Please Arby's, Do Not Screw Up Buffalo Wild Wings

Arby's has some new meats

In some terrible recent news, Arby's has bought Buffalo Wild Wings.

You all know how I feel about Arby's. And for those that don't, I cannot stand that place. It is an affront to fast food, and food, for that matter. They make disgusting trash food that is too expensive for what you get. Contrary to what they say, they do not have the meats, at least not quality meats. They do not slow cook any of the BBQ they claim to in commercials. Their pork belly, I have to imagine is the kind of bacon that you can buy pre cooked at the grocery store, and then they mash multiple pieces of that together to give the image of low rent pork belly. Basically everything that Arby's does, I am against. I do not trust that place and I absolutely do not trust their food.

The problem for me, I truly, unabashedly love Buffalo Wild Wings. I go there a ton. I would say that I eat there about a dozen times a month. No bull shit. I am a big time fan of their wings. They are decent sized, they come out hot and the sauces are pretty good. When they introduced the dry rub, I grew to love BWW even more. I love all of the dry rubs, especially the salt and vinegar. That is what I order 90 percent of the time when I go there. Outside of wings, BWW does have an okay menu. I'm on the Atkins diet for 5 days a week, and when I go there on one of the rare occasions when I don't get the dry rub wings, I will order their naked chicken tenders. It is pretty much just sliced chicken breast, but they add a sauce on the side, and give me a side salad with that, I'm good. They, in fact, have a lot of Atkins options outside of wings. They have the naked tenders I just mentioned, pretty good salads, other naked chicken options, they have a lot. The rest of the menu is pretty good too. When not dieting, I am a big fan of the buffalitos, which is French fries shaped like chips. I like their nachos. They have a great hummus and veggie tray as an appetizer. They have solid boneless wings. They have good tacos. Hell, even their non chicken stuff is good. My mom loves the burgers. My kids love the corn dogs and the mac and cheese. If I had to gripe about one thing when it comes to BWW, it's the fact that they are a Pepsi establishment. Pepsi is gross. Give me Coke products any day.

But, that is my only problem, until now. I do not know what this means for BWW. How will this purchase change things? Will they start to add some kind of disgusting Arby's roast beef options to the menu? Will they use that nasty ass cheese sauce for their nachos now instead of nacho cheese? Will they try and make their "pork belly sandwich" there? Will they start to push their gross horsey sauce? I have so many questions that I fear will either, come to fruition, or never be answered.

This is a real blow to me, as far as dining out goes. I'm not a picky eater, but when I dislike a place, it is on my shit list for the rest of my life. I stated in my Arby's blog about their "venison" sandwich that Arby's made me sick a couple of times, and since the second time, I have never gone back. It helps that I have Lion's Choice here in Saint Louis too. But, you screw me over once or twice, I'm done. Is this going to happen with BWW? Are the people that used to own that franchise just going to give the keys to the people that run Arby's? If they do, that could spell doom for me. When I go to BWW after the purchase is finalized, and I will still patronize BWW, what happens if I get sick from the food? I mean, I won't deviate from what I normally order, but my order has nothing to do with the people making the food and purchasing the inventory to make said food. If it is the people from Arby's, I would almost guarantee that I will get sick and it will ruin BWW for me forever. I don't want that to happen.

As I stated above, I genuinely enjoy BWW. But this whole Arby's purchase is really going to throw a wrench in my subsequent visits. If Arby's slowly starts to take over the menu, my dozen trips a month will continue to slowly dwindle until I never go there again. I can guarantee that much. I don't like, but much worse, don't trust Arby's. They have burned me before in the past. I will be super upset if the same thing happens at BWW. This is disheartening news to say the least. I wish it weren't true, but after much research, it unfortunately is. I hope things stay the same, but I'm only about 50 percent sure that it will. Arby's bought BWW for a reason, and that reason will spell nothing but doom. This is very upsetting.

Ty

Ty is the Pop Culture editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast. He is mistaken on one thing about Arby's. Those curly fries are the bomb.

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Venison Sandwiches at Arby's? Please God No.

It could be worse. We could be at Arby's.

I was going to do my mid season NCAA football review today, with new predictions and everything, but I saw something so horrifying while driving, it needs to be talked about. We are nearing Halloween too, so it is perfect timing.

While doing some work and running some errands with my daughter this morning I happened upon an Arby's. Now, for those of you that do not know me, I LOATHE Arby's. Part of it is due to the fact that I was born and raised in Saint Louis, and we have Lion's Choice. For those outside Saint Louis, Lion's Choice is the greatest fast food roast beef in the world. They cook it a perfect medium rare, their seasoning is second to none and the bread is amazing. I cannot forget about their excellent condiments too. Their BBQ sauce is tangy and sweet and goes perfectly with their beef. Their horseradish, my god is it amazing. It is just the right blend of spice and flavor. Mixing those 2 on one of their world class roast beef sandwiches is what a perfect bite tastes like. It is magical. Then we have their au jus for dipping the sandwich in. Their au jus is so good, when I'm done with my sandwich, if I have any au jus left over, I drink it. I'm not kidding. Getting away from their sandwich, their fries are my favorite fast food fries ever too. They are soft and perfectly salted and I love everything about them. I will dip the fries in the BBQ sauce and horseradish I have already talked about, but they added a new chipotle ranch dipping sauce a few years ago. It is wonderful. It is so good on their excellent fries. Basically, Lion's Choice is the best fast food, not only in Saint Louis, but quite possibly in the world. So the fact that Arby's thinks they can come to Saint Louis and steal Lion's Choice's thunder, get the hell out of here. Arby's will always be so much worse than Lion's Choice. In fact, Arby's might be the worst fast food chain in all of the world. So that is what makes what I saw this morning even more frightening.

While driving to get my oil changed, I drove by an Arby's near the place I go to get my oil changed, and saw their marquee with the words, "Venison sandwiches this Saturday only". I was absolutely horrified. I mean, I enjoy venison jerky and venison steaks, but I enjoy it when it has been hunted by my uncle, and he makes it himself. I will also eat a venison steak if I am at a fancy steak house and that is one of their specialties. Any other time I see venison on a menu, or it is offered to me by someone I barely know, I say no thank you. What Arby's is doing though, making venison sandwiches, is a crime against humanity. Arby's cannot even get the roast beef sandwich right. My father and I both, on separate, multiple occasions, before I knew better, have gotten Arby's and, either gotten sick or just didn't eat the sandwich because it had an awkward tint or smell. I stopped after the second time I went to Arby's and got physically sick from their disgusting food. My dad tried a few more times, but he came home one night with some Arby's, opened his sandwich, and the stench was unbearable. Something went horribly wrong in the car ride from Arby's to our house. We both stopped immediately afterward. It helped that we knew we had Lion's Choice to go back to as well. But this venison thing is just wrong on every level. I will not believe it, unless I see it, that this will be some big deal. I do not imagine this Arby's near my home will have some crazy long lines for people clamoring for a venison sandwich from freaking Arby's. This Arby's is never busy in fact, and I do not think this one day promotion of a venison sandwich will change anything at all.

Also, imagine how awful that "sandwich" is going to taste. Venison is not a meat that you can mass produce like a fast food chain needs. It just doesn't work. The "venison" that Arby's will have is going to be inedible in my opinion. It will be too chewy, too grimy and, since it is coming from an Arby's, most likely low grade. I was in shock and horror when I saw this. This is one of those things that just should not be. Arby's is disgusting, and the fact that they are trying to sell venison makes it even worse. This is going to end very, very badly for Arby's, and anyone that has the guts to try this abomination. I imagine a ton of people not really enjoying this "sandwich". For their sake I hope Arby's doesn't have to do a Chipotle, another fast food chain I am not fond of, type shut down for awhile.

Please people, I implore you, stay far, far away from this particular Arby's in Saint Louis this Saturday. Do yourselves a favor and go enjoy a far superior roast beef sandwich from Lion's Choice. I promise you, it is the best decision you can make.

Ty

Ty is the Pop Culture editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast. He is an expert in all regional cuisine. Check out what he said about Cincinnati Chili.

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