In N Out: Secret Menu

Los Angeles, CA
www.in-n-out.com



The Order: Double Double, medium rare. Animal style, w/ grilled whole onions.
Flying Dutchman w/ chopped chilies. ($2.20)
Side Order: Animal style fries ($2.79)
$3.15 + $2.20 + $2.79 = $8.14
Drink Order: Dr. Pepper. Lemon Up (Pink Lemonade and Seven Up)



Now, I've been going to In N Out for years before living in NY, having lived in Los Angeles for 6 years. I knew about the 'secret menu' which involves things like getting your burger Animal Style (a mustard grilled patty with pickles, grilled onions and thousand island dressing), protein style (no bun, your burger wrapped in lettuce), or a grilled cheese sandwich (self explanatory). I even knew you could get your fries animal style.

I DIDN'T know the full extent of the secret menu though. And oh my god is it amazing. My usual order is a Double Double (a cheeseburger with double meet and double cheese) animal style with animal styles fries and a Dr. Pepper. But after reading Kenji Lopez-Alt's article on Serious Eats about the In N Out secret menu, I had to make some adjustments to my order. I never knew you could get your burger medium rare, or with chopped chili peppers pressed into the patty! Who knew you could get whole slices of grilled onions rather than diced grilled onions! And there's such a thing as the Flying Dutchman, which is just two patties and two pieces of cheese?! Amazing!! So I changed my order a little bit and it made In N Out even better. I couldn't fathom that my fast food experience would ever be this good, but wow. Next time you go to In N Out make sure to check out the secret menu the links below for all your options and make your In N Out trip the best you've ever had.

Kenji Lopez-Alt on the In N Out Secret Menu

Davis Wiki on the In N Out Secret Menu

All American Drive-In

Massapequa, NY
allamericanhamburger.us



The Order: Double Double
Side Order: Large Fries ($1 extra)
$2.40 + $1 = $3.40
Drink Order: Dr. Pepper and Black & White Milkshake



This is by no means a gourmet burger but nostalgia for old time drive-ins and the allure of the burger brought me and fellow burger enthusiast, Alexis, here. If you like White Castle, this burger is for you. The taste is almost exactly the same but in larger form. Two thin patties, pickles, ketchup and cheese somehow combine to make this burger sweet and salty and almost seem steamed. And for the price, it's worth it. Notice that the above picture in no way looks appetizing? This picture is actually fairly accurate in how it looks, shoved into a bag and a bit smooshed. They aren't going for presentation here.

The fries were good, just plain thicker machine cut fries. They were lightly salted but the 'large' is not as big as it could, or should, be. Again the price isn't bad, but compared to other establishments' large-size fries there were not as many as there could have been.

Their shakes were also fairly cheap and pretty good. I couldn't see if it was made with real ice cream or with soft serve (they took it behind some other array of machines) but it was a pretty thick shake and worth the couple dollars.