Fast Food

Donna Marie Nichols isn't the first person to use 911 to lodge a complaint about her fast food order. By our count Burger King, McDonald's and Subway have all driven patrons to turn to emergency services. But, as far as we know, this Tennessee woman is the first person to call 911 on Hardee's. So welcome to the big time, home of the Thick Burger.

On Sunday, a young man seemingly drew inspiration from the mischievous McDonaldLand character Hamburglar and stole a $20 bag of food from a McDonald's drive-thru in Maine. It's unclear whether he shouted "Robble robble!" while escaping.

The stuffy PBS period piece 'Downton Abbey,' which chronicles life within aristocratic society, gets hilariously mocked in this parody called "Downton Arby's." Needless to say, it stands to be much, much funnier than the original. Also, more horse sauce-y.

McDonald's Shamrock Shake usually comes once a year around St. Patrick's Day, but as the holiday passes, so does the elusive tasty beverage. Now you don't have to be in March (or Irish) to enjoy one year round.

An Olive Garden recently opened in Grand Forks, ND, and according to the Grand Forks Herald's 85-year-old restaurant reviewer Marilyn Hagerty, it had become the talk of the town. So, being a good journalist, Hagerty wrote a review of it. Almost immediately after her article was posted to the Herald's website, it started to get an unusual number of hits, and quickly became the most read article on

The eBay auction for the Chicken McNugget that may or may not resemble George Washington finally concluded last week with a high bid of $8,100 -- but the winner isn't willing to part with the scratch.

Today, Taco Bell unleashed on the public its brilliant mash-up of late night munchies. Starting at midnight, Facebook fans of Taco Bell, and anyone else who was in the know, could stop by to try their new Doritos Locos Tacos. It’s like the walking taco you don’t have to DIY and you can eat without a fork. The ingenious fast food is all part of Taco Bell’s new Live Mas campaign, which was introduce

Oreos are the most popular cookies in the United States, with Americans scarfing down some 25 billion of the chocolate sandwich confections every year. And since this week marks Oreo's 100th birthday, we thought we'd celebrate with some facts and lore.

It's 3 a.m. and you're dying for freshly-baked cupcakes. If you're lucky enough to live in the Los Angeles area, you won't have to make them yourself -- you can just hit up the new cupcake machine at gourmet bakery Sprinkles.

Once a year, the McRib pops up on the McDonald's menu for a short period of time and fans of the pork sandwich sing its praises to the high heavens. But something is happening in Austria that will shake the foundation of any McRib connoisseur. It's called the McRibster, and it suggests that the McRib is not the perfection that some claim. Rather, it's just a start.

Of all the things you might expect to happen while eating pizza, finding a pearl definitely isn't one of them. But that's exactly what happened to a South Carolina woman while enjoying a snack last Friday.

The last time people were comparing the way something looks to George Washington, that something was disgraced swindler Bernie Madoff. And, really, the father our country deserves a much better doppelganger. Cue Chicken McNugget George Washington, who a woman in Sioux City, Iowa bought at a McDonald's three years ago.

Rick Silva, the head of Checkers and Rally's drive-in restaurants was featured on the latest episode of 'Undercover Boss.' Like the other sneaky bosses before him, the CEO donned a disguise and pretended he was just a lowly employee, in this case at a Checkers' franchise in Homestead, Florida. And it was also the first case of a boss breaking his cover and shutting down the workplace on the spot. 

Given that Big Boy restaurants started way back in 1936, you might think that retired statues of their chubby-cheeked mascot would be treated with more respect. But as these photos of Big Boy statue graveyards show, that's far from the truth.

Some of the most heartwarming videos on the internet are of soldiers returning home from war surprising their family members in a creative way. The military wife in this clip got more than she bargained for when her husband delivered her meal to the table at a Chick-fil-a restaurant.