{"id":10671,"date":"2013-12-23T18:27:54","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T02:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=10671"},"modified":"2013-12-23T18:27:54","modified_gmt":"2013-12-24T02:27:54","slug":"wendys-new-look-portabella-bacon-melt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=10671","title":{"rendered":"Wendy’s New Look and the Portabella Bacon Melt"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fine folks at Wendy’s suggested I try their new Portabella<\/a> Bacon Melt, which is a 1\/4 pound of their fresh beef, bacon, two slices of American cheese, sliced portabellas, cheddar sauce, on their new brioche bun. \u00a0The LTO brioche has replaced the LTO pretzel roll, which was a damned fine bun.<\/p>\n

The burger is good, I like the cheese sauce and the availability of Portabellas at a fast food outlet is nice. \u00a0Crisp, flavorful bacon. \u00a0The brioche is soft, with a touch of sweetness.<\/p>\n

I added a side of the fresh cut fries, which Wendy’s rolled out 2-3 years ago, and as I have said often, I think they are some of the best fast food fries out there.<\/p>\n

I took my outing at a newly remodeled Wendy’s, their new concept, which features softer colors, more comfortable seating, a couple of TVs (tho on mute), and the amazing Coke Freestyle<\/a> machine, which allows you to mix and match dozens of Coke products. \u00a0These puppies I like, a reminder of mixing different sodas together as a tot, it was a big deal. \u00a0We called it “swamp water.’<\/p>\n

You now what was kind of cool about the remodel? \u00a0I asked a couple of counter people if they were laid off while the remodeling was going on, and they said no, Wendy’s let them work at other nearby outlets. \u00a0That’s great.<\/p>\n

My pic of the burger didn’t turn out so well tonight, so here’s the official publicity photo; the sandwich I was presented didn’t vary that much from this photo.<\/p>\n

Wendy’s keeps innovating, while others stand still. \u00a0They have my attention.<\/p>\n

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Ed. Note. \u00a0My meal was paid for by Wendy’s ad agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fine folks at Wendy’s suggested I try their new Portabella Bacon Melt, which is a 1\/4 pound of their fresh beef, bacon, two slices of American cheese, sliced portabellas, cheddar sauce, on their new brioche bun. \u00a0The LTO brioche has replaced the LTO pretzel roll, which was a damned fine bun. The burger is… Continue reading Wendy’s New Look and the Portabella Bacon Melt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,16],"tags":[543,2707,3691],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10671"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}