Why you should like Arby's...
I can't find a picture of it anywhere, nor have I heard mention of it anywhere, save in the actual Arby's that I visited for lunch today, but for $0.69, you can upgrade your beverage and acquire a massive blue cup with a huge Block M on it that says "I'm Thinking GO BLUE."
The cup is actually pretty high quality...not your standard disposable. The best part is....I did not see a corresponding MSU-themed cup available.
Can someone help me out with a picture or something!!!
Regardless of the cup, however, you should still love Arby's because of the Beef 'n Cheddar...just an FYI.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:43 PM ^
I've already got a few of those Michigan Arbys cups. Arbys is one of the official sponsors of UofM football, so they most certainly do not have a corresponding MSU cup....
Plus I own 400 shares of Wendys/Arbys, so I applaud your plug.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:51 PM ^
The Arby's down in Coldwater, MI was selling them. Grabbed one after the IU game.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:56 PM ^
At the curly fries. The cup is nice, but the curly fries are AWESOME.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:58 PM ^
The curly fries are the best. Good call.
October 19th, 2009 at 9:17 PM ^
Their turkey bacon ranch market fresh is pretty good. Goes great w/ the curly fries.
October 19th, 2009 at 6:07 PM ^
I'm waiting for Cap'n Front-butt to chime in anytime now. I'm just sayin'....
October 20th, 2009 at 12:21 AM ^
Why does the dog have human girlfriends?
People do crazy things in commercials -- like eat at Arby's!
October 19th, 2009 at 6:28 PM ^
... high five.
October 19th, 2009 at 6:43 PM ^
Roast burgers are awesome.
October 20th, 2009 at 7:32 PM ^
The "bacon and bleu" one is the shit! Extra meat for $1.00. Woo!
October 19th, 2009 at 6:49 PM ^
The cup is actually pretty high quality...not your standard disposable. The best part is....I did not see a corresponding MSU-themed cup available.probably because an msu cup wouldn't be so sturdy. it might work properly half the time or better for a few months. but by november it would fold in on itself.
October 19th, 2009 at 7:07 PM ^
+! for arby's dude
October 19th, 2009 at 7:32 PM ^
Do they still do the 5 for $5? I used to completely house beef and cheddars on that deal in college. There aren't many Arby's around my current address, but I would be so down for a 5 for $5 right now, with curly fries, and a coffee milkshake.
October 19th, 2009 at 8:58 PM ^
Most places offer it, but now at 5 for $7. IMO, this is still a pretty damn good deal, but obviously not as awesome as 5 for $5. You may have to ask about it because most places don't openly advertise it.
October 20th, 2009 at 7:35 AM ^
Yeah, but they're not even beef n' cheddars now. They're the "Arby's Melt", which is like a half size beef n' cheddar without the onion bun. :(
October 20th, 2009 at 9:58 AM ^
had the 5 for $5 on Regular Roast Beefs a few weeks ago. Hit it on the way home from the IU game. Couldn't believe it was back.
Don't have an Arby's within 30 miles of here though. Me hungry.
October 19th, 2009 at 7:47 PM ^
"Beef and cheddar melt" would have sufficed as an answer to the OP's 'question'
I like the alternative though!
October 19th, 2009 at 8:18 PM ^
Back in the early 70s before grocery store sales or even individual squeeze packets, my mother would pull over to the side of the road in front of an Arbys, and send me in to steal a partly full squirt jug of Arby's Sauce for us to take home.
I was like 5 years old.
My father must have either thought she was buying them, or was completely clueless about it.
Because out with him one day I thought I'd get some for us (and show him how capable I was).
I ran in to the Arbys, grabbed one, and a weaselly manager caught me.
My mortally embarrassed father had to come in and bail me out.
He did the whole Ward Cleaver "Son, I want to know where you learned this bad behavior".
I told him Mom always has me grab them. Which made him even madder, but luckily not at me.
We started buying them from the restaurant for a while.
My mother died this spring, and while I was going through their seldom used kitchen I found a bottom cabinet drawer stuffed full with hundreds and hundreds of hoarded Arby's and Horesy Sausce packets.
True Story.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:59 PM ^
Mom's are the best.
Sorry about your loss. I'll never be able to have my Beef 'n Cheddar without thinking about your story.
October 20th, 2009 at 11:07 AM ^
In the 70's, my mom would always leave Arby's with a bottle of Arby's Sauce and a bottle of Horsey Sauce in her purse.
October 20th, 2009 at 11:11 AM ^
So that's why they switched to packets.
I think one of the crazy hot sauces from Chipotle/Qdoba/Random Burrito Place makes its way home with us every time we go.
October 20th, 2009 at 11:58 AM ^
Those places do NOT have anything hot enough to be considered a "hot sauce". Pepper sauce, sure. Hot sauce, no way.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:38 PM ^
The only thing I'd consider hot sauce was some crazy homemade shit in an unmarked bottle from one of the more Mexican/Non-Chain burrito shops. But I agree, for the most part they are pepper flavoring.
October 20th, 2009 at 11:54 AM ^
and to think this happened before reality tv.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:16 AM ^
delivered to you by Jabberwock. Your story really is good, no jesting, and hits home on an oddly cultural level. Which is funny, since we're just talkin' Arby's on MGoBlog. Admittedly, I kind of dig that about this site. And that's not to say your story is solely sprung on the 'fast food nation, supersize me' cultural level. Not at all, in my opinion. But if it is, I'm quick to say I find your story personally affecting instead of grounded in the 'negative-American' connotation. Meaning, I'm not sorry to say I have personal happy memories of happy meals, et al. growing up in the 80s. 'Everything in moderation' was my family motto, and we're all healthy for it (thank goodness).
Next time I'm at Arby's for a 5 for $5, I've got an extra horsey sauce with your name on it.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:26 AM ^
Black Taco?
October 20th, 2009 at 2:55 AM ^
Filled with curly fries and horsey sauce
the perfect "beverage" to wash down 5 beef n cheds
October 20th, 2009 at 7:41 AM ^
I mean I love curly fries as much as the next guy, but I think the perfect side to the beef and cheddar is the potato cake.
October 20th, 2009 at 10:08 AM ^
I used to be torn between the Giant and a Market Fresh Chicken Caesar. Wish they'd come back with that sammich.
Giant soaked in about 8 packets of Arby's sauce, Cheese sticks, and Cherry Coke = a riot in Flavortown, USA.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:07 PM ^
but their jalapeno poppers suck...they're usually soggy and are not hot or even mildly spicy for that matter.
October 20th, 2009 at 8:03 PM ^
24-Hour Arby's on I-94, Exit 167 (Baker Rd, west of A2). Woo!
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:19 AM ^
Please... that sandwich would never even get unwrapped.
Chuckles is a busy man. He can't waste time on things like "foil".