Five Guys Burgers and Fries - Invitation Only Opening 1/8/12

     I'm writing in red because for the next forever I'll be seeing red and white checks all over the place. ..and that's ok.


     By special invitation only (or just by walking in, if you were so lucky) I had a free dinner at the newest Five Guys restaurant this evening. My son Quintyn is a grill cook there and he had two menus/invitations to give away to a lucky friend or mommy. I am the lucky mommy. Yay me.


     I'd never heard of Five Guys before seeing the sign and construction crews a few doors down from where I get my hair cut, but people at the office were very excited to hear the news of the new restaurant coming in. Apparently they're big in Florida and I was told the fries are to die for.


     They've completely renovated half the space Blockbuster had used and have made themselves quite comfortable in their set up to deliver some fairly decent food. The red and white makes a person forget the awesome blue and yellow of Blockbuster and the free peanuts and music while you wait for the food to be freshly cooked make a person really not mind the wait.


    The best part about being invited to a mock opening is that the food is free....FREE - although they did have a tip jar that was fairly full at the end of the hour. And a great thing about this free food is that it was good....GOOD, GREAT...ABUNDANT...I had a cheese dog and regular fries. I'd heard the portions for fries were large so I had the smaller one and it was still a lot for me. (when fries are a lot for fattymcfatty me, you know it's a lot - I LOVE FRIES).

I dumped the fries in the bag for easier dunking and the hot dog was split down the middle. I love that!


     The main thing you have to know is that all the ingredients are fresh. There's not a freezer holding fake patties or stringed out french fries. They cut the potatoes, pat out the burgers and cut up the fixin's onsite. Your burger doesn't start grilling until the cashier has hollered the order back to the cook. It ain't McDonalds but it's almost like home - you know, if your home wasn't my home because I tended to buy the frozen stuff. So glad someone is teaching my kid how to cook for real.

 Quintyn came out to talk to me for a few minutes. I told him he needs to smile. He said "Like this"? and I took a picture. No, not like that.

 Quintyn helping me eat my fries.

 I sat in the way back so I could get some good pictures of the whole place.

     Pricing includes freshness, toppings, awesome attitude and probably a little sharing. So, if you get the craving for a honking burger and some tasty fries head over to Five Guys. They'll fix you up good.

Five Guys

Burgers and Fries

580 Shelburne Rd

S Burlington, VT

802-862-7575

www.fiveguys.com

My invitation/menu. The official menus don't have the "relax & unwind" stamps in the top right hand corner.

    OH! and Oh My Gosh! Second to the fries as the best part:

Pibb. I love Pibb and other than Longhorn in Williston I haven't seen it anywhere else around here.

**this is not a paid endorsement or pathetic shout out to the management to keep my kid working. the fries got me wired and I needed to blog out the extra energy**