The best fast food burger I never heard of

[Scott_G_r_u_n_e_r]

There appears to be some jokester who was listing Culvers locations in both Wallingford and Mystic Ct. Yet none of them exist in Ct although the street names are real the phone numbers belong to insurance companies and a carpet business if i recall. I don’t know why the hell morons create all of this phony stuff which doesn’t even earn them a dime or support any political agenda.

I realize I should not have called 5 guys fast food as it does take 10 or 12 minutes to cook your burger, Well worth it as the burgers and fries are superb, . Not just quality ingredients but smart marketing with the peanuts which I eat a few dozen of while I wait.

5 guys fries are awesome, burgers are meh at best

Hmm. Will disagree. Wish the buns were a bit sturdier, but love me a lbc all the way plus jalapeno.

[paulbortin]

I haven’t had any drive through burger as good as In n Out or Habit.

have you tried Fatburger—the King burger is the best. Fresh meat or not, In’n’Out meat is like it was run over by a steamroller, don’t like it. Accoutrements are fine if bun is toasted.

I’ve tried In & Out five or six times and still can’t find any flavor. The most bland burger out there.

[ToddFrench]

Culvers was far better in the 90s when they first started. That said, they’re still above most every other fast food burger for a chain of their size, at least in the Midwest.

Is Kopp’s still good? I remember going there when I lived in Milwaukee.

Kopp’s is far better than Culver’s, which has gone ‘corporate’, so to speak (franchises, grow faster than needed, etc)

[David_K_o_l_i_n]

Small Cheval is pretty good, but still small. I do lone Au Cheval

[Brad_S_c_h_i_e_r]

Here in Texas it is Whataburger for me and then local places. Light years better than In and Out, etc which have struggled in Texas. Honestly, IN and Out which I think is the most overrated fast food food I have ever had. Their fries are offensively bad.

[Scott_G_r_u_n_e_r]

Will leave the possibility that it was just a bad franchise, but the whataburger I went to in arkansas was mediocre at best. I admit I have some bias against places that use styro cups as well.

[Gary_Schulte]

Agree with Scott that the 5 Guys buns are terrible and fall apart too easily. Our 5 Guys split out of town after a 5-6 year run. They could not complete with local restaurant burgers including a take out Greek family pizzeria which makes the best fries ever to go along with a great burger which you can have any way you like. A rancher friend in town just opened his own grass fed beef fast food burger joint called Graze. The burger is dry but is saved by a “secret sauce” and a sturdy bun. His fries suck but maybe he’ll figure that out. I must admit my historical standard for burgers use to be Bob’s Big Boy in SoCal.

[K_F_o_l_e_y]

Agree with Scott that the 5 Guys buns are terrible and fall apart too easily. Our 5 Guys split out of town after a 5-6 year run. They could not complete with local restaurant burgers including a take out Greek family pizzeria which makes the best fries ever to go along with a great burger which you can have any way you like. A rancher friend in town just opened his own grass fed beef fast food burger joint called Graze. The burger is dry but is saved by a “secret sauce” and a sturdy bun. His fries suck but maybe he’ll figure that out. I must admit my historical standard for burgers use to be Bob’s Big Boy in SoCal.

But you live in England. In a noted burger town like Boston, I don’t think a 5 Guys has evah closed (although I agree, I would much prefer to go to a real burger place over any of these fast food joints, even Shake Shack).