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Default Five Guys vs. In'N'Out

Stan Horwitz wrote:
> In article
> >,
> > wrote:
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>> L.A.Times has this story in the Business section today, about
>> expansion of the Five Guys chain into California where inevitably
>> they have to compete with In 'N Out.
>> http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...,7319175.story
>>
>> The story notes that Five Guys doesn't do the drive thru window--only
>> sit down inside--which would seem to me to mean that they can't make a
>> serious inroad into In "N Out's bottom line. And the story wisely
>> doesn't attempt to compare the quality of the chains' food, noting
>> only that Five Guys offers bigger and more expensive items.
>>
>> Being a long time SoCal resident and fan of In'NOut since inception
>> I'm curious whether east coast rfc-ers have opinions about the quality
>> of Five Guys' food. I think the story tries to make it sound as
>> though the competition is more direct than it really is, but for the
>> ordinary consumer like us, the story raises curiosity. -aem
>>

> There's a Five Guys near where I live in Southern New Jersey. I tried it
> once. That was enough. The burgers there are much too greasy for my
> taste. I also don't like how they serve their french fries, one size
> "huge" in a big paper bag. The only thing Five Guys has over In-N-Out is
> their selection of burger toppings, which is vast. The burgers there are
> expensive too.
>
> I go to Las Vegas on average about once a year and the first place I
> always go to, even before I check into my hotel is In-N-Out. I love that
> place.
>

We took a cab from our hotel in Las Vegas to In-N-Out. I asked the cab
driver if he should wait for us and he told us that cabs were there all
day long. He was right. As soon as we walked out a cab pulled up, a
couple got out, and we jumped in. In-N-Out would do well on the strip!