The 3 Magic Words You Need For A Five Guys Burger With More Flavor

Fast food secret menus traded by a cabal of diehard insiders make our rockin' foodie world go 'round. From the legendary Flying Dutchman at In-N-Out to a Big McChicken at the Golden Arches, we never tire of collecting arcane drive-thru menu offerings traded like playing cards. An "all the way" burger at Five Guys isn't technically "secret," per se — it's an acknowledged part of the chain's bill of fare — but that doesn't mean that your average casual Five Guys customer knows that it's an option. And, yet, uttering the words "all the way" is your key to unlocking mega flavor on your next burger, meaning that you should familiarize yourself with this choice ASAP.

While the US Five Guys breakfast menu may be a fast food cryptid, "all the way" burgers are widely available and nothing that employees won't understand. Your burger will come dressed with not just grilled onions and mushrooms, lettuce, tomato, and pickles, but also no less than three condiments: ketchup, mustard, and mayo! All the toppings available at Five Guys mean that you could, conceivably, indulge in as many as a quarter-million different combinations, but this particular one is a burger that wins points for being saucier and much more flavorful than a typical burger. Best of all, you can request any burger all the way. It's a bit paradoxical that "all the way" doesn't actually mean "every topping at Five Guys," but it's hard to argue that the selection isn't a great one.

Taste is obviously subjective, but we hear good things about this "all the way" combination of toppings making burgers less dry and more enjoyable overall. That's a good thing, given the public perception that Five Guys is yummy, but expensive. "I like Five Guys, but I can go to a sit down restaurant and order the same thing for the same price including a tip," one Redditor shrugged. Meanwhile, on another Reddit thread: "However, I've been to Five Guys enough times, and know how good it is in relation to other places [...] They make a fine burger. Pricey, but very tasty."

We know several bits of trivia about Five Guys, including the fact that golfer Phil Mickelson owns several restaurants. In 2010, Mickelson ignited a minor public firestorm when he opined that Five Guys was better than that vaunted jewel of the West Coast, In-N-Out. Again, good flavor is not a measurable metric, but it's true that Five Guys tops polls of Americans' favorite fast food burgers. Rising fast food prices have rocked every stratum of the industry, with even McDonald's coming under fire for a perceived lack of value. At Five Guys, if you're going to pay "more" for a burger, you deserve to have a fine meal. We think that, based on raves for the all the way burger, this not-so-secret hack gives you a great chance of enjoying a "gotta have it" handheld.