Oh terrific! I will FINALLY get to try In and Out.
Here I was regretting not getting off the 405 coming back to Torrance from Long Beach (on the way down too much traffic - the delay would have cost me too much time). In ....... 1996.
Then, didn’t think about it coming back. (smacks forehead)
Don’t build it up in your mind too much!
Best things about in n out, the only fast food burger I will/can eat:
The food is straightforward without msg and other fake flavorings (which is why I can’t even eat a fry at some of the other places, I react to msg). And In n Out, the food tastes like beef, or potatoes! You can see them peeling and slicing the actual potato and frying it. The shake is real ice cream.
They have cool combos not on the menu. (Lemon up- lemonade+sprite; animal style means covered with more sauce; protein style means lettuce wrap instead of bun)
The people who work there are always competent and friendly. They get the order right 99% of the time. Carl’s Jr. and McD’s are doing very poorly with my son’s plain hamburger - they get it wrong 200% of the time lately (meaning the second time, it is also wrong, possibly a language barrier, but I say ONLY THE MEAT AND THE BUN and it just isn’t working).
Simple and clean and friendly and good.
It’s damn good. Not orgasmic good but really, really good. To me, probably the closest to it here in L.A. imho, is Tommy’s (the original 80 year old location at Rampart). Just like In N out, parking is horrible but you can catch a space if you are there around 3 pm.