Wendy's Doubles Down in Downtown Brooklyn

I'm not really sure why people say fast food is cheap. I haven't eaten fast food in maybe 5 years, so perhaps I'm out of touch with the prices, but to get a meal there it's probably what like 6 or 7 bucks?

For that, I can make a dinner of a couple roasted chicken breasts, and a huge tray of rosemary roasted carrots, potatoes and onion with a side of spinach.

Much healthier.

It's a myth that eating fruits and vegetables is more expensive than fast food, in my opinion.

Exactly Snappy.

And for that $7 I spent for the chicken and roasted vegetables, that is usually enough for TWO dinners!

I get that people eat fast food because they either like the taste of it or they want something fast, but to claim that it's cheap doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to me.

Hell, I can even go get the hummus and lentil soup at Olive Vine and that's about the same price and that actually tastes like real food and not rubber or dog meat.

"As someone once said, "I didn't move to this town to make dinner.""

Did this same person say that they moved to this town to eat at Wendy's?

Legion,

There are White Castles on Willoughby and Fulton, one on 4th Avenue and 30th Street, one on Atlantic and Grand, Ft. Hamilton Parkway and 42nd, Myrtle between Linden and Gates...

Shall I continue...?

I've never eaten at White Castle.

I just knew that I'd seen some around so when you said there weren't any downtown, I looked online and found the ones I mentioned...

I can actually count on two hands the amount of times I've ever eaten fast food...not including Pizza Hut. Not sure if one would count that or not, but I've definitely had my share of pan pizza in my day.

I've got my own version of fast food.

It's a little place called Bark and their damn disco fries. I wake up in the middle of the night craving those suckers.

The hot dogs and burger are worth writing home about too, in my opinion.

Never had them, Snappy...but I do like Melt! Any excuse to slap my momma is a good one by me!! :)

Benson, Bark is on Bergen between 5th Avenue and Flatbush on that now really super cute block of shops. It's literally right as you get out of the 2/3 Bergen stop next to Pintchik Hardware.

And then if you haven't been, stop in to BKLYN Larder just around the corner on Flatbush and pick up some of their homemade gelato. YUM!

"bark is MASSIVELY overpriced, i dont care what anyone says."

No, it's not.

Their burger is $6.96 and is excellent.

Their hot dogs range from $4.25 to around 6 or 7 bucks and are high quality Austrian hot dogs (more $$ than Nathan's but you can taste the difference). Plus the buns are insanely good.

And they have Six Points beer (they make a special beer JUST for Bark) is $4 and on Friday and Saturday from 10pm till 2am they have $15 all you can drink Six Points beer. That's a bargain.

It's certainly more $$ than fast food, but the ingredients are quality, the space is super nice and the place does an amazing job of ACTUALLY doing their part to help the environment.

You get what you pay for.

Here's a review in The New Yorker of Bark from last month in case you're curious:

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/tables/2009/12/14/091214gota_GOAT_tables_peed

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It was also listed in New York Magazine as "One of the Reasons to Love New York"

http://nymag.com/news/articles/reasonstoloveny/2009/62670/

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Food and Wine Magazine named Bark in their 2010 Food Trend issue:

http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/2010-trend-hot-dog-heroes

Rob,

As I said, most of the hot dogs on their menu are $4.25 - $6.00 dollars.

None of them are $8. There's a big difference between 5 dollars and 8 dollars.

Why don't you go try it first before you rip it apart. Have you ever even walked by the place?

There are lots of people beside me who like Bark, and your suggestion that anyone who likes Bark is a horrible person is offensive to say the least.

And P.S. While I happen to enjoy "reading" New York Mag from time to time, I don't think most people would consider The New Yorker (who gave Bark a glowing recommendation) a "stupid rag."

"11217, when I want a snack,
I wanna pay 2 bucks and want some grease.
I don't want to know how I'm saving the
habitat of the piping plover.

and when I hear "Austrian hot dogs"
I reach for my gun"

That's cool Legion. Takes all kinds of people to make the world go 'round. I like Bark, you like White Castle. Everyone's happy.

Coming from you, I'll take that as a compliment.

Food poisoning...?