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NoWaiter's menu revolves primarily around what it calls the "three beefs" - hamburgers, corned beef, and hot dog products, though the hot dogs used by the company are actually mostly pork. Breakfast was introduced to most restaurants around 1985, and varies significantly from the three beef formula while retaining some thematic concepts from its lunch menu. | NoWaiter's menu revolves primarily around what it calls the "three beefs" - hamburgers, corned beef, and hot dog products, though the hot dogs used by the company are actually mostly pork. Breakfast was introduced to most restaurants around 1985, and varies significantly from the three beef formula while retaining some thematic concepts from its lunch menu. | ||
===Breakfast menu=== | ===Breakfast menu=== | ||
Introduced in 1985, the breakfast menu includes a variety of options which are derivative of the all day lunch and dinner fare. The two most popular items on the breakfast menu are the "MornDog", a breakfast sausage presented in the same manner as a hot dog wherein the bun is a griddled pancake with maple flavor, and "Daddy Hashy", which are corned beef hash shaped length-wise and held together as a solid, surrounded on its lower half by a biscuit casing. Several breakfast-specific beverages are also offered, primarily coffee and three kinds of tea. | Introduced in 1985, the breakfast menu includes a variety of options which are derivative of the all day lunch and dinner fare. The two most popular items on the breakfast menu are the "MornDog", a breakfast sausage presented in the same manner as a hot dog wherein the bun is a griddled pancake with maple flavor, and "Daddy Hashy", which are corned beef hash shaped length-wise and held together as a solid, surrounded on its lower half by a biscuit casing. Several breakfast-specific beverages are also offered, primarily coffee and three kinds of tea. Like the lunch menu, the breakfast menu has several combo options which include the various breakfast items pared with a coffee or tea and a sliced fruit side, which is the only side available in the breakfast menu. | ||
===Lunch and dinner menu=== | ===Lunch and dinner menu=== | ||
The most popular item on NoWaiter's menu, and among it's oldest, is the Corned'N'Cheddar (occasionally marketed as a "CNC"), which is a sandwich comprised of sliced, baked corned beef with cheddar cheese and {{wp|Russian dressing|a mix of ketchup and mayonaise}} on a pressed, panini-like bun and grilled. Historically, the CNC was served in a round styrofoam container with a hinge in the middle. As styrofoam containers were phased out in Urcea, the iconic CNC container was replaced with a wax paper wrap. The second most popular item is the {{wp | The most popular item on NoWaiter's menu, and among it's oldest, is the Corned'N'Cheddar (occasionally marketed as a "CNC"), which is a sandwich comprised of sliced, baked corned beef with cheddar cheese and {{wp|Russian dressing|a mix of ketchup and mayonaise}} on a pressed, panini-like bun and grilled. Historically, the CNC was served in a round styrofoam container with a hinge in the middle. As styrofoam containers were phased out in Urcea, the iconic CNC container was replaced with a wax paper wrap. The second most popular item is the {{wp|corn dog|CornDog}}, a hot dog on a stick covered in cornmeal batter and deep fried. Several other types of food are on offer as well, especially hamburgers and many variations of hot dogs and corned beef. The third most popular item is the Big'N'Beefy (marketed as a "BNB"), which is a third pound {{wp|angus}} burger usually served with cheese, mustard, and lettuce. The remainder of the menu includes items like "DoubleDog" (two hot dogs in a specially designed bun), "BabyBeef" (a 2 oz burger when cooked served with cheese), and CornDogNuggets. | ||
NoWaiters have some regional variation within [[Urcea]] on menu items, as certain franchises are offered experimental menu items. NoWaiters have significant menu diversity in locations outside [[Levantia]]. The well-known {{wp|McRib|Beef Ribber}} (also pork) sandwich, which imitates barbeque pork ribs, is occasionally offered nationwide but is offered on a regional and seasonal basis. During the season of {{wp|Lent}}, fish and plant based options are introduced to the menu, including the popular "green hash", a plant-based substitute of corned beef hash served at breakfast. | NoWaiters have some regional variation within [[Urcea]] on menu items, as certain franchises are offered experimental menu items. NoWaiters have significant menu diversity in locations outside [[Levantia]]. The well-known {{wp|McRib|Beef Ribber}} (also pork) sandwich, which imitates barbeque pork ribs, is occasionally offered nationwide but is offered on a regional and seasonal basis. During the season of {{wp|Lent}}, fish and plant based options are introduced to the menu, including the popular "green hash", a plant-based substitute of corned beef hash served at breakfast. | ||
Most NoWaiter locations offer three kinds of sides, which they refer to as the "three beefettes". The most commonly offered and most popular type of side are {{wp|fried pickle}} chips in small, medium, and large sizes, which usually come in varying sizes of paper cups. The second most common type of side offered at NoWaiter is small cups of {{wp|macaroni and cheese}}. The third most common type of side are "Equatorial Beefettes", which are essentially small hash nuggets replacing some of the ingredients with {{wp|quinoa}}. Equatorial Beefettes were poorly received at their initial offering and remain unpopular. All sides are served with a small sauce cup containing chipotle mayonnaise-based sauce. | |||
Almost all NoWaiter locations employ a combo menu for lunch and dinner, which includes a primary item combined with a side (always fried pickles in [[Urcea]]) and a soft drink. Some combo menu deals include multiple versions of one item, such as two CornDogs, or the most expensive item on the menu, two Corned'N'Cheddars (billed as "Two for the Price of Two" and nearly always combo menu number "2" on combo menus). | |||
NoWaiter items, particularly on the lunch menu, have occasionally received criticism from public health experts and the general public. Much criticism has been leveled at limited time only options, which experts have criticized as "over the top" and "excessive and dangerous to public health". The most controversial item was released for a limited time run in August 2017, which was a five pound bucket of fried pickles known as the "BickleBucket". While marketing campaigns emphasized that the BickleBucket was intended for consumption by a whole family, many locations began to sell out of fried pickles due to the popularity of the product while also causing significant labor and workflow issues at participating NoWaiter locations. | |||
==Restaurants== | ==Restaurants== | ||
Most NoWaiter restaurants from before 1968 were single or two-room fast food stands with a kitchen optimized using the principles of {{wp|mass production}}; most restaurants had an attached bathroom or outhouse for the employees, and many also had an adjoining office for the manager or franchise owner. Beginning in the late 1960s, many of these simple stands had small dining rooms added on, creating a design that became popularly known as "drive-through hodge podge". No standardized design existed for restaurants until 1974, and accordingly some drive-through hodge podges were deliberately built that way, while some generic restaurant designs were also employed. From 1974 until 1984, a standard restaurant design employing a semi-circle was used, with the flat side holding the kitchen and drive-through window and the rounded portion holding the dining room. In 1984, the restaurant design was rapidly changed to resemble the two arrows from above, with the pointed end being used as the drive through side. The "two arrows from above" style proved popular and relatively easy to emulate, with thousands being constructed over the next two decades until a more generic design was adopted in 2002. The two arrows restaurants were supplemented with inside playgrounds, known as "Arrow Castles", beginning in 1990. The post-2002 designs no longer included Arrow Castles but increasingly began to incorporate self-serve coffee stations and other innovations intended to improve the experience of breakfast customers. | Most NoWaiter restaurants from before 1968 were single or two-room fast food stands with a kitchen optimized using the principles of {{wp|mass production}}; most restaurants had an attached bathroom or outhouse for the employees, and many also had an adjoining office for the manager or franchise owner. Beginning in the late 1960s, many of these simple stands had small dining rooms added on, creating a design that became popularly known as "drive-through hodge podge". No standardized design existed for restaurants until 1974, and accordingly some drive-through hodge podges were deliberately built that way, while some generic restaurant designs were also employed. From 1974 until 1984, a standard restaurant design employing a semi-circle was used, with the flat side holding the kitchen and drive-through window and the rounded portion holding the dining room. In 1984, the restaurant design was rapidly changed to resemble the two arrows from above, with the pointed end being used as the drive through side. The "two arrows from above" style proved popular and relatively easy to emulate, with thousands being constructed over the next two decades until a more generic design was adopted in 2002. The two arrows restaurants were supplemented with inside playgrounds, known as "Arrow Castles", beginning in 1990. The post-2002 designs no longer included Arrow Castles but increasingly began to incorporate self-serve coffee stations and other innovations intended to improve the experience of breakfast customers. | ||