Pasta Pizzazz or McDonaldsDinner today will be a debate, probably involving takeout. After a days work, who wants to go to the supermarket, go home, and cook. These remains a nagging questions for each families and individuals. Who has the best deals? The options include dine out, fast food, fast serve, self$-$serve, takeout, and delivery; American have choices when buying breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Good food at a good price continues as a national pastime for most people. Deciding between two restaurants requires an evaluation of many elements of the food experience. Pasta Pizzazz provides a superior food experience compared with McDonalds because of its food, service, and ambiance.The FoodPasta Pizzazz and McDonalds sell food for adults and children with multiple delivery methods. Original recipes made$-$to$-$order daily from fresh ingredients describes the food at Pasta Pizzazz. A customer favorite remains blackened chicken Cajun pasta salad. Chicken and vegetables delivered to the restaurant daily join a variety of pastas served at room temperature with a choice of ranch, honey mustard, and balsamic dressings. For a hot dish, customers rave about the blackened chicken with a side of freshly made fettucine Alfredo with a side of bread sticks.In contrast, the food at McDonalds must be flash frozen before being delivered to individual stores from distribution centers. McDonalds remains well$-$known for its quarter pounder and happy meals for kids. Although McDonalds offers chicken, fish, and breakfast sandwiches, the chain does not offer pizzas and pastas with bread sticks.While McDonalds remains a standard go$-$to meal for many, the freshness and variety on the menu pales to the vibrant offerings at Pasta Pizzazz. Both restaurants offer sandwiches, salads, desserts, and drinks. Pasta Pizzazz offers individualized gourmet pizzas. Both restaurants present a breakfast menu. For a unique dining experience with more menu selections and more delivery methods including to the consumers front door, Pasta Pizzazz remains a superior dinning experience for all family members.The ServicePasta Pizzazz and McDonalds represent casual dining that suits families and individuals. Fast food remains the consistent label for McDonalds. Pasta Pizzazz promotes the label fast serve. Both restaurants supply drive$-$thru windows and offer takeout and dine$-$in experiences. Pasta Pizzazz includes servers for the dine$-$in experience, but McDonalds does not. The contact with servers at Pasta Pizzazz for the dine$-$in experience represents the biggest difference. No servers at McDonalds avoids tipping. When parents are dining with children, the assistance of a server means not having to jump up for every drink refill and extra condiments.Pasta Pizzazz offers a delivery service from its own customer$-$built food truck. The food truck comes fully equip with a refrigeration unit and heating devices so that food can be delivered as hot and fresh as if the diners are at the restaurant. McDonalds food uses a few third$-$party delivery services for their food, such as Dash and Grub Hub. The use of a third$-$party delivery services requires the consumer to establish a relationship with that service as well as the McDonalds restaurant. Third$-$party delivery services are complicated and can cause more unwanted issues that dealing directly with the food vendor as is the case with the Pasta Pizzazz food truck.The AmbianceThe setting for dining remains an important aspect of Pasta Pizzazz and McDonalds. Everyone identifies McDonalds with the golden arches. The arches are more yellow than golden, and yellow stimulates the appetite. McDonalds attracts children because of the Happy Meal with toys included. Pasta Pizzazz presents an art deco d$$cor with booths in teal, coral, and black. Vinyl covers McDonalds walls, while Pizza Pizzazz has padded fabric walls. The padded fabric reduces the ambient noise for dining$-$in the restaurants. Tiled floors adorn McDonalds stores, but Pasta Pizzazz presents a black carpeting in the parts of the restaurant where diners sit. To reduce the competitive advantage of McDonalds, Pasta Pizzazz offers kids meals, coloring, and toys for children under $12.$Pasta Pizzazz and McDonalds each have a mascot that represents the restaurant to the public and at special events. The mascot can be seen in advertisements and even on the street in front of the restaurants. McDonalds shows the world Ronald McDonald as its clown mascot. The clown represents fun and the Ronald McDonald House, which provides aids for sick children. Ronald McDonald symbolizes the McDonalds brand as a worldwide ambassador of good will and the McDonalds products.Although not as well$-$known as Ronald McDonald, Pasta Pizzazz offers the Toucan, a bird that stands in front of the restaurant so that clients know that during that time two can eat for the price of one. The Toucan can be seen during slow hours such as late afternoon and early evening when senior citizens and families with children often dine in the restaurants. The Pasta Pizzazz Toucan has not achieved the universal recognition of Ronald McDonald, but the bird has made appearances on national network news for its colorful beak and wild dance moves.ConclusionCommunicating a comparison of Pasta Pizzazz with McDonalds falls flat for people who have not had the opportunity to dine at Pasta Pizzazz; however, such a comparison encourages people to take a serious look at the dining opportunities in their communities. McDonalds remains a household name based on its longevity in the marketplace and on its massive advertising budget. McDonalds remains an eating choice for everyone in almost every city in America and abroad. Alternatively, diners can try the local pizzeria or Italian restaurants near them. Many cities offer excellent French bistros and farm$-$to$-$table restaurants. The challenge continues to try eating establishments that furnish the convenient option of good food at a good price that people feel good eating. Identify the thesis