Five Guys is the epitome of "lean." All they serve is burgers, hot dogs, soft drinks, water and fries. No shakes. No pies. No chicken. Word of advice: never, EVER order a large fry (unless, of course, you want a big honking bag of fries) - a regular order will be more than sufficient.
~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@...> wrote: > > I've heard great things all around about Five Guys. I intend to get to the > one up in Roswell one day to try it out. > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > Don't know. I try to avoid McDonald's. For breakfast I like to go to real > > breakfast joints that serve pancakes and syrup on something other than > > plastic plates. When it comes to burger joints, I eschew most chains like > > that, and prefer to go to good mom-and-pop joints. Or if I do chains, I do > > those that actually take time to cook good burgers, provide real shakes, > > things like chili, onion rings, etc. Sorry to go on, but I'm a > > burger-and-shake lover. For chains in Atlanta, the best are Virginia-based > > Five Guys, Steak-and-Shake, LA-based Fat Burger, and Ted's Montana Grill. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@...> > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, July 1, 2010 3:37:48 PM > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's menu is getting leaner > > > > > > > > Keith, doesn't the Mickey D's on Peachtree across from Barnes & Noble > > already serve oatmeal? I seem to recall it on the menu last time I was > > there, last year. > > > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@...> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> I always referred to the Big N'Tasty as the "Big N'asty" burger. I am > >> shocked, shocked I tell you, to find out that the Big N'asty burger was > >> supposed to be McDonald's answer to Burger King's Whopper. > >> > >> ~rave? > >> > >> > >> http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-06-30/business/ct-biz-0701-mcdonalds-20100630_1_fruit-and-walnut-salad-mcdonald-menu > >> > >> McDonald's menu getting leaner > >> > >> Restaurant to add oatmeal breakfast, eliminate 3 low-selling items > >> > >> June 30, 2010|By Robert Channick > >> > >> The expansive McDonald's menu is undergoing a makeover. Out will be some > >> low sellers; in will be leaner breakfast fare. > >> > >> In a memo sent to franchisees, the Oak Brook-based chain signaled the > >> impending demise of the Big N' Tasty, Mac Snack Wraps and the fruit and > >> walnut salad, among other items. At the same time, McDonald's is gearing up > >> for a planned national rollout in January of an oatmeal breakfast, > >> currently > >> being test-marketed. > >> > >> The menu moves, particularly the new breakfast offering, could prove > >> healthy for customers' waistlines and McDonald's bottom line, according to > >> Morningstar restaurant analyst R.J. Hottovy. > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >
