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Forrest McKay
Dec 23, 2025
"Empirical evidence that cheddar sauce improves all life outcomes"
If you’re cruising between Austin and Dallas and need a place where the cheddar flows freely and the curly fries are basically a spiritual experience, this Arby’s is the stop. It’s become a regular waypoint for us — like a pilgrimage, but with more roast beef and fewer camels.
First, the food: the cheddar and roast beef combo is everything fast food should be — warm, melty, comforting, and slightly life‑affirming. The curly fries? Perfectly seasoned golden spirals of joy. Honestly, if geometry had tasted this good in high school, I’d be a mathematician.
The service is always friendly, the kind where you feel like they actually want you to have a good day — not just survive it. And yes, the building absolutely looks like it used to be a Dairy Queen, which only adds to the charm. It’s like the restaurant equivalent of a former child star who grew up, got their life together, and now proudly says, “Yeah, I used to serve Blizzards. Now I have the meats.”
If you’re on the road and need a reliable, delicious, slightly nostalgic stop — this is your place. Arby’s, keep doing whatever magic you’re doing in that ex‑DQ kingdom.