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.
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!
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.”
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.
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.
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.)
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.)