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First off. I'm very dissapointed that In'n'Out Burger even came to my area. It's supposed to stay in Californina. Not Nevada. Anyway besides that, the real reason I'm posting, I'm sure you've all noticed (those of you who have been there) that on the inner ring of the bottom of their cups..has a bible verse. Does anyone know why? Maybe they're suggesting their food's immaculate? I dunno...

moonunit4eva, on Feb 6 2005, 03:55 PM, said:

Or perhaps the founder was a Christian. However, I've never heard of this place. I don't think we have them in Washington.

Just a creative way to witness I suppose.

*3T

Never heard of it. I live in the Philadelphia area though.

I'm in Colorado and I too have never heard of it.

I'm sure that the founders meant their name to apply to the customer's wait times, but I personally would have concerns about eating an "In'n'Out" Burger.

Before this topic, I don't think I'd ever heard of In'n'Out Burger...

Sundered Angel, on Feb 6 2005, 02:09 PM, said:

If they were creating a name based on customer wait times, it would be named "In'n'Stand Around for a While".

Swithich, on Feb 6 2005, 12:16 PM, said:

Quite right, they were founded by a Christian and must still be under Christian management - we had one about 10 minutes from our when we lived out in L.A. I'm surprised you're dissapointed to see them coming Mu - their food was great for being fast food.

Shrout1, on Feb 7 2005, 01:44 PM, said:

I think the word that you're looking for is "despite". Their food was great despite being fast food - I highly doubt any foodstuff is improved by fast food practises.

No - for being fast food, it was good. I.E. It was good fast food, as fast goes... I could say "Despite" but that' might be overstating things...

I'm not actually certain that it matters...

Sundered Angel, on Feb 7 2005, 12:17 PM, said:

I believe there certainly exist some top notch "fast food" joints around (two of which I frequent on a regular basis), but they are all independent restaurants. I will, however, agree with you that there is no food that is not destroyed by the meddling of a major fast food chain.

There was an In'n'Out Burger, although with a different logo than the ones I've seen in Arizona (likely a different bunch infringing on the copyrighted name, which is surprisingly common around here, even affecting Burger King a few years back) down here for about a month a couple years ago. I never went, nor did anyone else judging by how quick they closed up shop (although it may just have been due to legal pressure from the In'n'Out corporation, where ever it may be). The only notable thing about the situation was that they moved into a building formerly owned by a similarly named Pop'n'Taco franchise that met with roughly the same demise. Albuquerque apparently doesn't agree with joints with solitary nouns in their names. Chick-fil-a, on the other hand, has really taken off down here in the past couple years, demonstrating that vowels are evidently cool with the general public.

-Pufer

I agree the food is good for fast food. The only reason I'm not happy about it coming is because I considered it a special treat to be able to go whenever I went down to California. But now, it's just an everyday place. I don't have fast food very often, but now when I do, I have that as an option, which I don't like.

I'd never heard of In'in'Out Burger either. But, that's because I'm from good old Kansas. "It's as big as you think."

Anybody heard of Spangles? They make far better burgers than McDonalds, although their fries are a bit lacking...

I like In'N'Out, personally, and I'm glad it came here.

But it's too far away to go to on a regular basis.

I like it too..and their fries kick ass.

Meh, their fries are good if you're a good salter. They don't put much salt on them so you have to do it yourself.

You're talking about In'in'out Burger, right? Because if you aren't, you shall face the wet sock full of lime jello like Lektor has so many times.

The fries are the worst part of that joint.

Yes, but that doesn't really say anything.

I love thier fries because they aren't salty.

You people eat out waaaaaaay too much. I kinda disgusts me. If you eat out more than once or twice a week on a regular basis, there has to be somthing wrong. Plus thats just gross not to mention a huge waste of money. I don't care if its one of those "healthy" joints. You can get somthing better and cheaper if you made it at home...Jeez....this is just gross.

vecoriwen, on Feb 7 2005, 11:00 PM, said:

Nah. On weekdays I generally leave the house at 0715 and don't return home until 1830 to 1900 every night. I certainly don't make it home for lunch and often the last thing I'd want to do when I get home after a twelve hour day is to start cooking, so I end up eating out with great frequency (roughly seven to ten meals per week). I really don't have time to pack a lunch so I either go out and get a hot meal or work through lunch and eat a couple granola bars or a pudding cup at my desk (I think you can see which one I prefer). I get paid pretty well so money is no object (I can pay off a week's eating expenses simply by putting another couple hours in at the office, no biggie), but I can see where you could characterize it as a waste of money, I just define it as a waste of a couple hours worth of wasting time at the office.

Interestingly enough, in the great metropolitan centers of the world (and especially in Italy and Japan) it is not uncommon to find that most working city dwellers only eat one or two meals a week at home, eating out the rest of the time. It's really just a matter of where you place your priorities in life.

-Pufer

I see where you are coming from and I understand your situation. However I know people who just randomly decide to go our for food on a whim rather than wait another 5-10 minute to get something healthier and more cost effective at home. Maybe it was just the way I grew up (my family never went out for dinner much, unless it was a special occation, making going out to eat a special thing) or maybe its just my diet...I am a pesco vegitarian, meaning I don't eat any sort of land animal, however I do eat sea food. I also don't eat butter or sugar (its not that I won't eat them...I will if its in something somewhere else but I generally try to stay away from it. In fact you will find no butter or sugar in my house [aside from Splenda which is used sparingly]), and I don't drink soda (actually I only drink water). Anyhow...I just think that people tend to eat out way more than necessary.

Mackilroy, on Feb 8 2005, 03:04 AM, said:

He speaks the truth, the sock is nothing to be scoffed at.

With my work situation, it is very common to go long periods away from home, and long periods of not having a chance to eat. After a while, you learn to eat whatever and whenever you can, and I tell you, it's amazing what you'll eat when you're hungry. Now, we always try to eat as healthily as possible. Sandwichs, possibly crisps, some form of pastry maybe. But I do know people in the buisness who will always eat McDonalds and Burger King in this situation, and to be blunt, they're fat

Whilst I do admit to eating a McDonalds on occassion, they do fill a hole. There are times when you've been working since 4am for about 12 hours, and you just need something hot, filling and fast. And in this case, McDonalds fits the bill very nicely. I don't really have an issue with them myself, I admit it isn't healthy, but I always don't think it's the most disgusting thing ever...

In my college days I would eat out everyday. Be it from the chip shop, the bakers, McDonalds whatever, I had the money to do this, but I still consider it may have been a waste. I did used to treat myself to a 'Sainsburys Lunch' every week. Walk around Sainsburys, spend about £5 (it's amazing what you can get for £5 if you try hard enough) And atleast eat something that wasn't dripping in fat. The whole fat thing didn't seem to matter much, as I walked to and from college most of the time (a good 10 miles) so I'd burn it all off. Not to mention the fact that I would spend my lunch breaks walking around the local town (i didn't like my college very much, and didn't really socialise with the other students).

Now a days, when I'm not working, I'm usually at home, so I have the opurtunity to cook myself something. Which is great. but everynow and again, if I'm in the middle of something, I will go grab a take away sandwich or something. I restrict myself to one McDonalds/KFC/whatever a week. Most Sundays I will have take away chinese after church (there is a major lack of food joints open at midnight on a sunday) but apart from that, we will have a takeout on a rare occassion. My family, like vec's, never used to eat out or get take away. However as the amount of children my parents have has increased, so has the amount of time they have to cook, decreased. We get homecooked meals most nights, but there are some situations when you just can't be arsed.

So I have nothing against take away joints, I think they like everything in this life, come down to a case of moderation. Having the occassional meal there, once or twice a week can't hurt, but situations arise when you don't have much choice I guess...

-H