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Real Name: Steve E. Swenson Address: PO Bin 440 Bakersfield, Ca 93302 Cell: (395)736-7 Gender: male Date of Birth: January 03, 1949 Member Since: March 17, 2006 Last Signed In: September 30, 2009 Profile Views: 10861 Blog Views: 14980 Didn't catch any fish and Lopez Lake, but lots of fun anyway I feel oppressed, and out $33 Eating a burger in the shadow of Michelle Obama A must watch and pass on Lovey dovey on my patio Mexico trip rerouted to California -- oh yippee, skippy Met up today with an old cancer buddy The governator wants to tax golf???????? Took my love to Red Rock Canyon Ending fish plants in the Kern River???? June 06 July 06 August 06 September 06 October 06 November 06 December 06 January 07 February 07 March 07 April 07 May 07 June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 
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Eating a burger in the shadow of Michelle Obama
I visited Washington DC last week and felt it important to go with my sister and grand niece to Five Guys Burgers and Fries because Michelle Obama took her staff there in February. The First Lady got a lot more press than I did. But I mention this here because it was about as good a hamburger and fries as I've had in a burger joint. I had a cheeseburger ($5.59) which has two patties and a choice of 15 toppings you can put on it. (mayo, relish, onions, lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, grilled onions, grilled mushrooms, ketchup, mustard, jalapeno peppers, green peppers, A-1 sauce, bar-b-q sauce, and hot sauce) I put relish, grilled onions, tomatoes, grilled mushrooms, ketchup and mayo on mine. The clerk at the Georgetown Five Guys, a nice man by the name of Steve, explained all this too me. Plus he kind of insisted I try their fries. Glad he did. They were about the best fries I've had anywhere. Five Guys is expanding in the country, including two within 120 miles from Bakersfield -- Carson and Cerritos. So if you go there or one of them comes here, you might want to check it out. Michelle Obama has pretty good taste. 13 comments from 10 users
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posted by
elinem
on Jun 23, 2009 at 10:43 AM
You must be a socialist Muslim teleprompter with a fake birth certificate! ;-) posted by
catpaw
on Jun 23, 2009 at 11:03 AM
Sounds like you had a yummy time. The heck with the tourist sights, where's the chow--I like your level headed priorities. posted by
steveeswenson
on Jun 23, 2009 at 11:05 AM
elinem, How did you know that? i was trying to keep that all a secret. posted by
sagefever
on Jun 23, 2009 at 11:29 AM
Sounds like good eats. Sorry about the lost photo op. ;- posted by
witbee
on Jun 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM
There is no way it beats a Teriyaki burger from the Country Boy Drive-in on Rosedale Hwy. No dang way.... posted by
CatherineBaker
on Jun 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM
LOL Witbee! I used to work there when I was a teenager. I agree--the teriyaki burgers are awesome. I used to get a free dinner on my dinner break, and I would ask for one of those and an order of mushrooms with the ranch. Mmmmm. That's also where I got addicted to banana milkshakes (made with real bananas) and a big Pepsi with vanilla. posted by
AudreyB
on Jun 23, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Country Boy the Korean's place on Airport Drive are two of the last places in town to offer an "honest to God" deep fried burrito. I don't indulge often but when I do I want a burrito deep fried til it's HOT. posted by
CatherineBaker
on Jun 23, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Yeah, that place on Norris (just east of Airport Dr) makes the best burritos ever. Actually, everything they make is good. I like going to those kind of Mom & Pop burger joints because they really will make your burger to order, however you want it. Just mayonnaise and pickles? You got it. Extra onions? Whatever you want. I gotta say though, Steve--I am really intrigued about the list of toppings you mentioned at Five Guys. Especially the idea of mixing & matching stuff however you want, like BBQ sauce and mustard and onions. Mmmmm. posted by
witbee
on Jun 23, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Cat- my wife and I lived in the little house behind Country Boy after we got married. We ate there a lot. The owners at the time used to fill our bags with fries until it overflowed. They really knew how to hook you. posted by
CatherineBaker
on Jun 23, 2009 at 01:17 PM
I remember that house, Witbee. When I worked there it was a single guy that lived there, and he would come in all the time. I thought how cool it would be to be single and eat burgers and drink milkshakes every day. I couldn't wait to grow up. Then I hit my 20s and got my own place and realized that I still couldn't eat burgers and drink milkshakes every day--it just wasn't healthy. That was when I was still wearing a size 7, and wanted to keep it that way. But yeah, Country Boy had its devotees. Pretty much everything they cooked was good, and I should know because I tried almost all of it at once time or another. LOL! posted by
msjenny
on Jun 23, 2009 at 02:34 PM
my favorite is when I worked at A&W in East LA, we would make orange float, tasted just like a 50-50 icecream and grape float, awesome...Country boy is good also posted by
FloridaStateGrad
on Jun 23, 2009 at 03:58 PM
... and I thought when I tried In-N-Out for the first time a few years back that I had died and gone to heaven.. posted by
NancyII
on Jun 23, 2009 at 07:59 PM
Ah nostalgia. I remember when Country Boys was Glenns (is that the same one? On the south side of Rosedale?) That, and the one where Big Toms is now were the only "fast food" places west of the river. Audrey, are you talking about the Carousel on Airport? Back in '60 we used to eat there whenever we had the money. We lived down the street on Woodrow.
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