This was a story about this Burger Stand that President Obama went to in DC. It was a long article I didn't see the NBC story. But they did say there is one in Portland OR. I am going to try and go. Anyone know where it is?
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The only kind of publicity that Jerry Murrell wants is free publicity, and this week, there's been plenty of that. Last week, NBC's Brian Williams followed President Barack Obama into a Five Guys burger restaurant in Washington, DC, as the chief ordered lunch for the White House staff -- and left a bitter press pool locked in their SUVs. The show was so highly rated that NBC re-ran it, and that inspired a glowing portrait in USA Today. "I get tears in my eyes thinking about it, that they made such a big deal about Five Guys," Murrell told the paper.Murrell, 65, has helmed Five Guys Burger since 1986, when he started the burger slinger at a single store in Arlington, VA, as a way occupy his family. But to suggest that Murrell has only just entered the big time would be to ignore the numbers. He's been big for a while. Since 2003, when he took franchising national, his little local joint has mushroomed, if that's the word, into a fast food champ. The chain is now huge, with some 436 locations in 32 states, plus expansion into Canada next month.
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