Five Guys Wednesday

So today we had a goodbye lunch for a co-worker of mine who is leaving after today. Now, I've been batting 1.000 on this whole lunch thing thus far, and haven't gone out to eat since I began training, but I couldn't not be present for this lunch. This guy is great, and everyone will actually miss him... Not like one of those 'Oh, I don't like this guy, but we're going out to eat, so I'll get in on this' sort of things. However, the place that we decided to go just so happened to be one of my favorite lunch destinations ever: Five Guys.

Now, if you're reading this and have never heard of, or been to Five Guys, let me lay it out for you. It's a regional (but growing) burger joint. They've got great fries & burgers, and anyone who's ever spent a good amount of time with me in the past several years will know that if Five Guys is ever an option, than in my mind, there need be no other options. If someone asked me to describe the Five Guys experience to them, this is how I would do it: Imagine whatever you think heaven is. Then tone it back a little. That is Five Guys.

Eating Five Guys when you're on a vegetarian lunch schedule is sort of like being abstinent, but then going to a strip club and picking some hookers up on the way there... It just sort of blows the whole thing up. The Five Guys menu contains 4 kinds of burgers -- Burger, Cheeseburger, Bacon Burger, & Bacon Cheeseburger. You have the option of getting the 'little burger' which is just one patty instead of two, but unless you're a girl or elderly, there's just no excuse to do so. It's definitely aiding in America's race to be the fattest country in the world (We're Winning!).

So yea, the vegetarian stuff starts back up tomorrow, but for today it was nice to get a greasy meaty sandwich. I took a picture of the burger because, ultimately, it is in fact a sandwich, and therefore fits into my training/sandwich blog. And for the record, the burger has lettuce, tomato, and onion on it -- So I still got some veggies in my lunch.