The Slatest for Sept. 6: This Is America’s Greatest Fast-Food Joint

Yes! That’s right. Luke Winkie will die on this hill: Costco’s food court is our greatest fast-food joint. Its devotees are legion and Swiftielike in nature, and for Slate’s Fast-Food Week, he’s penned an ode to this great American institution.

The Costco food court, Winkie writes, “was put on Earth so we could purchase a cream-colored sofa, a fresh pair of glasses, a 20-gallon drum of Texas chili, and a copy of Breaking Dawn in—inexplicably—the exact same aisle. It is a place to win, and keep winning.”

You can read the whole thing here.

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