Five Guys

Where: 11411 South Street, Cerritos, CA
Price: $6

There's a battle going on right now that has caused a stir in the burger world. Everyone is debating whose burger is better, In-N-Out or Five Guys. Living in Southern California for 100 percent of my life, In-N-Out was and is still the gold standard for fast food burgers in the region.

But when Five Guys, a restaurant that opened in Lorton, Va., made its way West, the "newbies" loved it, loved it so much that Zagat, a review website, awarded Five Guys the 2010 award for Best Burger.

There are a couple of Five Guys restaurants in the LA area, the closest by my house was in Cerritos. I stopped by there because of the hype and I wanted to see for myself if it was indeed better than In-N-Out's burger. What I ate, was a good burger.
Taste
I ordered a cheese burger, which was really a double cheese burger. A single patty burger is called a little burger, go figure. Anyway, my burger included grilled onions, lettuce, tomato, ketchup, barbeque sauce, the patty, and sesame buns.

For my $6, the burger exceeded my expectations. It was very tasty, thanks to the barbecue sauce, which was my favorite part of the burger. The patty was cooked more well done than I would've liked, but it was fine. The lettuce and tomato was average, but I didn't expect a knock out from the vegetables anyway.

All in all, I welcome Five Guys in Southern California. For a growing restaurant chain, they cook great burgers. Just not as great as IN-N-Out's. ;)