Fatburger in Palm Springs

Well I spent a fabulous week in Palm Springs, California and the only thing I felt like blogging about was our Sunday trip to Fatburger. You see, we have a strong and fast rule of not eating at any place we can find here in Orlando, so when we were feeling like getting something fast and what we thought cheap, we opted to try the local Fatburger drive thru. The menu is pretty limited to burgers or chicken sandwich, so we opted for 2 1/2 pound kingburgers, 2 regular fries, and 2 regular colas.

It was then that I heard something in a drive through that I've never heard before. "That will be $22.09 at the window". I nearly fainted as I pulled forward, thinking I must have mistook what I heard, but no, that was what I had heard, and as I quickly fished out a couple of extra bucks to go along with the twenty dollar bill I had already pulled from my wallet, I thought this was going to be some AWESOME burger. Then to my surprise, I hear something else that makes my head spin. "That will be 10 minutes." Damn! So we spent the next "15" minutes giggling about the price and how long it was taking this sorry excuse for a fast food employee to cook 2 hamburgers. Yes, we were on vacation and didn't really give a damn. There was nobody behind us waiting, and all I could think of was what a good story I would have to tell when I got home.

We finally got our order, and zipped back to the resort to feast on our $22 meal and all I can bring myself to write is "YUCK". The one half pound burger tasted like all the life had been pressed out of it. Not juicy, not warm, but hell yes it was big. The fries were those awful fake batter coated artificial ones like they have at Burger King. Wasn't enough ketchup in the world to make those things worth eating.

Anyway, just wanted to warn those in Orlando just in case this awful franchise should make its way to our area. If you want a good burger for 8 dollars, get your ass down to Fuddruckers where they are big, juicy, and well worth the price. You have been warned!