ok- I'm in San Diego at palomar airport road and want a burger... I can spend 4 bucks and get the "gourmet" junk at McDonalds or I can just drive the extra parking lot and go to In-N-Out where my burgers have always been good since always. I think I know where I'm going. And make it animal style. Yes, the fries animal style too.

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I live in LA, and those have been in the restaurant for at least 3 weeks. All the same, I'd rather go to In N' Out also.

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I remember the last time McDonald's tried to create a "grown-up" gourmet burger, the Arch Deluxe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Deluxe

I also remember that it failed horribly.

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Burger King has managed to keep their Angus burger on their menu since its launch in fall 2004, but they've dropped variants that had cheese and bacon.

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i don't care what you say the Arch Delux was the best hamburger that Mcd's ever made

it failed cause adults dont want to go to Mcd's Only Children go to mcd's and they take their parents with them

my choice of fast food restaurants is based on where i am at the time i am hungry if i am closer to a Burger king i will go there

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So Cal McDonald's restaurants are currently sampling the new Angus Deluxe burger. Being a member of management in the fast food business, I've yet to hear anything negative said about the Angus burgers. In fact, about 90% of the people who sampled this product claimed to be addicted! They are delicious!!

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For those of us in SoCal with a Carl's Jr., the Angus 3rd Pounder is bacially Carl's Six Dollar Burger. Even the same price. Tried the 3rd Pounder. It's good, nothing amazing. But good for the "big" burger fix.

The Arch Deluxe bombed because it was too small and basic (it's now called the Big N' Tasty, if they still carry it).

My fellow In-n-Outers: have you noticed that as the price of the Double-Double increases, the size of it has decreased? Just holding it, you can tell it's smaller. Sucks.

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Ah so now all those Californians can weigh 1/3 more
than the rest of us.

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Jess, only those in Southern California for now! You'll have to take advantage of the typically great weather (I grew up in SD so I know) and get more exercise to burn off the extra calories.

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Tried one, quite good. Way better than the 1/4 pounder and better than the $6 burger. Not In-N-Out good and certainly nothing to make a habit of.

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I'll stick with Five Guys....

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I had a Third Pounder with Bacon and Cheese last night and I did not sleep well. That "burger" has so much salt in it. I just checked the "nutritional" info and saw that it has 2210mg of sodium! That's 92% of one's daily intake! I may as well buy a salt-lick.

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The new McD Angus burgers are pretty good. its not as good as homemade but not bad. The meat was a little bland for being Angus. I guess thats from all the over-processing of the meat. The bun was really good, probobaly the best fast food bun I ever had. But the Angus Deluxe has WAY too much mayo, I had to scrape half of it off.

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Still haven't tried one because the commercials are so irritating - don't know why they think having a group of cranky easterners cajoling us as though we were all surfer dudes (even as though that were an insult) would act as incentive. The ad exec was probably the same guy who advised M&M's to not do a product placement in ET, or Poppin Fresh in Ghostbusters.
I gave up on McDonalds greyburgers long ago (lets face it: even if it's angus beef, it's still going to go through the mcDonalds process), and usually grab an In N Out or Fatburger, or even a Carl's burger.

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What? I have had this and its wonderful. Best burger I have had. Better than any of the 7-9$ burgers I have gotten at Ruby Tuesday or Hard Rock.

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TO the one that thinks In-N-Out burgers are getting smaller...They are not. They have always been very small and as everybody else went super size they just kept doing what has made them famous all these years and didnt change a thing. So in comparison they are smaller than other chaines, but as an ex employee (almost 20 years ago). They have not changed in size one bit.

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It's precooked and warmed in the Q'ing oven (microwave).

Tastes like meatloaf on a cheap bun.

I'd rather have a double Q pounder any day.

(of course I'd rather eat somewhere other than McDonalds, Jack in the Box actually tastes like real food)

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I am a east coaster,so i haven't had a chance to taste their new angus burger. if it runs true to McDonalds form i'll get my Angus burgers at Hardee's. they are very good. you can taste the beef.

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The Angus Third Pounder triad is being tested at some McDonald's in the Chicago area, too. I sampled the one with bacon and cheese at a restaurant in the city's Jefferson Park neighborhood. I liked it a lot, but really wonder whether McDonald's now has way too many items on the menu.

I did a little podcast about the experience here http://chicagoscope.com

Leigh Hanlon

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Geez... everyone's so whiny!

Fast food was not meant to be "good" it was meant to be fast! Now, I got lucky, as the test made its way to Chicago, and just left to New York. I drove to get one, and it really was good. I would never eat at Booger Fling, that place always gives me the runs, and I don't like microwaving fried foods.

If you haven't tried it, you can't really complain. We did have Angus 1/3 Pounder boxes in Chicago, and yes, the burger is still in its test phase. If the one someone had was a bit overcooked, that might change. I was told the Angus burger requires a new grill to cook, so thats why the test is going slowly. Many McDonald's will need to remodel if the Angus burger goes nationally.

I had the mushroom swiss, and really did not expect it to be any better than a Quarter Pounder w/cheese. The bun was great, the mushrooms tasted good, the swiss cheese was REAL with holes, not processed, and the burger was much different than the standard Micky D's burger. It was a bit salty, but no complaints... well one... I wasn't able to go back the next day to get another, they already ended the test phase here.

Best of luck to everyone in New York getting their hands on one!

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