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Post by Lefty Rev on Feb 11, 2020 12:42:32 GMT -5
The Culver's thread got me missing Runza, which is a fast food chain started in Nebraska... www.runza.comGreat runza (bread/meat/cabbage) "sandwiches" - plus their fries and onion rings are excellent! (And you can order "frings" which is a bag of fries and rings mixed together.) If you're driving through Nebraska, make sure to stop and try 'em - you'll likely be glad you did... P.S. If you want a regular hamburger/cheeseburger, those are excellent as well - I'd put 'em on par with Culver's "butter burgers". |
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Post by Chris Greene on Feb 11, 2020 12:50:21 GMT -5
We discovered Runza during the Great Lakes portion of our 2007 trip. Gotta love loose meat. But what I remember to this day was the onion rings.
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Post by hilltop87 on Feb 11, 2020 13:02:59 GMT -5
I grew up in Omaha and have enjoyed Runza quite often. CG is right about the onion rings. I was back in Omaha last October and had to partake.
Their food is always fresh.
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Post by Taildragger on Feb 11, 2020 13:28:14 GMT -5
Sounds like a Japanese noodle joint.
So, what is the origin of the name? According to their website, it was started in 1949 by someone named Sally Everett. If they explain the origin of the "Runza" name anyplace on the site, I missed it.
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Post by hilltop87 on Feb 11, 2020 13:33:03 GMT -5
Sounds like a Japanese noodle joint. So, what is the origin of the name? According to their website, it was started in 1949 by someone named Sally Everett. If they explain the origin of the "Runza" name anyplace on the site, I missed it. Some people would claim it gives you the runza's. Personally I think the quality of the food there is pretty high. I am surprised they have never ventured into the Chicago area. I think they could make a killing. |
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Post by Ragtop on Feb 11, 2020 13:36:47 GMT -5
Dang, mikey, now I'm drooling all down the front of myself. Best fast food EVER!
The nearest one to me now, unfortunately, is in Loveland. Three hours away.
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Feb 11, 2020 14:01:48 GMT -5
I've heard of it, but never had it. A person I trust thought it didn't live up to the hype.
Shrug...there's a "BBQ" place in Ames Iowa called Hickory Park. Ames people talk about it like it's the most amazing BBQ. I went there and thought it was awful. Tasted like pressure cooked meat slathered in sauce. Not even close to the great BBQ you get down in KC (or in my backyard).
I'll give Runza a try if I ever get the chance, but I don't have high expectations.
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Post by Ragtop on Feb 11, 2020 17:59:27 GMT -5
slacker, there's one in both Council Bluffs and Clarinda, if you ever get over that direction.
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Post by matryx81 on Feb 11, 2020 18:53:04 GMT -5
I recall seeing one in Lincoln on Highway 2, if memory serves me right.
I forget why I have never tried it. It may be the hours that I drove by it.
One other great Nebraska food place (IMHO): Valentino's.
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Post by Ragtop on Feb 11, 2020 23:25:08 GMT -5
Oh, yeah, Valentino's is darn good pizza. And it tastes the same today as it did 40 years ago.
Come to think of it, my first date with Mrs. R was a movie and dinner at Valentino's in Omaha.
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Post by hilltop87 on Feb 12, 2020 14:30:35 GMT -5
Oh, yeah, Valentino's is darn good pizza. And it tastes the same today as it did 40 years ago. Come to think of it, my first date with Mrs. R was a movie and dinner at Valentino's in Omaha. I used to like Romeo's Taco Pizza back in the day. Valentino's is good as well. |
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Post by Ragtop on Feb 13, 2020 9:00:25 GMT -5
My daughter brought us 3 dozen frozen mini-Runzas when she came to Colorado for Christmas. Man, those were tasty! Just polished off the last two yesterday.
I then sent her a text telling her that we were out and needed restocking.
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Post by jdawg on Feb 13, 2020 15:44:28 GMT -5
One of my favorite fast foods is a Colombian place here in the Dayton Ohio area called Arepas & Company. They have several dishes I really like. Arepa Choclo with shredded chicken, rice, corn and garlic mayo and cilantro sauce. Then they have a dish called Salchipappas that is a Columbian hot dog chopped up with french fries covered in cheese and another of there sauces that is a ketchup mayo mix. And then I get some Benuelos to have with coffee later. Fried cornbread with a decent amount of cheese mixed into the batter.
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Post by Lefty Rev on Feb 13, 2020 15:45:03 GMT -5
My daughter brought us 3 dozen frozen mini-Runzas when she came to Colorado for Christmas. Man, those were tasty! Just polished off the last two yesterday. I then sent her a text telling her that we were out and needed restocking. LOL! I need to get my sons on this (they both still live in Omaha; we're in SW Minnesota for the time being). Next time they come north... (and they can drop a couple dozen off at my daughter and SIL's in LeMars, too!). |
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Post by Ragtop on Feb 14, 2020 11:54:29 GMT -5
I had forgotten about Runza's "Temperature Tuesday" promotion during the month of February.
Every Tuesday you can buy a Runza for whatever the low temperature was in their region, as long as you buy fries/rings and a drink too.
This past Tuesday your Runza cost $.09.
Pretty good deal! They've done this for years.
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Post by Lefty Rev on Feb 15, 2020 1:05:10 GMT -5
Yeah, Temperature Tuesday is a great promotional and goodwill idea; used to take advantage of it on those cold winter days.
Both of my sons worked at the Runza at 168th & Dodge (Village Point shopping area) in high school, so we were regular customers there.
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Post by Ragtop on Feb 15, 2020 5:33:24 GMT -5
I used to drive through that one quite a bit. And then, just after we moved, they finally built one out in Elkhorn, up north by the water tower. Close to home (we lived by the old HS), but by then we were gone.
Long story, but I'll tell the short version: back in the mid-90s, I was disenchanted at my job, was looking around. I considered buying a Runza franchise (to be built in the Village Pointe area, oddly enough), and started talking with the Everett family down in Lincoln. Nice folks, they were interested, we got along well. I was exactly what they wanted in a franchisee, having worked in restaurants back in my younger days. However, they required that a new owner have $40k in cash to fall back on, which I did not have. Could have cashed in my pension, but that would not have been wise. So it did not work out.
Years later I told my mom this story, and she said, "Well, I would have loaned you the money!" Had I known, that would have been a game-changer.
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