{"id":283,"date":"2007-12-08T23:10:49","date_gmt":"2007-12-09T05:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetucker.com\/mwp\/big-ol-greasy-bag-of-goodness-283"},"modified":"2007-12-08T23:10:49","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T05:10:49","slug":"big-ol-greasy-bag-of-goodness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/mwp\/big-ol-greasy-bag-of-goodness-283","title":{"rendered":"Big Ol&#039; Greasy Bag of Goodness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My aunt and uncle in D.C. introduced Lynn and me to\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fiveguys.com\/\">Five Guys<\/a>\u00a0a couple of years ago, and it instantly became our favorite\u00a0hamburger place\u00a0in the whole wide world. I think at the time there were only a few stores in and around the D.C.\/Virginia area, so we didn&#8217;t have many opportunities to eat there. Fortunately for us (and I mean ALL of us) the\u00a0business has really taken off on Space Shuttle Franchisefrenzy, and their footprint has expanded like crazy in recent times. So now we have a Five Guys here,\u00a0with three more scheduled to open around town.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I was afraid that a franchise location might just be a poor copy of the original:\u00a0maybe the atmosphere wouldn&#8217;t be what I remembered; or maybe they wouldn&#8217;t be as generous with the fries; or&#8211;and this was the worst possibility&#8211;maybe my fond memories would just turn out to be unrealistic fabrications generated from all my aunt&#8217;s and uncle&#8217;s hype about mediocre food, proving once and for all\u00a0that there&#8217;s no greener grass\u00a0anywhere. Yeah, that would have been bad.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, there wasn&#8217;t a thing to worry about, and tonight Lynn and I had the best burgers we&#8217;ve tasted since last Christmas. It&#8217;s rare that we find common ground in this area (she likes fatty, greasy meat and I prefer lean beef), but we&#8217;re in 100% agreement on this one. In fact, I&#8217;m prepared to sacrifice any future diet plans I might have otherwise had if that&#8217;s what it takes to ensure their survival here.<\/p>\n<p>Go. See for yourself. And take me with you. I&#8217;ve almost finished digesting my bacon jalape\u00f1o cheeseburger, so I&#8217;m ready to get back in there. Hooah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My aunt and uncle in D.C. introduced Lynn and me to\u00a0Five Guys\u00a0a couple of years ago, and it instantly became our favorite\u00a0hamburger place\u00a0in the whole wide world. I think at the time there were only a few stores in and around the D.C.\/Virginia area, so we didn&#8217;t have many opportunities to eat there. Fortunately for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/mwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/mwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/mwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/mwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/mwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/mwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/mwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/mwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/mwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}