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The food court at Crabtree Valley Mall just got a burger upgrade, swapping one enormously famous french fry for another.<\/p>\n

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The Triangle\u2019s newest Five Guys Burgers & Fries is now open in Crabtree. The new burger stand opened Thursday afternoon, July 23, but fittingly its first full day will be Friday. (Get it? Fry-Day?)<\/p>\n

McDonald\u2019s closed earlier this year as part of the multi-million dollar redevelopment of Crabtree Valley<\/a>, which has seen several major mall additions.<\/p>\n

Five Guys helped launch the flattop griddled burger craze and has grown into one of the country\u2019s largest burger brands. There are now a dozen locations in the Triangle and nearly 50 statewide.<\/p>\n

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Five Guys is perhaps most famous for its fries, which are hand-cut, fried in peanut oil and served in heaping scoops in paper bags.<\/p>\n

The Crabtree Five Guys is notable for opening early at 9:30 a.m. and serving a menu of breakfast sandwiches. Five Guys has been serving breakfast since 2019, according to the online food side The Takeout<\/a>, but locations are rare.<\/p>\n

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