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I ate similar meals at McDonald's and In-N-Out to see what makes the two chains so different.
- McDonald's and In-N-Out serve similar food, but the two chains couldn't be more different.
- I went to both chains to eat their most famous double burgers, and to see how they were similar or different to each other.
- I found that while McDonald's food doesn't taste bad, it tastes far less natural than In-N-Out's perfectly constructed burgers.
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In-N-Out is to California what McDonald's is to the world.
In-N-Out is widely beloved for its friendly service, fresh ingredients, and picture-perfect burgers. But McDonald's has become more than just a fast-food chain: it's become a building block of global capitalism.
I set out to both chains and ate a similar meal at each one. My goal? To find out what makes these two chains so different, and, of course, to compare their food.
I went to an In-N-Out in Los Angeles on a recent trip to the West Coast, and when I returned to New York, I went to a McDonald's in Manhattan near the Business Insider office.
Here's what my meals were like: