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Re: I am taking this thread to Cuba. Remain calm; no one should be hurt. - Bruce Wang - 05-24-2014
(05-23-2014, 08:25 PM)ferrari link Wrote:[quote author=TreeWeird link=topic=10034.msg90057#msg90057 date=1400901527]
[quote author=Publius link=topic=10034.msg90053#msg90053 date=1400891892]
Five Guys - which I find vastly superior to In-N-Out - is my favorite chain burger.Â
East Coast bias.
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Please. Five Guys burger, here, is $6.95; A Double Double is $3.25. In my book a fast food burger doesn't cost 7 bucks. Are there better burgers than In N Out? Sure, but not fast food. Being an East Coaster you are obviously deprived, so we forgive you. Enjoy your fried clam strips.
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Guilty as charged. Upon reflection, I've become a New Englander. I've put down roots here. And as an East Coaster, yes I am deprived - of the ability to go to every home game. I would love to move back to the Bay Area, but it's not happening when the houses are 3x the price of the ones here and the schools are not 3x better (with the exception of a certain private university on the Peninsula).
As for the Five Guys burgers. What do you expect? They are twice as good as In-N-Out, and we're not even talking about the fries. I'd rather eat the fries at Burger King than In-N-Out.
As for fried clam strips. Don't knock them unless you've had them in Maine. They're usually rubbery and bitter. But in Maine, they are something else entirely.
Re: Our mole at the Chron strikes again... - Hurlburt88 - 05-24-2014
strong agreement on the clam strips!!!
An independent and unbiased test - Redrum - 05-24-2014
There is no In-N-Out in the Southeast. So I am not biased by some continually reinforcing loyalty habit. But we do have Five Guys. Ate there twice. With spouse. Both times we came away disappointed. Not disappointed because we settled for Five Guys over the sentimental favorite, disappointed because the eating didn't live up to the buzz around the chain opening up stores in our town. We were disappointed because the burgers just weren't that good. Spouse does not have a dog in this fight. Didn't grow up in CA. No loyalty conflicts whatsoever. She just said, in essence: "we tried this place once and weren't impressed. We tried again, let's not do it a third time." How could anyone in their right mind choose Five Guys over the nostalgia of their youth and the categorical dictum of their spouse?Â
Re: Our mole at the Chron strikes again... - stupac2 - 05-24-2014
I've eaten at Five Guys once or twice and while it's perfectly fine, I wouldn't make a priority of going back. There wasn't anything wrong with it, it's just that I could either invest less money/time and get a burger that's almost as good, or invest a bit more money/time and get a burger that's significantly better. In my mind it's like going to Chipotle: it makes sense if there are no other options at all, but since there always are, why go there?
I mean, there's clearly demand for the "fast casual" segment, but I don't understand it at all. Where they sit on the quality/speed/price axes seems like a local minimum to me, and you're better served going in either direction.
Re: I am taking this thread to Cuba. Remain calm; no one should be hurt. - yvonne - 05-24-2014
(05-24-2014, 03:35 AM)Publius link Wrote:As for the Five Guys burgers. What do you expect? They are twice as good greasy as In-N-Out, and we're not even talking about the fries.Â
fixed it for you.
Re: Our mole at the Chron strikes again... - washingtonismoney - 05-24-2014
If you're in the East Coast, you might have a shot at substituting Shake Shack.
Re: I am taking this thread to Cuba. Remain calm; no one should be hurt. - CornFed - 05-24-2014
(05-24-2014, 11:26 AM)Yvonne link Wrote:[quote author=Publius link=topic=10034.msg90062#msg90062 date=1400927728]OOOH! Good one!
As for the Five Guys burgers. What do you expect? They are twice as good greasy as In-N-Out, and we're not even talking about the fries.Â
fixed it for you.
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Re: Our mole at the Chron strikes again... - rudruff - 05-24-2014
The key part of traveling to the East Coast I have found is to never believe a restaurant that says it serves "Mexican" food.
Re: Our mole at the Chron strikes again... - Rally - 05-24-2014
(05-24-2014, 12:40 PM)rudruff link Wrote:The key part of traveling to the East Coast I have found is to never believe a restaurant that says it serves "Mexican" food.
Admit it. You LOVE those clam strip tacos.
Ahhh! The old rule of thumb applies - Redrum - 05-24-2014
"Never eat Mexican food in territory not stolen from the Mexicans or territory the Mexicans stole from the Aztecs."
Re: Our mole at the Chron strikes again... - washingtonismoney - 05-24-2014
Not true. A lot of good Mexican food in Chicago and New York.
Re: Our mole at the Chron strikes again... - dabigv13 - 05-24-2014
Good Mexican in New York does not exist. Really, the only good Mexican food is south of the 10 freeway.
Well, not according to the Mijares family - Redrum - 05-24-2014
Quote:Not true. A lot of good Mexican food in Chicago and New York.
The Mijares family of Pasadena goes back 3, maybe 4 (who knows what great grand kids are running around?) of cooking real Mexican food in their restaurants. I was born around mid (last) century and their place was a Pasadena landmark even before that. One of the Mijares told us the saying I quoted before, although he put it "Never eat Mexican food in territory not stolen from us...". Said it with a big smile and a laugh. Downtown Pasadena is now a trendy place, so business is probably pretty good. You know they're doing something right when the criticism on Yelp is that it was frequented by low-life types. I resemble that remark.Â
Re: Our mole at the Chron strikes again... - Leftcoast - 05-24-2014
Looks like I need to try Shake Shack .......Â
Shake Shack vs Five Guys vs In-N-Out.
Quote:SE editor Erin Zimmer, a California native had this to say, and it pretty much sums up all of our we-love-Shake-Shack-but-In-N-Out-has-a-special-place-in-our-hearts feelings: "When I say Shake Shack, I can picture the state of California shaking its head at me. Shame. I feel it. But the truth is, I became a Shake Shack convert when I moved here, which is not to say that I don't still get an I-n-O cheeseburger with grilled onions on most visits home still."
As for Five Guys? Well, despite their legions of followers and rapid (perhaps too rapid?) expansion, we're mostly left just scratching our heads. It's not a bad burger per se, but the flavor of its beef is nowhere near in line with its proportions.
http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2011/05/in-n-out-vs-five-guys-vs-shake-shack-the-first-bi-coastal-side-by-side-taste-test.html
Re: Well, not according to the Mijares family - Class_of_75 - 05-25-2014
(05-24-2014, 05:11 PM)Redrum link Wrote:I grew up in Pasadena, and loved going to Mijares to eat. I remember when Old Town Pasadena was skid row. Quite a change.Quote:Not true. A lot of good Mexican food in Chicago and New York.
The Mijares family of Pasadena goes back 3, maybe 4 (who knows what great grand kids are running around?) of cooking real Mexican food in their restaurants. I was born around mid (last) century and their place was a Pasadena landmark even before that. One of the Mijares told us the saying I quoted before, although he put it "Never eat Mexican food in territory not stolen from us...". Said it with a big smile and a laugh. Downtown Pasadena is now a trendy place, so business is probably pretty good. You know they're doing something right when the criticism on Yelp is that it was frequented by low-life types. I resemble that remark.
Re: Our mole at the Chron strikes again... - 82 Card - 05-25-2014
So how many locations does a chain have to have in order to qualify as a fast food burger? The Burgers at Super Duper Burger are far better than In-N-Out and Five Guys. Haven't tried Shake Shack. Admittedly, the Super Duper Burger is a dollar more than Five Guys. Unlike Five Guys, it's worth it.
Re: Our mole at the Chron strikes again... - zedcom - 05-25-2014
(05-25-2014, 12:26 AM)82 Card link Wrote:So how many locations does a chain have to have in order to qualify as a fast food burger?
Another candidate if you get to Colorado is Larkburger!
http://larkburger.com/locations/
Re: Our mole at the Chron strikes again... - PrinceLightfoot - 05-25-2014
I had a Five Guys burger for the first time when I went to the Army game last year. It did not live up to the hype that many of my east coast friends had built. One burger place that should definitely be included in the discussion is Fat Burger. The butter drips a bit from these bad boys providing an extra dimension of yum!
http://www.fatburger.com/home/
Re: Our mole at the Chron strikes again... - dabigv13 - 05-25-2014
(05-24-2014, 11:12 PM)leftcoast link Wrote:Looks like I need to try Shake Shack
Shake shack is really good, especially since they improved their fries, but you can't compare it to In-n-out; a double cheeseburger, fries, and a drink will run you about 13 bucks, versus like 6 at In-n-out.
Re: Our mole at the Chron strikes again... - CowboyIndian - 05-25-2014
(05-25-2014, 08:05 AM)garvin link Wrote:.... place that puts green chile in, on and under everything.The sine qua non.
Meanwhile...Pasadena is north of 1-10....along with every great burrito in the Mission and Cisco's in Austin. And if you don't think there's great Mexican food in Bakersfield, Visalia, Fresno, Merced and Modesto....you are being hopelessly provincial. Hell, there are terrific migas being made as we speak...in Red Bluff!