As Southern Californians we take for granted our In-N-Outs. It's only when we hear of our out-of-state neighbors going ape shit when one opens in their neck of the woods, with people sobbing as if they've just seen the Messiah Himself, that we take stock on how beloved our homegrown burger empire just is. It happened most recently in Texas, where the opening of one made traffic snarled for miles and other craziness.
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Now, Colorado wants their own, and a Denver-city councilman (who is, of course, a former Californian) is spearheading efforts. Albus Brooks has told The Denver Post that having the company setting up shop in town is going to be part of his 2012 agenda. It would join another beloved OC institution–Wahoo's.
Before becoming an award-winning restaurant critic for OC Weekly in 2007, Edwin Goei went by the alias “elmomonster” on his blog Monster Munching, in which he once wrote a whole review in haiku.