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Old 09-22-2012, 11:57 AM
 
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I think Bakers has the BEST Fries in the world....

And ya know what else kills me.. In Las Vegas I can pay $10 for a burger meal or depending on where I go either Steak or Prime Rib..

I would rather go for the latter.....
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Old 09-22-2012, 12:10 PM
 
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Old time cheap midwestern hamburgers with all the junk on them assemble in what I presuem is the name sake assembly line.
Five Guys isn't midwestern, it began in Arlington, VA, outside of DC. And the name refers to the 5 sons of the founder.
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Old 09-23-2012, 08:05 AM
 
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Well, this won't provide a definitive answer, but it does some provide some interesting information on the burger battles:

Five Guys voted favorite burger chain, McDonald's near bottom - latimes.com
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Old 09-23-2012, 10:51 AM
 
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Five Guys isn't midwestern, it began in Arlington, VA, outside of DC. And the name refers to the 5 sons of the founder.

Yeah, it is kinda strange hearing Five Guys being described as midwestern considering it is the quintessential DC burger joint. In fact, it was just in the DC area for 15 years before the national franchising started. One minor correction to your comment though: the original "five guys" were actually the father and four sons. The fifth son was born a year or two after Five Guys came into being.
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Old 09-23-2012, 10:57 AM
 
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Yeah, it is kinda strange hearing Five Guys being described as midwestern considering it is the quintessential DC burger joint. In fact, it was just in the DC area for 15 years before the national franchising started. One minor correction to your comment though: the original "five guys" were actually the father and four sons. The fifth son was born a year or two after Five Guys came into being.
Five Guys was not described as midwestern. The hamburger was. The signage in the place makes it pretty clear where the roots were. The hamburger however was a rather cheap piece of ground beef loaded with layers of coverage. This to me is the drive in restaurant hamburger of my youth in the mid-west. Maybe Croce or someone remembers but their was a drive in restaurant on Dixie Highway south of Louisville who did a land office business in these things.
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Old 09-23-2012, 02:25 PM
 
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Five Guys was not described as midwestern. The hamburger was.
Yes, I understood your original comment. It still strikes me as funny that a hamburger and fries that has long been associated with DC is described as midwestern-style.
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Old 09-23-2012, 02:48 PM
 
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Yes, I understood your original comment. It still strikes me as funny that a hamburger and fries that has long been associated with DC is described as midwestern-style.
I would suspect that may be its origins. The period to which I refer is roughly 55 to 65 years ago.

Lots of time for it to have migrated.

Got a brain cramp trying to remember the name of the place in Louisville. I think the Ranch House...but I am not sure.

Yup - It was the Ranch house...and the burger was called a ranchburger. A chain around Louisville in the 50s.

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Old 09-23-2012, 03:04 PM
 
Location: Sunrise
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Well, this won't provide a definitive answer, but it does some provide some interesting information on the burger battles:

Five Guys voted favorite burger chain, McDonald's near bottom - latimes.com
No Fatburger? No Tommy's? The list is immediately flawed.

That would be like ranking the best sports franchises of all time, and leaving out the Yankees.
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Old 09-23-2012, 04:44 PM
 
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Fat burger over In-N-Out and Five Guys any day.


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Old 09-23-2012, 08:10 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Yes, I did. Not sure what the year has to do with anything, I am pretty sure some people have had Five Guys for years!



You had a Coney for breakfast? That is the first place my husband goes when he flies in to MI. Doesn't matter what time it is. It is the last place he hits before leaving too.
It wasn't breakfast and it wasn't a Coney. I had their version of a chile dog, which where I come from in West Virginia is just called a hot dog. To anyone from within 100 miles of my home town, a hot dog has chile, mustard, and onions - period. It's the chili (or chile) that's special, and the best in the state is found at a handful of hot dog joints in my hometown. Thanks to the influence of southern West Virginians over the years since I've been gone, a few local hot dog joints will now let those uninitiated ruin a good hot dog by adding coleslaw. But underneath it has chili, mustard, and onions. The chili must go on the bun, the bun must be steamed, and the chili had better be good or you're out of business in a week. And to keep it authentic you'd boil the weeny, never burn and dry it out on grill.

BTW: My wife says my chili is even better, and that's like saying Kobe is better than Shaq.

Anywho, I found it on the web lvoc. So for anyone in Las Vegas looking for an old fashioned sangwitch joint, here it is. I'm not supposed to eat this stuff, but I highly recommend it as apparently does lvoc. BTW: It's not a breakfast joint. Great Links - Hot Dogs and Grill
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