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BurgerFi - pandering?
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My favourite so far I've found in travelling (and obviously the best will be in the US) is the In&Out Burger. I think it's divine.
But I'm anxious to try this new place out in Tampa this Saturday for lunch (if anyone lives around there, I should be there around noon, I'm the guy with the really cute five-year old girl).
But the main reason I'm writing is because, like a guy who's watched too much Seinfeld and Curb, I can't get past something that's bothering me that shouldn't bother me. The name. I look at that name and the ONLY thing I can think of is that it's a broad pander to pro-military potential customers. And let's face it, everyone in the States supports their military, and they should. But fo rme it really looks like this massive pander and for some reason that bothers me. I'm getting way too cynical probably....
Anyone know the origin of the name? Or at least tell me if the burgers are worth the trip
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We have one here, it's pretty crap. Granted, we get the veggie burger but it was garbage and the fries/onion rings were garbage too. So if that's any barometer of quality, I dunno...but we haven't gone back.
Grub Burger Bar, now that one is really good but I don't know how many stores they have or if they're in Tampa.
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Did you see they have a Conflicted Burger? Half vege, half meat. Kind of funny. Who would order that though? I told the person that recommended it to me that the fries and onion rings look like total garbage and she blew up at me, lol.
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EDIT: Tampa? There is a Fatburger there... 2223 N West Shore Blvd.
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That fatburger place sounds good though. Dammit.
...wait a minute, you say In&Out is overrated?! Hmmm... I have terrible taste in things but I feel like i"m not off on that. Maybe your impression of fatburger is off.... I need more data. Did you like the last Transformers movie? What did you think of the Bud Light product placement?
edit: Josh, I'm really not a big Five Guys fan at all. I think it's good but not 1 degree beyond that.
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Still, strictly for a great burger, Fatburger is better. I'm also not a huge Five Guys fan. It's okay.
I haven't seen any of the Transformer movies, and have little intention to, though I've heard the first one was good.
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The first Transformers movie is the best of all of them but that doesn't mean it's good. It's like your least stinky p00p of the week. "Hey, that one on Tuesday wasn't so bad!"
anyway you Americans are getting totally sidetracked by burger talk when really the only thing I wanted to talk about is if you think that name is an obvious pander, like I do. Like they sat around a room and thought, "If we name it this, they'll think we support the military and will want to eat here. It'll get us the machos like crazy"
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The others getting praise are Shake Shack (pressed burgers!), Five Guys, and Fatburger. Stick with those if able.
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Ok, I'm not going to BurgerFi. I called them and they won't do a medium rare burger, only medium-well or well. I hate that, it usually means a lower quality meat. I'll check out Fatburger...
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Oh no, I totally caught your Canadian nationalist rhetoric, the whole "all Americans are macho jocks with guns that eat hamburgers" stereotype you rudely tried to foist on these fine Americans. Which is why I a) ignored it and b) pointed out that we got veggie burgers. I'm sure the next step was for you to use this thread as a platform to rhapsodize about the Canadian healthcare system and how it is not run by highwaymen like the US one is.
But then it turned to boob talk, so it is par for F:AT course.
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