Five Guys Burgers And Fries!

Just so you know, Five Guys first came to the national spotlight when the president stopped by to order bags of burgers for the White House staff. Here's hoping a burger topic can remain apolitical.

We have them. They're the best fast food burgers you can get around here, with the exception of another chain called Brown Bag Burgers, which resembles Five Guys in most ways but has a few more choices and maybe slightly better quality.

First timers should stick with the "small" burger, which is really rather large, and share a small order of fries with the table.

My buddy owned a franchise here in Virginina for a few years, then sold it for about 3 times his investment. Great burgers, great staff, and a ridiculous amount of french fries.

Glad to see they've spread out from the East Coast and invaded Vegas.

Bushman

Expensive but oh so good. It's the little things that make it great: grilled bun, fresh ground beef, "real" potatoes, free yummy peanuts. I usually eat my burger cheese and onion only, except at 5 guys pile it on.

Bags, you didn't mention, how much did it cost for your meal?

I've tried in n out and fatburger, fatburger is more expensive. I like In n out, their meals are "cheap" and a good deal IMHO.

I paid $8.20 for a burger and Coke. So it was a bit on the expensive side but still the burger was very good, which explains why I've gone back a few times since. They've only been open near here less than a month. I don't miss the fries as there's enough just with the sandwich.

Tim

$11.96 for a large bacon cheeseburger, small fries(which are pretty darn big) and soda with free refills.
Well worth it.
Fatburger is still better.

The thing I like best about Five Guys...when I left.

They're reviewed in the December issue of LVA. Unfortunately, the article made an error. When listing the 3 locations in Vegas, it says one is in the Cannery casino. Nope. It's in the mall across the street -- I think it's called Cannery Corner -- where Lowe's and Sam's Club are.

This blogger didn't like them. The fries do look good.

Five Guys Burgers and Cries
Posted by JP on June 30, 2010 Leave a comment (5)
Go to comments I had the misfortune of eating at a Five Guys location today, and the experience left me wanting to get a refund for my order of a wahmburger and some french cries. Top 5 things wrong with Five Guys:



A "regular" helping of heart disease at Five Guys
5. The Fries


You need to bring 3 of your fattest friends to have a chance at finishing all these fries. In fact, I invented a new word to describe the group of fat people needed to take down a single regular sized order of Five Guys Cajun Fries: rotunda. That is, lionride::fat person:rotunda. I had the time to invent this word while working my way through the child-sized portion of fries served with their “regular” order. When I say child-sized, it’s not an order fit for a child, it’s an order the size of a child. See visual for a point of reference.

4. The Presentation

If it weren’t enough to provide you with more fries than you can lift with both arms, Five Guys also deems it prudent to use these fries as an obstruction to your actual meal. Your server, upon calling your number, will hand you a bag with a burger safely buried beneath the glut of glucose. You’ll feel like BP as you dive down through the oil to your final goal.

Once you’ve come through the carbohydrates to reach your main course, you’ll open it to find it has been lovingly smashed into a sphere of mushy ingredients. The toppings slide out from underneath soggy buns, while grease from the fries and burger serve to lubricate the passing of the beefy gelatin down your maw and, as the saying goes, straight to your thighs. A google image search on “Five Guys” reveals the unsightly horrors of their meals.

3. The Decor

A throwback diner-style burger shop is folksy and nice. Have you taken a look at the posters and signage in their restaurants though? Cheapest burger awards from 2000. Mentions in newspaper articles for taking 5th place in a fry tasting contest. Second place in nationwide contribution to American obesity. OK that last one was a joke, but if it were an actual award, it would no doubt be hanging on their wall.

I won’t even mention the potato fortifications that obstruct your every turn, because it goes without saying that if you’re resorting to decorating with vegetables, you’ve run out of productive ideas.

2. The Management

The manager happened to be taking his break while I waited for my food to be up. In the middle of a quiet restaurant, he jumps up to yell at the kids behind the counter that they had forgotten some step in the fry cooking process. He felt it was so important that his customers continue to receive copious amounts of grease-soaked starch that he would chastise his crew for their oversight in front of the whole place.

Once his ego had been satisfied, he went back to his table to play video games on his iPhone. With the sound on.

1. The Fries

The fries get two spots because they couldn’t all fit into just one.

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Fat, greasy, artery-clogging food.

Lovely. Does this mean Bags has to get his pipes cleaned again?