re: Mugshots > Five guys

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What in the heck do you order? I have never paid over $10 for myself and I get a burger and fries for myself.

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We each get the normal burger. Of course, the dude behind the counter assured us that the double patty normal burger is what we should get... made us think the singles weren't enough.

So we each got the regular burger and drinks and we split fries.

$22 total.

If you're spending ~$10 on a burger and fries for yourself, then $22 total is expected on 2 people after tax.
I don't like to pay that for fast food.. Not when I can pay the same at a sit-down restaurant where I get free refills, service, and better food.

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You're just a chump then. Can't blame it on them.

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Untrue. The "regular" normal burger meal is the double patty. Not sure if you've been there but the single patty is called the "Little Hamburger". It's put in a separate place on the menu and leads you to believe it's a kid's size burger. When we asked the worker what was normal sized, he said the regular one.. not the "little" one.

I don't know how many times I've repeated myself, but it's not a gross place and I'm not calling it that. I enjoyed the burger well enough. But it's "fast food".. no matter how you cut it. And I don't generally estimate over $20 for 2 people to eat fast food burgers.

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And if you go to McDonalds and get 2 BigMac extra value meals it is gonna cost you like $14. I'd say Five Guys is quite the step up from McDonalds for $6 more.

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Yes, but you're missing my point.

Fast food is a choice made to be cheap. I rarely even eat fast food and when I do, it's because I have no money.
If I'm going to spend $22 on food, why on earth would I eat it at a fast food joint when I can eat better quality, better service, unlimited drinks, etc. down the street at a restaurant.

When we choose fast food, $22 is not what we have in mind. If that were the case, we'd sit our asses down at Dearman's and have a burger that's 10x better and the same price.

Five Guys is obviously better than McDonald's, but it doesn't compete with McDonalds..
It's prices compete with sit-down restaurants. It may only be a $6 difference from McDonalds, but it's no difference from a better quality, local product. I'd probably eat the hell out of Five Guys if it were fast food priced.. even higher end fast food prices.

at the risk of extending an already convoluted thread, the one thing about 5 guys that makes it different from other fast food burgers is the toppings you can get.

Grilled onions, grilled mushrooms, jalepenos, hot sauce, bbq sauce, steak sauce, relish and green peppers.

Of course they still have lettuce, tom., mustard, mayo, ketchup, onions, pickles.

You won't get that many toppings at almost any burger place, fast or sit down.

to me, five guys is backyard burger with some decent toppings you can add .. nothing more, nothing less ..

I guess some people like Mugshots


Mugshots

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I had the juiciest savell

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The juiciest what?


And bump from the dead.

It's cool. I definitely know where you're coming from. Every time I was in the area I would head over to Mugshots instead. However there were a few times I went that I was practically the only person in the place and they would take wayy too long on my order and sometimes couldn't get it right. I usually like their burgers but didn't feel like putting up with the service any longer.

I can't seem to remember a burger named the Savell though.