(off of Archer Road across from Butler Plaza)
5 thumbs UP!
Menu Highlights: There ain't much to choose from (4 varieties of hamburger or hotdog and 3 veggie items), but the veggie cheese sandwich was phenomenal
Price range: My sandwich was 2.50! The burgers and hotdogs range from 3-5 dollars.
I typically don't review national chains in this food blog, but I found myself at Five Guys Burgers today upon the recommendation of a co-worker. She is a vegetarian and was raving about their non-meat based items. Naturally, I had to check this out for myself.
For all you political junkies out there, you'll remember Five Guys from Obama's early days in the whitehouse. His affinity for Five Guys made national news and I can see why. The place was jam packed with a line nearly out the door for the entire time I was there.
Initially, I was a bit disappointed that their only veg friendly items were the "veggie sandwich" and the "veggie cheese sandwich." (I don't remember the actual names, but they were purely descriptive and similar to what I've listed above). Undaunted, I got the veggie cheese sandwich with lettuce, tomato, grilled onions and mushrooms, pickles, ketchup, mustard, and mayo. I held by breath and waited.
What should arrive 7 minutes or so later but this dazzling beauty, wrapped up in a steaming hot piece of foil and surrounded by a nondescript paper bag.
Believe me, it tasted WAYYY better than it looked. The sandwich was so damn good that I didn't even miss the presence of ground beef. It was savory, melty, gooey, and with just enough grease to help it go down (that's what she said).
Despite it's tastiness, I wouldn't have minded getting a full out burger if I still ate beef. Before I went vegetarian, I had eaten my fair share of hamburgers. The main reason why I don't miss them is because they were never as good as my expectations made them out to be. I definitely wasn't impressed with fancy restaurant style burgers, as they were always too big to fit in your mouth (that's what she said). Furthermore, the "higher end" ground beef lacked a certain element of greasy fast food goodness. On the other hand, most fast food burgers were gross, bizarrely mass produced, and lacking any quality ingredients whatsoever.
Five Guys seems to get it right and here's why. Their burgers look and taste like burgers from an Archie comic. They mirror the idealized mental image we all have when we think "delicious hamburger." They're just perfect.
I wasn't so impressed by the fries, and if I return, I won't get them again.
Coincidentally, I bumped into my trainer who was also eating there, sparking us both to concede how unhealthy the place is. But you know what? Sometimes you gotta treat yourself. And if you're going to get a fast food burger, Five Guys is by far the best I've ever had.
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