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In-N-Out is Overrated

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HypeBeast
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TRIGGER WARNING!

Seriously if y'all think this is a great burger joint...lol you haven't lived. Burgers average- 5/10. Fries basically bland cardboard- 1/10.

Why tf is there such a cult following of this freaking place? It's nothing special at all. It is beyond overrated.
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hdubs
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As a born-and-raised Californian, I completely agree with this. Nothing about the food is good at all whatsoever. Even the milkshakes taste like shit and those are supposed to be milk and ice cream. Fuck In-N-Out, Five Guys is way better.
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SlitherySnake
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I mean it's a pretty decent burger for the price, but I will agree that five guys is better. however, five guys is a LOT more expensive depending on what you order. Also I just really like animal style for some reason. And tip with the fries, order them extra crispy and the taste is like 100x better than the normal packing peanuts
4 years ago
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TheMoostafian
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Dicks is way better.
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stinky_cheese
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Are the fries basically glorified veggie straws? yes. are they still delicious? also yes.

idk man, when it comes to a cheap, quality burger, in-n-out is hard to beat. Yeah yeah there's 5 guys, shake shack, etc. but all those places are like three times more expensive.

I grew up in a place with in-n-out, then moved to seattle (no in-n-out) and people totally hate on it. Definitely seems like the hate is born out of jealousy.
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BrandoComando
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A huuuuuuge component to in n out is price. Yes, 5 guys is better. But I can get a shake, fries, and double-double for less than a burger at 5 guys. In n out competes with McDonald’s and that’s where it shines
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profa_212
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In n out is trash


All about that culver's game. Curds for life
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Non_State_Actor
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Did you not get animal fry OP?

Quality to cost ratio is fantastic but there are lots of great burgers out there. No need to hate.
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Danke
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could not agree more
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p3cific
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this aggression will not stand, man

in-n-out 4 eva
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TheHamburglar
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faatas

this aggression will not stand, man

in-n-out 4 eva


Obviously he's not a golfer
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armchair_skier
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this thread made me want 5 guys he he :)
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BedBugDoug
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4.50 for a double double with bacon, sauteed mushrooms onions. I like it. Five guys is better but I'll just go to whichever is closer. The hype about innout is way overblown but still dank
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.nasty
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It's about the price. A decent and freshly made burger with fries for 5 bucks? Sign me up.


No sense in arguing who has the best burger or that they don't, it's a burger, not an actual culinary masterpiece.
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theabortionator
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Meh it's decent. I would never wait in a big line there. I would only go if i was driving by felt like it and there was no line. I used to drive by the one in carson when going shopping. There was a wendys right next to the arco. The wendys had no line. The in n out was always fucked. I think i went to that in and out maybe 5 times in the 3 years I lived there.

Idk it's def not terrible, but anyone who waits in a long line there is cooked.
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50Kal
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Culver’s is the best fast food burger. Butter is in the name of the burger.
And those shakes.
Lit as fuck.
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r00kie
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whataburger is the most overrated. Take that Texas.
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CaptainObvious.
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theabortionatorMeh it's decent. I would never wait in a big line there. I would only go if i was driving by felt like it and there was no line. I used to drive by the one in carson when going shopping. There was a wendys right next to the arco. The wendys had no line. The in n out was always fucked. I think i went to that in and out maybe 5 times in the 3 years I lived there.

Idk it's def not terrible, but anyone who waits in a long line there is cooked.


Bruh you lived in Carson? Carson City? Or Carson, CA?
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theabortionator
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CaptainObvious.Bruh you lived in Carson? Carson City? Or Carson, CA?


Was talking about carson city. I lived in kings beach for a few years so it was only like 40 min.
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BrandoComando
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CaptainObvious.Bruh you lived in Carson? Carson City? Or Carson, CA?


Gotta be Carson City. Wendy's is right next door to that Arco
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OregonDead
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I haven't been since they opened here. Is there still a line? IDK but I have no need to go over there and find out. At first people were waiting for hours there was so much hype. I've had it a bunch in Cali and agree that it's just fast food. also my fries tasted weird like fish last time I had it in Sacramento
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theabortionator
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OregonDeadI haven't been since they opened here. Is there still a line? IDK but I have no need to go over there and find out. At first people were waiting for hours there was so much hype. I've had it a bunch in Cali and agree that it's just fast food. also my fries tasted weird like fish last time I had it in Sacramento


Yeah at most of them. I dont get it. Was just talking about it with a friend. Doesn't make sense to wait for anything like that in a big line.


Idk, some people have their heart set on a specific place and I don't get it. Maybe you want taco bell but there's a burger king or mcdicks with no line next to it. Idk, fuck waiting in a huge line for fast food though.

I get the novelty. If you've never been to one, go check it out enjoy. Beyond that though i dont get it.

Also agree Culvers is pretty solid. I think 5 guys is pretty good too just not that cheap but you get s shit ton if fries and the burgers are pretty big. At least you're full for 12 bucks or whatever.
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Bended_Toenail
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TheMoostafianDicks is way better.


/thread
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eheath
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In and out has the worst fries and don't even say "get them animal style" it's just soggy potatoes covered in thousand island.
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BrandoComando
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eheathIn and out has the worst fries and don't even say "get them animal style" it's just soggy potatoes covered in thousand island.


But I like soggy potatoes covered in thousand island
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eheath
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BrandoComandoBut I like soggy potatoes covered in thousand island


Everyone's got different taste, but if you set aside animal style, their fries are terrible.
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GayWolf420
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In N Out in park city would be a massive hit. Half the state of CA is already here anyways
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The.Fish
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When i visited LA two years ago, I was extremely underwhelmed. I'm from Cleveland, Ohio and we have this local chain called Swensons. It is cheaper and one best burger in the country one year. Their milkshakes also slap harder than in and out
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SuspiciousFish
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DeebieSkeebiesIn N Out in park city would be a massive hit. Half the state of CA is already here anyways


I remember when they put one in American Fork and there was always a line of cars.

Habit Burger is way better IMO.
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GayWolf420
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SuspiciousFishI remember when they put one in American Fork and there was always a line of cars.

Habit Burger is way better IMO.


Habit, Crown/Astro, Hires Big H, all surpass Inn n out in every way. I feel that too.
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stinky_cheese
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DeebieSkeebiesIn N Out in park city would be a massive hit. Half the state of CA is already here anyways


yeah so true. Also utah is just like mega-tryna be like california
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eheath
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stinky_peteyeah so true. Also utah is just like mega-tryna be like california


basically any city within a day's drive from CA has been getting overrun with people from cali, people go in, people go out. Portland has seen a huge increase in population from california, its basically everywhere.
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snowmosexual
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Gotta compare apples to apples, In n out is at the same price range as burger king and mcdonalds
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SuspiciousFish
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stinky_peteyeah so true. Also utah is just like mega-tryna be like california


I know, they fucked over the sweet shooting area West of Utah lake because some asswipe lied and said his garage got hit by a bullet even though he lived 2 miles away and behind a hill.
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Price_Police
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People in Colorado waited 14 HOURS in line for in n out when it opened.
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BrandoComando
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Tell me if anyone else had an experience like this.

I grew up in the northern CA valley with absolutely nothing to do in my hometown. Like most high schoolers, I was broke and needed something to do with my friends. We'd pile into a car and go get in-n-out cuz it's cheap, cute girls at our hs worked there, and it waiting in line was just something to do. It was one of the only spots open late and Ellery would give me free fries. Pretty killer when you're 15. I got hella nostalgia and good memories for that place.

These days I wouldn't wait around in line for it, but I see lots of high schoolers in line whenever I drive past. It's got a cool local vibe that other chains just don't have.

I got buddies in Atlanta who would kill for Chik-fil-a because it's so ingrained in the culture down there. The lines are outrageous out here at CFA on the west coast. It's good, but I'd rather get Popeyes because I don't have that same nostalgia for Chik-fil-a.

I think it's pretty rare when a local chain actually lives up to the hype once it starts expanding nationally. Shake Shack is the only one I can think of
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_Jeffrey_
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fuck off lol
4 years ago
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_Jeffrey_
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r00kiewhataburger is the most overrated. Take that Texas.


went to a whataburger in Arizona it was god awful
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.nasty
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Price_PolicePeople in Colorado waited 14 HOURS in line for in n out when it opened.


Today I happened to be in the area and waited only 20 minutes walking inside. The lady directing people said the drive-thru was almost an hour. Lazy people be lazy I suppose...
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SuspiciousFish
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I do have to say my family is addicted to Raising Canes. That stuff is like a drug.
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jblaski
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Profahoben_212In n out is trash


All about that culver's game. Curds for life


Only acceptable answer right here.
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hdubs
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BrandoComandoTell me if anyone else had an experience like this.

I grew up in the northern CA valley with absolutely nothing to do in my hometown. Like most high schoolers, I was broke and needed something to do with my friends. We'd pile into a car and go get in-n-out cuz it's cheap, cute girls at our hs worked there, and it waiting in line was just something to do. It was one of the only spots open late and Ellery would give me free fries. Pretty killer when you're 15. I got hella nostalgia and good memories for that place.

These days I wouldn't wait around in line for it, but I see lots of high schoolers in line whenever I drive past. It's got a cool local vibe that other chains just don't have.

I got buddies in Atlanta who would kill for Chik-fil-a because it's so ingrained in the culture down there. The lines are outrageous out here at CFA on the west coast. It's good, but I'd rather get Popeyes because I don't have that same nostalgia for Chik-fil-a.

I think it's pretty rare when a local chain actually lives up to the hype once it starts expanding nationally. Shake Shack is the only one I can think of

Yeah I grew up in almost the exact same situation, except I'm in the north bay and my town is probably a bit bigger than yours was. I definitely don't have that same experience with In-N-Out that you had tho, but I know a lot of people that either feel the same way or still love their burgers. I also find that both in-n-out and cfa have long lines all the time, but the cfa line takes a quarter of the time as that at in-n-out.
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Non_State_Actor
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eheathbasically any city within a day's drive from CA has been getting overrun with people from cali, people go in, people go out. Portland has seen a huge increase in population from california, its basically everywhere.


And yet 2020 was the first year in which the population actually declined in California and then only by a modest 0.18%

Still felt full last time I was there.
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CaptainObvious.
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BrandoComandoGotta be Carson City. Wendy's is right next door to that Arco


It’s so foreign to hear anyone talk about Carson. I grew up there
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HypeBeast
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Profahoben_212In n out is trash


All about that culver's game. Curds for life

A&W has the best cheese curds outside the state of Wisconsin hands down. Culver's are OK but A&W takes the cake mane. Imma fight you.
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I wonder if 5 Guys has bad consistency from place to place. I know people that hate it and I've definitely had varying quality between places. Their fries are dope tho.
eheathIn and out has the worst fries and don't even say "get them animal style" it's just soggy potatoes covered in thousand island.

Lmao I came to say this. Basically American poutine. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks the fries are ass.
SuspiciousFishI do have to say my family is addicted to Raising Canes. That stuff is like a drug.

Canes is some pretty good drunk food. Sober...not so much.
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SlitherySnake
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Rotten_TrumpkinsLmao I came to say this. Basically American poutine. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks the fries are ass.

BROOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSS I LOVE POUTINE.
(not crappy in-n-out "poutine" tho)
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theabortionator
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Price_PolicePeople in Colorado waited 14 HOURS in line for in n out when it opened.


People camped in the parking lot of chik fil a just because they went down with the gays. People love flocking to mediocre fast food joints.
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*ninja*
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in n out is literally a 6.5/10, I'd rather go to a random burger place. price and service is good/fast
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profa_212
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Rotten_TrumpkinsA&W has the best cheese curds outside the state of Wisconsin hands down. Culver's are OK but A&W takes the cake mane. Imma fight you.


Ehhhh. I've hated a&w for a long time. Not my thing at all. Never liked their curds either
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HypeBeast
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Profahoben_212Ehhhh. I've hated a&w for a long time. Not my thing at all. Never liked their curds either


You take that back! You take that back right now!
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