In and out? Five guys? How about the......

[ddagencylv]

Yes I went with Astro (Santa Monica BLVD/Gardner) first because In-N-Out is great but there fries are are too small. I love big fat fries with a Big fat double bacon avocado cheese burger. Honorable mention: Fatburger .

[ATG-DL]

I would have to say for the best burger and fry combo, I would go with Smashburger, the smashfries have rosemary, olive oil and garlic on them. Number 2 I would say 5 guys, 3rd, Whataburger, honestly I like whataburger more for the cinnamon rolls than the burgers.

[29palms]

Wow, some excellent reviews here. I never heard of Astro burger, nor smashburger, never tried in and out burger, so I know nothing of these. With or without cheese. The description of the fries with the garlic and olive oil sounds interesting. I've seen YUCA fries in Miami served this way, more with the garlic though, Cuban style I guess. If you ever tried a YUCA fries, you would bypass the french fries guaranteed. Those are popular mostly in Central America. You can get them at Mcdonalds there with the yuca in place of fries. Also TOSTONES or PATACONES which is fried plantain.
Ok so Carls Junior is opening up soon near my pad. Can anyone here guide me to their burger, or which of the burgers I should try? Here is a burger calculator to give you some idea

Carl’s Jr.®

[29palms]

Wow, thanks for that tip. I just learned that they do have a SMASHBURGER in my area, in fact, several. Not very close but manageable. I was browsing through the burger section and they look pretty stacked. I see those fries sprinkled with the garlic too in the picture. I guess I'll have to give it a shot when I'm off sometime. In fact, I think I may have seen them by the sign before, but never paid them any mind. It's not like I go driving around to find the ultimate burger joint. I had mentioned PRINCES hamburgers before on here, a local chain in the IAH area. I hear they used to be real big back in the day, but they've simmered down to around only like 4 around. Very cool place indeed. Very nostolgic. Has anyone tried JOHNNY ROCKETS? How about RED ROBIN?

[ATG-DL]

I havr had Red Robin the burgers are ok but they have steak fries with little to no seasoning on them.

[29palms]

WOW. I didn't know GINO'S made a comeback in the DC, Baltimore, Philly areas. They used to be a huge franchise of the great hamburgers, and used to sell KFC chicken in there. I thought they were the best burgers bar none. I liked them better than McDonalds and Burger Chef. I am thrilled about this, but unfortunately, I didn't run into any of them this summer when I was up there and you can only get them in the Middle Atlantic states. Who knows, maybe gives me more excuse and reason to go to the area just to hit up on those burgers once again.

Gino's Corporate 611 W Dekalb Pike King of Prussia PA (610) 265-5900

[ColoAvs19]

WOW. I didn't know GINO'S made a comeback in the DC, Baltimore, Philly areas. They used to be a huge franchise of the great hamburgers, and used to sell KFC chicken in there. I thought they were the best burgers bar none. I liked them better than McDonalds and Burger Chef. I am thrilled about this, but unfortunately, I didn't run into any of them this summer when I was up there and you can only get them in the Middle Atlantic states. Who knows, maybe gives me more excuse and reason to go to the area just to hit up on those burgers once again.

Gino's Corporate 611 W Dekalb Pike King of Prussia PA (610) 265-5900

Maybe I'm just too young, but I've never heard of Gino's. The only Geno's I know of is across the street from Pat's in south Philly (Pat's is better, btw).

Anyhow, being as this is right in my back yard, I'll be sure to find a Gino's and try one in the next couple weeks.