Finally ate at Five Guys, an East Coast burger chain expanding over to the West Coast. My brother and our friend Mike, the closest people I know to being burger cognoscenti, think it’s the best burgers around. Even better than In-N-Out. Well that’s something I have to try.

I got a hamburger with lettuce, tomato, grilled onions, mayo, and ketchup. Basically this is a burger that is most comparable to a Famous Star with no cheese at Carl’s Jr. However, the grill onions aren’t the same as the onions on the Famous Star, and the Five Guys standard burger has 2 meat patties. I have to say, the burger is good. The taste is subtle. They cook their meat patties in peanut oil, that’s the main difference. The beef seem to be of a higher quality, so I’ve been told that they aren’t cookie cutter frozen burger patties.

The best double cheeseburger I ever had was in the cafeteria of Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach. Tasting my brother’s Five Guys cheeseburger gave a similar flavor. It’s all about the peanut oil.

What hurts Five Guys though, is they have no special sauce. Yes, you can elect to put BBQ sauce or steak sauce on your burger, but they have no Five Guys sauce. They probably didn’t put enough ketchup and mayonnaise on mine to compensate for the lack of a special sauce. Thus, it is not fair to compare Five Guys to In-N-Out. Apples and oranges. I mean, who would get an In-N-Out burger without the spread? That’s like playing Mario Kart without the special item boxes.

All in all though, a good burger, even if a little bit pricier than normal fast food.

Sorry I don’t have any pictures, I ate it before I had any thoughts of writing this.