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vsp · 05-09-2005, 11:45 AM

Fuddruckers is awesome, albeit pretty far out of my typical driving range (closest to me: Lancaster, out by the outlets and a 40ish-minute drive). I'll never turn down a Fuddburger, but Cheeburger is a reasonable and closer substitute until someone builds a Fudd's in the Philly burbs again. (The Fudd's in Springfield closed a decade ago.)

Fudd's is simply larger-scale; bigger toppings bars, more choices. Cheeburger is more of a strip-mall hole-in-the-wall chain than one that could sustain full-size standalone restaurants.

By that standard, Five Guys vs. Fuddruckers wouldn't really be an apples-to-apples comparison: Five Guys is straight-up fast food while Fudd's is a specialty restaurant experience. That said, Five Guys does the no-frills burger-and-fries thing REALLY goddamn well. They're more of a threat to Jimmy John's than Fudd's, if you know what I mean, though I doubt that people who've been going to Jimmy's since 1940 are going to abandon it easily.

05-09-2005, 11:45 AM	#3
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Fuddruckers is awesome, albeit pretty far out of my typical driving range (closest to me: Lancaster, out by the outlets and a 40ish-minute drive). I'll never turn down a Fuddburger, but Cheeburger is a reasonable and closer substitute until someone builds a Fudd's in the Philly burbs again. (The Fudd's in Springfield closed a decade ago.) Fudd's is simply larger-scale; bigger toppings bars, more choices. Cheeburger is more of a strip-mall hole-in-the-wall chain than one that could sustain full-size standalone restaurants. By that standard, Five Guys vs. Fuddruckers wouldn't really be an apples-to-apples comparison: Five Guys is straight-up fast food while Fudd's is a specialty restaurant experience. That said, Five Guys does the no-frills burger-and-fries thing REALLY goddamn well. They're more of a threat to Jimmy John's than Fudd's, if you know what I mean, though I doubt that people who've been going to Jimmy's since 1940 are going to abandon it easily. Last edited by vsp; 05-09-2005 at 11:50 AM.