So, can we talk about Five Guys?

[goodolmike]

Last week, two IRL friends of mine told me about a new (to San Diego) burger joint called Five Guys, then two guys from the Interwebs also brought it up. I decided I had to check it out. I love a good burger, that's for sure.

Yesterday we found ourselves a few blocks away from one and ready for lunch, so we went.

From the start, I could tell it was a hot mess. The line was almost out the door, and I saw a lot if people standing around without food.

Turns out, Five Guys is incredibly inefficient and poorly laid out. All they sell are burgers and fries, and our order took a half hour. Fail-urrr.

By the time we got our food, we were going batshit stir-crazy, so we took our food to go. Later, we found a table outside that was, at least, quiet.

Here's the thing. My burger was good. It was really good, but for $5 and that god-awful wait, I'm going to go with Not Worth It.

What I'm wondering, though, is did we just come at a bad time? If it would have been less crowded, maybe I would have loved it. I'm curious what you guys think.

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[njbearcub1.livejournal.com]

In the town where I work, we have:

2 McDonald's (plus an express in the Wal-Mart), a burger King, a Taco Bell, a KFC, a Pizza Hut (plus an express in Target), a Dominos, a Checkers, a Long John Silvers/KFC mashup, a Boston Market, a Five Guys, a Sonic, an Arby's, a Chick-Fil-A, a Starbucks, 3 Dunkin' Donuts, a Stewart's Root Beer, and a White Castle just on the border. Could not even count how many pizza places, and Chinese takeouts there are.

At home, we have 2 McDonald's (plus the express in Wal-Mart), a BK, a KFC, a Taco Bell, a Boston Market, a Pizza Hut/Wingstreet (plus Pizza Hut express in Target), a Cheeburger Cheeburger (new. Haven't been yet.), a Papa Johns, a Dominos, an Arby's, 2 Wendy's, Starbucks Express in Target, and they just broke ground on the Sonic that will soon be there.

All of these are like, within 10-15 minute drives from home or work.