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I escaped my normal lunch routine today.

I went out and had a hamburger at IN-N-OUT. Yep, that is how it is written.

This small chain is only in the southwest and has, reputedly, the best hamburgers of any fast food place.

I cannot attest to that as I have not been to all of the others. But I do like IN-N-OUT very much.

It is a bit out of the way, all the way out Ramon and across the 10 but it is worth the trip. Sometimes. When I feel the deep urge.

I take it as an experience. IN-N-OUT. A whole range of people but not the "huddled masses". A more select group of humanity that is willing to take an extra step for goodness. Or something. It does have a bit of an elitist tinge. For a burger joint that is pretty good.

This is high season so it was a largish crowd. I waited 15 minutes at most. Five outside then ten inside on line.

I just had the regular burger, two of them as they are small, with fries and a chocolate shake.

The fries are exemplary. Thin and crispy and mine were nicely well done. The shake is a shake and a bit small but enough. Filling. Not the plastic quality that a lot of the out-of-a-machine shakes have.

My main point of comparison with these places would be Friendly's back east. But they are not alike at all. Friendly's is a real restaurant, sort of. IN-N-OUT is a fast food joint.

It was a nice break. The food left no aftertaste. A sure sign of inferiority when it happens. That and indigestion. None of that either. And I got home in reasonable time. Just ready for my mid-day nap.