Comments on: In-N-Out Secret Menu

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 04:08:39 +0000

Isn’t anybody ordering cheese fries?

By: whatupwilly

whatupwilly — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:58:11 +0000

2 words: 100×100

Or is that 3 words?

http://whatupwilly.blogspot.com/2004/11/vegas-recap.html

It is legendary and it is true. Pictures as proof.

By: D

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:22:40 +0000

Chester, you’re totally right. I guess I would be more impressed if I could suddenly get something new by using cool lingo. In reality if I went up to the window at In-N-Out and asked for a hamburger without a meat pattie I’d get the same thing as if I’d requested a “wish list”. Darn it, now I can’t see the “secret menu” in the same light as I used to.
Oh and before SoCal kids start telling me I’m unappreciative of the chain, I myself am a SoCal kid and insist on eating In-N-Out regularly…even the Thanksgiving weekend, haha.

By: Susana

Susana — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 04:19:08 +0000

animal style burger no meat, extra tomato, well done fries and arnold palmer please!

By: Gurpal

Gurpal — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:01:20 +0000

Nicole–kudos for diggin this up and sharing–this vegetarian will be making use of her close proximity the chain!

By: Chester

Chester — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:21:22 +0000

I’m not dissing the diligence of In’n'Out employees or the history of the business. All I’m saying is that making up names as shorthand for common variations on menu offerings ain’t what I’d consider to be a “secret menu”.

If I can walk into an In’n'Out, say some secret password that suddenly allowed me to order shit like deep-fried zucchini and get chili on my burger…well, that would be a secret menu worth taking note of.

But the things listed above are just variations. If anything, the list of terms above is just a glossary of “variation shorthand”, not a proper “secret menu”.

And, yeah, I’m just arguing semantics, I suppose. And, yeah, it’s kind of lame and curmudgeonly to argue about semantics. But it’s Monday.

By: Gerry Humphrey

Gerry Humphrey — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:50:53 +0000

While it seems that a lot of SoCal people are posting comments… let me join in =)

I am a SoCal native transplanted to NorCal.

During the opening of the various In-N-Out locations in NorCal, I went in and ordered from “the special menu” (and there are things missing from the list) and they got it right away.. as they are training on it.

I did see a guy actually eat a 10×10… man was he not doing well when he left (and he was a small guy too)

By: cd

cd — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:12:02 +0000

MickeyD is late-comer to the “as you want it” fad. The secret at In-n-Out is just that you can be more creative than their very limited menu would otherwise imply. McDs has always allowed you to ask for no pickles, etc, but In-n-Out tells their employees to listen and make sure they get it right the first – not the fifth – time.

There’s nothing suddent about the In-N-Out secret menu – it’s been around for years and years and years – but NorCals are just new to the fun.

By: Chester

Chester — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:21:05 +0000

To me, “secret menu” would mean you say some magic word and, all of a sudden, you can order tuna melts, chili fries, steak sandwiches, and other things that are not on the menu.

Even McDonald’s will serve you your burgers the way you want them these days. Coining code terms for the variations doesn’t make these accomodations suddenly special.

By: cd

cd — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 15:47:40 +0000

p.s. you can also order Fries animal style.

and if you say cheeseburger plain and dry, that’s what you’ll get -because the employees there are specially trained to actually hear things customers say.

brilliant.