The Steak & Shake Paradox: Burger Joint Classifications

Of those, I have only been to Five Guys, and they are fast food. Drive through’s don't matter, they still get a lot of to go orders (which they put in bags) and their not pizza or Chinese. There for they are fast food.

 

Checkers is still the shiznit

 

fuddruckers is classified as ****ty overpriced burgers IMO.

 

Even McD's has stepped up their game. Food comes out quick but the new McDs are actually pretty nice inside, far better than some of these other places, Steak-n-Shake included.

For the record, I'd probably rather go to any of the places mentioned over Burger King and Chili's. they have the absolute worst food ever.....can't believe Burger King is still in business they suck so bad.

 

I know the point of the thread, i just had to go on my little rant. Not sure why you're taking your joke thread so seriously anyways.

 

Five Guys is no joke.

The food comes out pretty quickly at these places which is why I kind of still think of them as fast food. You do have to go inside but there are no servers and there are fountain drinks set up like in a fast food place. [At least at five guys, i haven't been to the other places mentioned] Also the prices at Five Guys are pretty on par with the prices at a fast food place. I can go there and feed my family of four for around 30 bucks. I can't do that at a place like Chili's. To me places like this are going to eventually kill off the Burger Kings of the world that were just throwing out crap as quickly and as cheaply as possible.

 

Anywhere that doesn't have dedicated servers is fast food IMO.

 

Five Guys' prices have gone up here. A double cheeseburger, fries and drink runs like $12. I remember when it was $9. Nevertheless, still incredible.

 

The only Steak and Shake's I've been to have dedicated servers, and menus at the tables.

 

Gourmet fast food D.....thats what I would classify it as...

 

Checkers is awful, at least the one by my work. The manager there clearly hates her job and life, and the food is served cold. Disgusting.

 

Believe it or not it's highly regional. Burger King food in South Florida isn't the same as Burger King food in California for example. There are some really good BK's and some disgusting ones.

 

I wouldn't classify Steak and Shake servers as "dedicated" lol

 

I would say that you cant really classify some of these new upscale burger places as either fast food or regular restaurant - they are almost a new genre of restaurant, trying to combine a higher quality meal with the speed and price of fast food.

 

what the **** is steak and shake?

 

Damn. I'm sorry to hear that. This lady should be taken to the shed... and forced to work at Wendy's instead. I've never had bad Checkers.

 

I've never had bad Wendy's its the best fast food ever....W Burger and stuff some french fries in it = better than boobs.

 

Around here Five Guys is much much faster than Fudruckers. I wouldn't even put the two in the same spot. Fudruckers don't have servers but they are not fast food IMO. You can grab a beer, you can grab steaks. They have videogames. Kids leagues hold awards and events there.

Drive-thru is an indicator of fast food, but the lack of one doesn't disqualify a place as non-fast food. At least that's how I see it. Around here in San Diego there are a bunch of taco/burrito shops. Cal-Mex burritos. Some have drive-thru's, some don't, but they're all the same.

 

Forgive them. A lot of them don't have In-n-out.

:P (reference to another thread, put the pitchforks down)

 

Agreed. Checkers and Rally's are great.

 

BLASPHEMER!!!​

 

Five Guys is delicious but most certainly fast food. To me Fast Food is about quality and speed not a drive through. A Five Guys burger is very fast food quality, their fries are great though.

Steak and Shake I've never been to, but from the commercials it looks more like a diner/fast food hybrid to me.

 

Are man card revocations still applicable? If so I'd argue this is a textbook case for revocation

 

I knew this was coming.

 

I dont know if its just the five guys in my area but, try this: Next time you spend 12 bucks on a burger and fries at five guys, close your eyes after taking a bite and ask yourself how easy it could be confused with a wendys double cheeseburger for half the price. To me, they taste the same. Now I like my cheeseburger plain so I dont know how much different the salad toppings can effect it, but yes,...wendys and five guys burgers have similar tastes to me, but a huge difference in price....

 

I love Five Guys, but would have to agree. Wendys I like too, but they don't offer all the stuff FG does. I've only been to one Checkers and it was aweful (in DC).

 

Yeah FG has way more options but the burger itself does taste like Wendys. But I think Wendys has the best fast food burgers so it's not an insult. Five Guys is more about the fries than burgers IMO which are delicious.

 

Love 5 guys. Love Wendys. Wendys is the only drive through place I will go too.

 

No mention of Char-Hut?

 

inflation.....oh wait sorry, there is none

 

Five Guys, In-N-Out, Smash Burger, Steak & Shake.

There really aren't any other options if you want a decent burger. Maybe Whataburger or Wendy's if you're super desperate.

As for the question, it's fast food. Too me it's just like a Chipotle or Qdoba, upscale, but fast nonetheless. If you walk up to the counter to order it or get it from a drive-through, then it's fast food.