In the spirit of open-mindedness I tried a relatively new 5 Guys in Falls Church VA (Gallows Rd) yesterday for lunch. It was my 4th trip to a 5 Guys.

The burger was decent for the fat hand formed variety (I prefer the thin CA variety), but as with each of my other trips, I again got a mashed down bun. What's the deal with that?

One major differernce is the ambiance - none of the 5 Guys I've tried had any, indeed, the IAD 5 Guys was probably the nicest.

While some might not consider an In-N-Out to actually have much ambiance either, I like both the retro style (unis on the employees and paper wrapped burgers), and the overall energy (not cosmic, more like the employees running around actually working hard and efficiently) that I feel at the restaurants.