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This trend is repulsive. It's basically mushed pre-chewed cake.

To Zack's comment, to be technical, Monterey Park isn't 30 min. east of LA, but bordering East LA, which is unincorporated LA. But the borders are contiguous rather than rigid, so I'd allow LA to claim it. Thus, LA wins!

You should have made your colleagues pay for their own burger. That would have tilted the results to In-N-Out. The brilliance of In-N-Out is that at $3.05 for a double-double, you pay with the quarters in your pocket.

The thing is, SS and 5G make similar style burgers, but the price points of both can never make them truly comparable to In-N-Out. It's just in a category of it's own. Maybe both make better burgers than In-N-Out, but the experience and customer service of In-N-Out just can't be matched!

There is a reason why her cooks are extremely loyal to her restaurant. Some stay on for decades.

Los Angeles obviously. It's not just about good mexican, but the diversity of mexican cuisine that LA has very few weaknesses in. Then, I'd give Texas second place and Chicago third with SF a close 4th.

5 Guys is mediocre. Sloppily made, sloppily executed. Even from a superficial perspective, put the two burgers side by side, and the perfectly cared for, lovingly made In-N-Out double double takes the cake.