oh in-n-out...how you'll always be the best burger in any competition with whatever east coast patty slinging, fast food dishing, french fry frying competition you face.  i'd happy take a double-double animal style with a side of fries and possibly a milkshake from you than any five guys concoction i can think up or even any artery clogging creation that spike mendelsohn can put in front of me or even a giant plate sized behemoth i can find at ray's.\n\ni miss everything about you...the well oiled machine you have running.  i love that the entire operation is always in plain view to the customer...how you have a secret menu that only true lovers of in-n-out (and anyone who can search the internet) knows about...how all the employees have aprons with giant pins knotting it all together.\n\nmaybe it's just the fact that i don't get to indulge myself in the deliciousness of in-n-out anymore that my praise for thee has grown exponentially...but i don't care, i love you.\n\nmy in-n-out pangs rival if not surpass my 2 am pollo asada burrito pangs...and that's saying a lot about someone who has a pantheon of hunger pangs.  the in-n-out purist in me doesn't want to see you franchised out, but it would be nice if the family business decided to venture east and show these elitists what a real burger should taste like.  but until my next venture back the my roots on the western side of the country, double-double animal style with crisp fries and a vanilla shake, you will be in my dreams.