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-Some folks here think this thread was about "bashing" SoCal culture? I actually have generally eaten at I-N-O in Phoenix metro or Las Vegas, not even in SoCal. I actually really like SoCal. I am SOLELY talking about fast food here, nothing more deep.
-I really just find places like Wendy's or Carl's Jr. to be just as good as I-N-O. Not significantly better. Not significantly worse. I actually prefer Whattaburger.
The bottom line is I actually don't dislike I-N-O whatsoever, and in fact am fine with them. Their food is decent burger-fry type fast food. I just don't get quite the hype over them...it just doesn't seem all that much better than some other burger-fry fast food places.
So...nothing personal going on here Californians. Just a fast-food-only discussion!
YES, it is overrated!!! I lived out west for a couple of years and I was amazed at how crazy everyone was for In-N-Out. I think the food is good in a greasy way and it definitely has an "event" feel to it with the dozen plus mimimum wage employees swirling around in barely controlled chaos behind the counter. But I don't crave it like so many people do.
Now Chik-Fil-A (which is everywhere here in metro Atlanta)...that is another story. Chik-Fil-A merits the hype!!!
YES, it is overrated!!! I lived out west for a couple of years and I was amazed at how crazy everyone was for In-N-Out. I think the food is good in a greasy way and it definitely has an "event" feel to it with the dozen plus mimimum wage employees swirling around in barely controlled chaos behind the counter. But I don't crave it like so many people do.
Now Chik-Fil-A (which is everywhere here in metro Atlanta)...that is another story. Chik-Fil-A merits the hype!!!
See....and this is kind of my point too...I don't quite get the whole Chik-Fil-A thing either! I mean, it is good enough. I just don't get how so many folks just love CFA either!
I really like fast food as a fun occasional option, but maybe I just personally don't get all too excited by any fast food in particular. Maybe it is just me admittedly.
YES, it is overrated!!! I lived out west for a couple of years and I was amazed at how crazy everyone was for In-N-Out. I think the food is good in a greasy way and it definitely has an "event" feel to it with the dozen plus mimimum wage employees swirling around in barely controlled chaos behind the counter. But I don't crave it like so many people do.
In-n-out burger employees do not make minimum wage-- that's part of what makes the place so special. I believe the starting pay there is something like $9.00 /hr.
17 yrs ago IN N OUT in So Cal was a like a 10x12 ft bldg.Half a dozen guys busting butt. The guy at the grill was working the patties in precision manner and they were cooked for so many seconds that left them a little rare on the inside. Today, they have to be cooked a little longer by Health Dept stndards. On to today. Over a year ago the last time I visited one in SD county, there were girls working. (I'm not prejudiced after all my mother was one).Problem as I saw it was that a girl was on the grill and not to happy with her job as she appeared. Bottom line, my patties were burnt and my friend had a lonnnng hair (could be girls) in his french fries. WE have not been back since. Stefhen
You haven't lived until you had a chicken biscuit from Chick Fil A. Truly unbelievable.
As far as burgers, Kopps in Milwaukee has the best burgers in the land. I haven't tried In-and-Out and I'm sure it's good, but seriously Kopps burgers are the best hands down. One Kopps burger will keep you full for half a day. Solly's, home of the butter burger, is another place in Milwaukee that will knock your socks off and make you slap your mother.
Hell, I'll just go out and say it--if there is a burger capital of the country, it would be Milwaukee, Wisconsin!
As far as burgers, Kopps in Milwaukee has the best burgers in the land. I haven't tried In-and-Out and I'm sure it's good, but seriously Kopps burgers are the best hands down. One Kopps burger will keep you full for half a day. Solly's, home of the butter burger, is another place in Milwaukee that will knock your socks off and make you slap your mother.
Hell, I'll just go out and say it--if there is a burger capital of the country, it would be Milwaukee, Wisconsin!
Maybe that is why I just am not as big on I-N-O, having lived for such a good chunk of my life in the Milwaukee area. I am perhaps spoiled by the abundance of just outstanding burgers here in this area, and frankly, a Kopps burger just demolishes an I-N-O burger.
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