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Next time you're at Chipotle ask for half-and-half meat (e.g. half chicken half carne asada)- you usually wind up with way more protein than you normally would since nobody wants to give you less than half a scoop (x2).

I think I found my answer to the 'successful hack of some (non-computer) system' question.

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i've also on many occasions just straight up asked for double meat, and i've never been charged, probably because it's always another person ringing it up.

So you are doing your best to supersize yourself [1]? I highly doubt that you would ever get away with too few protein in a fast food restaurant.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Size_Me

What's this!? Fast food is unhealthy, you say??

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No, I'm saying that although it is unhealthy the parent poster (knowingly?) is asking them to make it even less healthy.

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Usually when I combine Chipotle meats, it does not come out well.

The corn does, though.

If you get the vegetarian version, you get guacomole free and you can use the beans for protein.

You can also ask for double of anything other than the meat for free-including tortillas. Added to this hack gives you a double-sized burrito!

Now, that could be considered a restaurant hack. Writing a blog post about discovering a well-documented 'secret' (i.e. "we want the general population to order quickly") menu is not hacking. At all.

Also, I'm sorry to say that In-n-Out is simply not that good. There are countless local, independents that serve a much better burger, and have a variety of fresh, seasonal shakes.

I've found it to be true that In-n-Out isn't that good on an absolute scale, but it's great for how cheap it is. I can definitely get a better grass fed beef hamburger for $10 (or an even better one made from the ground lamb at the Berkeley Bowl for $8.99/pound) but haven't had a better fast food burger than In-n-Out.

haven't had a better fast food burger than In-n-Out.

I have. Also, the only places serving burgers I've been to that aren't fast food are the few gourmet burger restaurants. The problem may be that you're in the Bay Area (the burrito capital of the world, IMO).

In-n-Out as a burger compared to the entire burger ecosystem true enough, not very awesome. However in its own category it reins king. I feel like it dominates 2 cross sections, the first of course is fast food. Compared to almost any other quick burger joint its the best. In terms of the style (I've seen referred to as 'West Coast style' which is a thin paddy, often several of them relying on sauces and veggies for substance) it is also near the top.

There's also a lesson for HN to take away. In-n-out is a extraordinarily example of making the best product they can using the best production methods they have for their target market.

Since we don't have In-n-Out in Texas, I was excited to try one out. On a trip to Las Vegas, I made the walk to the one on the other side of the highway, from the strip. It was mediocre at best and I never really saw what the big deal was. What really surprised me was Fat Burger. I only knew about Fat Burger from the Ice Cube song, "Today was a good day." I thought it was some made up place, like Big Kahuna Burger. Fat Burger was good stuff and if you have a chance, get one of those! Google Map Link: http://bit.ly/i6GuZi

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