"You better watch where you go and remember where you been…read moreThat's the way I see it I'm a Simple Man".
(Charlie Daniels)
We overlook them sometimes, take them for granted, and don't even think twice when they cross our path. So let's reflect for a short time on the simple pleasures of life.
Like a really, really, really good hamburger. Truthfully, I don't eat hamburgers a lot, except for the occasional turkey burger. But I had a real deal beef hamburger last night and it was absolutely wonderful !!
The dining room was pretty crowded and we saw a lot of families with young kiddies there -no doubt the result of their menu (burgers, dogs, fries and shakes), free peanuts, and family friendly pricing structure.
If you want a hamburger at Five Guys, be aware that you have a lot of hamburgers to choose from. Their menu boasts a Hamburger, Cheeseburger, Bacon Burger, Bacon Cheeseburger, Little Hamburger, Little Cheeseburger, Little Bacon Burger, or Little Bacon Cheeseburger.
Both of us went for the Little Hamburger, but if you think it was a teeny tiny White Castle sized of a slider, you'd be wrong.
At $6.39 it was a pretty good-sized burger and tasted great - fresh and juicy and just freaking perfect! A cool thing about Five Guys is that you can pile on a ton of free toppings, like Mayo, Lettuce, Pickles, Tomatoes, Grilled Onions, Grilled Mushrooms, Ketchup, Mustard, Relish, Onions, Jalapeño Peppers, Green Peppers, Bar-B-Que Sauce, Hot Sauce, and A1 Sauce.
We split a small order of their store made fresh cut fries for $4.19 and neither of us felt cheated, their small order is very generous.
They have one of those fancy Coke freestyle machines which are always fun to play with, but $2.49 for a Coke Zero Vanilla gave me buyer's remorse.
Just a few improvement opportunities we noticed - my wife's burger wasn't what she ordered, apparently her custom burger was tossed into someone else's bag, and when she unwrapped hers the mistake was discovered. They replaced it with no questions asked and said we could keep the one given to us in error. In a high-volume place like this, accidents definitely will happen and it was nice to see how painlessly they addressed it.
I really liked the music on their sound system, but OMG was it loud - much too loud. Tone it down a few cranks, please?
Anyway, we had a very pleasant experience at Five Guys. All Hail those Simple Pleasures !!