In-N-Out "Secret Menu"

I'm looking forward to snow birding in AZ in the winter:

http://food.yahoo.com/blog/ahamburgertoday/2761/the-in-n-out-secret-menu

The "secret" menu is also on In'n'Out's own website...
http://www.in-n-out.com/secretmenu.asp

My favorite = Animal Style. Yummmmmm.[It's funny how some of the 'secret' menu titles are trademarked. ]

The last time I looked this place was a chain.

I like the Double-Double just as advertised (w/onion). I have done a few 4x4's in the past but frankly the D-D is enough for me. We try to stop at an In n Out whenever we are in the SoCal area.

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Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

The last time I looked this place was a chain.

Nope, not a chain. Its actually one location. Just geographicaly diverse.

In my last trip to LV last spring, I tried the "animal style" for the first time. It was YUUUMMY! Probably wouldn't have known about it if not for Roadfood posts. I made it to INO twice during a 4-day stay.
Will be going to Phoenix this December and am looking forward to another INO fix.

QFan
Bonita Springs, FL

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Originally posted by renfrew

quote:

Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

The last time I looked this place was a chain.

Nope, not a chain. Its actually one location. Just geographicaly diverse.

It's about 100 locations in three states. It's a chain.

There are chains and then there are chains. In-N-Out is a cult.Their first location in Tucson opened earlier this year. People waited in line overnight to be among the first to eat there. Is there a rule against posting about "chains" here? I seem to recall posts about Five Guys here. That's a small chain. Tony Luke's has more than one location. Is that a chain? At least In-N- Out is not a franchise.

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Originally posted by acer2x

There are chains and then there are chains. In-N-Out is a cult.Their first location in Tucson opened earlier this year. People waited in line overnight to be among the first to eat there. Is there a rule against posting about "chains" here? I seem to recall posts about Five Guys here. That's a small chain. Tony Luke's has more than one location. Is that a chain? At least In-N- Out is not a franchise.

Please. It's a fast food chain.

From the list of Fora:

Fast Food Franchises & Non-Roadfood Chains
While NOT Roadfood, they are an unfortunate reality in the food industry. Post your fast food topics here so the rest of the forums can maintain it's purity.

This is a cult:
1 : formal religious veneration : WORSHIP
2 : a system of religious beliefs and ritual ; also : its body of adherents
3 : a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious ; also : its body of adherents
4 : a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator <health cults>
5 a : great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book) ; especially : such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b : a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion


Chain stores (also called retail chains) are a range of retail outlets which share a brand and central management, usually with standardized business methods and practices. They are a type of business chain.

" This is a cult:
1 : formal religious veneration : WORSHIP"

Well, This qualifies "In n Out" in my book !!


However, In order to stop Mr Hoffman from winning the Tom Jackson Look-alike Competition (all Buckeyes must inherit this attitude?) I will confirm that there have been a number of threads dealing with In n Out in the past and they are located in the Chain/FF Forum. So, reluctantly, I will shuffle this one down to that forum, muttering about what a great CULT it generates!

Well, a chain is a chain no matter what you think of it. It is a chain and should be posted under chain restaurants. Could you please notify a moderator obout this?

[|)]

Excusez-moi Mr. Hoffman for originally posting this in the Hamburger Forum instead of the Chain Forum. In-N-Out in my book is a burger place regardless of whether it qualifies as a chain. The last time I looked, there were no fried chickens or wraps or salads on the menu or even on the "secret" menu at In-N-Out. It's cult status remains legendary. I'm a big fan of regular non-chain burger places too.

Stop your arguing and give me a 3 X 2 w/ fries and a pink lemonade.

I LIKE chains. They serve a purpose for me. They have a tendancy to keep some of my regular haunts not overly crowded, therefore I can get a seat.
I've even been known to darken their doorways on occasion, in a pinch.
Chow Jim

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Originally posted by cecif[It's funny how some of the 'secret' menu titles are trademarked. ]

Yeah, that is pretty amusing. I know with Jamba Juice, they have a secret menu that consists of drinks with names like "Pink Starbust" and the like, and you can see why they don't/can't advertise it.

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Originally posted by acer2x

Excusez-moi Mr. Hoffman for originally posting this in the Hamburger Forum instead of the Chain Forum. In-N-Out in my book is a burger place regardless of whether it qualifies as a chain. The last time I looked, there were no fried chickens or wraps or salads on the menu or even on the "secret" menu at In-N-Out. It's cult status remains legendary. I'm a big fan of regular non-chain burger places too.

A place for everything, and everything in its place. In-N-Out is a chain that sells hamburgers. So, what else is new?

One Move per thread. Live with it. I love In n Out. I have probably consummed more of them than the majority of you. I would much rather eat them than shuffle comments about them from 2000 miles away. I don't give a damn if they are a chain...a thread... or a freakin ball of string. They are good. AND now that this thread has found a home...They have resident status!

Her's some good news. Seems the rumor is they will build one in Mt. Shasta and then here in the Rogue Valley. I would assume this must mean they want to build a noCal commisary or something similar.

I don't know where I'm going to have to go look for this thread the next time I check in (don't really care), but it sure has made me hungry for an In N Out double-double!!!

QFan
Bonita Springs, FL

Saaayyyyyy. I looked at Mr. Stern's review, and who's gonna tell him the link at the end is dead??

He needs to (or Bruce needs to) link to the secret menu link I posted above, this is the dead bit "A Roadfood.com user has just tipped us off to an amazing web site that details In-N-Out's Stealth Menu." where "stealth" is a hyperlink, it's not got nuttin' to do with InO any more.

Y'all can argue all you want, I agree that InO is non-franchise and qualifies as Roadfood (way more than some of that yuppie crud we've been seeing in recent reviews, i.e. i.e. sleek coffeehouses etc). Too bad this left the burger forum.

I'm still waiting on my 3 X 2 with fries and a pink lemonade.

One 4x2 animal and a large DP please.

Sadly, I have never been to an In-N-Out. I must be missing out :-P

--Jessica

"Sadly, I have never been to an In-N-Out. I must be missing out :-P

--Jessica"

No you're not.[|)]

kensandyeggo, respectfully disagree.

winglover, see under trip reports - a few of us suggested to ayersian that they try an InO on their CA trip and they sure sounded happy they did.

only place i ever had fries nearly as good as InO was The Varsity in atlanta...