# Five Guys burgers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-guys-burgers/541029 "2010-05-28T03:23:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cantrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Cantrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cantrip)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-guys-burgers/541029/21 "2010-05-28T14:27:16Z")
But I prefer the Five Napkin burger (which I had at Nice Matin on 79th Street). Not quite fast food, but a damned good burger. Just was introduced to Kopps in Wisconsin. _Awesome_ custard, good fries and a very good burger - and the best value I’ve had by far, something like a half pound of meat with trimmings for 3 bucks. And the custard was to die for. Best regards, Adam ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-guys-burgers/541029/22 "2010-05-28T14:29:45Z")
I love 5 Guys, and like their fries. The problem here is that I’ve come to expect a ridiculous amount of fries, where the cup is just superfluous and the real fry container is the bag, and the two 5 Guys closest to me (Rogers Park and Arlington Heights) don’t do that. If I’m paying $8 for a fast food meal, I better get a mother lode of fries! ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-guys-burgers/541029/23 "2010-05-28T14:37:00Z")
> [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](#): > > I am not a fan of Five Guys burgers. For my money you can’t beat an In N Out burger, or even here in St Louis, a Culver’s butter burger. me neither. i don’t like the thick, yet narrow patties. it’s also a smidge overpriced and really not any better than a wendy’s double/triple decker. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-guys-burgers/541029/24 "2010-05-28T15:00:44Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I rate Five Guys fries right down there with In-N-Out fries. That is, crap to worse than crap. The best fast fries around here are from The Hat. My ideal lunch would be an In-N-Out Double Double, Animal style, Hat fries and a draft Sierra Nevada. Which Hat serves Sierra Nevada? Not the two in OC 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-guys-burgers/541029/25 "2010-05-28T15:11:26Z")
I didn’t say it wouldn’t take some doing. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-guys-burgers/541029/26 "2010-05-28T15:52:17Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] There was one problem, though. I could do without the lagniappe. They put a cup of fries in the bag, and then they dumped in more fries. I only got through half of them. Next time, no lagniappe. [/QUOTE] Deal with it. 🆒 I asked at my local Five Guys why they even bother putting the cup in the bag, and his response was pretty much “Because… We… We just do. Why DO we do that?” As for the burgers - yes, there are better ones out there, but for a quick-serve / to-go place, they’re among the best I’ve eaten. I’ve always thought In-N-Out to be wildly overhyped blandness. Anyone should be able to walk into the place and get a good burger without needing to know about some stupid “secret menu.” ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-guys-burgers/541029/27 "2010-05-28T15:56:06Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > I asked at my local Five Guys why they even bother putting the cup in the bag, and his response was pretty much “Because… We… We just do. Why DO we do that?” Because the grease would dissolve the bag without it.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-guys-burgers/541029/28 "2010-05-28T16:00:53Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Unbelievable! How long did you live in LA? Only 18 years. Plenty of other things to eat there. I could make my own burgers, so if I wanted ‘fast food’ I’d order a few days worth of stuff from Thai Beer, go to Tito’s Tacos, get some Cuban roast pork from Versailles (one order lasted me three meals!), etc. If I wanted a burger and didn’t want to make it myself, Carl’s Jr. and Del Taco were convenient. > [@Annie](#): > > There’s a Fatburger in White Rock, 17th ave and 152 Street (across from McDonald’s). Time to get a Nexus pass! Another reason to visit White Rock! (The other one is that a friend told me there’s an awesome fish’n’chips shop run by a German lady. Too bad I don’t remember the name of the place!) No need for a Nexus pass. I like Fatburger. They’re my favourite fast-food burger (as opposed to a more upscale burger). But I can get by long enough to do without the pass. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-guys-burgers/541029/29 "2010-05-28T16:13:47Z")
Versailles…mmmmmmmm. Gimme a half chicken, moros y christianos and fried plantains and I’m a happy boy! I think 5 Guys, like The Hat, put the container in the bag to _demonstrate_ that they are giving you more than you ordered. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-guys-burgers/541029/30 "2010-05-28T16:17:09Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > I’ve always thought In-N-Out to be wildly overhyped blandness. Anyone should be able to walk into the place and get a good burger without needing to know about some stupid “secret menu.” You don’t need the secret menu. The regular ol’ double-double at In-N-Out is fast food burger perfection. (Although Five Guys and Fatburger come close.) ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-guys-burgers/541029/31 "2010-05-28T16:24:01Z")
I feel sorry for all of you who don’t live in Middle Tennessee and have never experienced [Fat Mo’s](http://www.fatmos.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-guys-burgers/541029/32 "2010-05-28T17:03:18Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Versailles…mmmmmmmm. Gimme a half chicken, moros y christianos and fried plantains and I’m a happy boy! I preferred the pork. But either way, eight bucks for at least two meals ain’t bad. Five Guys: I agree with you that the cup is put in the bag to demonstrate they’re giving you more. Only I don’t want more. Heck, if I go to McDonalds I’ll ask them to substitute a child-size fries in the combo. (Well, I did. But they always complained.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-guys-burgers/541029.md?page=1)