Sherman's Lagoon by Jim Toomey for May 22, 2024

Ah, a reference to good ol’ In-N-Out Burger.

I wonder what will be Hawthorne´s reaction once he discovers that new Krusty Krab place…

What’s “over-n-out burger”?

Kind of a sad truth there.

A trendy hot chicken chain recently opened a location near me. Lines are out the door. I’m guessing that in six months, they’ll be gone.

They are the best fast food burger around. Whenever Im on the west Coast I always get one.

In Austin Texas there’s a BBQ place called Franklin’s that consistently has a line of people, and the wait times can be around two to three hours.

Five Guys is still better. :)

Yes, originally a California “fast” food hamburger chain. Yes, cult following. When the first one opened here in Colorado there were people who waited 5-6 HOURS (!!!!) in line to get the double-double. Extra police had to be called in to handle the traffic.

I wonder what makes that burger so special.

At least it isn’t a Carl’s Jr., which is actually one of my least favorite restaurants.

I’ve eaten at a few of them in the LA area during various trips there over the years, and the burgers and fries are pretty good but not worthy of the level of devotion that they inspire among the devotees. (Does the sauce contain some sort of addictive ingredient?) The best burgers that I remember from LA were the ones from Tommy’s, the drive-in in Eagle Rock, but I haven’t been to that establishment in 50 years so I really don’t know what’s the best place for burgers in SoCal these days.

When an INO opened, here, between two other longtime locations, we noted the HIGHLY aggressive traffic it generated, blocks away, as people jockeyed to get ahead of ANYONE to the line…

Over-an-out burger! With jalapenos.

Whataburger…

Home of the famous Nothing Burger.

my same opinion for Whataburger. Not the worst but not worth going out of my way. We have a place about 12 minutes north of me called Webers. In summer the highway is jammed with citiots trying to pull off from the left lane. the province forced them to realign their entrance and exits for safety sake. Had one 15 years ago. Not worth the effort.

Shake Shack anybody?

When Krispie Kreme first opened a franchise in San Diego, there were lines several blocks long. The news interviewed the mom-and-pop donut place like YumYum donuts and asked if KK was hurting their business. They said, “Actually business is UP 60%.” People remembered donuts and that they are way tastier than the more trendy bagels, but didn’t want to wait in the KK lines, to went to other donut shops!