Comments on: Five Guys Beats Out Burger Joint in Blind Test

By: deanlo

deanlo — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:05:32 +0000

had the burger at shake shack. i taste the difference but don’t understand the hype. it’s not notably different.

had a regular five guys today in brooklyn heights. dropped a crapload of dough (~$19) for a bacon cheeseburger, a little hamburger, large fries and a large drink (splitting the meal). Stupid me for getting the large drink because there were free refills.

the burger was cash. pure, unadulterated, sexy poledancer’s-g-string sweat-laced cash. and the beef had a really clean taste. fries were good but when i checked the calories… 1400! for fries! good thing i was splitting it. malt vinegar as an option = love it.

BC burger was 900+ calories. i’m not gonna count the drinks. the shame is slowly sinking into realization.

By: Doris La Frieda Patti

Doris La Frieda Patti — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:56:22 +0000

So glad to hear of my cousins successful business. Reading about its early beginnings I want to comment that the business was not started in 1922. It was started by my father Louis La Frieda in the late 1940’s or early 50’s. I worked close by from his business and often had lunch with him at the Old Homestead Steak House and that was in 1954. Louis passed the business onto his brother Pat La Frieda when he retired and moved to Florida. These are the facts.

By: MeatMaven

MeatMaven — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:07:25 +0000

I have been following Josh Ozersky’s rantings for some time, and I can tell you this. He is clearly a shill for Pat LaFrieda meats. Notice how any of his heavy hitter LaFrieda users(shake shack is one of them) were conveniently left out of his so called blind tatsing. And why? So there was no chance they would perform poorly. That is why crappy city burger was left out. They are a shrine to LaFrieda. And Mark Pastore, one of the owners of LaFrieda, happens to be Josh’s best friend. You do the math people. Can you really listen to a word this unethical blowhard has to say about burgers in this town?

By: wayne

wayne — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:25:14 +0000

These 5?

1. Doc Chuck
2. Peter Lusk
3. Steve The Whore
4. Gay Superman
and
5. the guy that dumped in Schnipper’s sloppy joe

By: Rudy McBagel

Rudy McBagel — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:54:09 +0000

Anastasia or Mamacita……have you ever shared 5 guys?

By: flatrock

flatrock — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:35:24 +0000

Don’t get the hype over 5 guys. I tried it for the third time last week and each time I was pretty disappointed, I like the burgers at Petey’s in Astoria better (I live in Astoria and Petey’s delivers… how great is burger delivery!). I find 5 guys to be kind of bland meat on a boring bun that is always feels like it has been thrown together too quickly even though I waited a long time. The fries are excellent though.

By: allcarvedup

allcarvedup — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:26:04 +0000

what I find hilarious is actually putting “good burger” and “NYC” in the same sentence. Still rather un-enthused with the offerings here. (and fancy bread does not make up for a tasteless hunk of meat…as much as i love brioche and Chala).

So, I am off to Dumont Burger, not because it is great (because it really isn’t) but because it is center to my buddies and i don’t “mind” their burgers.

By: boomshanka

boomshanka — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:14:48 +0000

Veselka is No. 1? I remember Josh has rated it best at an earlier time, but can’t agree with him at all. In fact, I don’t trust his judgment. Veselka’s burger is BIG (matching his ever expanding waistline) but it’s a frozen patty and tastes like it.

Five Guys is tasty with a great topping selection, but a cheeseburger and fries is just outside of your midtown lunch guidelines, Zach. Comes out to about $11 with tax.

By: enrique

enrique — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:23:13 +0000

If you truly blindfolded yourself I think you might find 5 guys burgers to be the “beefier” tasting burgers of the group. Burger joint while good is over-priced. Shake shack is also over-hyped. Some people may think having a big-name chef, or a location in a fancy hotel should make the burger better, but it doesn’t.
I think we have to start distinguishing between “fat pub style burgers and “itty-bitty drive-in movie/ california drive up burgers”. I find the drive-in style burgers to be too small (another reason the 5 guys double patty is a good thing).
As a side note NO burger joint comes close to 5 guys fries.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:04:47 +0000

Had Five Guys last week, was surprised at how good it was. In the arena with Burger Joint but not as good. The service was something else. If these people were going any slower they’d be moving backwards. Also got the impression it wasn’t too clean