make it yourself and cheap.

For the price you'd have to charge, people could do it themsleves.

Chain restaurants
Low quality ingredients
"fast"

All completely against the idea of Italian cooking. 3 strikes and you're out. No Italian would start a fast food restaurant, so you end up with shit like Fazoli's.

Several pizza chains do pasta as well, Domino's, Pizza Hut, don't remember who all. Try it and you will discover why Italian fast food is a terrible idea.

>>5045703
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>>5045986
I remember when Pizza Hut combined lasagna and pizza to make the giant Lasagna Pizza. God that was delicious. Salty and overly sickening, but delicious.

>>5045916
What??? Hamburgers probably take just as long as pasta to prepare. Shit even a taco is just as easy. People buy fast food because they don't want to do shit themselves

same reason there's no chink fast food, wop food is dressed up peasant fare, meaning it's cheap as hell, slow cooked everything, all mixed together and oversold with presentation.

a hamburger sandwich is a hamburger sandwich, you can make one in five minutes and sell it for 30% over costs.

Fra Diavolo is ten bucks worth of seafood, 2 bucks of vegetables and 1$ of herbs with $0.25 of pasta you're trying to sell on a big ass plate for $14 a pop. Just like Kung Pao Chicken or whatever

>>5046038

Ladies and gentlemens, a person that has never prepared food for more than himself!

Isn't he funny!

>>5046113
>no chink fast food
>what is panda express

>>5045049
I can get a chicken parmigiana sandwich at burger king, and mozzarella cheese sticks at jack in the box. I can even drive between them and put mozzarella cheese sticks on a chicken parmigiana sandwich. What more could you possibly want?

>>5045049
>Italian fast food places

I don't remember the name but there is an "italian chipotle" in Columbus OH that's pretty good.

>>5045703

>>5046038
>brown meat
>dump in sauce, sauce lasts forever
>dump noodles in boiling water, noodles last fucking forever

>brown patties
>break up and wash fresh lettuce
>slice fresh tomato, use 2 slices of it
>get ketchup and mustard
>get onion slice (optional)
>get pickle slice (opt)
>have fresh buns on hand

>>5045653
>I forgot to mention why I the "italian food" in quotes... That shits not italian.
I'm pretty sure no one was mistaking Fazoli's for authentic Italian cuisine.

>>5045049

Dude. These aren't authentic.

>>5045049
CHEF BOYARDEE
IN A FUCKING CAN
BAM
ENJOY YOU LITTLE SHIT

Am I going to be the only one here that legit enjoys Fazoli's? Yes, its nowhere near authentic, but I'm assuming when OP asks if there are any fast food italian places, he's not talking about authenticity. We're talking the Taco Bell of Italian food here: fast, easy, cheap. And I gotta say, for it being fast food, I really do miss me some Fazoli's since moving to the south. Just get yourself a chicken parmesan or one of those big sampler platters and you'll see. Plus you can't beat the endless breadsticks when you dine in. I don't know what one of you guys where talking about when you said they were like stale pretzels. They've always tasted like fluffy, buttery, garlicky heaven to me.