fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
If I would've got the small fries (which is still a lot) it would've been about $8.50... Is this still too much for a burger and fries?
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Pipes
Footballguy
That's great for about 5% of this country's population lives near one. The rest of us have to suffer with the slightly overpriced 5 Guys.
Henry Ford
Footballguy
If you pay more than $4 for a fast food burger and fries, you should be whipped in the public square and gutted in front of your children.
I love the In N Out crowd.
Why pay that much for a good fast food burger when you can move to one of the most expensive states in the country and get a $3 burger at In N Out?
Why pay that much for a good fast food burger when you can move to one of the most expensive states in the country and get a $3 burger at In N Out?
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Politician Spock
Footballguy
I can afford to pay $50 for a hamburger, but why should I when it's only worth $5.
$7 for it wouldn't be so bad if I could upgrade with an additional $2 to $3 to add fries and a drink. An additional $3 just pays for the fries at FG.
Pipes
Footballguy
That's almost impossible now-a-days. I haven't eating at McDonalds in about a year and the last time I did it was over $6 for a quarter pounder with cheese value meal...normal size cause I'm not a fatty. At Wendys about a month or so ago the spicy chicken sandwhich meal was like $6 and half bucks. It seems like the burgers really weren't any cheaper.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
That's actually not bad if you skip the fries and have cokes in the fridge at home. I sill though at the end of the day, dimly not a huge fan of the burger because it is well done.
I got another place that serves 10 oz burgers made to order and a loaded baked potato for $5.99 with any beverage purchase,Coke/Beer/IT, whatever. Cooked to order. hose of us liking med rare/med, tough to eat a well done burger and truly like it.
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stop drinking coke and go with water, guys.
skip the fries and pile up the peanuts.
use those few bucks you save on every meal and maybe in 50 years you can buy a home in california right next to an In N Out.
skip the fries and pile up the peanuts.
use those few bucks you save on every meal and maybe in 50 years you can buy a home in california right next to an In N Out.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Publix deli is outstanding down here. Boar's head piled high, for a footlong it's about $8 loaded and you can easily split into 2 meals.Now granted, I only eat out once a work-week and really, it's more of a carry-out/dine-at-my-desk sorta deal, so I am not a good barometer of what lunch costs on a daily basis, but....there's a super market down the road that makes any kind of deli sandwich you want for $5.99. I will stack this tuna fish sandwich on marble rye with swiss cheese against anything Subway offers up. Absolutely splendid the way Sherri makes them for me. Fresh, tasty, all sorts of pickles and peppers.
I'm guessing you could find a supermarket in your area that does the same. If you're a soda drinker and a chips eater, you could probably find those cheaper at the store too.
NCCommish
Footballguy
So I just went online to check pricing. In Charlotte a bacon cheeseburger is 7.49. and a small fry is 2.39. Regular drink is 2.19. That is a bacon cheeseburger, fries and drink for basically 12.00. That is pretty expensive. And I don't care if it is a lot of fries that's just a waste anyway.
Politician Spock
Footballguy
Or just go to a real restaurant where $10 for a burger and fries allows you to order your burger medium rare instead of well done, and isn't served to you in tinfoil.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
I love the In N Out crowd.
Why pay that much for a good fast food burger when you can move to one of the most expensive states in the country and get a $3 burger at In N Out?
Aaron is bowling strikes today. And I still feel In n Out is better value and would prefer it any day to 5 Guys.
Has anyone ever tried Houston's burger?
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fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
If I sit down anywhere for a burger and fries, typically I'll get a beer and pay a tip - Now I'm in for $22-$25... Even without the beer, I'm in for $15-$17 and I don't think it'll be that much better than Five Guys.
Nipsey
Footballguy
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Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
If you are spending $15-$17 for a sit down burger it better be Houston's. There are a lot of burg n beer joints around town in Miami, I get what you are saying with the craft beers. But you understand that $20-$30 for some folks is a lot of wasted money? I get it, you can spend $50 a meal, there's a lot of folks like that in here but we also have some folks that need to pinch a few pennies to make ends meet.
Chaka
Footballguy
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Tons of great burger places in Chicago so I rarely go to Five Guys, but I always like it when I eat there.
I also make a point to stop at In N Out anytime I'm near one since it happens so infrequently.
If I had a choice of both, I'd probably take the burger from In N Out but don't think you can go wrong with either.
One order of fries is too much for me at Five Guys, but if I was sharing with my wife then splitting an order at 5G is just about perfect. At In N Out, I don't even order the fries since they aren't worth a dime, much less whatever the price is.
I almost never order pop at restaurants any more so I get a water at 5G or probably a shake at InNOut.
Burger and Fries and peanuts and water at FG vs Burger and Shake at InOut? I'm giving a small edge to 5G for the overall meal.
I also make a point to stop at In N Out anytime I'm near one since it happens so infrequently.
If I had a choice of both, I'd probably take the burger from In N Out but don't think you can go wrong with either.
One order of fries is too much for me at Five Guys, but if I was sharing with my wife then splitting an order at 5G is just about perfect. At In N Out, I don't even order the fries since they aren't worth a dime, much less whatever the price is.
I almost never order pop at restaurants any more so I get a water at 5G or probably a shake at InNOut.
Burger and Fries and peanuts and water at FG vs Burger and Shake at InOut? I'm giving a small edge to 5G for the overall meal.
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Chaka
Footballguy
Chaka
Footballguy
Cokes in the fridge? Think about how your burger is decomposing in the time it takes you to get home. Too risky IMO.
Politician Spock
Footballguy
Worst case scenario: Red Robin - $9.99 for burger cooked to order with endless side of fries. Tip: $1.50.
And there are plenty of places to get a burger cooked to order with fries for $9.99 better than Red Robin. They're everwhere. The non-chain ones are usually better than the chains.
Sorry, I just don't get paying $10 for a burger and fries, having to get it well done, having to got to the counter to order it and pick it up, and having to eat out of tin foil, just to save on a $1.50 tip.
yep.
no good food in Chicago since we don't have In N Out. we're really missing out.
who knew making a good burger was so impossible to master.
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fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
My point is fairly simple - In my location and most major metros, there aren't too many places where you can have a sit down burger/fries meal for cheaper than Five Guys.
Chaka
Footballguy
You have plenty of good food but you're still missing out.
I have trouble finding a great deep dish pizza out here, that's my cross to bear.
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Henry Ford
Footballguy
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
A) Five Guys is better than Red Robin
B) I couldn't live with myself for leaving someone $1.50, regardless of cost - If I'm sitting down and someone is serving me, even just a cup of coffee, they have earned bare bones minimum of $3
Henry Ford
Footballguy
Niles Standish
Footballguy
I haven't been to five guys in a few years. But don't they bring your food out to you?
Politician Spock
Footballguy
Cheaper? Probably not. But there's thousands of sit down places that serve a burger and fries for $10, and they'll cook the burger the way you want it cooked, and will serve your food on a plate instead of tin foil. And they're everywhere. To suggest most major metros areas don't have too many places like that is ridiculous.
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
Five Guys, Brooklyn Heights... I cant imagine there being many Five Guys more expansive than this one outside of Manhattan.
Little Cheeseburger $4.59
Little Fries $2.29
If you don't want to splurge on the drink ask for a cup of water, you can get the drink anyways
$6.88 plus tax
Chaka
Footballguy
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
Of course they do, but your total out of pocket will end up being 40-50% higher
Politician Spock
Footballguy
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
We are all obviously far apart on this one... I don't think we will be coming to a resolution 
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
My meal at this Five Guys http://gofiveguys.com/menu/five-guys-14th-street which is prob the most expensive Five Guys in America was $9.99...
I can't have a sit down burger/fries for under $14-$15 (at a minimum) out of pocket.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
This thread is quickly turning into folks bragging about being able to spend a lot of money on burgers and fries
LOOK AT ME! I CAN EAT OVERPRICED DEAD COWS!!!
LOOK AT ME! I CAN EAT OVERPRICED DEAD COWS!!!
Henry Ford
Footballguy
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
mquinnjr
Footballguy
I'd expect us to be debating the cut of filet at Morton's vs. Ruth's Chris at 35 pages.
Yikes.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Why is Five Guys being compared to sit down places? It's fast food. You can order online, head out to pick it up, and be back home/work with your meal in 10 minutes. A sit down place (waiting for waitress to come around to take order, bring food/check) is at least a 30 minute ordeal.
I'm okay with paying a similar price as a sit down because I'm paying in part for convenience.
I'm okay with paying a similar price as a sit down because I'm paying in part for convenience.
Politician Spock
Footballguy
Of course you can. You just refuse to do so.
The waiter at Red Robin makes $1.50 for my preference of eating a burger not cooked well done and served to me on a real plate for $10.
The waiter at Red Robin makes $0.00 for your preference of eating a burnt burger served in tin foil for $10.
Believe me, the waiter at Red Robin would rather make $1.50 than make $0.00. You're not doing him any favors by claiming the moral high horse of being a big tipper.
don't all you In N Out guys order stuff 'animal style'?
talk about a rip off.
talk about a rip off.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Cafe Europa inside the Chevron on 58th and Biscayne, hidden gem and the coffee is organic.
Red Robin is at suburban malls, isn't it?
never seen one in the city.
never seen one in the city.
Henry Ford
Footballguy
NCCommish
Footballguy
Because they charge sit down prices? Because I can have convenience cheaper? And because as we have all learned removing a 5 Guys from it's natural environment for even a few moments invites disaster.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
As I noted before and I feel majority would Five Guys is better than Red Robin...
Also, with tax, your Red Robin is now $11, plus $2 leaves you at 30% more on a sub par product.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Yes, we don't have them here in South Florida much, we have Johnny Rockets though.
I'm not a huge JR fan, like the milkshakes and they make a killer BLT.
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