I love In-n-Out Burger
Sherman Oaks’ In-n-Out Burger was my first on this particular SoCal trip. I was excited since I thought I might have a chance to swing by the HQ and/or Number One. I’ve been to Number One before but this would be the first trip there during my “Year of In-n-Out” but alas I didn’t make it down. Anyhow, as usual, a trip to In-n-Out is always a good sign and since they got my genex style Double Double right so I was happy and the trip proved productive.
Second time at this In-n-Out Burger in Napa in a week and this burger was just right – it almost looks like one of the shots you might see in an ad the way it’s so perfectly presented. But of course that’s not gonna stop me from devouring it since I was pretty damn hungry at this point. I had been shooting at Clos Pegase Winery earlier and there was a fancy dinner there in the caves when I was finishing up of course that makes my hunger even worse so I jetted down to get this double double to satisfy my hunger. Definitely hit the spot! Continue reading Mon May 17, 2010: In-N-Out Burger #21 – Double Double genex Style (correctly made)
Oh Napa In-n-Out Burger, you failed me! I didn’t want pickles but I did want raw onions and instead got the opposite. Oh well, I pulled out the pickles and enjoyed it nonetheless since. Hence my recording of my receipts so In-n-Out can do quality control 🙂
A rare double day which I had planned since that’s why I only got the grilled cheese for lunch and this Double Double in the evening after my shoot up in Napa. Yum! When I picked it up it looked a bit over slathered in secret sauce, but I was freaking hungry so I didn’t care and it tasted especially good anyhow. I didn’t get this one genex style since I had raw/fresh onions on my grilled cheese in the morning so this was just a straight up Animal Style with no pickles. The bun, however, was particularly tasty but I’m not complaining at all!
Continue reading Wed May 12, 2010: In-N-Out Burger #19 – Double Double Animal Style
So believe it or not this was my first ever In-n-Out Burger Grilled Cheese! And of course I had to go overboard and get it with extra cheese which is actually two extra slices since it comes with two by default. I forgot to get it Animal Style since I wasn’t sure if I should do that or not with a grilled cheese, although my friend Leigh reminded me of that on twitter! I know my next one will definitely be Animal Style. The grilled cheese was tasty, but I was definitely missing the meat too! Continue reading Wed May 12, 2010: In-N-Out Burger #18 – Grilled Cheese
Totally been on a burger binge of late (five In-n-Out burgers in six days) and this latest Double Double I couldn’t even stop long enough to take a pic so here’s the last few bits I ate in the car, while Myleen drove me back to the studio. It was a bit of a rough morning having gotten back from AprilMistakes at 4:00am and then up at 8:00am for the first of three shoots today so it was much needed. If anything I will consider this burger medicinal… Continue reading Sun April 25, 2010: In-n-Out Burger #17 – genex style
So my awesome friend @karaemurphy brought In-n-Out to my place ahead of the April Mistakes party yesterday and a bunch of us chowed down before the big shindig. I had one Double Double Animal Style and I think another Double Double Animal Style that didn’t have pickles so two of those in there were mine. Definitely a smart idea since the drinks were flowing like crazy all night and today I don’t feel bad. Well, I did feel weird enough to get another In-n-Out today to assuage my body!
Same rental car and the second trip to In-n-Out in the Dodge Caliber. I wonder if the rental car folks will be able to smell it in the morning when I return the car? This Double Double was courtesy of a photo shoot down at the Sofitel in Redwood City. Coming back up from the shoot I had my assistant stop off at In-n-Out for a requisite reward. Eating in the car is still a bit of a challenge for me, but I was able to keep everyone off myself.
Continue reading Thu April 22, 2010: In-n-Out Burger #14 – genex style (correctly made)
Gotta love 4:20 – it’s a popular ‘holiday’ in San Francisco, and of course I like to enjoy it myself so today was pretty awesome since we had our planning meeting for our April Mistakes bash this weekend and did some decorating and such and afterwards, since I had a rental car for my shoot tomorrow, I mentioned I could give anyone a ride home, but that I’d be going to In-n-Out for dinner first. @megan and @aprilini were totally in so we drove down to the Daly City In-n-Out Burger.
The line at the drive through was ridiculous for some reason at 10pm on a Tuesday night so we were just thinking – well, In-n-Out is popular! Then when we got inside it was packed too and only after we were seated and looking around did we realize there were a lot of stoners in there.
*lightbulb*
Duh, 4-20 = stoners = hungry – and no doubt In-n-Out is a fave so we observed everyone even more closely and it was pretty funny to see the impact that 4:20 had on the line at In-n-Out. I’d be curious as to whether there’s a bump in sales on that day each year… hm… Well in honor of that and the last year of my thirties I decided on a 3×3 which totally hit the spot! Continue reading Tue April 20, 2010: In-n-Out Burger #13 – genex style (correctly made)
As a read, this book is a quick one. At close to 300 pages of actual content (and lots of notes at the end), it details the rise of the burger chain from its humble beginnings in Baldwin Park, CA through it’s current state. Harry and Esther Snyder started In-n-Out Burger and the company has stayed a family business and remained privately held even while the entire fast food industry has gone corporate – for the most part.
The book details some of the drama concerning the most recent change in leadership as well as some interesting tidbits and backstories.
A few random things I learned included:
But back to the content of the book itself – author Stacy Perman’s quotes seem to do little to support the text when she uses them – to me the quotes are too short and it would have been nice to get more context aside from a one liner.. Her writing style wasn’t all that compelling to me either, but luckily the story of In-n-Out Burger and the machinations of the business are strong enough to propel the story. Maybe it’s because I am one of those fanatical In-n-Out fans that I demand the greatest prose to accompany this great burger institution’s story.
Oh well, who could live up to that. I guess maybe if I can get Haruki Murakami into In-n-Out then maybe he could write something about that. Now that would be freaking awesome…
Well, I will leave you with a nice quote from our own San Francisco Mayor – Gavin Newsom – from the books back cover: “When fast-food restaurants tried to locate to Fisherman’s Wharf, our local merchants were opposed to every one of them – except In-n-Out. Because every meal is fresh and made from scratch, In-n-Out is in a class by itself.”