In & Out Burger
February 5, 2005 by Feisty Foodie
Filed under American, Burgers, By Name, Cheap Eats, Fast Food, Restaurants
Locations (mostly California)
sampled in February 2005
After hearing all the hype constantly about In-n-Out burger, how “there’s nothing that compares in NYC! In-n-Out rocks!” and how people crave it when they’re over here on the East Coast, I had to get my butt to a location when I found myself in the San Jose/San Francisco area last. I can’t tell you which location this was exactly except it was in San Jose and the drive through line when we got there around 7 or 8 pm was crazy long (I took a picture of that, too, but it’s not that interesting. Really.).
Earlier in the day, Craig had gone to InO with his coworkers for lunch, gotten a single, and consequently been really disappointed after all the hype. When he’d heard that I was disappointed that apparently, I would not be trying InO on this visit, he agreed to go again (he didn’t know that I wanted to try it); also so that he could give it another try to see what the hell the big deal was.
One of InO’s “things”/gimmicks/bonus points? is that nothing is frozen, ever. The fries? Never been frozen. The burgers? Nope, all fresh or something and made on premises I think. Pretty weird.
The fries sucked. They were really dry and starchy- did they not rinse them enough? This time one of us got the double and I don’t know who it was. Whatever. The burgers were aiight, but not particularly special. I was like, whatever, about the whole thing; after all the hype, it was disappointing.
Yvo says: I guess if you’re driving by one you should try it just to see what the hype is, but I wouldn’t go back of my own volition- like if someone said, “I really want InO!” I’d be like, ok. But otherwise, no thanks. I’ll stick to Shake Shack in NYC (review to come… after I get pictures) for the best burgers in the universe along with amazing fries. And good drinks. And… rats in the bushes. Hahahahah.
