Here are the best fast food restaurants in the United States

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Del Taco has been named America’s best fast food chain, taking the title from Chick-fil-A.

The California-based Mexican fast food chain received the top spot on this year’s edition of USA Today’s “Best Fast Food Restaurants” list, which was decided by a reader vote.

The outlet highlighted the various food options, including its breakfast and plant-based menus, available at Del Taco as part of its ranking.

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The chain did not make last year’s “Best Fast Food Restaurants” list.

Last year’s top-ranked Chick-fil-A was ranked No. 3 this year.

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USA Today compiles its “Best Fast Food Restaurants” rankings through a process that involves editors choosing a select group of nominees for readers to vote on, he said.

The top 10 fast food chains featured in this year’s reader-ranked ranking include:

1. Tacos

In this illustration photo, a soda cup is displayed with the Del Taco logo at a Del Taco restaurant on December 6, 2021, in Fairfield, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images / Getty Images)

2. KFC

Food at a KFC restaurant on April 4, 2018, in Orangeburg, South Carolina. (Moses Robinson/Getty Images for KFC / Getty Images)

3. Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A sign on a New York restaurant

A Chick-fil-A logo and sign on a restaurant in New York City. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Getty Images)

4. In-N-Out Burger

An In-N-Out Burger restaurant located in Azusa, California on April 1, 2024. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images / Getty Images)

5. Hardee’s

A Hardee's fast food hamburger restaurant in North Carolina

An exterior view of a Hardee’s restaurant. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Getty Images)

6. Captain D’s

A Captain D’s seafood restaurant in Hudson, North Carolina, on November 2, 2019. (iStock / iStock)

7. Taco Bell

A Taco Bell sign photographed above a restaurant. (Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images / Getty Images)

8. Popeyes

A Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant. (iStock / iStock)

9. Zaxby

The exterior of a Zaxby’s fast food restaurant in Gastonia, North Carolina. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Getty Images)

10. Arby’s

The exterior of an Arby’s restaurant. (Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images / Getty Images)

USA Today has released the 2024 list of “Best Fast Food Restaurants” as part of its broader annual 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.

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Some of the biggest fast food brands like McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s, which were among the top 10 chains last year, were not included in this year’s ranking.