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3/23/2014 11:17:07 AM

it wasn't very good


bad daddy's is better. let it go

3/23/2014 2:13:15 PM

Thank fucking god..that's next door to our studio and fat daddy's is fucking disgusting. I can't eat at a place where you scoop your ketchup out of a vat..



I can get down with some panera though

3/23/2014 2:44:09 PM

I would typically use the ketchup bottles on the tables

3/23/2014 3:00:30 PM

did somebody say Natty Daddy's is closing????

3/23/2014 3:35:24 PM

I guess their buns aren't bad, but they're like twice the size of their regular burger...but more importantly, the meat sucks. Had to come out of the freezer.

If you want a good burger go to PR, Chuck's, Bad Daddy's, or The Raleigh Times. I like Five Guys, but it's a different style of burger.

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3/23/2014 7:16:54 PM

I remember the shameless ripoff that was at Cameron Village for 6 months called Uncle Fatty's.

3/23/2014 7:18:22 PM

This place has a 3.9 on Google reviews. Must not be that good.

3/23/2014 7:23:29 PM

^^^ burgers have sucked at the Times for a solid 2 years now

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3/23/2014 7:43:37 PM

I went today, people were taking pictures, even the manager got a little emotional when I talked to him.

I have been going there since I was little and always loved it.

now all I have is chargrill

3/23/2014 8:08:23 PM

^^ Yeah I saw you all posting that in the other thread, haven't had one in that span myself...been ordering other things as of late.

3/23/2014 8:35:41 PM

If you're in N. Raleigh, Chow cooks their burgers to order for real. Pink and juicy!

3/23/2014 9:37:57 PM

Chow is good!!

3/23/2014 10:49:49 PM

Place was packed today. I was downstairs, and it was empty. Ordered chicken sammich and tater skins. Free pool was nice.

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3/24/2014 12:09:02 AM

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"now all I have is chargrill"

Cook Out FTW!

3/24/2014 12:47:48 AM

cookout is okay, but its no chargrill

3/24/2014 12:48:55 AM

I don't care too much that Fat Daddy's is closing, but do we really need another fucking Panera? There's one in the mall less than 2 miles from that location.

3/24/2014 8:49:12 AM

Glenwood has needed a cookout since the beginning of time.

3/24/2014 9:33:01 AM

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"but do we really need another fucking Panera?"

No. No we do not need another Panera.

3/24/2014 9:37:43 AM

GNSP

3/24/2014 9:47:36 AM

wtf - NOOOOO. I love Fat Daddy's. Fuck Raleigh. I shall not visit you any longer.

3/24/2014 10:04:44 AM

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"No. No we do not need another Panera."

Seconded. FUCK Panera.

3/24/2014 10:05:41 AM

3/24/2014 10:14:11 AM

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

3/24/2014 10:09:26 PM

going with the fam on wednesday night

3/24/2014 10:35:18 PM

i want to go once more and make a burger outrageously tall.

3/25/2014 3:53:27 PM

Officially official
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2014/03/25/after-29-years-fat-daddy-s-closing-on-glenwood.html

3/25/2014 3:55:15 PM

so is it worth trying to go before it closes? are the crowds crazy?

3/25/2014 3:55:35 PM

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"Hurley and Vick still co-own the 42nd Street Oyster Bar and Seafood Grill on Jones Street in downtown Raleigh, a popular hangout for legislators, locals and visitors to the area."

Not doing too bad for themselves...

3/25/2014 4:02:51 PM

Loved Fat Daddy's, hate 42nd St. That place is a shit show.

3/25/2014 4:31:06 PM

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"the bun is what makes the Fat Daddy's burger so good"

This.

A year or so ago I went back for the first time in a long, long while and it wasn't the same. Not sure if it changed or I did. Plus it was really expensive for what you got. I guess that's why they went under.

3/25/2014 5:06:48 PM

^It's not going under, just being sold. There's no indication that it's not been profitable, just that the old owners don't wanna deal with it anymore. Its the new owners that are planning on tearing it to the ground.

3/25/2014 5:11:31 PM

I am going at lunch to say goodbye to the old place.

3/26/2014 11:23:53 AM

Yeah, I might try to make it there this weekend sometime, just for shiggles.

3/26/2014 11:43:30 AM

I am going tomorrow night for one last burger. Still remember having t-ball & pop warner "end of year" parties in the basement party rooms, and my mom taking me for a burger (covered in cheese sauce of course) after a good report card!

3/26/2014 11:47:32 AM

Everyone hung out there when I worked at Best Buy around 2001.

3/26/2014 11:48:38 AM

Just had a damn good bacon cheese burger with hash browns on the side, doused them bitches in catsup and the cheese sauce.


RIP Fat Daddys.

3/26/2014 2:14:30 PM

A couple years ago, Fat Daddy's got a 91 health rating. They asked to get re-inspected and got an 88 the second time.

Wouldn't be surprised if business slumped after that.

3/26/2014 2:23:37 PM

They were on point today, and had a line out the door!

3/26/2014 2:31:38 PM

Dang! I was thinking about going, but not if the line is going to be that long.

3/26/2014 3:12:08 PM

It was during lunch rush, it went down while we were in there talking.

3/26/2014 3:28:34 PM

I love when a place is closing and all of these people flock to it for "one last time" when in reality if you didn't quit going there in the first place it would still be around...

3/26/2014 4:46:59 PM

Except the indications here are that this place is closing, not because it wasn't popular, but because the old dusty farts that own it don't really want to keep it going. And who can blame them, they've kept it running for almost 30 years, time to cash out.

Lots of restaurant owners do this. After decades of running a restaurant, they eventually want to retire, or at least reduce their workload, and the way to do that is to sell off the business, take that big paycheck and invest it in a motor home or condo in Florida.

[Edited on March 26, 2014 at 5:05 PM. Reason : grammar eludes me.]

3/26/2014 5:03:29 PM

If you go down stairs, order at the bar, free hour of pool...and no wait.

3/26/2014 5:49:09 PM

its sad when you go to Raleigh and most of the places you loved to hang out aren't there anymore

3/26/2014 5:51:42 PM

Except this isn't one of them.

3/26/2014 7:07:30 PM

depends on the person I suppose

3/26/2014 7:34:01 PM

I wanted to move back to Raleigh...and live downtown...I had this place as a bonus for lunch time treats. then I got the news.

Need to get their ranch recipe.

Also I want to get one of their neon signs. Wonder how we can do that.

3/26/2014 7:41:29 PM

I am sure they are gonna auction everything they don't need.

3/26/2014 8:00:48 PM

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3/26/2014 8:35:21 PM