Originally Posted by
greggwiggins
I've been going to Five Guys for more than 20 years. Their very first, now closed, store was a carryout-only place about a mile from my home. It was tucked in between an auto parts shop and a little family-run bakery (the original source of their buns) in an Arlington, Va. strip mall on the corner of Glebe Road and Columbia Pike, with the founders of the company working the grill as often as not.
I miss that location where I got my first Five Guys burger. ^
Originally Posted by
greggwiggins
And while I'm amazed to see Five Guys expanding across the galaxy, I'd have to agree that sometimes the franchisees don't live up to the standards set by the original store and my 'those were the good old days' memories. I most miss the freshly baked buns from Brenner's Bakery. The bread they use now doesn't live up to those.
I miss those buns too...
