Re: "Original" Five Guys has closed
Posted by:
Ye Ole Woodson Man
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Date: September 27, 2013 09:23PM
The Five Guys on Rt 7 was the first I ever went to. And I rember there sales pitch was the Brenner's rolls but never knew they were next door to the 1st location.
I have had hamburgers from Korean places Courthouse market in Fairfax on Rt 123 sold several years back,and tried to tell them to do the 5 Guys style burgers. Yahoo Mart at Kingstown Center. the Yahoo place started to go down the tubes, A Korean lady with her small deli in the corner was all that was keeping it open, I saw all the inventory selling off and not replaced. I knew they were in trouble. I told her several times she should start selling hamburgers like 5 guys, She had a great grill with a vent , French fryers, a stainless table Deli counter sandwhich assembly area, everything to assemble burgers in her area like 5 Guys. All she needed to do was set up a sign for real hamburgers and use fresh ground beef instead of the frozen junk. I gave her a 5 dollar bill and told her to go to the 5 guys on Rt 1 in Alexandria or Springfield or any of them buy a hamburger take it apart look at it taste it a little and watch how they did it and copy them. Ft Belvoir and a 1000 troops were across the street I told her but alas she stayed with the same old freeze burger and finally had to close up. Oh well. In a sense I may myself missed a million dollor op..