If you are in BC, go to Mr. Mike's, fabulous burgers. It does not have drive through, but the restaurants are very nice and very clean.

In Meas AZ the In-A-Out is OK but not great. The Heart Attack Grill is fantastic and the waitresses aren't bad either. Carl's makes the best malted milkshakes I've had.

When in southern california I always try to hit an In and Out. I also have a 5 burger guy close to my house here in the frozen tundra (lol) and find it very close to InO. I will say that also in socal I had one Carls jr that was pretty good for an american conglomerate. THEEE best burger of all time was a local edmonton chain called burger king they had a " king mushroom cheese burger" that has never been equaled. unfortunatly they closed down in the 80s

Five Guys is good, but when I go to Denver on business I always go to Smashburger. The best burgers though are at Hamburger Mary's.

Locally (GTA), Licks and South Street Burger are really good.

So I just found out there is a Carl's Jr. in Kelowna BC. This, after finding out there are other stores in the Pacific NorthWest, I didn't know about till today.

Not exactly In n Out, but not bad either. Is the menu the same in BC as in WA?

When I was in Vegas, I went to Fatburger a couple of times (once inside the Red Rock Casino, once on the strip across from Monte Carlo). The burgers were awesome.:D

I too have had the In-n-Out experience. I go to Vegas at least 3 times a year and we always go at least once or twice. The one on Tropicana is usually jammed solid, so we started going to the one on Maryland Pkwy.

I haven't tried In-N-Out yet but according to some posts in lengthy threads on chowhound, in the GTA area the closest thing is Burger's Priest located in the Beaches. They have a secret menu too and an Animal-style equivalent with Jarge-style. We went in the summer, got there early ahead of opening and was second in line. Good thing too as the line grew. The place is very small with seating for 2-3 people but I wouldn't be bothered with that as it feels very claustrophobic, do take out instead. I did Jarge-style, very tasty, best fast food burger I've had. The fries weren't that great, not crispy at all. There's been some rumblings about a second location. Hopefully it'll be closer to downtown. I'd visit more often but don't like the trek out to the beaches.

http://www.theburgerspriest.com

Secret menu + pictures: http://www.foodwithlegs.com/?p=3136

I just learned that Five Guys Burger is opening about 5 km away from my place in Edmonton. There's part of me that wishes it was In-N-Out, but Five Guys is really good (albeit pricier).

Humbar, good call. I do the same when in Vegas. I find Maryland isn't quite as dumpy an area but as soon as you're off the strip, you never know until you drive 7-8 miles out...

^The Fat Guys burgers are just as good as the US but for some reason they haven't figured out the fries, the fries in the Cdn ones are terrible

That's bad news thenewbecks.

Love those fries... I hope they get it right soon.