Five Guys: Avoid Their Bacon, But Seek Out the Cajun Fries

🍔🥜 **Five Guys Review: Worst Bacon Ever, Amazing Fries, and Competitive Burgers** 🥜🍔 This week, **Seif Rahoumi** (@seifrahoumi) returns as we put **Five Guys** to the Chili's Test. With Five Guys entering **Septemburger 2026** as the **No. 2 seed**, it's time to find out whether one of America's most beloved burger chains can live up to the hype. Between three tournament burgers, fresh-cut fries, and a shockingly bad hot dog, there's a lot to unpack. 🍔 Three Burgers Enter the Septemburger Conversation 🥜 Seif Opens a Peanut for the First Time Ever 🍟 Fresh-Cut Fries and Cajun Fries Continue to Carry the Reputation 🌭 The Hot Dog Was a Bigger Disappointment Than I Am to My Parents 🥓 The Bacon Ruined Everything It Touched 🎨 The Bulletin Board Is Out of Cards, So Seif Can't Cook (Artistically Speaking) 👨‍🍳 Open Kitchen vs. FOH/BOH Segregation 🏆 Seif Thinks the Walls Have Way Too Many Self-Congratulatory Awards 📏 Calibration Station Reveals Seif's Biggest Restaurant Green Flag: Acknowledge Him 🤨 Is a Cashier Rude for Saying \*He* Wouldn't Eat What We Ordered? **💬 COMMENT BELOW:** What's your go-to Five Guys burger order? **📢 SUPPORT THE SHOW & JOIN THE COMMUNITY:** 🎉 Patreon (Bonus episodes, extended Yelp segments & more): patreon.com/finediningpodcast 💬 Discord (Food talk, memes, cursed Yelp): discord.gg/6a2YqrtWV4 🎥 Watch full episodes: youtube.com/channel/UCLbraNhL6KhDPkdSWt2yiuw 🔗 All links: linktree.com/finediningpodcast 🎤 Guest: Seif Rahoumi | IG: @seifrahoumi **Patreon Producers:** Sue Ornelas, Joyce Van, & Robert McLaughlin **Patreon Subscribers:** David Ornelas, Kellie Baldwin, Jeremy Horwitz, Herbert Amaya, Simone Davalos, Scott Bennett, Amy Reinhart, Josef Castaneda-Liles, Travis Langley, Jewell Hermann, & Michelle Elmer **Free Patreon Followers:** Joe Warszalek, Lauren Cummings, Grace Krainak, Keri Estes, Robert Duran, Patrick Elliott, Dave Plummer, Nicholas Volney, Michael Gerard, Tracy Molino, Phuong Duong, Tyler Robinson, Brandon Gully, Mason Cruz, Michael Milito, Mez, Aaron Hubbard, Steff, Renae Michael, Crystal C., NiZ, Science Broe, & Jahid Ahmed 👉 **NEXT WEEK:** It's the history of **Slice House by Tony Gemignani** with Court McGowan!