The Jew and I stumbled into Tacos Gringos with Monique one night, the employees said they were drunk, we used a breathalyser on them (he carries one around for fun) and they most definitely were. I now officially love them.

Hot Mama's. This makes me miss Rick's Falafel truck on the weekends.

There'll be a new version of El Chupacabra opening by Glos in the very near future, too.

The emailer raises some interesting questions as to why these places might be gone. At lunch yesterday, a friend mentioned that nearly every fast "food" outlet on the Ave has also closed. And if starving/stoned students aren't getting their 99 cent scarf on, something seems to be up.

Don't forget Dick's! That place is packed after drinking!

Yes, non-corporate drunk food options are the best and everything. Blah, blah, blah . . .

But sometimes I just need my 99 cent tacos and oreo cookie shake.

I love how some people in seattle are never satisfied.

@7 -- Maybe they're just like my mother?

@4 I agree. Not that I love the food, but I'm always a little shocked when a national franchise fast food joint closes down. These companies put big dollars into analyzing where to site franchises so they wont fail. So when they go under, you have to wonder what's up?

Burger King is the exception--a whole bunch of them have closed down, but their food sets a new nadir in nasty, so it explains itself.

@8, i owe you a drink.

I pledge my undying love to Tacos Gringos!

@10 -- That was me sock puppeting, so make mine a "Playa Rosa" at Licorous.

All the good non-corporate food places are cash only and by two in the morning I've already spent all my cash...

And thank god for the Fish Fry mention -- I was beginning to think we'd go a whole week without a direct mention.

You guys need to get on the ball or your free food deal will dry up.

I wish like fuck we got free food there. Unfortunately, it's not true.

@3: Where? Is it going in the old Healthy Hedon place, next to Half Price Books?

Side note: People who think they're better than everyone for not eating at these places (Taco Bell, JITB, KFC), or people who list nutrition facts and talk about how good Fast Food Nation was...these are people who deserve to die. These are people who are the scum of the Earth. These are people you don't want to know, because they do nothing but make you ugly.

Yes. And by all accounts, it should have a killer deck.

Tacos Gringos and Dicks are my faves. But one of the nice things, for those of us who don't just go to the Hill, is discovering the taco place in Lower Queen Anne between the Uptown Espresso and Uptown theater.

Unfortunately, it does not have a deck.

KFC is closed? When did that happen?

I'd kill for a Wendy's Frosty and some (fresh)hot fries right now.

And the McDonald's Southern Chicken Sandwich is surprisingly good; a juicy chicken sandwich that actually tastes like chicken. And oddly garnished with pickels but no mayo or dressing of any kind.

And as a transplanted Midwesterner, I occassionally keen for Sonic and Long John Silvers...

you mean blue water taco grill, will?

like the one at century square?
or the one at fourth ave?
or one union square?

were you trying to be funny?

The answer to the question of "why eat at Jack in the Box when you can eat at Fry Fry" lies somewhere near $2, I'd guess.

I can handle all of the fast food joints leaving Broadway (keep Dick's), but the fabulous Russian peroski place is moving down to somewhere around 3rd and Cherry (to make way for the Sound Transit station). That's way too far. I needs me some peroski within walking distance.

3rd and Cherry is within walking distance. Stop being lazy or hop on a fucking bus. God. Is all of Capitol Hill this pathetic?

King Cobra serves some pretty damn good food late.

@24: Completely. All of us.

Well..you got me there. Hmpf.

@ 23 - there's a piroshki place on Madison, a couple blocks west of Broadway.

@25: You eat at King Cobra? Weird.

@1: Yes, that was amazing. Those guys are fabulous drunks.

@24 - not all, but most.

3rd and Cherry!

WTF?!?!

That IS way too far. That's fucking downtown. If I want a fucking delicious piroshky I don't want it to take 30 minutes for me to get there! I want it NOW!

Between Septieme going down the toilet and this, there's nothing left on Broadway worth eating at...well, Dick's of course...

@21, no he really is that retarded.

Check your facts about the Jack in the Box. There has been some deals going on around what will replace the KFC and some current and future tenants have pushed for something less... fast foody.

I got aggravated by comments from my friends i've talked to about this as well. I under-
stand that its absolutely so not "cool" or "in" to say you enjoy a guilty pleasure like Jack in the Box or Taco Bell, however this makes affordable food on the hill disappear
as well in a way.
I was really annoyed by the taco bell vanishing though, I enjoyed the company of the guinean dudes who worked the night shift there awhile back. They made the burritos like the place was closing - huge.
By the way, I get chastised sometimes about my "mindless consumer buying into a soul-less corporation" eating habits by my friends who smoke camels- its you not the handlebar moustache that is ironic kids!

huff-huff-huff

-&rew