Best fast-food burger & fries?

[Uncle Wig]

So many diametrically opposed tastes!

Chalk me up to 5 Guys being much better than In-N-Out: their burger was ok and I disliked the fries.

One thing I like about 5 Guys is the lack of a "secret" menu to memorize. It's all right up their in front of you; just say what you want.

But without any doubt, the BEST fast food burger is Blake's Lotaburger which is a New Mexico chain. I don't think it's anywhere else. Their green chile cheeseburgers are the greatest and so are their fries.

[cbelt3]

I've been to both.. 5 guys in Kent, Ohio, and In-n-Out in Oceanside, CA. I preferred the In-n-Out in Oceanside for both the taste, and the fact that I was in freaking Oceanside !

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Uncle Wig wrote:

That burger looks suspiciously like an INO Double-Double.

[anonymouse1]

Elevation Burger. Grass-fed all the way, baby!

[davester]

"Best" and "fast food" are oxymorons. My kids have dragged me to in 'n' out a bunch of times and K have yet to be impressed. The best burgers around here are the small Barney's Gourmet Burgers chain...20 times better than INO and infinitely better than the other corporate chains. How could it be any other way?...the national corporate chains all have the same M.O...keep costs low (= cheap ingredients and unskilled labor).

[Spock]

decocritter wrote:
Steak & Shake for fast and cheap

Patty melt & fries + milk shake, a rare indulgence.

[Grateful11]

Now if we're talking local burger joints, here's a good one:

Uncle Buck's Pub & Grub

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/230/1104677/...-Salisbury

[Uncle Wig]

davester wrote:
"Best" and "fast food" are oxymorons. My kids have dragged me to in 'n' out a bunch of times and K have yet to be impressed. The best burgers around here are the small Barney's Gourmet Burgers chain...20 times better than INO and infinitely better than the other corporate chains. How could it be any other way?...the national corporate chains all have the same M.O...keep costs low (= cheap ingredients and unskilled labor).

Dave,

Read This article about 5 Guys and you'll see that your statement does not hold true in all cases. We're not dealing with McDonald's here. To me, "gourmet burger" is something of an oxymoron!

[lafinfil]

My measure is if they don't serve you a beer while you're waiting then why bother?

[M>B>]

The Apple Pan in W. LA!!!

Haven't been in years though.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-apple-pan-los-angeles