The one good thing about having to go to Casper...

"fhrblig" (fhrblig) 04/19/2018 at 15:41 • Filed to: Lunch oppo

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... They still have Hardee’s instead of Carl’s Jr.

Mushroom & Swiss burger for the win.

For Sweden > fhrblig 04/19/2018 at 15:46

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Some rare Wyoppositelock

Ash78, voting early and often > fhrblig 04/19/2018 at 15:48

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I was going to guess it had to do with ghosts and friendliness.

Hardee’s/Carl’s is a geographical thing, not a timing thing. So did you find the magical boundary?

fhrblig > For Sweden 04/19/2018 at 15:50

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I don’t think we have many Opponauts from Wyoming because only like twelve people live here. Driving on I-25 North of Cheyenne is B L I S S F U L. You can’t have left-lane squatters in front of you when you’re the only driver for miles.

fhrblig > Ash78, voting early and often 04/19/2018 at 15:51

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It’s somewhere in Wyoming, because Cheyenne is Carl’s Jr territory.

Ash78, voting early and often > fhrblig 04/19/2018 at 15:53

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The Incontinental Divide

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > fhrblig 04/19/2018 at 15:55

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I lived there for a while. Just not enough jobs in my field there, otherwise I may never have left.

Nothing > fhrblig 04/19/2018 at 15:57

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Unless you get blown off the road! Welcome to windy Wyoming, although it’s been pretty darn windy in Colorado this spring, too.

jimz > fhrblig 04/19/2018 at 15:57

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there are a couple of Hardee’s near me. is the food actually different?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > fhrblig 04/19/2018 at 16:00

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I had to go to Guernsey last week. The wind was horrific, a semi blew over south of Cheyenne, I had to detour on 85 to get back to the Denver airport.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > fhrblig 04/19/2018 at 16:01

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Don’t forget about Taco Johns, you get mexi-fires with your food (tator totos).

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > For Sweden 04/19/2018 at 16:12

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Taco Johns. Best mexican food in eastern Wyoming

*technically the only mexican food.

For Sweden > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/19/2018 at 16:14

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Great, now I want the forbidden treasure that’s goin’ on at Taco John’s.

E92M3 > fhrblig 04/19/2018 at 16:15

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Does Hardees sell country ham biscuits in WY? Or is it just a southern thing?

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Ash78, voting early and often 04/19/2018 at 16:15

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It is, but isn’t. Their menus are distinctly different, even though they share a large number of common ingredients. Today, Carl’s Jr continues to have a more western US/west coast oriented menu, while Hardee’s maintains a more Texas/southeast/midwest/plains oriented menu...

I remember the pre-merger Hardee’s as being not really that great, but being available after we moved out of SoCal into their territory. After the merger, Carl’s Jr flooded into our market and Hardee’s locations were closed or converted. I think CKE just cut the country along some line and on the west side they were Carl’s Jr and on the east they were Hardee’s. I also suspect there was some demographic adjustment there, as Californians are fond of Carl’s and certain groups are very attached to it.

WilliamsSW > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/19/2018 at 16:17

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** only food.

Ash78, voting early and often > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 04/19/2018 at 16:18

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Just to complicate this further, about half of our Hardee’s in urban/suburban Alabama added an in-store Red Burrito a few years ago...I heard that was a Carl’s thing, but I’m not sure. But eating burgers and Fauxican food in the same place is great. Just like the rare KFC/Taco Bell combo shops.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > For Sweden 04/19/2018 at 16:22

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Pardon me, potato oles.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Ash78, voting early and often 04/19/2018 at 16:28

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Green Burrito and Red Burrito are owned by CKE, yes. Anywhere with Hardee’s gets Red Burrito in the cobranded restaurants, while anywhere with Carl’s Jr gets Green Burrito (the original name). To my knowledge, the food is identical.

J_P_Cars10s > fhrblig 04/19/2018 at 16:40

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Hello from the Black Hills. Hardees Territory.

SmugAardvark > fhrblig 04/19/2018 at 16:58

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I was in Casper for a week for work back in late 2016, and one night I wanted to go out and find a bar that wasn’t located in the hotel. I fired up Uber and Lyft, and got nothing. I asked the person at the front desk if that was usual.

This led to an explanation of what Uber and Lyft are. That led to a puzzled look, followed by a question, “What, so you get into a stranger’s car and they take you somewhere?” I ended up waiting 30 minutes for the most questionable-looking taxi I’d ever set foot in.

Other than that though, I did thoroughly enjoy my visit to Wyoming.

Under_Score > fhrblig 04/19/2018 at 17:03

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$5 Big Box!!!!

LOREM IPSUM > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 04/19/2018 at 17:10

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On a trip to visit a friend in VA, I stopped at the Hardee’s drive thru. They had a chicken fried steak with gravy. I ordered it, took 1 bite and realized I’d just gotten a straight mouth full of beef fat and gristle.

The mouth full and the rest of the sandwich went out the window, and that was my one and only Hardee’s experience.

Now Carls Jr on the other hand? Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Gimme.

fhrblig > LOREM IPSUM 04/19/2018 at 21:35

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I love Hardee’s, but I don’t think I’d be willing to try a chicken fried steak from them. Besides, their burgers are great. So are Carl’s Jr’s, but I still am pissed they don’t offer the mushroom and Swiss burger there.

fhrblig > Nothing 04/19/2018 at 21:36

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I nearly did on the way back. 60+ mph winds in a nearly empty cargo van is no bueno.

fhrblig > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/19/2018 at 21:39

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“Umm, legal says we can’t call it ‘mexican’ anymore.”

I do love Taco John’s. I wish the closest one to me wasn’t ten miles away.

fhrblig > SmugAardvark 04/19/2018 at 21:40

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Followed by you having to explain to them what a cell phone was, right?

fhrblig > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/19/2018 at 21:42

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The wind here lately has been insane. I’m glad it wasn’t as nasty from Cheyenne to home as it was from Casper to Cheyenne. Though as I’m writing this, the wind has kicked back up again.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > fhrblig 04/19/2018 at 21:42

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We used to get some kind of shroom sandwich, but it isn’t a sticking point for me because we do get their Santa Fe Chicken, which means I can put a green chile on anything like I was in NM or something.

fhrblig > E92M3 04/19/2018 at 21:43

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I forgot to look at the breakfast menu, so I’m not sure. Do they still have the smoked sausage breakfast biscuits? Carl’s Jr has them very occasionally, but not often enough because they’re amazeballs.

fhrblig > Under_Score 04/19/2018 at 21:44

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Carl’s Jr has those too, and they’re a pretty good deal for too much food.

fhrblig > jimz 04/19/2018 at 21:47

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They use the same general ingredients, but the menus are different. You can get onion rings and fried zucchini at Carl’s, but not Hardee’s. Hardee’s has curly fries and Carl’s doesn’t. They’re most similar on their breakfast menus, but even there they’re not the same.

fhrblig > J_P_Cars10s 04/19/2018 at 21:48

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At least I didn’t get blown into the Dakotas.

fhrblig > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 04/19/2018 at 21:50

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They had some sort of mushroom burger a while back but it was completely different and not that good.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/19/2018 at 21:59

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Not a fan, but it’s true.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > fhrblig 04/19/2018 at 22:07

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I would not drive 10 miles for a taco johns.

J_P_Cars10s > fhrblig 04/20/2018 at 15:57

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Yeah, I travel to the Front Range from Rapid City for work a lot. Not a terribly fun drive in a LWB, high top Sprinter. More than once, we’ve pulled over and stacked the entire contents of the van on the upwind side.

Even in my personal vehicle, it seems like I rarely drive across that state without at least one *moment*.