Comments on: Hey La Ba! Red Beans and Rice!

By: Paulp

Paulp — Mon, 07 May 2007 18:27:45 +0000

Sorry about the misspelled words. I will turn in my
Naturally N’awlins membership badge to the nearest
N.O.P.D. substation.

By: Nicole J. LeBoeuf-Little

Nicole J. LeBoeuf-Little — Mon, 07 May 2007 04:43:31 +0000

This has nothing to do with the actual content of the blog post here, but I feel compelled to point out that the title's more properly spelled "Eh, La-bas!" Only because that was the name of my high school's semiannual literary magazine. And also this musical ensemble here. Thank you. And now, back to the food gab, already in progress.

By: KamaAina

KamaAina — Fri, 04 May 2007 23:43:50 +0000

Okay. Fast food sucks. The “food” sucks. The service sucks. And in New Orleans (or even Metry), of all places, it really has no reason to exist. “In other places they eat to live, but in New Orleans, we live to eat.”

But really, “I would rather be closed down than to present these mutant, borderline autistic bottom feeders to represent my company.”? First of all, I can assure you that if Mickey D’s has any employees with autism, or any other disability, they’re put in the back where no one can see them. Secondly, I know of at least one adult with autism who has a Yale degree, recently visited New Orleans, regularly leaves comments on several top NOLA blogs, and is looking for a way to put his considerable talents to work rebuilding the city where he was once so well accepted he wasn’t even the most unusual or eccentric person on his block! If he ever gets back, I (oops, the cat’s out of the bag!) hope to put all talk of “mutant bottom feeders” to rest for once and all.

By: Patti

Patti — Wed, 02 May 2007 19:13:01 +0000

The McD’s in Algiers are both terrible, and one is brand new. They’re always out of stuff and the service is rude (much like your post). It’s not just McD’s though – the BK was out of meat at Christmastime!!

By: Puddinhead

Puddinhead — Wed, 02 May 2007 12:52:01 +0000

On the subject of fast food “service”…

Something I’ve been noticing in the past year or so as more and more fast food joints in Orleans are reopening…sort of a reversal of sorts seems to me to be going on. Friday is “Fast Food Friday” for me since going back to work post-K, and the lunch stop might come either in Mid-City or Metairie, depending on the timing of things. I’ve noticed that the Mickey D’s, Burger Kings, etc. in New Orleans that have recently reopened seem to not only be being kept cleaner than the ones along Vets–the service actually seems to be closer to what you’d expect if you walked into one of the corresponding joints anywhere in Middle America, at least compared to the Metairie spots. Anyone else noticing this? I don’t expect this to endure–I’m sure the service and cleanliness will equalize shortly…Maybe Regional has been sticking some hotshot managers into the recently opening stores, and we’ll have the benefit of that until they get pulled back out or something?

By: Paulp

Paulp — Tue, 01 May 2007 21:08:17 +0000

I went to the McDonald’s on Airline “Drive” at Labarre. It’s right before you get to Causeway Blvd in Metairie. Mr. B? Are you affiliated with McDonald’s in some way? Just Kidding.

By: Mr. B

Mr. B — Tue, 01 May 2007 20:24:34 +0000

Which McDonalds was that? Most of the ones I find myself at operate like well-oiled machines.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 01 May 2007 20:15:17 +0000

The sad thing about this is that when I am seriously jonesing to satisfy that fast-food need, I go to the McDonald’s at St. Charles and Louisiana because this kind of service is BETTER than at the Rally’s across Louisiana.

The end of it for me came when I pulled up to the EMPTY drive-thru lane and got some gibberish thru the speaker. Thinking they were asking for my order, I gave it. Then I sat there…

….for a LONG time….

…without response….

…finally driving forward as cars began stacking up behind me. I get to the window and the derelict opens it, looks at me and says, “I TOLD you to wait!”

By: paul p

paul p — Tue, 01 May 2007 19:55:46 +0000

I know I know, I hadn’t posted anything in a while
and life has been quite dull lately. I hadn’t had fast food in four weeks and wanted to make sure it was as bad as I had remembered.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 01 May 2007 19:49:21 +0000

Paul, I’m with ya in spirit…but slagging Mackey’s for bad food and service is kinda like slagging Wal-Mart for not carrying bespoke suits and Hepplewhite chairs, eh?