fast food

I guess I'll be drinking smoothies for a while!

Plant-based proteins are catching on and slowly taking over the grocery store freezer section and deli meat case. And soon, we may be able to get mock chicken at the fast food drive through.

One fast food taco restaurant is quickly rising through the ranks, and we want to know if it's one of your go-to spots when you get a fast food craving. Vote now from our list, or feel free to write in your own favorite fast food joint.

What is it about fast food french fries that makes them so darned addictive? One chef may have stumbled up on the secret ingredient, and he's spilling the beans so we can all try this at home. The magical concoction also causes us to lick our fingers between bites. See, we can't help it!

On a road trip across East Texas, maybe you've had Cowboy Melt, or the Black and Blue burger at this place. Now Jucy's Hamburgers is adding new things to that comfort-food-menu-of-greatness like veggie burgers and chicken sandwiches, and they've got plans to open up more restaurants across East Texas that could bring them to Lufkin. Yum!

No other fast food restaurant has ever done it, but Arby's decided to take a risk and rock the fast food world by offering a venison burger. And apparently it's a big success so far.  In the places where they're testing it, they can't keep it in stock.

Cheeseburgers and tacos are the norm at fast food restaurants around East Texas, but soon you could add a deer meat sandwich to the list of options.   One place on North University in Nacogdoches could be adding it to the menu soon.

There's a fast food restaurant on South 1st in Lufkin, and another on Timberland Drive, that some say is the healthiest in town.  And here's why.