In-N-Out Burger

Newbury Park, CA -- In-N-Out Burger is a West Coast exclusive fast food joint and the East Coast is definitely missing out. Their success has much to do with this exclusiveness (they are non-franchised) and the way they keep the menu very simple (hamburger, cheeseburger, double cheeseburger, and fries). They serve Coca Cola drinks and have very delicious milk shakes (strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate). Well, I guess the menu isn't that simple because they also have a "secret menu" for the experienced In-N-Out customers.

Basically, you can order your burger or fries in a number different ways...

2x4 Burger (2 patties 4 slices of cheese)
Extra Toast (buns are toasted)
3 By Meat (3 patties no cheese)
Flying Dutchman (2 beef patties 2 slices of cheese nothing else)
Animal Style (patties are grilled with mustard or "mustard fried" extra pickles grilled onions lettuce and tomatoes) - HELL. YEAH!
Grilled Cheese (Cheese without the burger)
Protein Style Burger (burger without the bun, wrapped with lettuce) - Gross.
Veggie Burger (Bun, veggies, no patty) - Don't ever go to a restaurant and order something like this.
Cheese Fries (Don't need to splain)
Animal Style Fries (secret sawce, fried onions, cheese) - HELL. YEAH!
Fries "Light" (Decreased cooking time for softer fries)
Fries "Well" (Increased cooking time for crispier fries)
Fries "Very Well" (Very crispy) - Why?!?

Put that East Coast/West Coast beef aside for a moment and go try the beef at In-N-Out Burger!

Overall Grade:

B (Louie) - I hesitate to give this an "A" because it's a grimy fast food restaurant and it doesn't even come close to Popeye's. In my 4-5 visits to In-N-Out Burger, I have gotten the regular cheeseburger or animal style burger and animal style fries. You gotta go animal style! Also, these burgers aren't the best burgers you will ever have but they are very good for a fast food burger. I'm just gonna go ahead and say that they are the best burgers you can get at a fast food joint. Also, make sure you get a milk shake if you go because they are sooo good.

B (Steph) - I'm not a burger super fan (woo hot dogs!), but their burgers are definitely better than the other chains (McDonald's, Burger King, etc.). In my opinion, the animal style for the fries was "too chunky" and they are better without the sawce. The milk shake is very good but extremely thick (like Rick Ro$$'s beard).