Marco wrote:

Khaopaat wrote:

Marco wrote:The whole marketing strategy is to assume people are idiots, and to fatten them up so they can consume more 5 Guys.

[citation needed]

Since when does an opinion require citationality?

Since October 7, 2007*

*See: "Opinionated Citationality in The Modern Digital Age" in The Journal of Academic Asterisking, 5th Edition, published October 7, 2007

Marco wrote:

Khaopaat wrote:

Marco wrote:The whole marketing strategy is to assume people are idiots, and to fatten them up so they can consume more 5 Guys.

[citation needed]

...you use Wikipedia as a kind of universally applicable manual of style...

Is that what I was doing? I thought I was using an internet meme to disagree with a bold statement presented as fact. See this for a similar tongue-in-cheek usage of the Wikipedia tag: http://xkcd.com/285/

...you use Wikipedia as a kind of universally applicable manual of style...[/quote]
Is that what I was doing? I thought I was using an internet meme to disagree with a bold statement presented as fact.

Regardless of your authorial intentions, that is precisely what your comment performed: an implication that a citation was required, and that Wikipedia was a global style authority for citations. There were no facts presented, there were no claims to be peer-reviewed, there was no QUOTE to be cited. There was only the OPINION expressed that 5 Guys were issuing incentives for people to get fatter, by further reducing the difference in price between the "little" hamburger and the double hamburger.

I think your misprision in reading my post involved your failure to recognize the implied apophansis: "{As if} The whole marketing strategy is to assume people are idiots, and to fatten them up so they can consume more 5 Guys". So you have not produced an "internet meme", whatever that is supposed to be, to disagree with me. You've more precisely employed an enthymeme and produced only annoyance. And you really, really do not want to get into a rhetorical spitting contest with me here: no one else will follow it, the big BBQ Moderators will either move it or delete it, and ultimately you will be metonymically displaced. Plus, I am on the down-low here, multiplying the distinctions between fast-food burgers. The tenure committee is over there, at the Blind Faith Cafe, being vegan and pretending to have gluten allergies.

But how were the portions?

I had my first 5 Guys burger in Connecticut across from the Mystic Aquarium over the weekend. It was lunch time, we were starving and in my opinion it was good, but I was starving. They had Coke Zero in the self serve fountain - so I would have to add a star just for that. The free peanuts were a nice touch as I was starving. I ordered the "little" burger with lettuce, tomato and pickles. Not sure if it was dry or juicy as I ate it in about three bites and the tomato added a lot of juice. To me, the bun made a lot of difference as it was very fresh and soft and had a subtle yeastiness (new word?). My wife thought the bun was "just like McDonalds" but I think that was the sesame seeds talking. To me, it was how a bun at McDonalds should taste. Enough fries for 4 people were in the bag and I was only sharing them with two others.

Overall, I would say that it was certainly a notch above most fast food burgers but nothing that I find myself craving now that I am back home. The fries were somewhat tasteless. For all the emphasis on the potato location and the bags of taters stacked in the restaurant to emphasize their origin, they were pretty much OK but I would skip them next time or share one order between at least three people. If you just get a burger and a drink, the price isn't too bad. I'd never try to wade through a double burger and an order of fries myself, but that's just me.

Marco wrote:Regardless of your authorial intentions, that is precisely what your comment performed: an implication that a citation was required, and that Wikipedia was a global style authority for citations. There were no facts presented, there were no claims to be peer-reviewed, there was no QUOTE to be cited. There was only the OPINION expressed that 5 Guys were issuing incentives for people to get fatter, by further reducing the difference in price between the "little" hamburger and the double hamburger.

I think your misprision in reading my post involved your failure to recognize the implied apophansis: "{As if} The whole marketing strategy is to assume people are idiots, and to fatten them up so they can consume more 5 Guys". So you have not produced an "internet meme", whatever that is supposed to be, to disagree with me. You've more precisely employed an enthymeme and produced only annoyance. And you really, really do not want to get into a rhetorical spitting contest with me here: no one else will follow it, the big BBQ Moderators will either move it or delete it, and ultimately you will be metonymically displaced. Plus, I am on the down-low here, multiplying the distinctions between fast-food burgers. The tenure committee is over there, at the Blind Faith Cafe, being vegan and pretending to have gluten allergies.

I'll read this ^^ post again (i promise) if we let this thread die.

5 Guys is pretty standard run of the mill fast food burger. It's simply there in order for us to pay way too much money to get calories to burn quickly if you happen to find yourself driving down clybourne - I can't believe this thread has gone on this long...it's all been said.

In response to spiffie's earlier post, today I spotted a new Five Guys sign on Church, between Benson and Sherman, in Evanston. Only 3 blocks or so from Edzo's.

I still say that eleven plus is too much to pay for a double, mediocre fries and a room temp. drink. Better bargains abound.

4 burgers, one large fry, 26 bucks. We were taking it on the go, and the kids wanted cokes to drink, at 1.99 each for a regular. Stopped at the gas station and picked up 2 2 liter bottles for 3.25 total. It's overpriced, but it's a good fast food burger once in a while.

We were taking it on the go, and the kids wanted cokes to drink, at 1.99 each for a regular. Stopped at the gas station and picked up 2 2 liter bottles for 3.25 total. ...

Which gas station? At the Shell near my house, 2 liter's are $1.89, but at the Mobil right across the street you can get them for 1.59. Just a mile down the road there is a BP station which sometimes has sale prices on Coca Cola and related beverages.

Moderators, apologies if this is off track. Please feel free to move to a separate gas station coke thread.

I want to say it was a BP just south of Army Trail Road on Gary Avenue on the NW corner. It was actual Coke and Dr. Pepper- must have had a special going.

Cool. Recently I have noticed that there are sometimes sales on Hostess cakes at the Citco near me. They are three for $1.99 and that includes anything from Ding Dongs to chocolate donuts or fruit pies.

Kennyz wrote:Cool. Recently I have noticed that there are sometimes sales on Hostess cakes at the Citco near me. They are three for $1.99 and that includes anything from Ding Dongs to chocolate donuts or fruit pies.

Are the Hostess cupcakes included in that sale?

Sounds like I am setting myself up for a great one-two punch! Five Guys and then the Citgo for some cupcakes!

Panther in the Den wrote:

Kennyz wrote:Cool. Recently I have noticed that there are sometimes sales on Hostess cakes at the Citco near me. They are three for $1.99 and that includes anything from Ding Dongs to chocolate donuts or fruit pies.

Are the Hostess cupcakes included in that sale?

Sounds like I am setting myself up for a great one-two punch! Five Guys and then the Citgo for some cupcakes!

Yes, but sometimes they run out. Always a good idea to call first.

I prefer Zingers. Do they still make the raspberry/coconut ones?

Kennyz wrote:

Panther in the Den wrote:

Kennyz wrote:Cool. Recently I have noticed that there are sometimes sales on Hostess cakes at the Citco near me. They are three for $1.99 and that includes anything from Ding Dongs to chocolate donuts or fruit pies.

Are the Hostess cupcakes included in that sale?

Sounds like I am setting myself up for a great one-two punch! Five Guys and then the Citgo for some cupcakes!

Yes, but sometimes they run out. Always a good idea to call first.

Citgo
2816 West Irving Park Road
Chicago, IL 60618
(773) 539-8811

Zingers are Satan's baked goods.

At the Thornton's Gas Station at Touhy and Greenwood in Park Ridge they have a sign offering "any size fountain drink 89 cents." This is only about a half mile from the newish 5 Guys on Northwest Hwy just a half block SE of the intersection of Touhy.

Thornton's
1118 West Touhy Avenue
Park Ridge, IL‎
(847) 692-5559‎

There's a Five Guys sign up on a store in Glenview on Willow Rd. in the Target/Kohl's shopping center. Not open yet.

There are now _two_ Five Guys joints in Bolingbrook; one on each side of town along Boughton Rd. Guess it's a sign that I'll have to try them at least once.

rickster wrote:There's a Five Guys sign up on a store in Glenview on Willow Rd. in the Target/Kohl's shopping center. Not open yet.

this is encroaching on meatheads territory... let the (fairly average) burger wars begin.

dudefella wrote:

rickster wrote:There's a Five Guys sign up on a store in Glenview on Willow Rd. in the Target/Kohl's shopping center. Not open yet.

this is encroaching on meatheads territory... let the (fairly average) burger wars begin.

Wow, right behind the Steak N Shake too. Steak N Shake's burger is better than both Five Guys and Meatheads and much cheaper. Sure, the other two have much better fries, but Steak N Shake has been one of my all-time favorites for 20 years.

Ive only been to the five guys in cincinnati but id definitely have five guys over steak and shake.

when does the 5 guys on willow open??? ill go and see how it is cause its right next to me

I have now had my first 5 Guys experience (Randhurst location), and I really don't get all the excitement. A Whopper has more flavor than the gray, over-cooked burger I was served. While the list of toppings is impressive, I ordered my burger with grilled onions and what I got was lightly sauteed: still crunchy and white. The fries were cottony in taste and texture.

Scores of independent hot-dog stands around town do a better job for a lower price. And as for atmosphere ... I felt like I was inside a refrigerator. The average McDonald's has more charm.

If you want a decent fast-food burger in Mount Prospect, try Photo's.

Photo's Hotdogs
1706 E. Kensington Road
Mount Prospect, IL 60056-1900
(847) 635-6200
http://www.photoshotdogs.com

notob6 wrote:Ive only been to the five guys in cincinnati but id definitely have five guys over steak and shake.

when does the 5 guys on willow open??? ill go and see how it is cause its right next to me

You could go to Steak and Shake, get a double with fries and a shake and probably spend 5-6 bucks. You could get a marginally better burger with 6 pounds of fries you don't want and no shake at 5 guys for like 10 bucks. Seeing as Five Guys real potato fries are executed indifferently at best i think I might actually opt for the Steak and Shake, and a few bucks in my pocket.

The only Five Guys I've been to is inside LaGuardia airport so perhaps not a fair representation but I was not impressed ... a colleague and I have eaten there twice, the second time was better in a generic burger kinda way but the whole deal of pouring tons of fries into each bag (over and above the actual serving) was actually irritating ... so wasteful esp. when the fries were just .... meh.

I will be a dissenting voice here: I keep going back (on infrequent occasions) to 5 Guys over other local fast burgers:
1) Fries are fresh cut, skin on (versus the frozen shoestrings at Photo's, Steak and Shake)
2) A pretty good burger with excellent toppings such as fresh jalapenos (varies -- I happen to very much like and have recently eaten S&S's Guacamole Burger -- but I don't order the fries)
3) Gold Peak Iced Tea

It's not a good deal for lunch: a burger, fries and a drink is too much food and too high a price for lunch for me. A cheap dinner, probably fine. I was happier when Steak & Shake let you order any two sides as a "platter." Now you pay extra for any side that's not fries. I'm fond of their chilli.

And Photos, even though I'm closer to them than LAZ by a half-mile, I just don't go into any more. They've been unpleasant in service, high in price and just not worth my time and money. Even with pinball machines.

KSeecs wrote:

notob6 wrote:Ive only been to the five guys in cincinnati but id definitely have five guys over steak and shake.

when does the 5 guys on willow open??? ill go and see how it is cause its right next to me

You could go to Steak and Shake, get a double with fries and a shake and probably spend 5-6 bucks. You could get a marginally better burger with 6 pounds of fries you don't want and no shake at 5 guys for like 10 bucks. Seeing as Five Guys real potato fries are executed indifferently at best i think I might actually opt for the Steak and Shake, and a few bucks in my pocket.

It was closer to $8 for me this morning and the burger is a lot smaller. Add in a tip and you are spending about the same amount.

And there are no free peanuts.

JoelF wrote:I will be a dissenting voice here: I keep going back (on infrequent occasions) to 5 Guys over other local fast burgers:
1) Fries are fresh cut, skin on (versus the frozen shoestrings at Photo's, Steak and Shake)

I'm not vaunting the fries at any of these places. I don't care if the fries at 5 Guys are fresh cut from potatoes piled in sacks and attributed to a farmer: They looked great, but they tasted like cotton.

A little farther from you, in Wheeling, Superdawg's fries are fresh-cut, too. They aren't skin-on and they're crinkle cut, but they taste like potatoes. And even when they pack them in with the hot dog, they're crispier than the fries I got at 5 Guys. Superdawg's burger's not bad, either (it isn't cheap, as fast food goes, but it does come with fries).

I'm not sure who does the best fries in our neck of the woods; I doubt there are many contenders. My favorite area burger isn't fast food -- it's from Durty Nellie's -- but I admit I haven't made an exhaustive survey.

Durty Nellie's
847/358-9150
http://www.durtynellies.com
180 N. Smith St.
Palatine

Five Guys is coming to Geneva Commons in June according to my local paper today. The article did not say exactly were but there are a number of vacant store fronts to fill out. There is already Tom and Eddies in Geneva Commons and Smashburger a few miles down the road in Batavia.