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[Curly]

Is 5 Guys Burgers a mini chain ? I think there is one in Spokane too.

Yeah, I believe they are a chain.  They are popping up in several areas I guess.  I've only been there once.........they were good, I wouldn't say great.  They sure were crowded though, but maybe because they had just recently opened?  People seemed to really be liking them.

[RadSav]

How did Eagan's Big Toms compare to Lou's? 

There is a new place in W Oly called 5 guys burgers........they are pretty good.  I like Herfy's has been in W Oly for a few years now.....I remember going to Herfy's in Federal Way as a kid, although my memory makes it better than what I've found the new one to be.

Well, Lou's did not have the two flavor swirly ice cream cones.  So that made it hard to beat Big Tom's   Remember I was in grade school and lived in the booneys to cool swirly ice cream rated a restaurant pretty high in my book.   I remember Big Tom's having good buns and patties, but I can not remember anything about the sauce.  So I guess it wasn't much of anything or I'd probably remember.  Although Big Tom's was the closest place to our house so if we got burgers away from home that was what it usually was.  Lou's was a special treat!

I can not remember which of the two places had the ripple cut french fries.  I was thinking it was Big Tom's   I like those!

Best French fries in my opinion were Artic Circle.  But that may have been because their fry sauce was so dang good!


BTW - 5 Guys is a national chain.  Burgers suck, but the fries are reasonable.  Carl's Jr. is 10 times the burger without all the yuppy attitude!

[grundy53]

Tartar sauce would be another topic to start. I hate sweet tartar sauce. I like it a little oniony.

Sweet tarter, sweet pickles, bread & butter...

When I was growing up in Tumwater there was a burger joint in West Olympia called Lou's.  Not sure if it is around anymore.  They had the best dill pickle tarter/burger sauce on the planet!  They called it burger goop.  Used to order a double cheese burger with Extra Goop.  Was my favorite place to go as a very young boy.

I LOVE bread and butter pickles and sweet tartar sauce 

Ya mean ya dip them, thar pickles IN the tartar sauce ? Yuck...

No, I like them both not together  .

[grundy53]

How did Eagan's Big Toms compare to Lou's? 

There is a new place in W Oly called 5 guys burgers........they are pretty good.  I like Herfy's has been in W Oly for a few years now.....I remember going to Herfy's in Federal Way as a kid, although my memory makes it better than what I've found the new one to be.

Well, Lou's did not have the two flavor swirly ice cream cones.  So that made it hard to beat Big Tom's   Remember I was in grade school and lived in the booneys to cool swirly ice cream rated a restaurant pretty high in my book.   I remember Big Tom's having good buns and patties, but I can not remember anything about the sauce.  So I guess it wasn't much of anything or I'd probably remember.  Although Big Tom's was the closest place to our house so if we got burgers away from home that was what it usually was.  Lou's was a special treat!

I can not remember which of the two places had the ripple cut french fries.  I was thinking it was Big Tom's   I like those!

Best French fries in my opinion were Artic Circle.  But that may have been because their fry sauce was so dang good!


BTW - 5 Guys is a national chain.  Burgers suck, but the fries are reasonable.  Carl's Jr. is 10 times the burger without all the yuppy attitude!

I actually like Five Guys burgers. Not as good as all of these other places but for a national chain I think they are good.

[Curly]

I used to love arctic circle as a kid. There was that one in Lacey next to McDonald's and McDonald's was always crowded but almost no one would be at Arctic Circle.  Yeah their fry sauce was real good.  I always got raspberry milkshakes.

[RadSav]

I used to love arctic circle as a kid. There was that one in Lacey next to McDonald's and McDonald's was always crowded but almost no one would be at Arctic Circle.  Yeah their fry sauce was real good.  I always got raspberry milkshakes.

When my hunting partner would lose a bet he had to buy us lunch.  So on those days I would back up through the drive up window at our Artic Circle so he could pay on his side.  One day the manager tells us we can not be served, "New company policy states you have to pay for your meal from the drivers side window."   Company must have had all kinds of problems with that, I guess

[PolarBear]

As mentioned before, Clark's in Arctic is awesome!  We stop in whenever we are in the area.

[Damnimissed]

Green Lantern in Copalis, WA has a great burger with home cut fries with cheap Busch light pounders

And the best tarter sauce on the planet

And a great place to get into a fist fight on clam tide Saturday night 

[Sitka_Blacktail]

The Burger Barge in Raymond also makes a pretty good burger. The Barge Burger is as big as it sounds.

[PolarBear]

The Burger Barge in Raymond also makes a pretty good burger. The Barge Burger is as big as it sounds.

Is that the same place with the fish and chips?  I have always wanted to stop in there on my way back from Buoy 10.

[Carl]

Not exactly a burger joint, but try Ruth’s Chris Steaks at Happy Hour.  Great cheap burger!

[Goldeneye]

Not exactly a burger joint, but try Ruth’s Chris Steaks at Happy Hour.  Great cheap burger!

Nothing wrong with some of the higher end places.  One of the best burgers I've ever eaten was a chopped burger.  The meat was all hand chopped meaning that it never saw a grinder.  They hand these herbs worked into the meat.  You knew right away this was not your normal run of the mill burger.  Of course the price reflected that as well.

[grundy53]

Not exactly a burger joint, but try Ruth’s Chris Steaks at Happy Hour.  Great cheap burger!

Very good burgers.

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[Jacque]

On the hood canal, HY 106, Robin hood, use the Pub entrence.  Pub food is cooked in same kitchen as the 4 star restaurant.  Worth stopping just for the beer selection but burgers are excellent they also have elk sheperds pie.

[rittem1]

Mt High in Easton.  Worth the stop on the way to elk camp.
Technically east but we've been known to take a jaunt for a burger and a shake.

I will second that one, Mountain High Hamburgers, and add in Rossow's U-Tote-Em in Ellensburg even though it isn't westside. Central WA is close enough.

5 Guys makes a pretty good burger but how on God's green earth you can call yourself a burger joint and not offer onion rings and milkshakes is beyond me. I just don't get it. It is unfathomable. I have a strong opinion on that.