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As much as I enjoyed the meet and greet the other Saturday in San Antonio, I was not impressed with 5 Guys, my first visit to one ever. Of course, I just came from California where everyone is ga-ga over In and Out Burgers, but I didn't particularly find them to be top notch burgers either. 5 Guys is vaguely similar in many ways. Decent maybe but not "the best."

Maybe I am an old purist but when you start throwing things between the buns that were never intended to be there, fiery peppers, weird cheeses, even pineapple, etc., it disqualifies those hapless burgers from the "best" competition.

For decades in San Diego, Boll Weevil had what I considered the best burgers, 1/2 pound, served bare, plain with a tray of fixin's, you could slather on as you saw fit, mustard, ketchup, mayo sauce, pickles, peppers, etc.

At my age and state of decrepitude, I shouldn't be worrying about such things anyway, and especially not eating them.