Culvers still is...btw. I'm 73 and I never go to McDees and won't. Neither will I patronize any Burglar king either.
Never tried the curd burger at Culvers. I like the double bacon butter burger with no onion or the cod sandwich or the cod dinner, 3 piece and a large strawberry shake (with real strawberries in it that tend to plug up my straw...) Wife usually gets a Bacon Butter burger and onion rings and we always manage to keep the entire meal under 30 bucks and actually sit on upholstered seats and our meals are delivered to our table by a courteous person. Finally the Culvers we frequent is always very clean and we go there so much we have actually gotten to know the manager and there is really no turnover in employees either so they must pay them well and I would presume offer benefits like healthcare as well. It's always busy too, especially the drive through.
Either we go to Culvers or a nice sit down Mexican restaurant south of us that is a one off privately owned place with killer Mexican food and again a sit down place but the cost is about the same so long as my wife don't have any alcohol. Killer soft taco's made just right. 3 each is all we can handle. Smothered in lettuce and diced tomatoes with sour cream on the side. Consistently great food and reasonable prices considering the constantly increasing cost of the food stuffs need to prepare their dishes.
I don't mind paying 30 bucks for a sit down meal, especially when it's served to us by courteous waitstaff and we always tip commensurate with the service provided, something we don't have to do at Culvers but we always comment about their superlative service anyway. Yes, I have a Culvers stuffed toy on my car dash.
