The Food Department

Why we're not getting In-N-Out Burger here anytime soon

The 30-year-old owner does not want to fix what ain't broke.

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Why we're not getting In-N-Out Burger here anytime soon

POSTED: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 1:03 PM

The owner of In-N-Out Burger - the California-based fast-food chain with a cult following - is a hot-rod-racing, thrice-married, 30-year-old mother of twins.

Lynsi Torres, whom Bloomberg dubbed the youngest female billionaire in the country, happened to have the great fortune to be the granddaughter of In-N-Out's founders. She inherited the company after her grandmother died in 2006.

"Since In-N-Out restaurants do not have any freezers or microwaves, every new location must be within a short distance of its Baldwin Park [Calif.] or Dallas distribution facilities," writes the Orange County Register in a great profile.

There are 281 locations, all in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Texas.

This, coupled with In-N-Out's slow growth and Torres' youth, means we'll probably be deprived of double-doubles forever.

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Comments (77)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:59 PM, 02/26/2013

I'm 5 minutes from a 5 Guy's, why do I need In and Out?

— njmedic1485

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:14 PM, 02/26/2013

Shack Shack makes pretty good burgers.

— commuter

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:29 PM, 02/26/2013

Here's an idea....learn to cook.

— WBFO

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:06 PM, 02/26/2013

another burger joint will not be missed

— ratioactive

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:50 PM, 02/26/2013

I grew up in Philly and landed in Cali when I was 21. California can't TOUCH a good Italian Hoagie and definitely not a good cheese steak. With that being said, In N Out is the best burger joint out there and beats 5 guys by far. You'll also never find a better chicken place than Pollo Loco. If you're ever out in California go to In N Out and get a Double Double, animal style.

— elmersmithsucks

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:12 PM, 02/26/2013

Guess I'll have to stick with Five Guys.

— truthfirst

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:02 PM, 02/26/2013

who needs these when you have the philly pubs?

— ferit

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:10 PM, 02/26/2013

We don't need it. Why can;t some of the local flavor stay local? I like being able to try different things when I travel.

— hillbillybirdsfan

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:10 PM, 02/26/2013

Hillbillybirdsfan has just terminated this thread and this article.

— suporma

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:47 PM, 02/26/2013

the unions and the criminals would drive them out anyway

— stayoutofphilly

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:19 AM, 02/27/2013

the editor of the food dept at philly.com should be fired for allowing pointless idiotic content like this to be published. what a joke of a news site and city.

— sdffa13