:D :D :D

I meant of burger places :)

One thing Five Guys will do that McDees will not us cut the burger in half,

Got a problem cut it in half, Still taste GREAT...and the workers SUPER...

Workers and BURGER many steps above McDees.

The oils that give something a greasy mouthfeel (or a greasy/oily feeling on the bun, or dripping) doesn't tend to be the fat in the patty that contributes to taste.

That said, haven't ever noticed 5 Guys seeming particularly greasy.

From the website you posted, it looks like the same folks in a new location. They were definitely not in T&C last time I was there. The original Kirk's was a funky cinder block building with a large grill over a real fire in the middle of the building. Probably went the way of many good things in one of PA's idiot "urban planning" projects.

You've got a decade on the Peninsula? I'm ahead of you by a factor of 4x. :cool:

Neither have I.

I prefer Five Guys over any other fast food burger including In 'n Out and The Habit.

I'll never tell! :D

There was a time that I respected you. :p :D

dh

Gotcha.

So are some of my neighbors, and I'm pretty sure the old timers around here would be surprised to find out we're in the northern/upper peninsula.

OTOH, I haven't been anywhere for 4 decades quite yet (well, anywhere breathing; it's enough under a year for that milestone that I'd have already been somewhere just not under my own power yet.) :D

FWIW: http://www.padailypost.com/
"The Mid-Peninsula's No. 1 Newspaper

Spanning from Mountain View to Burlingame." :D

The Upper Peninsula is part of Michigan. Daly City-Burlingame-San Carlos to Redwood City is just "Peninsula" sans adjective, except for Hillsborough and Atherton, which belong to their own unique galaxy, the $$$$$ Zone. :p "Mid-Peninsula" is Redwood City to Mountain View, but "Silicon Valley" overlaps that from Palo Alto south to San Jose. And to those with more years than I've got, Palo Alto to Gilroy was known as "the fruit basket of America" for all the apricot, cherry, peach, etc. orchards which I just barely remember from childhood.

Only in America would the very best crop land be paved over and covered with hideous concrete buildings...

When's the party? :D

Not exactly an upstanding reference work...

Can't remember the thread, but a while back someone here on FT won a bet that they could make San Jose a suburb of Istanbul on wikipedia. The joys of modern media!

All this typing is making me hungry. I need a burger.

Usages vary (and change over time), but I'm not sure how you've got "mid" south of "non-adjectived" and nothing to be in the middle of.

For that matter, saying that Silicon Valley extending north out of Santa Clara county is a bit controversial. :D

Stupid it is, but Apple makes more money than apples do. :D

Halloween (literally, and much to my annoyance as a kid as my parents were anti-sugar way before it was cool to be anti-sugar, and cake AND candy on the same day were right out.)

Or somewhere mileage-runned-to overseas earlier in the month. :D

Run by the same people who founded the PA Daily News, so they've got some local cred.

Well, if you make it up this far north, try Jeffrey's. Kirk's is on my list to try next time I'm that far south and am not already being dragged somewhere to lunch by coworkers.

Not so: I was in Mâcon once and was shocked to find former vineyards
covered in highrise apartment buildings.

It's local tradition, not logic. :)

I didn't; Palo Alto is in Santa Clara County. FWIW I personally define the northern boundary of Silicon Valley as a line drawn between the HP garage and PARC.

Not sure if that's worse than a friend's December 23 birthday (nobody notices it because they're too focused on Christmas) or another friend's New Year's birthday.

Sez who? I'm (well, was) local and definitely don't consider either particularly reliable.

Will keep it in mind. Do they make milkshakes?

*shrug* Guess a fair number of folks around my end of things didn't get read in on the tradition.

Misread that as including Redwood City, oops.

Ceased to be a problem at around age 13 when my parents gave up on the whole "sugar makes kids hyper" trope. Was actually kind of fun excuse to throw a big party in my teens, and has become an irrelevancy in adulthood.

Bad is my cousin with the NYE birthday; he's been a barely to not-at-all functional alcoholic longer than I've been alive, and somehow seems rather fated to it by his birthday.

Dunno; before the buyout the PA Daily News seemed to me to be decent, and something of a local institution.

Yes, although unlike the burgers themselves, they don't stand out as anything special, and it's not one of these huge selections of flavors that some places go for (oreo and cherry, I think, beyond the usual 3). I'm not a huge milkshake fan, though, and can't off the top of my head think of any place around here where the milkshakes stand out as anything special, whereas their burgers stand out -- really good beef, really reliable preparation across the full range of done-nesses, and good quality range of toppings without veering into the foofy theme burger territory.

(Friends who like the foofy theme burger thing really love Godfather Burger Lounge in San Carlos. Their menu doesn't really work for me, enough so that it makes it hard to judge the underlying quality.)

The fries taste so greasy and slimy... I prefer the crispness of fries from Shake Shack or In N Out.

Not sure what slimy fries taste (or even look) like. But, I've never found their fries to be particularly greasy. Of course, I've never met a potato I didn't like. :) My issue with their fries is the amount they give you. If I go alone, I don't want enough fries for a family of 4.

If you get the little fries, it's only enough for two people, not four.;)

Went to "Five Guys" for the first time earlier this week... then again
yesterday.

I like being able to pick my toppings.

The meat in the hamburger looks real and less processed than that
of the McDonald's variety.

The bun does get a little squished and seems to become nothing
more than something to hold together the contents, but that is
ok by me since I prefer less bread in my burger.

I asked for a regular fry yesterday and get what some places
would consider a jumbo. Over delivery on the fries seems to be
one of their signatures. There is enough food that 2 people
could share the double patty hamburger / fries and be satisfied.

The furniture in the place seems designed for kids... either that
or I am excessively large. :D Does not matter much since I take-out.

I enjoyed the meal. Going back today to try the Grilled Cheese and
more fries. ^

Three times in a week? Yes, I'd say you probably enjoyed it.

Favorite burger place hands down. Their fries aren't the best but the burgers.......mmmm...I might just go get one now.

I remember when Five Guys opened their first NYC location around the corner from me.

It was an every day thing for about a week. x_x

I loved when they called my name when I would phone in my order and go pick it up.

I had the grilled cheese and a regular fry yesterday.

Nothing special about the grilled cheese... I make just
as good if not better at home. Burgers is where it is at
in this place.

Doused the fries with malt vinegar this time... oh those
fumes!

Discovered today the "Little Hamburger" is as big as the regular.

Ok, that is it for Five Guys for a while... need to find a new food
obsession for next week. :D

As you've discovered "little" = one patty, "regular" = two, aka "double" at most places.

Wish they would give you a slice of onion, instead of choped up.,

Best Damn Berger I ever Had....

And Super Help, none of that political Carp talk, like at Starbucks.,,

Been to Five Guys a few more times since my last post and have to say that I don't like Five Guys still. I'm not a fan of In-N-Out either... Smashburger > In-N-Out and Five Guys.

I don't get the Smashburger love from folks. Granted, I've only ever been to the EWR Terminal C one (3x) and one somewhere else in North Jersey, but the burger was nothing special and indeed rather dry and flavorless, as I recall. What's the draw there?

I don't mind it. They have some fun combos (I like the one with blue cheese myself) and their fries and shakes are pretty good. I will say though that the burger is pretty small for the price you pay.

I absolutely HATED the veggie sandwich. It was like a hamburger on a bun minus the burger. Nothing but a very few veggies. When placing the order, I requested the usual, lettuce, tomato, mushrooms, pickle, etc. She said it already came with that. Fine.

I get the burger (minus the burger) and only get a few stray veggies. It was all bun. I would have liked a couple of slices of tomato, lots lettuce, lots pickles, lots mushrooms, to at least have a REAL sandwich.

Never again.

Had them last night
 

Love five guys. Luckily in North Jersey there are lots to choose from.

Just heard about a new chain, based in the west coast that just opened in River Edge and Fair Lawn NJ so will have to see how they stack up.

OT but had the best burger in the northeast last week in NYC at Umoni on 10th St. and 6 th ave. they have ketchup with truffle oil in it.

Well, armed with a Five Guys gift card I bought on Raise.com for 20% off, I took my kids to Five Guys for the first time. It's about what I expected: the burgers are large and tasty. Not phenomenal, but much better than a "fast food" burger. Very different style to In N Out, so hard to compare to that. As everyone says, the french fry portions are massive. I liked their fries: natural cut and well seasoned (way better than In N Out's). I thought my burger was slightly overcooked, but I don't know if that was "how they do it," or just a grilling mistake.

The problem with the place is price. Not sure if they've been raising their prices due to the spike in ground beef costs (the gov't just announced a new all-time high, 2x the price of ground beef 2 years ago), but jeez this is expensive "fast food." If you got your own cheeseburger, split a fries and had a soda, you're in for about 12 bucks. Yikes! It's not worth that. Indeed, I saw a report today that says that Five Guys is having problems with millennials due to cost. If cash was tight, no way I'd be getting my burgers there.

http://www.businessinsider.com/mille...ve-guys-2015-3

Sin City Burger and garlic rosemary fries. ;)

Five Guys is kind of ugh. The twin patty concept plus the fries overload is too much. And as soon as the food starts to cool off the flavor disappears. Especially the fries. This food is also amazingly odiferous; if you transport it in your car the car will stink for days. God help the fool who forgets to ask for the plastic bag before putting this stuff in the car. The grease soaked paper bag will contaminate the carpet in a heartbeat.

Maybe I'm just lucky to be here in Northern VA. I'd already had my fill of Five Guys long before the franchising & expansion started. Even then it was heartburn city.

These days about the only thing I can stomach from this place is the dog. It's actually pretty good.

I just had Five Guys for lunch. ugh. it was just ok. burger gets pretty soggy if you don't eat it right away. same for the fries.

In-N-Out, The Counter, Habit, all better places.

What's the new chain?

You realize that you can order it with one patty, right?

Patty Melt?
 

I think that, among the fast food burgers in our area, Five Guys is among the better ones. But I read an article recently about somewhat off-menu options there, and saw that you can order a grilled cheese there and have them add a burger patty - effectively making a patty melt.

Haven't had a chance to try it yet, but wondered if anybody here has given it a whirl. Seems like it might be tasty!

So I was just at the Burj Khalifa two days ago and they have a big sign that a Five Guys is coming! Crazy!.

https://www.zomato.com/dubai/five-guys-dubai-mall

I'd rank local & national chains as follows:

• Nations
• Five Guys
• In-n-Out
• Wendy's
• BK
• White Castle
• McD's

Nations is a local chain here in the east bay, one of the few that still serves thick burgers rare on request. Like the 5 guys choice of condiments but $5 is pretty pricey for a thin patty. In-n-out is probably the best value for money but again there is no option for a thick juicy burger. Though the fries rule (also good at 5 guys). Another strike against 5 guys is lack of a low price option. I often bring my kids who don't eat much and are happy with $1 McD burger. McDs would probably close down if they did not offer kids menu.

I've found myself preferring Five Guys more than In-N-Out lately. That's partly because I live down the street from the latter and got sick of them at one point, but also because I like the topping choices at FG a lot better. I usually get "everything + BBQ" and it turns out good. Oh, and the cajun fries are miles better than In-N-Out's fries too. ^

That said, FG costs a fair bit more and is farther so In-N-Out wins most of the time whenever I feel like a burger.

I stopped in my second Five Guys and had a much better burger than the first time. It wasn't overcooked, and I could kind of see what the fuss was about. I still think the price point is too high, and perhaps quality control can be an issue, but a good Five Guys burger is, well, good!