Wendy's

View from the street of drivethrough

Location

1701 Cowell Blvd. Davis, CA 95616

Hours

Dine in open till 10pm, drive-through open till 2am.

Phone

(530) 297-0120

Website

(National Website)

Payment

Cash and major Credit Cards

Wendy's is a fast food restaurant known for their square burgers, frosties and fries. They also have fairly good fast food salads. The burgers are square because they are made fresh rather than from frozen patties like most other fast food burgers.

After three flips, they chuck burgers into the chili, so chili from later in the day tends to be meatier than a chili from early in the day (plus you know your burger wasn't sitting under a heat lamp). Contrary to urban legend, they don't use burgers that fell on the floor. The health department would frown on that.

It's all about the 99¢ menu — 99¢ nuggets, 99¢ fries, 99¢ frosties... you get the picture.

A woman claimed to have found a severed human finger in their chili at a Wendy's in the Bay Area. The police investigated and appear to have determined that the woman was performing a scam trying to extort money from Wendy's. After a warrant was issued to search her house, the woman has dropped all charges and she does not want to go to court. It was revealed that she has sued other restaurants (including El Pollo Loco), a car dealership (who sold her a car whose wheel "fell off"), and several sexual harassment suits.

On 4/22/05, the woman was arrested in Las Vegas at her home. The finger was finally traced back to a friend of her husband's who injured himself in an industrial accident last December. DNA tests have determined that the finger is his and he has admitted that he gave the finger to her. Here are details.

On 9/9/05, the couple involved pled guilty and face ten and thirteen years in jail. According to the court, Wendy's sales have dropped two and a half million dollars due to their actions.

On 1/18/06, they were jailed for nine years each.

The Wendy's in Davis will refuse to serve you if you joke about finding a finger in their chili. While that may seem severe, consider that there have been times that they have been tormented about it via the drive through window. They will politely ask you to leave as they are declining you service. NOTE: according to msnbc.com as a result of this woman's claims, sales at Wendy's Northern California stores have fallen off significantly, enough so that there have been layoffs and reduced hours at some locations. No wonder they are a bit touchy about it.

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2006-06-14 13:40:48   Wendy's in Davis often neglects to turn their lights off at 2:00 a.m. when their drive-thru closes. I have twice been fooled into thinking they were open, and other cars have followed me in there, too. It is very inconsiderate to keep the lights on and get late-night burger-lovers' hopes up the way you do, Wendy's! I wrote corporate to complain, and they sent me coupons for free stuff, so I win in the end! —RickEle

2006-10-06 00:09:16   I live for their dollar menu. —AricaChhay

2007-04-22 20:49:13   Think guys with long nasty hair that is not hair netted or covered. Think "Sorry, no fries tonight." Think about your order being wrong every other time you come. Think Wendy's in Davis! —SoCalGal

2007-08-04 03:40:05   i have had nothing but bad experiences here , I went one night this guy with longer hair was cussing i was with my girlfriend and was pretty shocked and food was cold well the fries were i called and complained and manager seemed the same way, what are ya going to do? —Brians

• night shift seems to goof off a lot —FredChen
  

2007-11-15 22:47:31   chicken nuggets. ask for fifty. —KenichiSan

2007-12-18 15:04:05   Sometimes my food is less than hot (not quite cold, but not piping hot), but everyone has always been friendly. They're just a little absentminded with the sauces. —Kiran

2008-10-22 13:40:30   ummmmm. i hate to say this, but I ordered a Caesar chicken salad...i only ever order that or the chicken nuggets. but this particular time i found a bug in my salad. I dont know if it was a nat. I was so lucky that i eat slowly, right before i was going to put it in my mouth i saw something black and it as a dead bug indeed. I cannot eat there anymore i think that there are like bugs flying around in the back and they leave something that they are making for u open and boom its in there. perhaps not really their fault, but still. its a pity, i enjoyed their chicken nuggets.

—KimberlyMiller

2008-11-15 15:27:32   mountain of chicken nuggets ftw —ketan

2009-11-08 21:43:00   we both like the baked potatoes here, oddly enough, but Mrs. really likes the rootbeer floats. i do to but she has a hankering for one alot, i like the food here and like the price. —mrandmrs