Showing posts with label Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Five Guys Burgers And Fries

In the past year, I feel like I've noticed Five Guys Burgers and Fries popping up all over MA. After a long day of running errands last weekend and realizing that our favorite Thai restaurant was closed, Andrew and I decided to check out their Dedham location.

First thing I liked about the place that it had a straightforward menu that focused simply on types of burgers, hotdogs and fries, along with a wide variety of toppings.

Second thing that Andrew and I both liked were the free peanuts to snack on while you waited for your order to be cooked:

Andrew went with a regular sized bacon cheeseburger - while he's happy to have received the burger in the picture, his final verdict was that it was a bit too greasy:


















As for me, I went with the little bacon cheeseburger. The patty was roughly the same size as a McDonald's patty, which I actually like since I don't like a huge amount of meat (yes, I know I'm weird like that). The patty seemed hand-shaped, and while I appreciate the effort that went into it, I didn't feel like the burger was anything special:




The fries were the biggest disappointment. They come in two flavors, so Andrew went with the regular and I went with the Cajun flavor.

For seasoned fries, I could barely taste the seasoning. Plus, they were a bit too thick and non-crunchy for my tastes. On the plus side, the regular size of fries came with enough to share with another person. Literally, Andrew and I didn't finish our orders of fries, which has never happened before. Also, I liked the fact that they had malt vinegar in bottles available to use at your table for a dipping sauce for the fries.

Overall, while I can appreciate what they were trying to do with the place (fast food joint that tries to be a cut above with fresh ground beef for their burgers and a board that lists the farm in the US that provides the potatoes for their fries), I just wasn't a big fan of what I ended up eating.