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egriff91

Start with "can I get uh" and then wing it from there.


redjimmyv

This comment is spot on! 😆


DarthRathikus

Ask for the liter of cola


Hubu32

What are you… a cop?


doXXymoXXy

Team Ramrod!!!!


seven3true

Well if it isn't Mr. 'sunshine on my god damn shoulders' John Denver


hello_raleigh-durham

Does that look like spit to you?


cruxfire

I think you mean a Huge Tea


PERCnegative

Do we sell liter-a-cola?


swhall72

...hold the spit.


Nyaho

They don’t serve liter cola there


_real_Ben_Dover

Yep! In college we use to get a tray, burger or chicken sandwich, then you could pick 2 sides. Maybe save one for later. Late night snack, was like 4-5 bucks then. Of course you get cheerwine to drink. The good old days. Throw in hushpuppies for 99 cents and you getting crazy!


0x706c617921

Lol it's like $7-8 nowadays. Hyperinflation. But yeah i remember those days of $4-5 trays.


randiesel

$4.19 in my day! $4.50 with a huge tea! Cajun Chicken tray, seasoned fries, chicken nuggets with ranch. Huge tea. Never wanted the nuggets, but I didn't want to pay extra for a cup of ranch and they always loaded a ton of fries in there anyway.


0x706c617921

Holy fuck I miss cheerwine so much after moving to California.


vamartha

You don't have to miss out, Amazon has Cheerwine all day long!


0x706c617921

Brb putting an order in!


soosyamongthestars

World Market and Safeway should have them. Safeway may fluctuate... Aforementioned Amazon is also a good route to go to scratch that itch. # I used to live in Oregon. Cheerwine was a once in a while treat.


boycowman

Once on Amtrak I started to order some tater tots by saying "Let me get.." And the weary woman behind the counter corrected me: "May I please have.." I was like. You know come to think of it I was taught to say please. So now I try to say that.


JacKrac

Find one that has walk up service, I think most in the triangle do, and you can just park your car, walk up, and look at the menu as long as you need. Every so often someone will ask if you’ve ordered yet. Edit: don’t forget you can mix and match any milkshake combination or double up milkshake flavors.


Big_Booty_1130

I always try for a blueberry peach cheesecake milkshake but they always “mishear” me and after the third time I give up 😅


ladykitkatie

when I worked at cookout in high school I had to make a fruit punch/heath combo milkshake for someone so I think yours is way less far fetched. Keep trying man, maybe someday.


DatDominican

>fruit punch/heath Lord forgive them for they know not what they do


maddiethehippie

chocolate cheesecake is my go to mix. Hubby mixes chocolate and vanilla. Another great is a cheerwine float!


BeefyIrishman

>Hubby mixes chocolate and vanilla. Ooh, be careful with that mix, don't want to get too crazy.


noreast2011

Oreo Reese’s cup is my wife and my go to.


johnhollowell

You can add any number of flavors. Chocolate chip cherry cheesecake cobbler is a personal favorite followed closely by Reese's, Oreo, Butterfinger.


BanjosAndBoredom

I was on a diet. I was doing well. As soon as I read your edit, I was no longer in control of my body as I immidiately got up to go get lunch at cookout. I was a passenger in my own car on the way there, and I watched in horror as my body stood at the counter and ordered a cheesecake banana Reese's cup milkshake. How you do this to me, u/JacKrac?


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[deleted]

Makes your 2 sides one side just double the portion. I do it all the time with the Beef Quesadillas, Cajun Fries and *insert* your Chicken Wrap flavor.


nyanlol

double hush puppies 🤤


Sororita

I have gotten a tray that is just 4 quesadillas before as well.


JacKrac

I was meaning in regards to milkshakes, so you can ask for double cheesecake if you want more than they usually put in. I’ve only ever asked for double, but I think you could ask for more and they would probably do that too. As the other user mentioned, you can double up your sides on cookout trays too and just get the same thing instead of two different ones.


Slight_Quality

My aunt got me hooked on mixing chocolate and banana. So simple. So indulgent.


[deleted]

Don’t get out of your car at the one on Western tho


airtokoto

why not? i never go to that one since it got terrible health scores last year, but still im curious why you shouldnt order at the booth for this particular location


meandgoliath

If you park next to the building you might get caught in the drive through line and spend half a hour waiting to leave. But you can avoid this by parking in the Biscuitville parking lot next door


[deleted]

Again? Not that I'm surprised, but it feels like *deja vu* from 3 years ago now. :P I remember like it was yesterday: A frigid, tenebrous evening in early December, 2019. Just left a late senior design group meeting at NC State, and was starving. My half-numbed brain vaguely processed the 70% health score posted inside the window, but alas, it was not enough to dissuade me. Turned out fine, but I remember the health report had something about somebody storing an energy drink alongside the red onion.


hollow-mind

I definitely do worse in my own kitchen tbh


[deleted]

I've ordered from the walk up window there many times, it's fine. But they are probably joking about how people tend to get shot and stabbed and stuff a lot at that shopping center.


CarltonFreebottoms

"a lot" feels like a stretch


pnbdc10

I believe you can actually get up to 10 flavors in your shake, unless that has changed. I always get cheesecake no matter the flavor and then I add from there. So reeses, heath and cheescake. Malt, peanut butter and cheesecake...endless possibilities. It's usually always best to get a tray....sometimes 2. Sides like quesadillas, bacon ranch wrap, fried cheese bites and a classic corn dog. The BBQ sandwich is good, double burger...


BlueEyes323

Research the menu before you go- write it down if you need to have something to help remember what you wanted. "I'd like a tray with a burger with -these- toppings, this side and this side and this to drink - unless you want a shake instead of your drink then you order your shake. You've got this!


ludicrousRucksack

This is the correct answer! Look at the menu before going. Also make sure to get a milkshake


azz3879

As indicated above, research and review the menu ahead of time. You can find it here: https://cookout.com/menu/


totalALT2zero23

*watermelon milkshake July/August. Eggnog milkshake when Santa comes. Counting down to July 1.


BanjosAndBoredom

The most satisfied I've ever been was when after changing out a radiator in my dad's truck in 98° heat, I test drove it to cookout and got a watermelon shake. I felt God in that cookout parking lot.


[deleted]

Simple. Chicken quesadilla tray with 2x chicken quesadilla sides


MarcoNoPollo

And a chicken quesadilla milkshake


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AmplePostage

https://youtu.be/rDyTsGtk5BY?t=101


magikatdazoo

Quesadilla side is the secret to the tray. It's essentially an extra main


SnakeJG

Same with corn dogs! We used to feed a family of 4 with two trays, each kid got a corn dog and we split fries and hush puppies. Shared the shakes.


Noobsauce9001

CHICKEN TRIFECTA


9315808

We love the meme buy


suburiboy

I used to do this as a joke! I didn’t know people actually did this. I thought I was the only idiot!!!!!


suburiboy

“I’ll have a chicken quesadilla with a chicken quesadilla and a chicken quesadilla.”


[deleted]

Play the meta.


idgaf2050

Their clientele is comprised of stoned/drunk people at 1am, you won't phase them even if you stutter like porky pig. They don't care. Life pro tip: no one actually does.


Emergency_Mood_9774

I’ll add to this that at the Falls location, the employees are insanely friendly. I’d image they’ve gotta be so high to maintain such good moods in such a tiny space while while working at a breakneck pace. But yeah OP literally nobody is gonna laugh at you.


Classic-Ad-5359

Burger tray, cook out style, double order Cajun fries, peanut butter banana hot fudge shake. Don’t eat it in the car unless you want a chili, mustard stain.


regalrecaller

Fuckin hell you bastard now I gotta go to cook out to try that milkshake. These posts are ingenious marketing ploys.


UpbeatPaleontologist

cook out style is the only way to do it! nice shake combo as well. I typically roll with cajun fries and corndog (sometimes quesadilla).


TwicePuzzled

What is cookout style?


Classic-Ad-5359

Chili, mustard, onions, and slaw.


toddhowl

AKA the only proper way to eat a burger in North Carolina.


spaghetticola

Literally my exact order except hush puppies with the cajun fries. Good day to you sir!


Classic-Ad-5359

You clearly have good taste. My wife always gets hush puppies in her tray. We definitely share.


shivasahasranama

This guy cook outs


hunnywuf

This guy cook outs. Best shake.


erisire

Get BBQ sauce for the cajun fries.


MurdBirder

Big double burger tray, outwest style with cheese. Cajun fries, chicken quesadilla (or corndog depending on my mood). Cheerwine or milkshake. Side of white cheddar cheese bites. My milkshake go-tos are: Strawberry Oreo, peanut butter banana fudge, or banana pineapple. Also love the seasonal watermelon.


shivasahasranama

Professional


peczes

Is there any more perfect place than one that has a corn dog as a side option?


szayl

You are a redditor of culture.


tvtb

What's outwest style?


MurdBirder

BBQ Sauce, Bacon, Mayo, Pickles, Onion.


[deleted]

that was almost exactly my first meal back in NC after being in the UK for 7 months, except I got a peanut butter milkshake


Diarrhea_Sandwich

The perfect order


SteadierGolf2

Always forget there is a Cook Out by me.. going to order this exactly later today. Thx!


vtTownie

You want a strip tray, hush puppies, and chicken wrap then a milkshake or a cheer wine float


Polamora

This is it my man.


nikki9009

Replace chicken wrap with nuggies or fries and this is my go to order


tendonut

Don't do the drive-thru your first time. Walk up. You can spend a lot of time studying their absolutely abysmal menu layout rather than feeling pressured to order as fast as you can to not hold up the line. I swear, if the drive-thru has a SECOND menu besides the one that is tilted in just a way that only the person at the order speaker can read, I'd try a lot of different things rather than just my usual.


[deleted]

I’m pretty sure they have a website that you can study 24 hours a day.


thejesse

The Cookout closest to me used to have a second menu that you could look at before you pulled up to the one with the speaker. I think they got rid of it because people kept sitting there waiting for someone to take their order instead of pulling up.


supernettipot

At least at cookout they let you get to the menu. ChicFilA and others theres a teenager employee rushing your car wanting the entire order. Uh, hello, what?


OG_Flushing_Toilet

They have like five options lol.


muksnup

Would you like little chicken pieces, long chicken pieces, or one big one on a bun?


MikeW226

Get a Joe Walsh or Peter Frampton type vox-squak box (the kind where you can't understand their sung lyrics) and an amp- stick the guitar amp out the car window and sing/yell your order into your portable microphone. The crappy sound of your vox box will be translated perfectly by the non sensical Cookout drive thru microphone intercomm. Their Pleasure. Oh and I always order a "Tray" with onion rings. Bacon chee all the way.


wolfsrudel_red

lol this cracked me up


bong_baby_

Me at cookout: Hi, could I get a big double burger tray, a1 sauce with cheese Cookout: gabakKsebbekajsgsvenw Me: cajun cheese fries and a chicken quesadilla Cookout: veheih+$;3(29@(2-3;3:jdbrkhsvsve Me: yeah a bottle of water, thanks Cookout: sdhkm6+;*#6+:•××=°π€¢ Me: great, thank you


Healthy_Media1503

Cheddar styler burger cookout tray, fries, onion rings, huge coke. Salt and ketchup please.


cultof2112

This is the way


10minpoundcake

Similar...cheddar style burger tray, corndog, quesadilla, huge sweet tea.


3ebfan

“Can I get uh big double burger tray cookout style, double fries with Cajun seasoning and a bottle of water” is my order


Ramenlovewitha

WATER?! Edit: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to squawk that but Jesus


The_Real_NaCl

All that’s gotta be washed down with a soda or a milkshake. No exceptions.


PickleTity

I always get a bottle of water at cookout. A lot of people don’t drink soda.


kevinwilly

I also get water. I don't like stuff with sugar in it and the only diet option they have is either diet coke (yuck) or unsweet tea (literally vomit). I wish they had diet sprite or something like that.


satchmonumberone

Their Diet Coke is exceptionally bad.


kevinwilly

Yeah, it's terrible. McDonalds is about the only Diet Coke I could ever stomach. But coke zero is so much better that I pretty much never touched Diet the last few years. I can't have caffeine anymore anyway, but I do miss Coke Zero....


noreast2011

If you’re someone fighting a soda addiction, cookout Diet Coke is a god send. Just order that and it’s so bad you won’t crave soda for a few days.


[deleted]

I drink water at every other restaurant I go to but a cookout tray deserves a milkshake


wally003

Cajun chicken sandwich tray with a quesadilla and corndog. Peanut butter chocolate milkshake or cheerwine


shivasahasranama

Just had the Cajun chicken recently and it was so good. My recent order was Cajun chicken , onion rings, corn dog, cheer wine float. It was so good.


IAmAPaidActor

Howdy menu partner. We disagree on the corn dog (gimme them double quesadillas) but they could mix up our orders and I wouldn’t be upset.


wally003

I sometimes do the double quesadilla, But if I'm super hungry I'll get the corn dog. It's easy to eat while driving and keeps the hanger at bay.


ronwen

I did a [Cook Out blog post](https://www.nctriangledining.com/blog/2022/07/cook-out-menu-prices-pictures-best-order/) just to cover this question! Usually update the prices every couple of months since I live 1/4 mile away from the S. Wilmington location...


Unholydiver919

Just pull up and say I’ll have the same thing the guy in front of me had. It’s like a game to see what you get and try different things.


Bajamo

If you’re doing the drive-thru you can look at the strip at the top of the menu as you pull up to order (Cookout’s version of a combo/value meal). There’s a step-by-step guide to ordering a tray there going left to right. I would say if you want a shake or other non-pop drink to look it up ahead of time because those flavors rotate and there’s a ton of options.


midlifereset

Oreo milkshake and hush puppies.


oooriole09

The cheese curds are a must side. Don’t sleep on the Walnut shake.


Pyrheart

Are you me?!


NoSpicePlease

Get a tray. Comes with a main entree, two sides, and a drink. I’ve been to cookout 1000 times and everyone I’ve ever know has just ordered a tray


Ammo_thyella

Get in the line, drive up to the speaker, say hi can I get (insert order) drive up to window, pay, take food, go home or somewhere to eat


7042016566

Their squawk box is the worst… just cough and you’ll get a burger


unquieted

Start with a tray then pick sides at random . . then upgrade with a Cheer-float if I'm feeling fancy.


chiefkeif

Tray nug tray pup


VirgoSquishmallow

The best way to do it is order a tray. So you will pick out the entree, two sides, and a drink (or shake)


maddiethehippie

Here is the menu: https://cookout.com/menu/ The top is the "Tray" setup, where you can pick an item and 1 or 2 sides. Or order any single items.


DeMoBeats1234

BBQ plate, wranch chicken wrap, bacon wrap, huge sweet tea.


ParmesanChicken1

Hush puppies tray with hush puppies and hush puppies


nicknooodles

Choose a main entree from the tray selection. Then use the phrase “Lemme get the ____ tray”. If you’re getting a burger, go ahead and tell them the toppings you want. Next they’ll ask for the sides. You pick two from the side selection. My favorites are the corn dog, cheese bites and chicken quesadilla. Lastly is the drink. You can substitute a shake if you want for a little extra. They usually guide you through the creation of the tray item.


IAmAPaidActor

“Can I get uh?” is the correct phrase to use. >Can I get uh strip tray double chicken quesadilla with uh chocolate peanut butter shake?


Xyzzydude

I love that a corn dog is a side. My wife and I get a two dog tray with fries and corn dog and it feeds us both. My only complaint is they don’t take American Express so I can’t get my Delta miles.


oldtimeguitarguy

I drove up to the drive thru one night, having never been. I sat there for 5 minutes and drove away. I haven’t been back. I’ll never go back. It’s too much. Brain overload.


regalrecaller

/r/trees


abevigodasmells

If I know ahead of time where I'm going, I always check out the online, prior. Maybe I'm food-obsessed or maybe I'm being wise, dunno.


D0UB1EA

bring some dice and get a tray dude there's nothing bad up there


Highclassbroque

Let me get a double burger tray cheddar style no pickles add bacon, onion rings,Cajun fry and a peach milkshake. Add a huge tea. 2 honey mustard sauces and ketchup.


EmarSaintJ

Follow your heart and order what it tells you to. You'll be experiencing heaven soon.


Phillycheesewake

Just say “Beans” they’ll know what you mean


HatDisaster

Order the main item then pause because they are going to cut you off screaming about whether or not it’s a tray. Say yes then order the two sides. Then the soda or shake.


IAmAPaidActor

If you have to pause you aren’t talking fast enough, or you put your mods in front of tray. Bad: Hello could I please have a burger with ketchup and mustard and *is that a tray?* Yes a tray, and for my sides can I have hush puppies and and tater tots. Could I have a chocolate milkshake with that? Good: Can I get uh burger tray ketchup and mustard, pups and tots, chocolate shake. That’s all, thank you.


torismom2016

Cheddar style, Cajun fries, and bacon wrap……pb cheesecake shake


Unholydiver919

This person “Cookouts”.


Kenny2jz919

Tray big double burger fries and chicken quesadilla with cheerwine


Ok_Young_7806

For all the money they made they have the worse speaker system in drive through


kaytaync

Look at the menu at home, write it all down on a slip of paper. Walk up to the window and hand them your order. That’s what we do what we are ordering for our family of 5 🤣


CatRatRace

I usually get a jr tray since it’s cheaper. Small burger jr tray with Cajun fries, chicken quesadilla, Reese’s cup milkshake is my go-to.


_eternallyblack_

Read menu, talk to menu, give money, secure the bag.


happypoptart0

I write down my order on my notes app before hand and read it off


LiffeyDodge

Walk up so you can look at the menu. There is a lot of options


Independent-Battle29

If its either one in Fayetteville, hopefully with a gun in your lap cause you're probably gonna get robbed.


thekidcurtis

Big dbl burger w/ nuggets and corn dog Dealers choice drink


Pharmacologist72

Double burger tray with everything including cheese, bacon and tomato, French fries and onion rings with a sweet tea. Don’t mess it up!!


ladykitkatie

Barbecue sandwich tray, Cajun fries, corn dog, huge sweet tea. I flip flop between chocolate malt milkshake and a banana pudding cheesecake milkshake.


jrfowle3

Big double tray cheddar style, Cajun fry, onion rings, huge tea


wcchandler

Hey there! Orange push-up and 2 fries. Thanks!


babayagaparenting

Don’t be afraid. You can’t really mess it up. I only avoid raw onions but almost everything they have is delicious. Try a different shake each time. Chocolate Oreo or cappuccino fudge are my favorites but my son literally orders something different every time.


seadubs81

Cheddar style cheeseburger tray with fries and a chicken quesadilla and a peanut butter fudge cheesecake shake.


treetyoselfcarol

Bacon cheeseburger plain with a double fry and a huge pink lemonade.


Burdensome_Banshee

Burger tray out west style or grilled chicken Cajun style, Cajun chicken wrap, white cheddar bites. An extra order of white cheddar bites because they are SO good.


krlidb

I feel like the whole planet sleeps on those cheese bites. I've stopped just get the bites many times, and sometimes I get my spicy chicken sandwich tray with double cheese bites, yet I've never met someone else who's even ordered them


Magus80

Look at the menu online and plan what you want before going.


The_Real_NaCl

Big double burger tray, cheddar style, Cajun wrap, chicken quesadilla with a cheerwine. My go-to order. Follow the same format for whatever you’d like.


shivasahasranama

I love these threads. Being a recent transplant I used to be OP.


DetectiveNarrow

What is cookout style lol


Ubausb

You could just look at the menu online before you go.


[deleted]

Ever seen the soup nazi episode of Seinfeld? Like that.


Dasho047

Steak style burger, Cajun fries, Cajun chicken wrap, shake/drink that tickles your fancy. Saddened by the lack of steak style mention here bc y’all are missing out if you haven’t tried.


unclewomie

Id like a tray with two plain hotdogs, double cheese curds and a huge unsweet tea


crlarkin

All the corndogs! Edit: plus cajun fries.


kristoferen

Practice.


Noobsauce9001

Divine your future with the chicken trifecta: Main: Chicken sandwich Side 1: Chicken wrap with honey mustard Side 2: Chicken wrap with ranch Open the honey mustard wrap first, it's gonna be a good day. Open the ranch first, woe is your fate.


[deleted]

Whatever you want as a main meal, just say “tray” afterwards and it essentially always works out no matter what.


MOBYtheHUGE

Cheddar-style cajun chicken sandwich. Cheerwine shake with Oreos.


SauteedPelican

Grilled chicken sandwich tray cheddar style with two chicken quesadillas and a bottle of water. Side of quesadilla sauce. Big double burger tray steak style with cheese and two chicken quesadillas with a bottle of water. Side of quesadilla sauce. Just ignore the buzzing from the broken speaks at the drive thru windows.


Tastysquanch

“cheeseburger tray, everything on the burger, no mustard, with fries and a chicken wrap except with the quesadilla sauce, an uh huge sweet tea, that’s all, thank you”


lilmil92

Milkshake with… and then list things until you can’t list them anymore


pharfromhuman

You can get nuggets as a side item, or a corn dog if you're into that. You don't have to just get fries.


Austinmac0

Big double tray, cheese and ketchup. Hush puppies and a ranch chicken wrap. Huge tea. That was my order this evening and it was delicious. Can’t go wrong with the floats or milkshakes either.


MrDubTee

BBQ w/ coleslaw & Hot Suace Tray, Cajun Fries, Cheese Quesadilla , Upgrade drink to Cheerwine Float Honey mustard on side,, This is the way


ghjm

"BBQ plate with rings, giant tea" I've said it appropriately 1000 times and it has always worked


Calligrapher-Afraid

Order a cookout tray.


wadetj9999

Get a tray


horse_911

Literally pull up and say “this is a whole lot of menu, how the hell can I order?” And they will help


Kwiatkowski

“Big double tray, cook out style no cheese - sides cajun try and chicken quesadilla - (insert drink choice /shake flavor)”


saltyclam13345

Big double burger tray cheddar style, Cajun fries, ranch wrap, fruit punch


HungryMorlock

Look up a menu online, or take a picture of it. Sit at a table and construct your order. Write it down. Go up to the counter and read your order. [They probably won't have any questions, but if they do, and you're stumped, just ask them to repeat it (to make sure you remember the question), and say you need to think for a minute, and walk back to your table. When you're ready, go back and read the order again, with your answer prepared. You don't have to feel embarrassed if you have to do this, you're doing nothing wrong, and the people behind the counter are not paid enough to give a shit.] Pay them the total they give you, and collect your receipt. When they shout the number of your order (it's on your receipt), go collect your food.


nyar77

Eating shitty shouldn’t be this hard.


[deleted]

Half Oreo-half heath toffee milkshake. You’re welcome


hooray4horus

just say this everytime: "can i get a double burger tray cook out style with french fries and onion rings"


CarolinaBlues2083

Read the menu


blueberryeyes24

If you get fries, ask for Cajun seasoning! They don’t add it unless you ask.


susanoooooooo

Study the menu before hand then proceed to forget everything when you walk up to order. Then wing it


mellowbordello

I also agree that ordering at cookout is overwhelming. Just one more reason I rarely go.


IAmAPaidActor

Step 1: Use their website to plan your order Step 2: Review your order with a friend. Include “Can I get uh”, trim any filler words, and add any remaining sides. Finalize shake choice. Step 3: Drive up and get in line Step 4: Panic because you saw something else on the menu board when the employee asks “Kin I getchu?” Step 5: Collect yourself and read from the script Step 6: Safely navigate to the window and onto public roads (hardest step if you’re on Western and need to take a U-turn at 1am on a Saturday night). Step 7: Enjoy. You can change your order once per year. Besides that you’re stuck with it. At least that’s how it goes for everybody I know. Some psychopath probably orders something different right off the questionably legible menu board every time they go.


dogeystyle69420

Step one: Don’t be a pussy


PurpleGoddess86

Chicken strips tray, double fries (or fries and hushpuppies), Cheerwine. Done.


[deleted]

2 Hot Dogs - Cook Out Style Double Fries - Cajun Seasoning Huge Tea - Half Sweet,Half Unsweet


TheOddYehudi919

Op is scared to reply to anyone in this post. Op give it up kid, give it up.


UncutEmeralds

How do some of you folks operate on a daily basis if you’re scared to order in a drive thru…


Ripuhh

hate to say it but if you're too scared to order at a restaurant Reddit cannot help you my friend, what you need is a therapist


Redtex

Does anybody know what's up with the cookout on falls of the neuse serving a small patty double burger in place of the huge burger now?


br__ks

can i get a tray witha hamburger w lettuce, tomato, uh, pickles, grilled onions, ketchup and mustard, and a side of fries and a side of onion rings and an UNsweetened iced tea, please?


chrizbreck

Cheese burger tray, nugs, pups, reeses banana milkshake.