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| - First time going to a Carl's Jr. As per the first review for this location, I concur - staff were super-friendly - a thumbs up to them! The restaurant was spartan and modern looking in that franchisey way.
I had the 1/3rd lb Original Six Dollar burger combo ($14) - tasty, and certainly had a little wow factor. Burger had lettuce, tomato, onion and cheese, and the size was probably more than I needed. Fries were decent - maybe a notch on the McD fries. I enjoyed my meal in general. However, following the meal, I had that uneasy fast-food feeling of it not sitting quite right, but in general, I can't complain too much for a fast-food joint.
For a franchise burger place, I would say certainly operating above a McD's and BK, and coming in around an A&W's. Hero Burger certainly pips it with the quality of the food. However, with places like Holy Chuck across the road (Yonge & St Clair) for maybe the same money or a little more, Carl's Jr cannot compete with the gourmet burger scene popping up all over Toronto for freshness and taste. If it's niche is to muscle out the McD's and BK's, then it'll certainly achieve that!
One comment though on their marketing - although the sexy TV adverts for Carl's Jr appeal to the adolescent boy in me (ooer!), this is the 21st century and we should be beyond this sort of schlock!
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