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Five Guys?

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Perknose said:
Finally went, their burgers suck! Don't know if they do this at all of them, but at the one near me they wrap up every burger in tin foil, even the ones for eat-in.

This is a HUGE NO-NO, as it steams the bun into a mushy consistency, NOT that their buns aren't McDonald's grade to begin with! To recap, they use shitty buns to begin with, then needlessly and stupidly destroy them!

It's the same as with hoagies or cheese steaks, you MUST start with a good roll or you've already failed.

Their fries are decent, quite good actually, but no milk shakes? No self-respecting old time burger place didn't have real milk shakes as a side.

But the main thing is, and it's laughable, is that this is a place that serves nothing but burgers and their burgers are freaking MEDIOCRE at best. 😱

Any independent burger place worth its salt kicks 10 Balls' ass.
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Yeah, it's good, but it i snot amazing. I guess people are thrilled that they can put many toppings on the burger.
 
Perknose said:
Finally went, their burgers suck! Don't know if they do this at all of them, but at the one near me they wrap up every burger in tin foil, even the ones for eat-in.

This is a HUGE NO-NO, as it steams the bun into a mushy consistency, NOT that their buns aren't McDonald's grade to begin with! To recap, they use shitty buns to begin with, then needlessly and stupidly destroy them!

It's the same as with hoagies or cheese steaks, you MUST start with a good roll or you've already failed.

Their fries are decent, quite good actually, but no milk shakes? No self-respecting old time burger place didn't have real milk shakes as a side.

But the main thing is, and it's laughable, is that this is a place that serves nothing but burgers and their burgers are freaking MEDIOCRE at best. 😱

Any independent burger place worth its salt kicks 10 Balls' ass.
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The buns are made fresh everyday and delivered overnight to the restaurants. I made lots of bread at home and I wish I could reproduce those hamburger buns. Their bread is delicious.

Second, are you so old or slow that you take more than 1-2 minutes to open up your burger after you get it? I have NEVER had a bun that was soggy or mushy. If your bun was soggy or mushy then one of two things happened. They screwed up and let your food sit prior to calling your number. OR you are so freakin slow, you left your burger sitting for 10 minutes prior to eating.

No milkshakes? I can explain the reason. They don't have a freezer. They don't want to store anything. There was an good story in the Wall Street Journal about them. It started as a family business and the family still owns over half the franchises.

But personally, my favorite burgers come from the world famous Beacon in spartanburg, sc
 
They are delicious, but I wouldn't eat there too much unless you want to die of a heart attack.

Also, get the "small" order of fries....
 
They just opened up one near me about a month ago, but for the price I haven't been too interested in going.
 
They beat every other national/regional burger chain hands down, IMO.

I think In-N-Out is garbage, I ate there twice when I lived in CA and got food poisoning both times. Two separate locations too. Naaaasty.
 
M0oG0oGaiPan said:
Interview with the creator of Five Guys:

http://www.inc.com/magazine/20100401/jerry-murrell-five-guys-burgers-and-fries.html
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I was with him till I read this:

Most fast-food restaurants serve dehydrated frozen fries -- that's because if there's water in the potato, it splashes when it hits the oil. We actually soak our fries in water. When we prefry them, the water boils, forcing steam out of the fry, and a seal is formed so that when they get fried a second time, they don't absorb any oil -- and they're not greasy.
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Dude, I can see through the bag there is so much grease!
 
Aikouka said:
I like Five Guy's burgers.... If I get one, it's usually a little cheeseburger (the normal one has around 60g of fat... almost an entire day's worth)
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If you are worried about your waistline implications, calories eaten in excess over those burnt make you fat, fat doesn't.
 
Perknose said:
Finally went, their burgers suck! Don't know if they do this at all of them, but at the one near me they wrap up every burger in tin foil, even the ones for eat-in.

This is a HUGE NO-NO, as it steams the bun into a mushy consistency, NOT that their buns aren't McDonald's grade to begin with! To recap, they use shitty buns to begin with, then needlessly and stupidly destroy them!

It's the same as with hoagies or cheese steaks, you MUST start with a good roll or you've already failed.

Their fries are decent, quite good actually, but no milk shakes? No self-respecting old time burger place didn't have real milk shakes as a side.

But the main thing is, and it's laughable, is that this is a place that serves nothing but burgers and their burgers are freaking MEDIOCRE at best. 😱

Any independent burger place worth its salt kicks 10 Balls' ass.
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somewhat agree.. Not a horrible place, not a great place, but too expensive for what you get. And with the massive amount of food they give you, why are there peanuts?
 
mb said:
Five Guys is the taste equivalent of buying low-grade, high fat beef from Wal-Mart and cooking it on a George Foreman grill, and then putting all the grease drippings back on it.
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Wow a cheeseburger snob.
 
They're about as good as my local A&W burger wise. Granted my A&W isn't some twisted bastard KFC+A&W hybrid. It got lost in time somehow and still makes great food.
 
Codewiz said:
The buns are made fresh everyday and delivered overnight to the restaurants. I made lots of bread at home and I wish I could reproduce those hamburger buns. Their bread is delicious.
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Overnighted from somewhere else? Lolololol @ your idea of fresh!

You make "lots of bread" and yet can't even match their McDonald's grade bun? How much fail is that? What IS your idea of a good roll, anyway?

Ahhhhh, South Carolina, NOW I understand! I've been down your way. You can't find a decent roll in the supermarket! Except for the transplants who know better, you folks still thinks hoagie rolls should be the pale, featureless, fall apart consistency of a 99cent bag of generic hot dog buns from the FailMart!

I live in an area where we KNOW about rolls. The cheese steak and the Italian hoagie originated in our area, and we know a good premium sammy requires a chewy, high-gluten roll that won't fall apart if you just look at it and adds, not detracts from the sammy!

No wonder you think Five Guys bread is delicious. You just don't know any better! And, again, massive, massive fail at your idea of "fresh"!
Codewiz said:
Second, are you so old or slow that you take more than 1-2 minutes to open up your burger after you get it?
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If you're supposed to start eating them in under 1 minute, WHY do they take the then unnecessary and consistency destroying step of wrapping them in tin foil in the first place?

C'mon, genius, riddle me that!

You needlessly personally insult me -- over a burger chain thread, no less! -- you get it right back, asshole.
 
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I'm getting the feeling that the quality of Five Guys varies from place to place. The one buy my work---there is NO WAY you can say their food sucks. We've got 40 people in my office alone that love the place, and we make a trip once a week to eat there.
 
Perknose said:
Overnighted from somewhere else? Lolololol @ your idea of fresh!

You make "lots of bread" and yet can't even match their McDonald's grade bun? How much fail is that? What IS your idea of a good roll, anyway?

Ahhhhh, South Carolina, NOW I understand! I've been down your way. You can't find a decent roll in the supermarket! Except for the transplants who know better, you folks still thinks hoagie rolls should be the pale, featureless, fall apart consistency of a 99cent bag of generic hot dog buns from the FailMart!

I live in an area where we KNOW about rolls. The cheese steak and the Italian hoagie originated in our area, and we know a good premium sammy requires a chewy, high-gluten roll that won't fall apart if you just look at it and adds, not detracts from the sammy!

No wonder you think Five Guys bread is delicious. You just don't know any better! And, again, massive, massive fail at your idea of "fresh"!


If you're supposed to start eating them in under 1 minute, WHY do they take the then unnecessary and consistency destroying step of wrapping them in tin foil in the first place?

C'mon, genius, riddle me that!

You needlessly personally insult me -- over a burger chain thread, no less! -- you get it right back, asshole.
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This is one of the more ridiculous arguments I've ever seen in my entire life.

Seriously, arguing about hamburger buns? Seriously? Is that what the internet has come to?
 
Kev said:
This is one of the more ridiculous arguments I've ever seen in my entire life.

Seriously, arguing about hamburger buns? Seriously? Is that what the internet has come to?
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Funny thing is those buns arent cheap ($.35 per)... they are Five Guys "special sauce" if you try their bread untoasted, it is very very good, and the buns turn soft when they are toasted, prior to the wrapping...

Perknose has no idea.
 
They were great when they first opened here. Six months later you get a dripping nasty burger that is basically mush and wet soggy fries.
 
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