Rally’s

Used to love it here until onetime we got a meatball sub and it was everywhere. All over our food and the bag and we took it back and they were very rude. Also it is not clean. There were flies in the kitchen and on the food and one lady dropped a bun on the floor, picked it up and put it on a burger. Very good food but not at this location.

I’d there anything better than a good greasy cheeseburger. Yes, one with bacon. I tried their steakhouse bacon double cheeseburger. It’s served on their Texas toast or is it flat bread? The sandwich was really well seasoned and the meat was perfectly cooked. The deal was $ 5 for Combo with fries and a drink.
At 12:15 pm, the line was three cars and it went quick enough I had to wait for food. Very friendly but a little over top in trying to add dessert. Really three times was good, four times is annoying.
All in all. Good lunch stop.

Just went to the 150^th location with the pooch, because I had a coupon. This is about the only reason I hit fast food ever. Feeling like I pulled a fast one on the restaurant. The fact I had to order something called a «Big Buford» shook me to my core. But she loves the drive through so much. She dances in the back seat and squeals. That’s probably a bad thing. Cesar Milan would most certainly frown on that shit.
However, this 117^th location has much more historical value. We used to drive out from Lake County to go to the Chamber (Stefanie chortles in her labcoat) every couple of months. Once you get out of there, you’re drunk, hungry, oddly horny, and everything is closed. Except My Friends. And we’re not doing that since we don’t want to see all the same people who were just in the Chamber. So we would hit Rally’s. Banana shake and fries. Every time. Devoured before we even got to Route 2. Though we never finished the shake. It sat in the fridge overnight and became a morning hangover slime to down with aspirin. Truly, food for the undead.
Now that I get it once a year as an actual meal, I can’t say it’s better or worse than any other fast food. But the experience always takes me back to those days. The employees are always laid back folks who have pretty much hit bottom in life and are just there as part of their probation. The fish sandwich (the Deep Sea Double I believe) is a way better bargain than the McDonald’s Filet O Minnow. The fries are still top notch. We even took our out of town Unilocal visitor from Minnesota there on the way to the airport when she had to leave. This was after a night of drinking on the front steps (after a visit to the Phantasy– oh, how life repeats itself). Don’t know if she reviewed it/​liked it/​kept it down. Never asked her. But, it’s always there waiting for post debauchery appetites like that line from the song «It’s a Thin Line (between love and hate)». Lyrics:
IT’S FIVE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING
AND YOU’RE JUST GETTING IN
YOU KNOCK ON THE FRONT DOOR
AND A VOICE SWEET AND LOW SAYS
«WHO IS IT?»
SHE OPENS UP THE DOOR AND LETS YOU IN
NEVER ONCE ASKS WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN
SHE SAYS «ARE YOU HUNGRY?
DID YOU EAT YET?
No, Rally’s I haven’t. Let’s do this.

You know you’ve hit the dregs of post-​2 A.M. grub when you see that anything quick and fit for human consumption is closed and you turn your wearied eye towards Rally’s.
If it’s not the homeless man who tried to wedge himself between your car and the window and offers to give your money to the cashier for a fee that gets you, it’s the disgruntled teenagers hanging out that shower your car with what’s left of their milkshakes.
I can say this for certainty: This place sells food ostensibly for humans. Whether you should purchase and willingly put it in your body is a question only you can answer.