Mark "Shoehead" E.'s Profile

This was an interesting experience. It sorta remended me of a trip to Mexico. There was a lot of Mexican food items, like candy, and a rack of packaged spices. The place was a little dirty, and the food was just so-so, but the two girls working behind the counter were very friendly and helpful. They even offered us smaples of some of the fare.
I ordered a 3-taco plate with Carne Asada, Lengua, and Tripas (I was feeling adventurous!) The lovely Mrs. Shoehead ordered the 3-taco as well with 2 Carne Asadas and a Tripas. both came with drinks included, and they were big 32oz sodas. The food was, as I mentioned earlier, so-so. The  carne asada was not remarkable. The tacos themselves were pretty small, and the tortillas were oil friend, instead of grilled on the comal. But the overall experience was actually nice. I believe I will give them another  visit.  I almost had a flashback to some of my trips to Mexico while I sat there!  Arriba!

Not much I can say, but it is the cheapest gas in Firebaugh. There used to be a really cute and friendly girl working there, but she's gone.

OK, I was torn between giving it three or four stars. It may have been four, because I like the guys in there, but I actually settled on three stars.  The place is, as the three-star review says, A-OK. the place is usually filthy, expensive and lacking in my favorite food items, BUT, to their credit, they are super nice, always have cold beer, are 2 1/2 blocks from my house, and I can pay PG&E there. And to me, that's A-OK!

This was actually the first meal I had upon moving to Firebaugh. Ah, I remember it well--it was breakfast, and I had biscuits and gravy! It was OK, not anything to really jump and scream about, but decent.
Since that first morning in Giant Burger, I've eaten many meals here. It does help that GB is located two blocks from my house, but in tiny Firebaugh, that's not saying much. I do enjoy their fried chicken sandwich, and my wife, the lovely Mrs. Shoehead always eats their signature "Giant Burger" being a small mom & pop joint, we've gotten friendly with the counter girls there, and they always give us nice friendly service.
Giant Burger is really no different than hundreds (thousands?) of  burger joints in small towns everywhere. Some are awesome, and some really suck... I'll have to put Firebaugh's Giant Burger, right smack dab in the middle, with a few extra points for being friendly with the staff. Oh, and great onion rings, too!