Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers Restaurant

The Rickert Wendy's is far superior to the one on Ogden for their parking lot setup alone. This one does NOT immediately dump you back onto a major road, so if your drive-through order is messed up, you don't have to stop short, leave your car with the flashers going, hope the next car in line is attentive enough not to hit you as you run inside and make them fix it (or else you're making a big ridiculous U-turn somehow out onto Ogden and back, which is nigh impossible).

But also, I just learned yesterday of something else that makes it unique: the Coke Freestyle machine.

This hulk of a machine instantly harkened back to the "BeBop Cola" episode of "Sealab 2021" for me, so I was a little afraid that it was going to start singing to me in an electronic voice and then begin hurling cans of Mango Reinhardt at my head.

However, this machine doesn't talk, just sits passively and waits for you to play with its touch-screen as you deliberate on what oddball combination of pop flavors you want to try.

Peach Fanta? Raspberry Coke? Vanilla Barq's root beer? No problem.

I must admit, I went for boring old Dr Pepper (they didn't even offer the vanilla or the cherry vanilla Dr Pepper flavors that you can buy in cans! C'mon). My bf was more intrepid and went for the vanilla Barq's, but he thought it could have been more exciting. Next time I'll have to branch out.

Aside from these amenities, it's your average Wendy's. The addition of the salads and tastier "sea salt" fries (vs. the old, thick squishy ones) are an improvement. But the draw has always been the burgers for me, though I try to rarely indulge. If you must have a slab of cow in a hurry, this is the way to go, in my book. And drop in for a lime Coke and a smile while you're at it.

Typical Wendys....with one thing that is INCREDIBLE....THE COKE FREESTYLE MACHINE!!!!

Said machine alone should get soda-pop lovers to check it out....this single machine boasts over 100 different soft drink varieties. Basically adding all sorts of flavors to coke/sprite/powerade/dr pep/etc.

The wendys itself is a bit cleaner than most fast food joints. Come here for the COKE FREESTYLE MACHINE!!!!