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Five Guys scheduled to open this month

Discussion in 'Area Restaurants, Dining and Food' started by SarasMom, Aug 16, 2006.

  1. SarasMom

    SarasMom Member

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    I just spoke with one of the managers at the Embassy Suites and she said they were told that Five Guys is opening by the end of the month. They are currently hiring now. She wasn't sure of the schedules for the rest of the restaurants.
     
  2. mdr227

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    Any word on what the largest restaurant (closest to the hotels) is going to be?
     
  3. GeorgeSC

    GeorgeSC Southern Walker

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    Five Guys!!! Sweeet!
     
  4. dad2

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    Many of the the Five Guys have the peanuts on the floor going on. This means that anyone w/ a nut allergy can't eat there without the potential of unexpected nut in the food. Please ask them to skip the peanuts...many of the Five Guys are without it and the food is just as good! You can email info@fiveguys.com the more they hear the more likely it could happen.
     
  5. T8erman

    T8erman Well-Known Member

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    But I like the peanuts.
     
  6. MD_boy

    MD_boy New Member

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    No disrespect but the peanut thing is a part of what the Five Guys experience is all about.
    Sure peanuts have nothing to do with hamburgers but it's one of the quirky little things that define the chain's identity and sets it apart from all the other burger joints. While I agree that doing away with peanuts won't affect the quality of the food, it would definitely affect the ambiance.
     
  7. dad2

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    Quirky little thing that can mean a trip to the hospital and talk about ruining the ambiance! I appreciate your liking the peanuts, but for so many people who can't have them, maybe you could go without for the short time you'd be there.
     
  8. T8erman

    T8erman Well-Known Member

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    dad - please do not take this as being critical, but if someone has a peanut allergy, then they can avoid 5-Guys.

    There are numerous other burger joints available.
     
  9. dad2

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    I do appreciate eveyone's sensitivity to the issue, but you made my point completely. Anyone can go to Five Guys if there are no peanuts,,having them makes it impossible for some. And to get back on the thread...no need to keep this going...Five Guys is a great spot and I know we'll all be glad to see it open
     
  10. Silly Yak

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    I have celiac's disease so I think that all restaurants should stop selling anything that has gluten in it...

    ...kidding.
     
  11. Zansu

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    BTW: Five guys only fries potatoes, no wheat starch added, in their oil. and he burgers are all meat. You can have a burger (sans bun) and FRIES at 5 guys!

    (check with manager, all stores may be different, this information provided as advisory only, other legal mumbo jumbo)

    -- a fellow celiac
     
  12. PinPointSnipe

    PinPointSnipe New Member

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    i personally love peanuts, and if u think a place does not clean up well or they do not suit ur needs (no peanuts), then dont go there. Don't go onto the forums to complain about somthin when you can avoid it.
     
  13. gator

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    I actually emailed 5 guys and asked about the peanuts. There comment was, they could get rid of the peanuts, but it wouldn't matter, because they use PEANUT OIL to cook the fries in. So really the whole idea about getting rid of the peanuts is a moot point.
     
  14. maeve

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    True those with peanut allergy can avoid Five Guys. However, those same allergic folks cannot avoid the peanut residue left on surfaces of other stores in that shopping center. Many peanut allergic folks react to contact; for many those reactions may simply be a nasty case of hives, but for some it can necessitate a trip to the emergency room (particularly for small kids who put their hands in their mouths). Please do not say that if a person is so allergic that they should just live in a bubble. Allergic people should be able to enjoy life as fully as anyone else. Asking people for forgo peanuts at one restaurant or to not eat in stores are not a significant infringement on most people's lives. An anaphylactic reaction, resulting hospitilization, brain death, or death are serious impacts to an allergic person who is accidentally exposed to nuts.

    Also as to it being moot about eliminating the peanuts when peanut oil is used. Five Guys uses a chemically processed peanut oil (not cold-expressed) which can be safe for some peanut-allergic folks. I wouldn't have any peanut oil but some allergic people feel comfortable having it.
     
  15. dad2

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    Well said maeve and you are right about the peanut oil being acceptable for many peanut allergic people. Seems like many of the opinions expressed are based on assumptions rather than fact, and haven't included much from the many, many families that would be impacted. BTW many of the Five Guys restuarants have elected to skip the peanuts so that they can welcome all burger lovers since they know that it's the burgers, not the peanuts that draws people in.
     
  16. Homer Simpson

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    Yeah , but you reach apoint that hyper allergic people infringing the majority's right to enjoy life. Case in point, in Richmond a woman was allergic to latex, she sued her neighbors to make them paint their houses with expensive paint. She won. Sorry you are allergic, but thats not our problem.
     
  17. maeve

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    I agree that is an absurd case but I do not really think that it's analogus to asking a restaurant to not allow patrons to drop empty peanut shells on the floor or asking people not to eat in stores at the mall (which is just gross, disrespectful, and unsanitary). That woman in Richmond is unlikely to die from the paint on her neighbors' houses and unfortunately it's cases like hers that anyone unwilling to look beyond pleasing only themselves cite to bolster their case. They can say all allergic people are "hyperallergic" and loonies and not look realistically at the situation. Asking someone to forgo peanuts for the 10 minutes they wait for a burger at Five Guys is hardly a hardship. There are certainly many other hours in a day, week, year during which the non-allergic person can eat peanuts. However, for an allergic person to have to regularly dose themselves with Benedryl when they get hives because they have a contact reaction because someone else could not clean up after themselves or worse go to the emergency room in anaphylactic shock is a hardship (financial, physical, and emotional). I and my peanut allergic daughter do not go to Five Guys, so we won't be infringing on your "right" to have peanuts. However, I'm sick and tired of going to Dulles Town Center and having my daughter end up with hives at each visit because people cannot clean up after their children or they insist on feeding them in Nordstrom or Gymboree. Unfortunately, we cannot avoid buying clothes or shoes for her and must endure this. It's a shame that other people's comfort trumps her safety.

    I had to pull this out. You're really talking about a right to enjoy a particular food. Your so called "right to enjoy life" can take the life of another person. To get an idea of how serious this is, check out this article: http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=256016. He's just one of the 100 to 150 people who die each year from food allergies (usually peanut and nuts).
     
  18. Homer Simpson

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    I know it's serious. It's not that we don't care but there are so many life threatening allergies that if all of them were taken out of society everything would be soy based and tasteless.
     
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    afgm Ashburn Farm Resident

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    I am allergic to rag weed. What can be done about that.
     
  20. maeve

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    Actually, everything is soy-based already.[​IMG] I don't think everything needs to be taken out of society. Also, I think most allergic folks would agree. As with every aspect of society, there are going to be nuts (pun very much intended) who take a hard-line stance but most are reasonable people who only want some consideration. Personally, I'd like to see people be aware of when and where they're eating in public and would like to see them clean up after themselves (and children). However, I'd want this regardless of food allergies. I'm sick of having clothes and things ruined because someone was careless (for example, I sat in someone's discarded gum at Disney).

    Personally, I don't use business that are peanut-oriented and instead choose to spend my money with businesses that "get it." For example, I book flights on United, American, and US Airways because they don't have peanuts. They don't guarantee a peanut-free flight because passengers can still bring a Snickers or trail mix on board, but it's still safer than a full plane of people opening and eating bags of peanuts.

    About the lady with the latex allergy, not only is she a wacko, she's also ignorant of her own allergy.

    http://www.latexallergylinks.org/paint.html

    AFGM, sorry to hear about the ragweed allgergy. It's going to be a bad year this year. Not much you can do except stock up on Claritin. Ragweed is a big allergy in our house too. Also, ragweed can cross-react with certain foods to cause an allergy called oral allergy syndrome. Cantaloupe and cucumber are two foods which cause the reaction.
    http://www.calgaryallergy.ca/Articles/English/Oral_Food_Allergy.htm
     

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