Five Guys on South Minnesota Avenue is the burger place that decided toppings should be unlimited and fries should come in portions that require a second look.
The menu is straightforward in the best way: fresh, never-frozen beef patties built to order, hand-cut fries cooked in pure peanut oil, and hot dogs done right alongside the usual American fast-casual lineup. You pick your toppings from a list that's longer than most fast food restaurants would bother offering, and nothing arrives under a heat lamp. The little bag sitting inside the big bag of fries is not an accident — that's just how much you get.
Downtown Sioux Falls has no shortage of quick lunch options, but few of them are this consistent. No, they don't hand you a number and hope for the best — you watch it get made. The fries alone are worth the trip: thick, skin-on, and arriving in quantities that feel almost argumentative.