I tried the up-and-coming burger chain beloved by political elites that wants to be the next Shake Shack - here's the verdict

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• I tried the up-and-coming burger chain, Good Stuff Eatery, that is trying to become the next Shake Shack.
• The chain is already has a cult following in Washington, DC - I ran into two members of Congress while eating.
• I liked Good Stuff Eatery better than Shake Shack.

I was driving back to New York City from Virginia when a colleague suggested that I stop in Washington, DC to try Good Stuff Eatery, an up-and-coming burger joint trying to give Shake Shack a run for its money.

Good Stuff Eatery opened its first doors in DC in 2008, just four years after Shake Shack started in Manhattan, but has since franchised other locations in the DC metro area, as well as in Chicago and even Saudi Arabia.

While both burger joints use sustainable ingredients, including grass fed beef and other meats and dairy products free from antibiotics and hormones, their menus are also a little different.

Here's how Good Stuff Eatery matches up.