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This Chain Was Just Named Best Fast Food Restaurant In The U.S—And It's Not Chick-fil-A
Hold on to your chicken biscuits!
Hold on to your chicken biscuits, but Chick-fil-A has once again been dethroned as the top fast food chain. For years, the Georgia-based Chick-fil-A topped the annual USA Today Readers' Choice Awards for best fast food restaurant in the United States. In 2024, the Southern chicken chain dropped from the top spot, and this year it once again fell to the mighty Del Taco.
According to a new reader survey from USA Today, Del Taco is the most popular fast food chain in the country. While we love Chick-fil-A around here, this isn't a huge surprise. Del Taco consistently has great food, fresh guac, good prices, and a little something for everyone on their menu. In fact, fans specifically mentioned appreciating the chain's diverse menu, which offers tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and nachos, as well as burgers and fries. Making sure everyone can find something they want to eat,
Del Taco also offers full breakfast menu, packed with breakfast burritos and donut bites, as well as a dedicated menu for anyone on a vegan or vegetarian diet. The restaurant also was also the reader's choice winner for the best fast-food fries and was runner-up for best fast-food breakfast. There's clearly a lot to love about the chain. Luckily there are locations all over the South for anyone wanting to try their crispy chicken tacos, stacked cheeseburgers, queso loaded nachos, or epic carne asada steak cali bacon burrito.
Turns out readers like having diverse menu choices, because Jack in the Box came in at number two on the list, with readers touting not only the chain's burgers, but also it's tacos.
A&W sits at number three thanks to its burgers, but also the choices of chicken tenders and cheese curds. Diners also appreciate the chain's expansive dessert menu from shakes to hot caramel fudge sundaes, and of course, root beer floats made with A&W's trademark root beer.
Chick-fil-A is at the number four spot on the list, continuing its reign as one of the top fast food spots in the country thanks to its chicken, lemonade, and fries.
Other Southern favorites in the top ten, include KFC at number 6, Raising Cane's at 8, and Zaxby's coming in 9th place. Check out the full rankings over at USA Today.
Did they get it right?Read the original article on Southern Living
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