My understanding is that they broke ground in Greenville today. I know the next 2 are coming to Spartanburg. I love Whataburger from my time working and traveling to Dallas. Can't wait. Will stop in when I'm in the upstate.
Anyone excited that Whataburger is coming to the upstate?
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Looking forward to it. Ranks right behind In-N-Out. First one is 1/2 mile from my house.
It'll have to do until In-N-Out makes it way over from Nashville.
It'll have to do until In-N-Out makes it way over from Nashville.
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Is there one still in Columbia?
I may be stepping on toes but, I have always felt that Five Guys is overrated.
I may be stepping on toes but, I have always felt that Five Guys is overrated.
As an honorary Texan I may get my card revoked for this claim, but Whataburger is second to Shake Shack (by a wide margin). But it's still second.
The Shackburger is the best burger of any kind at any price point I've ever had.
The Shackburger is the best burger of any kind at any price point I've ever had.
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And overpriced
Culver's is good and clean dine-in environment - kinda like the Chick-fil-A of burgers
In my opinion, and I am the ultimate word in hamburger ratings, Five Guys is not overrated but, OVERPRICED! However, it has the best French fries around.
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Looks like they are opening 10 locations in SC this year.
Problem with some of these regional chains when they get popular and start expanding is that quality control is hard to maintain.
Problem with some of these regional chains when they get popular and start expanding is that quality control is hard to maintain.
But what if you are not a mammary man? lol
Culver’s beats Whataburger by a mile. And I say this as a native Texan who ate at Whataburger weekly for years. For fries… Five Guys, hands down. For me, runner-up to Culver’s is Steak & Shake. YMMV
I used to like Five Guys alright but it's' just outrageously priced. Also, no matter what size burger I get there, for some reason, I always feel like a giant, bloated sea monster when I'm done eating. I could handle it in my younger days, but not so much now.
First one in SC is in Anderson. Building almost finished. Bad location for traffic, though. At the corner of Concord Rd and North Main Street (a/k/a Clemson Blvd.). Can't figure out why that spot was chosen. Even so, going as soon as they start cooking.
Culver’s is probably my favorite fast food burger place. Smash Burger is good too.
More than a handful is a waste and there is other important geography. lolThen you turn in your card.....
It's kind of nice to know as I've gotten older, I'm not the only one who cannot eat as much as I did in my younger days.
I don't particularly like French fries but Five Guys are terrible, as are In-N-Out. Shake Shack ain't great either. I think McDonald's fries are best by a mile, but then McD's burgers are terrible.
Man, it's crazy how I could as much of anything I wanted well into my 20s and 30s. Mid-40s now and eating that extra cookie may make the difference in whether or not I can fit in my pants.
More than a handful can smother my face while other geography smothers my Longhorned Gamecock. It's like the run pass option.
Their burger is so overrated and their fries are so bad that the price is irrelevant to me - I'd never eat there again.
With you here. I don't care what anyone says, Nothing comes close to McDonald's fries, with one large caveat: they gotta be piping hot and fresh. I live about 7 minutes from a McD's. On the rare occasion that I grab something there for the kids or whatever, by the time I get home, the fries are near the end of their useful life.
They are FANTASTIC hot and fresh. But turn into garbage pretty quickly.
Not a fan of the limp fries like Five Guys serves up.
Anyone who tries to argue McD's fries are not the best, are just trying to sound uppity and smart.
In about one hour, I will be going to Duke's BBQ buffet. I used to easily eat 2 plates. Now it's only one and I'm done.. But that one plate will put the pounds on me. So, to compensate: this morning I skipped breakfast. And instead of using regular French Vanilla coffee creamer in my coffee, I used the sugar-free variety. I hate to resort to such tactics to keep the weight off,. But I do what I have to do. I have said I do not want to go back to my younger days because I'd have to go back into studying for exams, back into the "rat race" again where the rats keep winning and, I'd have to go back into the dating game again. But there are some things about "youth" that I do miss for sure.
No one has mentioned Freddy's yet. They serve a pretty good burger. But its a little pricey. Their burger is similar to Steak and Shake. Agree with all the disparaging posts regarding Five Guys.
Spot on! Last time I REALLY overrate is when we were down in SC last spring and went to Palmetto Pig. We don't get BBQ up here, so I had to throw caution to the wind. I was uncomfortable for hours.
Lord have mercy, I cannot imagine having to start dating again.
How anyone could say that McD fries are not the best fries, is fighting a losing argument. No fries come close to them. I heard a Burger King exec on TV trying to say theirs is the best. What a clown!!!
If memory serves, Burger King **used** to have the best fries - ~30yrs ago. (Good grief, I'm dating myself!
) Somewhere along the line, they went all 'New-Coke' with their fries. They used to be similar to the current McD's fries, but they changed them way back. They've never been that good again.Negative I have bad whataburger and in and out. Rush’s is better.
Idk about all that. I think my nod would go to rushs but I’m not a shoe string fry fan
Same brother, same. I turn 41 later this month. and the last 2 or 3 years have seen the battle of the bulge increase in difficulty.
McDonald's fries are the best (except once they are cold). If we're talking about cold fries, I actually like Chick Fil-A's waffle fries the best.
Burger King burgers, however, are significantly better than McDonald's burgers.
There are certainly better burgers out there than Burger King's, but there is a price point at which the returns are diminished. I don't care how good the fast food burger is, when the price is similar to what a steakhouse would charge for a burger, I'm out.
Burger King burgers, however, are significantly better than McDonald's burgers.
There are certainly better burgers out there than Burger King's, but there is a price point at which the returns are diminished. I don't care how good the fast food burger is, when the price is similar to what a steakhouse would charge for a burger, I'm out.
Holding my opinion - was excited when Jack in the Box opened based on eating at one in Seattle. Sometimes quality does not travel well, it depends on franchisee. On the other hand, Jason's Deli did good.
Agree on Rush's. Ike's in Spartanburg is still the best though....by a good bit. Harold's Diner on HHI is very good also. And for those that love good "hole-in-the-wall" places, you should try Summer's in Newberry....awesome burgers.
Any Columbia long-timers - I just had a random flashback to my youth - was there once a Whataburger on either Knox Abbott or Meeting in the mid or late 1980s?