One of the very few things I miss about living on the West Coast was In-n-Out. My condolences to the family.
Posted on 08/06/2006 11:47:56 AM PDT by paulat
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I had my first one a couple weeks ago in Marin County, and it was delicious!
The family is fighting her as she wants to cut corners. Supposedly it would no longer be a "made to order" burger which no other fast food burger resto does now.
In-N-Out without the real lettuce, the real tomato, the real peeled potatoes is not the same.
I fear for In-N-Out.
Yup, without the fresh ingredients and it being "made to order", it just wouldn't be In-N-Out.
La Puente?? I grew up in Rowland Heights and must have moved before they built them so close.
I haven't had an In-N-Out burger in 15 years. It's about the only thing I miss from California.
Please God, they will start with Kentucky.
:::Sigh::: Well, if they're going to ruin it, I guess I'd rather not have them expand. But it IS a huge sacrifice for me to say that.
I know the feeling. I made my personal In-N-Out Burger discovery when I was in the Army and stationed in CA. Every day of the last week I was there, I ate a double-double for both lunch and dinner. I knew I was gonna miss that place. That was '95, to this day, I've never had any other burger that even comes close to being so good.
Lumping the double-double into the same category as a big mac just doesn't seem right.
Good gawd! I never new I could have been order a 4X4 instead of a double double!
Interested in splitting the gas/driving? We could leave on Friday evening and make it back in plenty of time for work on Monday. :)
IIRC, when actress Penelope Cruz was asked what she had to eat before
The Academy Awards a few years ago, she said "In-And-Out Burger; Double-Double."
Good enough for Ms. Cruz, good enough for me!
I see no reason it would be impossible to expand the chain greatly while still maintaining the quality.
But they would have to maintain private ownership while opening additional packing plants, keep the high comparative wages for employees, and all the other things that allowed them to build to where they are today. IMHO, this just isn't possible in a standard fast food franchise setup.
However, whoever owns the company could make a lot of money very quickly by going public, franchising and letting the quality go to hell. Here's hoping whoever is in control isn't thinking only about dollars in their pocket.
This is, BTW, one of the drawbacks of capitalism. Somebody can almost always make a lot of money by cheapening a superior product. It takes the market a while to catch on and during the lag you can get very, very rich.
The young heir, a girl that appears to be in her 20s, has the idea to expand. I hope there is a lot of thought before eroding their quality.
One of the very few things I miss about living on the West Coast was In-n-Out. My condolences to the family.
As I recall they had like John 3:16 stamped on the bottom of thier drink glasses. RIP Mrs Snyder
I grew up in a neighborhood about mid-way between the Baldwin Park and La Puente locations. Almost everytime we visit the west we make a pilgrimage to In-and-Out. Not only is it the best fast food burger, it's very reasonably priced and a great value.
A moment of silence for the founder of In-N-Out Burger. I might need to get a Double Double next Thursday.
LOL! Never had an In-N-Out Burger. The most "exotic" thing I've ever eaten was a burger from Jack in the Box.
Well, waint a minute. I did get someone's hard contact lens in a taco from Taco Bell once. Now THAT was fun, though I never did parlay that into my fortune...
As usual, I prefer to eat at home. :)
Ah! But I have a copycat recipe of the Double Double. If you made it and it was a little off you would never know. But it would still taste good. ;-)
That's what worries me. :(
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