{"id":135479,"date":"2017-12-01T00:31:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T07:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135479"},"modified":"2017-12-01T06:40:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T13:40:35","slug":"n-comes-finally-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/01\/n-comes-finally-colorado.html","title":{"rendered":"In-N-Out Comes (finally!) to Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colorado is apparently an interesting bird when it comes to national chains. Denver (the population core) is a remarkable distance away from other major population centers, leaving supply and distribution networks as a significant barrier.<\/p>\n

But, over time, as we’ve lived here, those barriers have slowly fallen. Trader Joe’s. IKEA. And, it seems, finally, the one thing that people (or California immigrants) have jonesed after for so long …<\/p>\n

In-N-Out Burgers is finally arriving. Albeit, initially, down in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n

To be sure, there’s also been some melodrama over the chain reaching out to Colorado, as the family elders that owned the company long resisted departing from California. With various deaths and legal battles, the “Go East, Burger Folk! Go East!” contingent in the family seems to have triumphed.<\/p>\n

Hopefully it will be an expansion that pays off, rather than breaking the company.<\/p>\n

In-N-Out, as a California thing, is probably more admired from loss and nostalgia amongst California immigrants than is warranted. That said, it beats the heck out of Burger King, in particular in its burgers. (Its fries are fresh, but not my favorites). While I have no doubt the initial stores will be mobbed, it will not be a slam-dunk that they will have massive success and victory here; there are a lot of burger places already, and I’m honestly not sure that I would go to an In-N-Out before I’d go to, say, a Sonic.<\/p>\n

There’s also a sense of loss as one more very localized chain becomes a more national one. There’s something to be said for saying, “Hey, going to California is cool, because that’s where you can find In-N-Outs.” If they’re available everywhere, then the cachet suffers (see also: Coors).<\/p>\n


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