Then I heard a radio spot saying McDonald's was offering their Filet-O-Fish for $1.39 each on Fridays. Finally, our neighborhood Jack In The Box advertises their fish sandwiches 2 for $3.
And it being Friday...
Once we realized our mission, we asked Neighbor Neal if he wanted to tag along. Neal is the guy fish fear, a natural for this gig. He's got a place on the Colorado River with a small fishing boat, is restoring a much larger boat and has a freezer full of Arizona catfish...
We picked up Neighbor Neal right at 10:30 and our first stop (and the farthest away) was Wendy's.
We spent $10.09 (2 fish sandwiches @ $3.59 each, which we split, small fry and small soda) and ate it there.
Then we headed off to our local McD's, a couple of blocks from the house. We spent $2.79 for 2 Filet-O-Fish at the drive thru window and then drove across the street to Jack In The Box. We spent another $6.47 there (2 for $3 Fish Sandwiches, small fry, medium drink) for a grand total of $19.35.
The Boy rates them in this order: Wendy's, McD's and Jack In The Box and says they need more tartar sauce (that's why we call him El Condimento).
Neighbor Neal and I rate them in this order: Wendy's, Jack In The Box and McD's, say they all need more sauce, that Wendy's fish was the best and Neighbor Neal liked Jack In The Box's bun better.
And Neighbor Neal popped for lunch since we invite him over for dinner once in a while...
UPDATE: I checked out Carl's Jr's fish sandwich a couple of days later. It sells for the same as the Wendy's ($3.59) but Wendy's fish is better. I rank it second to Wendy's (nice bun, plenty of sauce and a slice of tomato) and ahead of Mickey D's and Jack's...
UPDATE II: The Boy and I checked out Rally's and Burger King a couple of weeks later. We both say they were in the neighborhood of McD's Filet O Fish and that they never give you enough sauce but disagree on overall scores.
The Boy prefers: (4) McDonald's, (5) Burger King and (6) Rally's...
I rate them (in order): (4) Burger King, (5) Rally's & (6) McD's (see below).
