Five Guys Burgers And Fries

Five Guys Burgers And Fries

Keene NH

Five Guys Website

About a year or so ago, my friend Chris started raving to me about this place in Keene he'd eaten at, he kept talking about how amazing it was for a fast food burger joint, and how he couldn't wait to go back. And after alot of talking it up, curiosity got the better of me, and I decided to take a trip up to check this place out myself, taking my mom with me, because she's a good second opinion on such things, we headed up to the Keene location, which is in a small mini-mall, long time livers in the area would know that its the location of the former Strawberries Music Shop location for the city of Keene, and if you're reading this and under the age of 30, you've probably never been in a music shop, in which case, I seriously hate you and your damn ipods and how they ruined a good thing.

The exterior of the Keene location

The Keene location is amazingly clean and bright, they're all tables with chairs, instead of booths, I'm always abit leery of booths, they make me feel confined most of the time, the staff was very friendly and helpful, and very patient with us as it was our first time there and didn't really know the menu or how big different sizes were. The burgers are cooked up old school style on a big thick griddle, like a burger should be at such an establishment, other fast food places take note, there is no microwave at all in this place. The fries are made from right there at the location from real potatoes, with the skin on them still and everything! They make both regular and Cajan style fries, they also make veggie sammiches and grilled cheese too, all right there on the spot, so you know exactly where the food you're eating is coming from, even if it is fast food.

The Interior of the Keene Location

I would have to say, as far as the food goes, OH MY GAWD, I honestly, have never had a burger or hot dog as good as this place makes them. Though I will admit, they are abit on the high priced side, my mother got a bacon cheeseburger, a cheese and bacon hot dog, a large fry and a large drink, I had 2 bacon cheeseburgers, a cheese and bacon hot dog, a large cajan fry, and a large drink, all together it cost me just over $50.oo, which really isn't that bad when you realize that the burgers were all double burgers, and that the fries are seriously enough to fill a brown paper bag about half way, and that you can get any of 20 different things on your orders, they even have veggie sammiches and grilled cheeses as well, but we didn't try any of those, I seriously can't believe just how much food we really got over all, it was enough to put me down for the count, which believe me, is not very easy to do food wise.

my order, though you can't seen the titanic amount of fries I got with my order, believe me, they are there.

The food came to us maybe 10 minutes after we ordered, and was cooked to perfection, seriously this had to be the best non-sit down restaurant burger i've ever had, i tend to judge how good a place is on their burgers, i am kind of picky that way. Mine had A-1 steak sauce and extra pickles, and my hot dog was just a plain cheese and bacon hot dog, i will admit, the cajan fries are abit on the spicy side, but still very good, though i would rather the regular fries, some of which i liberate from my mom's order while her eyes were bugging out of her head and she was raving about how good her burger was. The drinks were from one of those modern drinking fountains where you can mix and match your drink any way you like, half coke, half ice tea for example, though i didn't realize this until after my drink was lidded and i was enjoying it at my table. The extra condiments table was expansive and full of different things; ketchup, mustard, A-1 Steak Sauce and barbecue sauce as regular everyday add ons, and they had fresh lemon over by the drinks for extra flavor as well.

the never ending bag of cajan fries, truly they are a cruel mistress.

Over all, I would have to say, both of us thoroughly enjoyed our experience at Five Guys Burgers And Fries, as I had said earlier, the price was abit much, it came out to around $7.50 for each burger with meal tax, and the fries were about $4.oo or so, and the hot dogs were about $5.50 each, and that might sound like alot of money, but when you sit down and see just how much you get, each burger weighs in at almost a pound each, and each hot dog is an 8 inch dog butterflied, and the fries, well, they never seem to stop coming, it really isn't all that bad, though its definitely not an every single day lunch deal if you're a big eater like me, but if you just want a burger and some fries and nothing all that fancy, it isn't that bad on the wallet. But still very much worth the time and effort and more importantly, definitely its worth the money, even if you don't believe it until you see it in your hands. So definitely, if you get a chance, check our Five Guys Burgers And Fries, they're definitely worth a visit.


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Chris