Jim Ball wrote:
I got to try Five Guys yesterday.  It was a beautiful day yesterday, so we got the trike out and headed for Joplin.  I thought my burger was pretty good.  I didn't care at all for the Cajun fries; way too much seasoning and they were soggy.  The peanuts were a bit stale.  All in all, my curiosity was satisfied, but I doubt it will be a regular stop for us.  I can get a better burger, definitely better fries, and leave with more money in my pocket at several other restaurants in the area.

Nah, the cajun fries are always overloaded in seasoning, don't go for anything fancy, stick to the regular. And its probably safe to skip their other stuff like hot dogs and grilled cheese...theyre burger people, get a burger.

Wye wrote:
Sure do know how to make a good burger.

I love me some Five Guys!

Now this we can agree on!!

Def the best!

My wife had a friend who worked in quality control for the local 5G's around this area....

Could eat them as much and whenever they wanted!!

I was so jealous until I saw how much weight she was gaining eating them all the time!

R Bruce Duncan wrote:
Here's one of the pages for our Santa Barbara entry:

https://www.habitburger.com/about-us/

KungPaoChic will almost certainly recognize Channel Drive.

Towards the end is the Coral Casino Beach and Cabana Club that she and I riffed about.

RBD

I never ate at Charburger -- but my favorite burrito in the whole world is from Mac Grog and Groc across from where PCDC used to be. We used to go to Frimples late at night after getting off work at PCDC and ordered chicken strips with ranch dressing and fries sometimes a black and white milkshake too.

I miss Santa Barbara something fierce.

GK photo wrote:
five guys blows! the best burgers are at mom and pops places. having said that, the best "chain" burgers i've had in the last five years came from the habit.

in-n-out...over them two decades ago
five guys...in-n-out wannabes
white castle--eh, 1978 is on the phone...they want their novel burgers back.
tommy's...meh
fatburger...ugh

i've never had a whataburger. i don't tend to make it to texas all that much.

Five Guys is okay. Acceptable. In n Out did nothing for me.

Whataburger is slow as hell. But, the buns are super fresh and the lettuce is always crisp. Their fries aren't anything to write home about. Onion rings are ok as a substitute. LEMON PIE.

R Bruce Duncan wrote:
The bean counters at Consumer Reports:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWJ9HrkFI3k

And yep, I remember those burritos KungPaoChic!

http://www.yelp.com/biz/macs-grog-n-groc-santa-barbara

note the reviews

Do they not make them anymore? or did Mac's close?

I can remember watching  abuelita vieja shredding the chicken off the bone to stuff the chicken and cheese burritos with.

Yum.

Click Hamilton wrote:
Two 5 Guys cheeseburgers and fries is 3154 calories, without a drink.
http://www.fiveguys.com/media/1960/nutr … o_2010.pdf

It's called junk food for a reason. Poor eating choices are why so many people have become obese and it's the direct cause of many nasty and avoidable health issues.

Free will and personal decisions are a good thing, but we should understand the consequences and learn to make good life management decisions. When we have our health, we have everything.

How many people eat two double-patty cheeseburgers at a sitting?

Their "regular" burgers are two patties.  Personally I only eat their "little" burger which is a "normal" single patty burger -- 480 calories.

Then my wife and I share a regular fries -- 310 calories for the half serving.

Then I throw in an Iced tea for a drink -- maybe 200 calories for the serving size I get.

Grand total of 990 calories for a meal.

On the high side for a single meal but well below the recommended 2000 calories for the day.  And certainly not something we eat regularly.  We usually cook fresh meals from scratch at home.

So-called "junk" food can be a fun treat.

Everything in moderation.

EDIT: also you included a "large" fries.  That's a serving of fries for 4 people. Seriously.. their servings of fries are *huge* There's no way an average person could pack away 2 double-patty cheeseburgers, a large fries and a drink at Five Guys and a) not immediately fall asleep on the floor and b) eat anything else for a day and a half.  That is a spectacularly abnormal amount of food.

Click Hamilton wrote:
@Wye

I would guess that most people don't have that kind of restraint with portion size when they go to places like 5 Guys.

Restricting ourselves to a few tablespoons of junk food kind of defeats the purpose of pigging out at a place like that. Most people eat until they stretch their stomachs. Then they eat again soon after. Junk food is good for creating cravings that become fortified habits.

It would be interesting to see sales and ordering statistics per customer denominated in calories for people who eat at those places profiled against their other lifestyle demographics and personal choices.

But like I said.. it's not a few tablespoons.

Your example is a *massive* amount of food.  Not a normal serving at all (or even mildly abnormal).  I've been to five guys many many times over the years.  I've never seen a single person with the amount of food on their tray like you're talking about.  I'm not a small guy, nor am I a parsimonious eater -- I can eat alot.  Two double cheeseburgers and 4 servings of fries and a drink would incapacitate me... not stretch my stomach.. but literally knock me out.

Wye wrote:
But like I said.. it's not a few tablespoons.

Your example is a *massive* amount of food.  Not a normal serving at all (or even mildly abnormal).  I've been to five guys many many times over the years.  I've never seen a single person with the amount of food on their tray like you're talking about.  I'm not a small guy, nor am I a parsimonious eater -- I can eat alot.  Two double cheeseburgers and 4 servings of fries and a drink would incapacitate me... not stretch my stomach.. but literally knock me out.

I am not talking about you.

You are a contrarian who likes to argue for the sake of argument.

Click Hamilton wrote:

You are a contrarian who likes to argue for the sake of argument.

No.. I just like people to deal in the real world rather than just make up things to prove some nonexistent point.

"Hey look! If you eat enough food for four people you're going to consume almost double your daily calorie intake".

I knew I would regret engaging your usual fantasy-world garbage with rational discussion.. but hey.. I'd hate myself if I didn't at least try once in a while.   That's what I get for trying to discuss things with an imaginary persona.  Ah well. Live and learn.

Click Hamilton wrote:
You are a contrarian who likes to argue for the sake of argument.

Wye wrote:
No..

LOL

Knock yourself out.

Wye wrote:
I knew I would regret engaging your usual fantasy-world garbage with rational discussion.. but hey.. I'd hate myself if I didn't at least try once in a while.   That's what I get for trying to discuss things with an imaginary persona.  Ah well. Live and learn.

LOL

Feel better?

You've got your spring wound too tight.

Click Hamilton wrote:

I am not talking about you.

You are a contrarian who likes to argue for the sake of argument.

Really, though, 2 burgers and a large order of fries at 5 Guys is more than enough food for 2 hungry adults.  I've been known to pack away more than my fair share, and I've learned to stop ordering their large fries.

That's not being contrary.  That's just knowing their menu.

Brian Diaz wrote:
For objective comparison, let's look at 5 Guys regular fries vs McDonald's large fries.  (This isn't to say that McDonald's is a better option or that 5 Guys is good for you, just that McDonald's is more of a known standard to build a frame of reference.)

                     5 Guys    McDonald's
Serving Size    244       168
Calories            620       510
Cal from fat    260      220
Sodium            90        290
Fiber            6          5

The 5 Guys regular is 45% larger than the McDonald's large.  But it has just 21.5% more calories, 18% more fat, and an astonishing 69% less sodium.

I don't use salt much but if I eat anything from Mcdonald's or food when most other people prepare it ( even at home) everything tastes hella salty to me.

I did not care much for Five Guys fries.

I like those Ore Ida waffle fries once in awhile though

Wye wrote:
Sure do know how to make a good burger.

I love me some Five Guys!

There are a couple of Five Guys here in Spokane, one of them just a couple of blocks from me. There is a place called "D'Lish" which IMO is even better, though. I'm pretty sure it's only a local place.

KungPaoChic wrote:
I don't use salt much but if I eat anything from Mcdonald's or food when most other people prepare it ( even at home) everything tastes hella salty to me.

As it turns out, some crazy ass French novelist named Proust pointed out the dangers of salt and alcohol well over 100 years ago.

I'm more than willing to forego salt.

Most of what we eat has way too much.

Alcohol?

If I remember correctly, Proust was referring to wine.

I'm certain he didn't mean Red Hook Long Hammer IPA!

RBD

Click Hamilton wrote:
Two 5 Guys cheeseburgers and fries is 3154 calories, without a drink.
http://www.fiveguys.com/media/1960/nutr … o_2010.pdf

It's called junk food for a reason. Poor eating choices are why so many people have become obese and it's the direct cause of many nasty and avoidable health issues.

Free will and personal decisions are a good thing, but we should understand the consequences and learn to make good life management decisions. When we have our health, we have everything.




There are SO many better ways to injest that number calories. The rich enjoyment of eating does not have to be so self destructive.

I havn't had a cattle-burger since the late 1970's.  I made a personal choice way back then to avoid unhealthy food.  I learned that you can get just as much (if not more) taste sensation by training your taste buds to like healthy food.  While it's generally more expensive to eat healthy pound for pound, it's way cheaper when you calculate all the real costs.

Over the last five and a half decades, I have thankfully been able to avoid costs of gym memberships, weight loss programs, medications, therapies, surgeries and disgusting diet foods.  I have probably also saved thousands of gallons of gasoline by not hauling around the extra pounds of flab most people have at my age.  My employers and clients never had to covering me for sick leave either.

It is sad that so many don't understand the consequences until after the damage is done.  Our bodies are amazing machines that work incredibly well if they get the right fuel.

Now we have an incompetent president that was largely elected on false promises to "take care of everyone" no matter what they stuff in their faces.  The promise of free medical doesn't help since people always think there is some magic pill or procedure they can get to fix things.

The OP probably thought it was cool to prompt a discussion about a "manly" food.  He maybe thinks chicks dig that.  But the truth is, there is nothing manly about suffering from erectile disfunction and being stuck with a regiment of heart and diabetes pills by the time your 50.

People should always have choices, but they should also have truth with their choices.

Jay Dezelic wrote:
The OP probably thought it was cool to prompt a discussion about a "manly" food.  He maybe thinks chicks dig that.  But the truth is, there is nothing manly about suffering from erectile disfunction and being stuck with a regiment of heart and diabetes pills by the time your 50.

People should always have choices, but they should also have truth with their choices.

Jesus.. a second person in the "hey.. I'm going to invent fantasy stories and pretend that I'm talking sense" brigade.

I posted this thread because I think Americans make good burgers, inspired by the fact that my wife and I made our once-monthly trip to five guys for a fun night out.  My wife digs it.. so I suppose that part is true.

But hey.. keep up the fantasy stories.. maybe you can team up with some of the others here and write a book and get a movie deal one day... if you work really hard.

Wye wrote:
...But hey.. keep up the fantasy stories.. maybe you can team up with some of the others here and write a book and get a movie deal one day... if you work really hard.

I am already working on a book that will teach people easy ways to identify toxic foods so that they can avoid commonly preventable diseases.   Industrial hamburger meat and its accompaniment of processed foods are pretty toxic to the human body.  I just thought I would mention that since this is a public forum and not a personal Facebook page.

Unfortunately, there is no fantasy about obesely and rising chronic disease rates in America.

Enjoy your burger.

Jay Dezelic wrote:
I havn't had a cattle-burger since the late 1970's.  I made a personal choice way back then to avoid unhealthy food.  I learned that you can get just as much (if not more) taste sensation by training your taste buds to like healthy food.  While it's generally more expensive to eat healthy pound for pound, it's way cheaper when you calculate all the real costs.

Over the last five and a half decades, I have thankfully been able to avoid costs of gym memberships, weight loss programs, medications, therapies, surgeries and disgusting diet foods.  I have probably also saved thousands of gallons of gasoline by not hauling around the extra pounds of flab most people have at my age.  My employers and clients never had to covering me for sick leave either.

It is sad that so many don't understand the consequences until after the damage is done.  Our bodies are amazing machines that work incredibly well if they get the right fuel.

Now we have an incompetent president that was largely elected on false promises to "take care of everyone" no matter what they stuff in their faces.  The promise of free medical doesn't help since people always think there is some magic pill or procedure they can get to fix things.

The OP probably thought it was cool to prompt a discussion about a "manly" food.  He maybe thinks chicks dig that.  But the truth is, there is nothing manly about suffering from erectile disfunction and being stuck with a regiment of heart and diabetes pills by the time your 50.

People should always have choices, but they should also have truth with their choices.