Local Five Guys co-owner Jim Richards wants to talk about the basics: burger basics, that is. Step inside any local Five Guys, any time of day, and what else is there to talk about?
The red-and-white-checkered eatery sizzles and steams with nonstop burger orders, and it all begins with a biweekly beef delivery. Five Guys’ beef arrives in 20-pound boxes, and it arrives fresh – never frozen.
“We don’t even have a freezer in the store,” Jim said. “Most people can’t believe it when we say that.”
In fact, Five Guys has only a cooler, where it stores whole fruits and vegetables to be hand-sliced for toppings throughout the day.
Getting back to the burger – after staff receives the beef bounty, it sets to making patties. First, the beef is divided into nearly quarter-pound hunks, which are then rolled and flattened. The patties are stored in a cool drawer in Five Guys’ open kitchen, where they never wait for long.