“You want this, don’t you?”
So there is a new burger joint popping up around here called Five Guys Burgers and Fries. I knew one was coming to Kent, as a while back, Susanne’s Coffee closed down and became the future site of Five Guys Burgers and Fries (another sad loss to the already deteriorating city of Kent Ohio). I happened across one in Montrose/Copley on State Route 18 when I left my current job in West Akron to get some materials around lunch time. Always being attracted to new sources of food, I thought I would try it for lunch.
Inside was interesting. There were boxes and boxes of potatoes everywhere, and several boxes of peanuts too. Plus, gallons upon gallons of oil to deep fry these spuds. All this was laying out in the dining room and actually served as the line leading up to the register. The peanut boxes were open and freely available to munch on while you waited in line or waited for your food.
I was immediately disappointed not to see any combo meals. I was looking at $5 something for a burger, $3 for fries, and about $2 for a drink. I don’t like dropping an entire $10 for lunch, and the thought of dropping it on a burger was really bothering me. But, I’ll try anything once.
Now this is where I was totally blown away. The small cup of fries that I thought was atrociously priced at $3 was actually enormous. They dropped my burger in the bag, an empty fry cup, and then proceeded to fill the cup and the bag with fries. I could have filled up on the fries alone, and I did, but I still had a burger to take on.
Well, this was not your ordinary burger either. This thing was colossal. What they did not tell you is that it is actually a double. Mine was loaded with cheese and bacon and what they call “everything” or “all the way”. Brave as I am, I took on this beast until it was no more.
Lunch was tasty and fantastic, but now I thought I was going to die. I know now why they call the place ‘Five Guys Burgers and Fries”, because I think I could have fed five people with my order. A quick look at the nutritional chart proved me right. My burger clocked in at over 1000 calories. My fries added another 650! So in one setting, and in under 10 minutes, I consumed enough food for the entire day. I felt like I was pregnant and in labor and still had to return to work!
It was super tasty, and I lived to tell the tale… so far. It is not a wise dietary choice to make on a regular basis. If I keep eating at Five Guys, I will need five bypasses in the near future. When I return, I will bring a friend to eat half the food with me, because I could have used a designated driver after taking lunch on today all by myself.
So in summary, the burger tasted great. Don’t bother getting fries, as trying to consume all that food may result in a loss of life. The downside is that your gonna drop $6 on a burger, that you can make just as well at home for a less. A Whopper costs half as much. However, expensive burger joints are popping up as if they were trendy these days (like Red Robin), so maybe I just need to accept that people will pay big money for something that takes no skills to cook. I can understand paying for good Mexican or Chinese food that is difficult to make, but a burger?
Maybe I am just starting to sound old 🙂
You forget to mention the peanuts!! (don’t they have free peanuts at yours?) At my local 5 guys, they have cases of shelled peanuts all over the place…eat as many as you want while you wait…they’re free.
Oh I did leave that out. I’m sleepy. Quick edit before bed though (I have a lightning storm keeping me up that I am enjoying too!)
We recently had a five guys built at our towne center, and for the first time I went there this past Sunday and treated a friend 2 burgers, one fry (shared) and 2 soft drinks the bill came to $17.42.. for two ppl that’s not bad my bill at a perkins restaurant came to $18.70 and that was just an appetizer and tea just for me!
My son’s g/f just started working @ a Five Guys here. I am going to go try it just for the REAL fries. Their burgers are made with REAL meat who knows what are in the other places’ burgers. lol
Both the fries and burger was good. My review was by no means negative, even in spite of my little picture of Satan serving it up 🙂
We have a 2 different gourmet burger shops here in Launceston. They average up around $12 each for the various burgers on their menus. We had burgers from one of them once & because there was so much wet stuff like coleslaw, various sauces etc it was just a big mushy mess. We only went there because a lot of people were reccomending it. I will never go back there again. A good old hamburger with the works at our local fish & chip shop is $5.00 & it’s awesome & one is plenty, we don’t even need chips. $5 for a decent burger at a fish & chip shop here in Tasmania is the average price & they’re a lot better than McDonald’s rubbish
You have to give me the run down if $12 where you are is the same as $12 in the USA. A $12 hamburger better taste like heaven in my mouth! Five Guys was good, but I certainly didn’t need the chips (fries) and won’t be getting them again. {{For the dollar equivalency question, a regular price Whopper here at Burger King is about $3.00 – How much is a Whopper at Hungry Jack’s?}}
I love Five Guys! My first experience was in Atlanta, then I sought one out in Baltimore. And just about 6 months ago we got our very own in NKY!!! But, it is certainly a treat-you should probably not eat there more than once a month. Lol!!
ROFL!! That was the funniest blog ever! There is a five guys in boardman, but we haven’t tried it yet!
Glad you liked it Dan. What do you think of my artwork 🙂 I love Adobe Photoshop 🙂
Five guys is fantastic but pricey and the taste is far and away better than burger king lol. I usually just buy the double burger for 5-6 bux since is so gooooooddd.
Nobody mentioned this and i am not positive but the fries are suppose to be cooked in the same oil the original McDonald’s fries were.