Food Review-Five Guys Burgers & Fries

Greetings,

I thought I'd start to incorporate food reviews into this blog to balance out the cooking...or on some occasions-replace the cooking.

The first one shall be a relatively new place for my neighborhood-Five Guys Burgers & Fries.

I ordered:
Bacon Cheese burger w/barbecue sauce $6.29
Regular Fry $2.59
Large Drinks $2.19
My total was $12.14

Portion size- Massive. When I saw my total I thought "This is going to be good...or just huge." The regular fry was beyond what i expected. It filled the bulk of a dinner plate. I know I won't be able to finish these fries. The burger is actually a double burger with twice the bacon & twice the cheese. It's also quite large. The large drink is typical size-32oz.

Taste-I'm a fan of the burger. It's much more like a burger I'd make at home than normal fast food burger. The main difference is that I put more barbecue sauce on my homemade ones. Not a big deal. The fries? I'm not a fan of. They're OK, but I prefer even McDonald's fries over these. The last time I ate fries that tasted/seemed like these (Al's Beef in Evanston), my IBS flared up that evening/weekend. So I'm making a point of staying in the rest of the day. I don't take chances anymore.

Quality-it seems nice. The fries I'm not a fan of like I said. I prefer steak fries or fries more like the kind you get at McDonald's.

The price-it seems quite high, especially in my neighborhood. You could get a large double quarter pounder meal for about half of what this meal costs. I make all these McDonald's references between about half a block north of the Five Guys there is one. The burger is good though. I'd think it'd be even better for a buck less.

Location-this one is in a nice part of the neighborhood. It's located near the Loyola Red Line station, across from one of the Loyola University dorms, in the ground floor of an apartment complex. It's a very college-y area. That's part of what drew me up to this area-it reminds me of my hometown. Inside, the music is pretty loud...to the point where it's a struggle to hear the people calling the order numbers.

Overall/comments-It's a very good fast food burger. It would even beat many casual dining place's burgers. Next time I'm going to order a a "Little" burger and skip the fries entirely. Surprising enough, I didn't end up finishing the fries. I finished the burger and ate 1/2-3/4 the fries. I'm full...to the point where I feel like laying down or just watching a movie or TV for awhile. Disgustingly awesome.