This place is a conveyor belt for long-frozen, dry, over-cooked approximations for food. They think that by making the burgers bigger, people will equate that with value, despite the fact that the big stuff is over-priced, and the smaller stuff is even more over-priced. I got a chicken sandwich here for seven bucks that was smaller than a deck of cards, burned blacker than the bottom of a demon's feet.\n\nTheir hamburger is virtually tasteless, so they splatter them with all kinds of sauce and wilted toppings. The only thing fresh here is a couple of the vegetables, which typically only serve to make the massive, starchy buns slide around. And their soda is watered down.\n\nThe \"natural cut fries\" were cut from potatoes all right... a long time ago. Clearly frozen to a point where their natural flavor is all but gone. And the only reason the criss-cut fries are anywhere near decent is the massive spice layer that manages to hold in extra fryer oil. Underneath, it's still awful and tasteless.\n\nCarl's wasn't quite this bad a few years back. They were still pretty awful, but these days, at this location in particular, it's a train wreck. I gave them the benefit of the doubt a few times now, and every time I'm disappointed and end up feeling disgusting and shameful. Not to mention robbed of a few extra dimes.\n\nNailing it all home is their deplorable ad campaign, which covers all their bags and cups with snarky bullshit about how awesome they are, punctuated with \"That's just the way it is.\" You know something's wrong when Jack-in-the-Box does a better job of condescending to you, not to mention serving a better version of god-awful fast food at a less insulting price.\n\nIf this franchise had a face, I would punch it.