The Chain Restaurant That Has Just 2 Items On The Menu

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Just Cheeseburgers & Fries.

By Dennis Lee - the Take Out - 2 Feb 25

"If a restaurant's only going to serve two things on its menu, it's safe to say that the crew's probably pretty confident in the quality of what they put out. That's the case with a small burger chain called NADC (Not a Damn Chance) Burger, which currently has seven locations.

Five of them are in Texas, one is in Chicago, and the most recent restaurant opened in Denver in late 2024. There are literally only two things on the menu: the NADC Burger, which is a double-smash cheeseburger made of Wagyu beef and is topped with secret sauce, pickles, onions, and jalapeños.

Then, of course, NADC serves a burger's best friend, french fries — and that's it.

You can order the fries as-is, but you can also upgrade them to something called "Beast Mode Fries," which adds cheese, pickles, special sauce, jalapeños, and a seasoning blend. There's no complicated In-N-Out Burger secret menu here.

The fact that the chain specializes in just a few things is reminiscent of places like Raising Cane's, which pretty much just serves chicken tenders and crinkle-cut fries and aims to do them consistently and reliably.

NADC Burger was started in 2022 as a walk-up window service by what seems like an unexpected partnership. Chef Phillip Frankland Lee is a Michelin-starred chef who was first made famous for his appearance on season 13 of Bravo's Top Chef.

He owns restaurants Sushi by Scratch (for which he has a Michelin star), Pasta Bar (for which he has a second Michelin star), along with his burger shop. But the co-founder of NADC Burger is professional skateboarder Neen Williams. The two joined forces over their love of burgers and started what is now becoming a steadily growing chain.

Chef Phillip Frankland Lee

People's love of burgers knows no bounds, and as long as the foundational sandwich is good, a chain might not need that much to thrive, like Chick-Fil-A. While NADC Burger's growth isn't at an exponential phase yet, it's in three major cities now, so who knows?

Maybe these two guys will dethrone Five Guys someday".

Works Cited: The Burger Chain with only 2 Items

"Burgers: the universal language of love". Unknown Author

 

[Rhody]

Wonder how they’ll do. Burgers are $16.

 

[TheShaun]

This place has a few locations around the globe. They pretty much only do salad, and steak frites. I've been to their London location a few times. Love the efficiency.

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[simon1]

 

[Goatrope]

Ah, the nostalgia. The original and best SNL...

 

[AshleyC]

 

[Dawghows]

I'm always impressed with restaurants who have the good sense to figure out what they do well, and then stick to that. That was the case for my favorite restaurant ever, Pearl Oyster Bar in NYC. Their menu fit on a card not quite as big as a half sheet of paper, plus a couple daily specials on a chalk board. Very limited, but every plate was 100% perfect. Every. Single. Time.

Heartbreakingly, they were never quite able to recover after the pandemic shutdown.

 

[Old Hippie]

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Man that reminds me of the "Last Chance Fill'em Up and Keep On Truckin' Cafe" in the Loess Hills of Northern Iowa. Stopped in there with Mrs. Hippie and a buddy of ours on our way to a little "motorcycle enthusiasts' gathering" in Illinois. The waitress looked like we had interrupted do-it-yourself hemorrhoid surgery . I asked for a burger with onions and mustard. She pulled down her glasses far enough to fire a glare over the top of them and said...

"I'll just bring you one with everything and you can PICK OFF what you don't want."

No complaints; she kept the coffee full and was otherwise moderately helpful. I left a nice tip.

Sometimes ya get what ya paid for; sometimes ya pay for what ya get.

O.H.

 

[losing]

5 Guys is a similar restaurant. I love 5 Guys and their Thrasher's type french fries but since the beer epidemic the prices sky rocketed and i only go maybe a few times a year. It was an almost everyday burger and fries for me.

 

[fpancoe]

5 Guys is a similar restaurant. I love 5 Guys and their Thrasher's type french fries but since the beer epidemic the prices sky rocketed and i only go maybe a few times a year. It was an almost everyday burger and fries for me.

Their fries are great- the burgers are overpriced and meh.

 

[Quaznoid]

I’m not paying $16 for a burger

 

[losing]

Their fries are great- the burgers are overpriced and meh.

Peanut oil is what they use. There was, maybe still is a place called Thrasher's Fries(sp?) on a boardwalk in Maryland that only made french fries, done in peanut oil. To me 5 Guys burgers are perfect, but they are overpriced.

 

[TexLaw]

I remember Joe T. Garcia's only one item on the menu: their enchiladas.

 

[garyg]

Maybe I am getting too old .. but the allure of going out to eat was in my youth the thrill of having choices ... or has that been boiled down to the thrill of what fast food joint you spend the money at?

 

[Dawghows]

For me, the allure of going out to eat --in my youth as well as in my advancing years-- has always been the thrill of eating something I can't make (or can't make the same way) at home.

 

[Rushman2112]

This place has a few locations around the globe. They pretty much only do salad, and steak frites. I've been to their London location a few times. Love the efficiency.

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Quite a lot of places have the same concept, even down to the walnut salad. There is one here (L'Entrecote at Duxton Hill) which we visit every so often, I like not needing to think sometimes! I did go to a place in HK one time, it may have been called "Beef" but it was a while ago, and they would only serve the steak rare or medium rare, which was fine for me.

I get what Dawghows is saying in the post above and I reckon most times I would agree but I refer to my earlier statement about thinking(!)

 

[KW Driver]

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Underrated reply. Great movie

 

[KW Driver]

I’m ok with a short menu.

Even my favorite places I’m not likely to have ever eaten everything on the menu. Often, I’ll go to a place for one dish of theirs.

The going out to eat thing for me is… try a new place? Cool. do I want something/style specific? Go to X place for that one thing.