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Long awaited arrival of well known Carl's Jr. to the Calgary market, apparently located in an old Arby's location near SAIT, Starbucks, and Sushi BBQ Inn along 16th Ave NW.
I had always loved Carl's Jr. since living in the US years ago so you can imagine my excitement being able to drive 20 minutes instead of 8 plus hours to get to one.
Unfortunately, the excitement, like any of Vancouver's Stanley Cup runs or Dallas Cowboys playoff runs, fell short.
For $28 and some change, two people got the following:
Super Star w/cheese for $6.01 in a combo including onion rings that overdone and almost chewy instead of crunchy for $3.09 (combo price and at this point, the onion rings are better at Burger King or A & W) and a chocolate shake that was more whipped cream than shake for $4.49 (combo price which are better at Smashburger).
Note: most burgers come with mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, tomato, onion so buyer beware.
Western bacon thickburger for $7.01 in a combo including crisscut fries for $3.49 and medium beverage for $2.69 (which is the extra large from years ago). The burger was not charbroiled enough as what they advertise is charbroiled Angus burgers and the bacon was too thinly sliced. The portion of the fries was disappointing.
For this price, I expect higher quality since there are many places like Smashburger or pubs like Joyce on 4th that have higher quality at the same price or sometimes less.
The service, especially by Canadian standards and actual delivery, was adequate.
This was a bucket list to do item but I might come back to see what changes, if anything.
Technically, this should be two and a half stars, not three.
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