The Year's Best Fast-Food Chain

December 16, 2008

Well you voted and now the results are in: As part of our Best of 2008 coverage we asked you what your favorite fast-food restaurant is. Although there was no landslide win, the majority (24 percent) chose Subway. The popular sandwich chain has had a busy year — it's introduced flatbread sandwiches, signed on Michael Phelps as spokesman, and partnered with Starbucks.

We love the soft, doughy rolls filled with sandwich fixings, but after much deliberation, we've chosen Arby's as our editor's choice. When it comes to fast food, if fries aren't involved we're not interested. Arby's curly fries are the ultimate guilty pleasure. We love pairing them with the chain's incredible roast beef and cheddar sandwich and topping it off with creamy horseradish sauce. Do you eat at Arby's?

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59 Comments

devils 4 years 21 weeks

I like Arby's and I'm not ashamed to say it :) I like the chicken & curly fries..it's what I usually get.

divinelight 4 years 21 weeks

Ew! I have eaten at Arby's a total of ONE time. And I will NEVER eat there again. I ended up spending that night leaning over the toilet from food poisoning.

KJ1185 4 years 21 weeks

I actually really like Arby's. It's weird because I really don't do fast food.

GlowingMoon 4 years 21 weeks

No. I think the last time I ate at Arby's it was over twenty years ago. I'm serious.I don't eat at fast food chains. I may buy a soda, but that's it.

GlowingMoon 4 years 21 weeks

No. I think the last time I ate at Arby's it was over twenty years ago. I'm serious. I don't eat at fast food chains. I may buy a soda, but that's it.

a1stbornunicorn 4 years 21 weeks

chick-fil-a is way better than both subway and arby's by about a trillion times! Most of their menu is really healthy and all of it is delicious.

insanitypepper 4 years 21 weeks

Gross! The last time I ate at Arby's was in 1996. I got sick after eating there a couple of times, and that was enough to convince me to never go back. Arby's sauce definitely does not taste just as good the second time.

heartbreakerx62x 4 years 21 weeks

I love subway, but best FRENCH FRIES .... CHECKERS! HELLO!

LaurenG22 4 years 21 weeks

I think it is nasty, but then again I don't eat fast food, unless I am forced to.

verily 4 years 21 weeks

It's funny how polarizing Arby's is. Arby's is like a guilty pleasure for me with the curly fries and the beef n cheddar. I probably would have picked Arby's in the poll because I don't care for the other options. Whataburger is my fast food chain of choice for burgers and chicken tenders.

verily 4 years 21 weeks

iamangiepooh 4 years 21 weeks

When I used to eat fast food I loved Arby's curly fries! I haven't eaten fast food in 6-7 years though. Sometimes it's tempting to eat fast food because my boyfriend eats it every now and then (esp. Wendy's), but I've gone this long without it and I think I'll keep it that way. This definitely has me craving curly fries though... haha

telewyo 4 years 21 weeks

Why was Subway even a choice if you don't consider it to be fast food because it doesn't have fries? ...is this some sort of sponsored Arby's commercial or something?

L0neLyHeArT 4 years 21 weeks

Arby's is..ok. I voted for McDonalds.

ilanac13 4 years 21 weeks

when i used to eat meat - i would love going to arby's or roy rogers for their roast beef sandwiches and now i go there just for the fries or for the $1 apps things. i'm a sucker for curly fries!

fleurfairy 4 years 21 weeks

Arby's has mozzarella sticks which are one of my favorite foods on earth.

356UIK 4 years 21 weeks

lol! Arby's was totally in 2nd to last place in that poll anyways, with 6%. Too funny.

chiefdishwasher 4 years 21 weeks

The point is to get plenty of comments....get the point?

JanetG0307 4 years 21 weeks

i would choose chik fil a over arby's any day of the week, except sunday because they aren't open then.

356UIK 4 years 21 weeks

otaku, :ROTFL: I was thinking the same thing!!!

356UIK 4 years 21 weeks

otaku, :ROTFL: I was thinking the same thing!!!

otaku 4 years 21 weeks

wait a min... yum, did i read it wrong, or does it say that in the pole, subway won but you chose arby's anyway? if that's the case, then what is the point of polling us in the first place?

otaku 4 years 21 weeks

wait a min... yum, did i read it wrong, or does it say that in the pole, subway won but you chose arby's anyway? if that's the case, then what is the point of polling us in the first place?