JBX & where should i live?

so, i go to one my friends blogs and he has this survey... find out what american citie is best for you... turns out, i'm on the wrong falootin side of the country!! i have always known that i was not too impressed with the west coast, but this survey just confirmed it. i hate LA,... the people are fake, the weather is too sunny, no snow, HOT, smoggy, i could go on... but i won't. anyway... so now i'm thinking... chicago huh?? i've never lived there... could be fun, i LOVED NYC, so if chicago got 65% over NYC's 60% then maybe i should check it out. and i was surprized to see san diego on there but NOT DC... i've lived in DC before and i would move back in a heartbeat... but when ever i went to san diego to go to sea world (i had a season pass last year, so we went often) i always thought "nice place to visit... would never want to live here) and one of the MAIN reasons was this... JBX Grill!

from a press release:

2004: Jack in the Box Inc. began testing new fast-casual restaurant concept called JBX Grill™.

san diego is i guess the epicentre for jack in the box fast food restaurants, which if you know me, you know is my fave fast food... but with corporate headquarter cities come more "innovated locations". you all know what a jack in the box looks like... the little red sign... well san diego had this jack in the box i had never seen before,... JBX Grill! it is a high-end one with better food, table service, and they even serve alcohol! they had large lounge chairs and couches with wooden coffee tables that also had high speed internet access instead of plastic tables and chairs. i was with my roomie laura and since she loves jack in the box too we both almost had orgasms when we saw this new, updated, completely cool looking jack in the box. it was very industrial looking on the outside, almost looking like an oil refinery! :) if you've ever been to six flags, then you'll understand when i say that it looked like it belonged in gotham city.

now, when fast food chains go "up market", the results are usually pretty good, ie... wendy's owning baja fresh and mcdonald's owning chipotle grill, BUT i was thoroughly disapointed with this JBX and i'll tell you why. no curly fries. NO CURLY FRIES!!!! only two major fast food chains have the curly fries... jack in the box and arby's. carl's jr. has the criss cut fries but it isn't the same. if you start a JBX grill which has essentially the same menu as a jack in the box and you leave off curly fries, you are gonna alienate a LOT of people. well, after being completely impressed with this new JBX Grill up to the point of ordering, laura and i walked out. we didn't complete our order... we didn't even settle for regular fries... it was a really nice, cool looking, interior impressing LET DOWN! don't bother... and since it's in san diego... i'm boycotting san diego! :) so, no sea world pass for me this year :) it's sad, but i have to stay true to my convictions! :) and apparantly, i'm not the only one who wasn't too impressed with this new JBX Grill.

here is a very recent news article on the future of JBX Grill... it also has a small pic so you can get an idea of what the JBX's look like. i know that my above discription was completely adequate but i figured i'd back it up with this pic anyway :) the article is kinda disconcerting actually... i hope that they don't get my local neighbourhood J inthe B, cuz that'll be sad. can you believe that this entire rant was inspired by seeing a list of 5 cities that i should live in! wow... sometimes i impress myself with how completely lame i am :)



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