Lidle knew how to eat

I wouldn't quite go there... for those of you who don't have Hardee's, Thickburgers are DAMN good... but In-N-Out is damn tasty itself. I rarely get to the West Coast, so I don't eat it often enough.

 

That's a tasty burger!

 

For our midwestern brothers and sisters, Culvers would be a close comparison. If In-n-Out is a 10, Culvers may check in at 8.5 ...

 

I go to California about three times a year and always eat it at least once when I'm out there.

Oh man it's delicious. I am aroused just thinking of it.

 

That's a bold statement. Because Thickburgers are damned good. Unfortunately, I don't see myself making a trek to Cali anytime soon.

 

He tied a rope to one in Southern California, then pulled it to Alabama with his teeth. Got there in five hours flat.

Haven't been within a thousand miles of an In-and-Out, but I know the Mid-Atlantic burger winner is Five Guys, without a doubt. There's a Fatburger near where my mom lives, but I've yet to try it.

 

that's pretty cool that they did this for lidle.

as for in-n-out, i always held it in high regard but then i asked my brother (who lives on the west coast) and he said that although they are terrific, that standard is only relative to other fast food burgers. so for someone like me, who has eaten exactly two fast food hamburgers (when i was covering a story in the middle of nowhere waiting to find out what happened in a house that had burned down with six people inside) in the last eight years, they would be nothing special. but if you eat fast food burgers, then almost no one disputes that in-n-out is the way to go.

 

I am probably the biggest East Coast bias person ("Youse guys on da left coast dun know nuttin about good pizza or real food") who currently lives west of the Mississippi, but In and Out is outstanding. Not only great hamburgers but outstanding milk shakes. All fresh stuff.

In and Out is a great thing about southern California. Cue the music

"In and Out...In and Out... that's what a hamburger's all about"

 

That's actually an excellent point. If you are doing fast food, In-n-out (or Tommy's, my co-favorite) are the way to go. There's just absolutely no reason to ever go to a Burger King or McDonalds in southern California.

But the best burgers in LA, IMO, are at Apple Pan or Cassells, which are sit-down (or counter) restaurants. In-n-Out, as good as it is for fast food, doesn't measure up to an Apple Pan hickory burger.

 

poindexter... good point, but Apple Pan really isn't fast food in the same sense. For our friends on the East Coast, it would be more like a diner which had good hamburgers.

I have to drive 65 miles to get to Apple Pan, and you usually have wait for a seat. And if you have four people together, ooohhh boy.