hamburgers

this isn't "really" a food thread i'm just curious to know in a general sort of sense what kind of hamburgers are being eaten and at what frequency

that's all

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rare a few times per week. 2-3 times.

with cheese, onions, lettuce, tomato. sometimes something more advanced.

ian thank you for your hamburger input

do you think you will ever try the new bacon & blue from wendy's

if it sticks around and i am at a wendy's when it is available and if i can resist the allure of the bacon jr. cheeseburger for 99c, then yes.

(not sure where the closest wendy's even is.)

we have a new policy @ work where the company will pay for any chicken fired cheeseburger ordered.

chicken fried*

that is a fucking sweet policy to be honest with you

yeah i'm trying to figure out how far i need to space them apart so as not to get sick.

Only when I visit my parents in Alabama. Here in NJ, the closest thing I've found to a decent burger place is Five Guys, and while I appreciate being able to get an onion, garlic & A1 burger, the greasy, unseasoned meat doesn't really do it for me, and the inability to get less than a pound of fries is frustrating. (I do like that they leave the skins on and you can get vinegar on them, though. Those are marks of quality.)

When I visit home, I always end up going here. Jalapenos, onions, mushrooms, Tack Sauce (local sweet habanero sauce), so fucking good. Or sometimes Milo's- I don't know if other states have Milo's, but they really should.

husband makes a great slow-cooked burger - 80/20 ground beef, handful of diced red onion & a can of diced chilies, on sourdough bread (no condiments)...yummo. like a smoky meatloaf and SO goood.

sadly my quest for a healthier eating plan has led us to experiment with ground turkey tonight ;_;

yeah NJ is lackin in decent burger places (or maybe i just dont' know where to go?)

can't remember the last time I had a burger, tbh. when I go back home I usually make blue cheese burgers (blue cheese, worcestershire, &c mixed in with the beef) on the grill.

burgers are pretty much the perfect meal imo

I'm still trying to figure out how to cook ground buffalo without having it turn out dry and chewy. I've had AMAZING buffalo burgers but whenever I try they come out awful.

Had a Wendy's bacon & blue last week -- it was okay I guess, but really their spicy chicken sandwich is better. Still, credit to them for being willing to offer strong flavors in a generic fastfood world.

Next time I want a blue cheese burger, I'll probably do it myself and put the blue cheese in the middle.

xpost, grind up some fatty bacon in a food processor and mix in with the buffalo?

my uncle shot this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KIdTPS6LH4

would love him more if had written it though

hmm, wondering what kind of burger would go best with sriracha

guacamole & sriracha is a classic combo in my experience.

also jack or swiss cheese perhaps.

fresh, ripe tomato... mmm.

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I have burgers maybe every couple of months, but then I have little bouts of burger-eating. last time was last weekend, when I bought some minced beef and made my own, with chilli, onion. Served them griddled, medium-well, in pitta bread with coleslaw. Lishdelish.

Welcome to the Good Burger, home of the Good Burger. is the premier BURGIN' thread on ILX!!

I saw a Cantal burger on a bistro menu last week, for 17 euros. I gather that's just a burger with Cantal cheese. I'm sure it's great but really, 17 euros for a burger? Granted, it was in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, explaining the price somewhat.

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tons of good burger places in central NJ, dunno what you fools are talking about

i like the in-n-out style but without the thousand island ("ketchup instead"). everything is so proportional -- perfect bite every time!

live in southern nj, max

if i have a burger i have to lie to my girlfriend.

that wendy's video actually sort of makes working at wendy's look like fun. so: mission accomplished.

also: if someone wants to deliver a burger to my apartment, i'll be home working all evening. fries sound pretty good right now, too.

i probably have a burger once every... three months or so? less? like i said i have to find a time to do it when my girlfriend won't wonder about what or where i ate. if she knows i ate a burger i'll get one of those looks.

jesus christ hamburgers are tasty.

i eat about 4-6 hamburger a week.

i like fat burger. king burger.

i like vera, the vancouver chain. i get the straight vera burger with provolone and dijon. also like lamb burgers.

i like splitz grill. i get the run of the mill burger with aged cheddar.

i like wendy's.

i like burger king. triple stacker or bacon double cheeseburger.

i like mcdonald's. double quarter pounder with cheese, large diet coke.

you guys should have a heart attack-in.

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who's gonna be the first dirtbag to admit to having eaten an arby's "roastburger"

it won't be me

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i get arby's cravings pretty often, but it's just for a roast beef sandwich with horsey sauce.
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I have eaten a lot of fast food burgers as well as a lot of fancy gourmet restaurant burgers in my time, but I haven't had many (if any) that compare to a nice slab of ground beef seasoned with a few drops of Worcestershire sauce, grilled to medium rare on a Weber grill, and served with fresh tomatoes, pickles, white onions, Heinz ketchup, and French's yellow mustard (notice nothing about cheese).

The only thing that comes close to that for me is a well-made "Western-style" with K.C. Masterpiece (original), Onion Rings, bacon, & a slice of medium cheddar.

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love that horsey sauce
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I have a craving for a whopper right now. I think Burger King makes a better burger than mcdonald's. I could go to a fancy burger joint but it'd be too much hassle.
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notes on unconventional burgers:

a few nights ago, at guu w/ garlic i had miniature tonkatsu burgers: pork cutlet, shredded cabbage lightly pickled, mayo, all in miniature chinese mantou buns.

possibly 3-4 times a week, i eat rou jia mo 肉夹馍 at the richmond public market, which is called "chinese burger" on the menu, despite being closer to a pulled pork sandwich, perhaps: pork shoulder braised slowly with delicious stuff like star anise and cassia and dark soy sauce, stuffed in roasted flatbread (traditionally roasted in a clay oven or an oil drum, but here, in a boring old oven), possibly with cilantro or raw peppers but not always.

listen, arby's used to be a big treat for me, when i'd go from moose jaw to regina, to my orthodontist to get my braces adjusted. it was nice and soft, too, with my teeth all fresly pulled back. i can still eat literally a dozen beef and cheddars.

on mcdonald's vs. burger king. shit, i fuck with mcdonald's, i think. but you've usually got an a&w/bk/mcdonald's choice here, and i'll get a mozza burger at a&w nine times outta ten, if i'm in a serious burger mood. just in a gorging mood: probably burger king. cheap mood: mcdonalds.

sorry for not using your burger gifs.

fuck, finally an ilx thread i can really get into.

you know, i really like those fucking angus burgers at mcdonald's but i usually say fuck it for the convenience of going from order to burger-arriving-on-tray-in-40-seconds quickness.

thoughts?

i'm probably gonna eat two wendy's singles tonight -- there's no five guys like place here that has good burgers that you can get in <15 so i just go to wendys

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my burger of choice is at chili's atm -- it's a pretty sad burger life i lead tbh
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expost THANK YOU

apparently this is a hong kong style cheeseburger. will have to hunt one down soon.

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I gotta say, I prefer flat, slider style burgers to burgers which try to imitate a tomato can. I will try to keep my burger posts to a single line or less.
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this post is gonna blow your mind
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how did you even do that
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haha xp

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real hamburgers are happily not scarce enough in hong kong to force anyone to eat stuff like that, unless they choose to. there are like ten whitespots.

i lived in china when mcdonald's brought out the australia burger. the girls who worked there had to wear cowboy hats and shit. listen, that burger. i still think about it. they had some kind of fucking sauce on it. shit.
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my shit:

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mmmm vera's

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i would take most fast food & fancy restaurant burgers over homemade tbh

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got into a conversation tonight @ work with one of my regulars & another co-worker of mine abt burgz. customer was stoked that he made a day of going out to the fat burger in jersey; i am interested now in this fat burger. also, discussed over dinner this evening: relative merits of guacamole on burgers. at the bar i actually ordered a grilled chicken sandwich (with bacon, lettuce, tomato, mustard, swiss cheese, onion) instead of a burger, but my friend 3rin did not finish her burger so i ate like half of that too. YUM!
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guac on burgs is tight, in fact if you're in need a hamburger and you're in san diego but you're not really near an in and out the best thing to do is hit up a taco shop, often times they have the best burgers of all and all you really need on it is some guac. plus they're always like $1.50.

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What SD taco shops have the good burgers iiiijjjj? I never considered ordering one.

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bearx3: literally all of them, though probably not the sombreroses - they suck

el compadre & victorias in el cajon were my main two, saguaros, el rey, and el zarape in north park (tho el zarape doesn't have drive-thru), robertos, albertos, adalbertos, elbertos, really any and all, just not mcdonalds and burger king los pinche gueys!

will check on it next time through, zarape/saguaros/santanas are always necesseary stops since i left there.

i went out for dinner tonight, place was shit, and everyone i was with was looking grim. but i'd ordered a hamburger, which was delicious: crazy homemade handformed shape, scorched on the outside and pink in the middle, good chewy bun, bacon, cheddar...

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Best hamburger in London? MY PLACE. The key things are to fry off some onion rounds before you do anything else, for placement under the cheese as it melts; thin patty no more than 1/4 pound (no giant meatball shapes, and do not get all up in the meat with anything but basic seasoning), toasting your bun on the bread side so the burger doesn't disintegrate when you hold it (this is also the single thing that turns averageburger into soda-fountainburger). Garnishes: tomato, lettuce and pickle ONLY, onions are already under the cheese (which can be any sliceable cheese and may be the one acceptable place for Kraft singles, when necessary). Mayo for me is mandatory on top inside bun, ketchup goes between cheese and tomato/pickle in centre of burger, mustard goes on bottom bun, under the burger itself. Dijon or French's if you're feeling homesick or childish. See also: patty melt, Juicy Lucy.

This thread is giving me cravings that can't be satisfied immediately (or even this week - I just went to the grocery store on Friday and bought ingredients for many West Indian recipes). London has good burger chains but my own hamburgers are that much better.

there was a very short-lived 'canadian' restaurant in wimbledon a decade and change back called le prez, and it specialised in a 'canadian burger' that was perfectly spherical, about the size and shape of a baseball. it was hellz of hard-to-eat, and lord knows how they cooked it - i'm thinking now it must have been deep-fried.

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I had a good burger last night in the Firehouse pub in Exeter. Proper mature cheddar cheese on it, homemade coleslaw, hand-cut chips; winner.
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Have kind of lost faith in burgers...london is full of bad posh attempts at burgers which may indeed use better meat and more of it, but they taste dry and leave you feeling horribly full.

i think hamburger union has gone bust btw. the one on upper street is closed, for sure. most of them were v dull tbh so not too sad to see em go. please bring us a UK branch of in/out burger though.

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Heaven really needed an overextended Hamburger Union, I guess. At one of these places I asked about the insistence on the 'medium' burger after my request for med rare was denied (WTF how very dare they) and the waiter said it was to do with health and safety, but I had the distinct impression of pre-cooking at central location.

Oh BTW, for hamburger patties it's also OK to finely dice raw onion and mix with the mince. You really can't have too many fried onions in this situation...

local garda is otm w/ london burger places, they're all terrible imo

Now, this may sound like exaggeration, but I truly believe that Southern California is the burger Mecca of the world.

I guess you have to start with In-n-Out, which, thanks to rapid expansion in the past 10 years, you can find one in almost every incorporated town, and their quality has not suffered one bit. McDonald's was started in San Bernardino. Fatburger was also founded here.

Then you have your small chains and independent spots. Everyone has an opinion about the best burgers around. In the San Gabriel Valley, you have Wolfe Burgers, Pie-n-Burger, Tommy Boy's, The Hat. There's a local chain called the Habit which will blow your mind. And another local chain called The Stand which makes AMAZING chili burgers.

I have a burger maybe once every other week. It is as often a double qp with cheese from McDonalds, or a double-double animal style from In-n-Out, or a bacon-avocado-swiss from the Habit. Gotta keep that red meat intake in check, but damn...so many great, great options.

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^gonna make a version of that at home tonight. LaBriola sell their pretzel buns, which makes an average burger into a great one. With that, Nueske bacon, and aged Hook's cheddar, sauteed onions, and ground bison seasoned with Worcester, you've got a burger that could theoretically be equaled but not bettered.

obv it's cooked on a weber, sans lighter fluid, bun toasted briefly

my dad makes insane homemade burgers, grinds the meat himself, plus homemade fries, just totally unbelievable, topped w/ cheese, lettuce, a dollop of salsa, more or less my favorite food, ever

I eat a home-cooked hamburger about 4-6 times a year. I eat fast food hamburgers about once every 3-4 years.

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^this place in ct has some dooope burgers & it looks like it's expanding to atl, boston, chicago & georgetown fyi

the Bollo pub in Chiswick does a pretty decent burger in the gastro-pub vein, but nowehere in the UK that I've found as yet does anything to match the majesty of the Burger Joint or Shake Shack burgers in NYC. I was reading an article the other day about the burger splitting to 2 definitive styles - the gastro (v thick, juicy, rare-ish) vs the burger bar (pressed, good charring on the outside). Definitely favour the latter, need the charring.

Nueske bacon

nueske's bacon is fucking excellent. probably too good for a bacon cheeseburger... needs to be eaten on its own.

we always make sure to cook up a couple xtra pieces of it to munch on while waiting for the burgers to cook.

this thread is just pure evil when you're not within reach of a good burger joint

...just a little over one mile from my mom's place. A full order of french fries is skins-on and serves four.

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That place looks awesome.

where I used to get awesome slider type burgers (they buttered the buns!):

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That place does too tbh.

this is the place

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yes yankee doodle is fab

they closed down as of a year ago? not sure if they reopened

yea im not sure either tbh, they may be gone

You HAVE to butter the buns. Hot dogs also improved by bun-buttering BTW. Inside the CONVENTION GRILL:

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Wait, where is this place? I want to go!

suzy, call and raise:

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But what is the food like, D? Convention Grill gives amazing burgers, copious amounts of fries, and the best 'malts' (LOL MNspeak) available in MN. Convention Grill, the drug store soda fountain where I worked, and a proper drive-in are all very close to my house. This is the drive-in before it was revamped two years ago:

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amazing! they had great burgers and fries and other sandwiches, and shakes too. the best was the fried donut - they'd take a glazed donut, cut it in half lengthwise, and fry both sides in butter. as you can see, it costs 70 cents.

suzy, call and raise:

i will also see this action

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twice, apparently

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notice the wax paper wrapping on counter

Yeah, that's a plus - I can appreciate a bit of wax paper in a red wicker/plastic basket.

yankee doodle's in new haven, correct?

yeah

anyone been here: http://edzos.com/

Lucky 7's is probably one of the best bets for London, but i'd still rather go for a Boston Butt at Bodean's.

Yes, that is a good burger - and due to my Chinese spare rib addiction I haven't been to a BoDean's for two years, at least. Currently limbering up for Sichuan spare ribs next week.

c: oinkster

d: umami burger, stout

oinkster must have improved their burger cause last time i had it, it sucked

good fries tho

the burger at the york gastropub is good but kinda froo froo

Next time I'm home I call HSTNGS/MPLS trip to Convention Grill.

yeah i am pretty anti the fake father's office burger trend in LA

big dud

my dad makes insane homemade burgers, grinds the meat himself, plus homemade fries, just totally unbelievable, topped w/ cheese, lettuce, a dollop of salsa, more or less my favorite food, ever

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does he have drive-thru

if u paypal me i will fedex u a burger

damn, i'm in

had some white manna in jersey the other day. those are some good little burgers with a taste all their own.

thread inspired me to go to the remaining

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in the area. grilled onions, tomato, lettuce

i have been to yankee doodle, i don't remember it being very special apart from the decor.

lots of historic places to eat in new haven. what's the burger joint that serves the burgers on toast and has been around for like 90 years? and i recall eating in some ancient pizza place as well.

also if i recall (i went to school 30 minutes away) new haven was the closest place i could get decent sushi.

just had a kind of gross wendy's burger. drive-through was riddled with potholes. not a good sign. but it was on the way home.

Louis' Lunch is the burger/toast place. in New Haven they claim to have invented the hamburger. I wasn't really impressed, the one time I went there.

oinkster must have improved their burger cause last time i had it, it sucked

i've never had the oinkster burger but everything else i've tried of theirs has been pretty good.

still haven't been to umami but i saw a picture of one of the burgers and it looked awesome.

wkiw:

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that looks... tasty.

re: oinkster burgers are good but the bun puts it over the top (i know, fuck a bun, but it's still good).
b.l.a.m. otm re: san gabriel valley. also recommend b-man's teriyaki & burger just below san marino if you want fancy cali-style fixings real cheap. hamburger hamlet also, a little more upscale than the name suggests(if u get one thing get the lobster bisque) but the burgers are v. good. they lose pts for getting rid of their 'firecracker fries'

umami and stout are ok, but small and not really worth the $10+ burger, $4+ sides bullshit

oh in case it didn't come up on the l.a. thread huell howser got the whole skinny on in'n' out a couple months ago! interviewed two of the original fry cooks, some members of the family that owns it (they let him see but not touch the original 'in n out bible') and he was the first ever allowed to film behind the counter. naturally, his head exploded.

yeah louis lunch is kinda shitty, plus they're open very weird hours (I think they cater to the drunk party crowd)

And no ketchup, right?

Now, this may sound like exaggeration, but I truly believe that Southern California is the burger Mecca of the world.

I guess you have to start with In-n-Out, which, thanks to rapid expansion in the past 10 years, you can find one in almost every incorporated town, and their quality has not suffered one bit. McDonald's was started in San Bernardino. Fatburger was also founded here.

Then you have your small chains and independent spots. Everyone has an opinion about the best burgers around. In the San Gabriel Valley, you have Wolfe Burgers, Pie-n-Burger, Tommy Boy's, The Hat. There's a local chain called the Habit which will blow your mind. And another local chain called The Stand which makes AMAZING chili burgers.

I have a burger maybe once every other week. It is as often a double qp with cheese from McDonalds, or a double-double animal style from In-n-Out, or a bacon-avocado-swiss from the Habit. Gotta keep that red meat intake in check, but damn...so many great, great options.

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i was surprised to find this out as i have always seen the plaque in the stores with RAY KROC on it who i guess was the 9th franchise of the mcdonalds.

also recommend b-man's teriyaki & burger just below san marino if you want fancy cali-style fixings real cheap.

there was also a b-man's location inside the how's supermarket in north hollywood. i wouldn't have thought it was anything special, but someone said "you gotta try the delicious cheeseburgers at this little stand inside how's" and that person was OTM.

pretty sure that b-man's is closed now... the noho how's has been going out of business.

the other one is in the same parking complex as a how's, hmmm. pretty good market but well out of my way, hope it stays around i started going there during the grocery strike

all of oinksters shit is/was good except the burger last time i was there! even the chicken salad sandwich is a++. i was eating there 3-4 times a week when i was at oxy.

o1nkster invite

damn maybe i will hit up five guys soon

i had a double baconator tonight at wendy's-- i thought the last time i went, the weird offness of everything was just a weird offness, but i realize now, that's how wendy's tastes. the bun was somehow powdery and doughy at the same time. the burger tasted... gamey? the bacon smelled like "beggin strips." i also got a bacon and blue, which was about the same, with the addition of the stink of blue cheese, which somehow improved things.

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that woman is gollum & i claim my five dollars.

my penis just crawled back inside my body and may never return.

also various meals from the past week have now canvassed my mattress...

i had a turkey burger at the counter tonight. are turkey burgers allowed in this thread?

turkey is NOT METAL

crazy toppings usually aren't my thing, but the burgers themselves are very good. so i got the crazy toppings that came with the burger.

what i had tonight: 1/3 lb turkey burger, regular bun, greek feta, dill pickle chips, grilled onions, organic mixed greens, tomatoes, sundried tomato vinaigrette. also got a half-and-half of shoestring fries and sweet potato fries.

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a friend of mine converted me to spreading hummus on my burgers at a bbq last summer. also using cheez wiz in place of an actual slice of cheese maybe sounds gross but is delicious. not huge on fancy-ass burgers, but i'm not likely to say no to blue cheese and portobello mushrooms.

i had an ex that tasted like hummus

i could totally see hummus working on a burger.

i had a double baconator tonight at wendy's-- i thought the last time i went, the weird offness of everything was just a weird offness, but i realize now, that's how wendy's tastes. the bun was somehow powdery and doughy at the same time. the burger tasted... gamey? the bacon smelled like "beggin strips." i also got a bacon and blue, which was about the same, with the addition of the stink of blue cheese, which somehow improved things.

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wait, you had a "double baconator" AND a "bacon and blue"? dude, i hope you have good health insurance...

...and large fries, and most of my girl's baked potato with bacon and cheese sauce, and a large diet coke.

health insurance, i'm canadian.

my heart is in amazing order and my arteries are running like the mighty mackenzie river.

if you're ever in vancouver, i'll take you out for a burger binge, homie.

l.a. burgers:

umami burger is pretty unimpressive. the meat kinda sucked.

the york's burger is solid fare, nothing that blows my mind though. i prefer their pork sandwich.

the fix, which is a small burger joint in silver lake, has some really good burgers at very fair prices.

father's office is good but not "the best"....i think i prefer the similar burger that the hungry cat makes.

blue palms: totally good burger, really great bar imo

essex house: been there once, had the burger, liked it. the place was too loud, though.

my favorite l.a. burger might be the one at golden state, though. plus they have old rasputin on tap!

oh and pie n burger in pasadena makes basically the same burger as in-n-out, but i like it more.

my favourite local burger place is a small, dwindling franchise called dilallos. their signature burger has capicollo, peppers, onion, lettuce, cheese, tomato and get this... it's served upside down!

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cooked medium/medium well w/tomato, lettuce, ketchup. sometimes I go just ketchup at fast food places because I am three years old.
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i'm sure i've posted numerous times about my hamburger preferences in brooklyn & manhattan.
i am eager to try the pies n thighs burger now that they've re-opened! their classic american style burger was a fave of mine in the old days--thick but not huge huge patty, american cheese, little mayo, tomato, lettuce, pickle iirc. and it was always nice n juicy!

my favorite l.a. burger might be the one at golden state, though.

i second this, but i always want a second one after i finish.

l.a. burgers:

umami burger is pretty unimpressive. the meat kinda sucked.

the york's burger is solid fare, nothing that blows my mind though. i prefer their pork sandwich.

the fix, which is a small burger joint in silver lake, has some really good burgers at very fair prices.

father's office is good but not "the best"....i think i prefer the similar burger that the hungry cat makes.

blue palms: totally good burger, really great bar imo

essex house: been there once, had the burger, liked it. the place was too loud, though.

my favorite l.a. burger might be the one at golden state, though. plus they have old rasputin on tap!

― ('_') (omar little), Tuesday, March 2, 2010 1:54 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

oh and pie n burger in pasadena makes basically the same burger as in-n-out, but i like it more.

― ('_') (omar little), Tuesday, March 2, 2010 1:56 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you forgot the bucket!! http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BnOP43Mv_PY/Sx8vBIZHgJI/AAAAAAAAOY4/joMcsnJiY-M/s400/The+Bucket.jpg

Eating cheeseburgers with fried eggs on them just seems like you're daring God.

So, this may seem like an odd place to post this, but the vibe here (minus Ms. Gollum) is pretty positive and we're in a sharing thing, so . . .

I've recently had a really good turn in my life. Things are just more straight-forward than they've been in a long, long time, and I'm enjoying putting one in front of the other to keep it going like this. Sort of like hitting a nice flat area on a bike ride . . . you still gotta pedal, but once you got a good spin going, all you gotta do is keep spinning.

Anyway, I took advantage of this very positive time to prioritize things that I want to do. Like, big picture. One of them is to become a truly excellent cook. I've enjoyed cooking up until now, and have had a modicum of success with the things I have made repeatedly. I want to take it to the next level.

Ergo, this weekend is the weekend that I work out my own hamburger recipe. I am thinking somewhere in the 1/3 pound range, but possibly higher in order to stand up to the grill (charcoal, of course).

I will take plenty of pictures to photo document and post them here.

NYC Burgers I Have Known and Loved: Ear Inn; Nancy Whiskey; White Horse Tavern; Lucky Strike; Pop Burger; Spike Hill; Pies N Thighs

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~~~~~~~~~~~~ GODSPEED, B.L.A.M. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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A friend of mine called me out on it last weekend, claiming I couldn't make a great burger.

Needless to say, I wish to prove him wrong.

sexyD--you, me, l@l@ @ vict0ry need to take a trip to Molly's ASAP.
still never tried ear inn.

Molly's? Sure, anytime. You should come meet me for lunch at the Ear some off weekday.

next monday?
molly's is dope irish pub on 3rd ave with, srsly, one of the best burgers i've ever eaten period.

Speaking of NYC, there used to be a place called Diane's on 72nd and Amsterdam when I lived there that had a great burger. Dont know if its still there, that was 17 years ago.

Monday: we're on, one o'clock, corner of Spring and Washington.

you gots it.

They offer a single-patty Baconator now I guess, but when I went into Wendy's the other day the girl asked "double?" when I ordered. I had a moment of confusion. Double Baconator? That would be four patties. I mean, wouldn't a single Baconator just be a Big Bacon Classic (or whatever they're calling it now) without lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickle? Or is there actually double bacon on a Baconator, whether single or double?

I miss Wendy's. I have been living in Wendy's Exclusion Zones for a couple of years.

Had a Big Mac a couple of hours ago. I swear there is some chemical in the Big Mac that is actually beneficial to health. When I'm rundown or whatever I swear it does me good. Maybe there's a ton of zinc or vitamin B12 or something in it, despite all the cholesterol. I have been eating a lot of pizza lately and I swear pizza is harder on my digestive system than Big Mac.

cause you're probably sketchy with processing dairy?

B.L.A.M. has his or her priorities straight.

i just checked out that silverlake place, omar, that you mentioned, the fix - excellent burger imo

how many hamburgers can i eat in a day?

lunch: 2 a&w mozza burgers (yvr location features self-serve burger ordering robot, so i can get what i prefer with the press of a touch screen: no tomatoes, no lettuce, extra bacon).

dinner: 1 vera's burger (with dijon, provolone)

3:30 am, after getting back from the gym: a quarter pounder with cheese.

i think you might be the undisputed king of the burger thread, dylannn.

we're going to drive him to a triple bypass

i had tofu for dinner last night and pretty much just cereal today so far... the red meat craving is kicking in.

Tombot made me one of the best burgers I've ever eaten. I want him to come over and make me another one right now :(

The weekend got way the hell away from me. Burger plan failed in an epic manner.

Will attempt to attempt them this week or coming weekend, and will photodocument at that point.

dylannn: please recommend me a non-big chain burger in the GVRD better than Vera's or Moderne Burger if you can. Moderne Burger was an especially big disappointment.

i just wanna point out that atlanta is burgertown, u.s.a.

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ann's snack bar is amazing, but i only go once a year or so - because 1.) i want to live past 50, 2.) the wait is obscenely long no matter the day & time

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ear inn was great yesterday.

i love ear inn. :-)

HEY JordanS, Billiards on Broadway does a decent burger AND they have fries.
Thread has given me THE HUNGER.

had sort of a disappointing burger at a brasserie-type joint the other night. way bloodier than i ordered, and i didn't expect it to come on toast rather than a bun.

i should really find a way to block this thread from my feed

twice in the past week i've clicked on this thread only to go out for a burger later that day

probably have already put on several lbs

where did you get burgers

the weary and the tornado room are my burger jams

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man fatburger is some bullshit
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yeah not a fan

i just read this thread and it's just about lunchtime, but there aren't any good burgers to be had near the office :( torture...

any baltimore burger eaters itt?

I miss Shake Shack.

omg

i now understand why ppl mix egg into their burgers

it's just

yeah it's great. Onion too.

apparently the habit beat in n out et al. this year. The habit is wonderful.

I generally side with the "break the meat down as little as possible when forming the patty" crowd so I don't mix stuff into it, but I'm not going to say my way is the only right way. (I'm just going to think it.) I will say that my burgers reheat better when they haven't had anything mixed into them.

i didn't have any dry elements to mix in, just went with egg, seasoning, and yeah it was kind of a mess and broke the meat down to a surprising degree. but it held together just fine to cook and immediately eat. since i haven't tried that before, i gather that something along with the egg would help bind it together better?

egg and onion --------- no

why

i mean mcdonalds of all people dont use filler and then when yr making a burger at home yr going to??? idgi

it wasn't sawdust, it was MORE, meat PLUS egg. it cooked differently and tasted different.

bacon bits

blue cheese

just sayin, I woukd serve you up a burger you would love w/ egg and onion believe me. Sometimes garlic as well.

and it's not original. People all over the USA do this.

Worcestershire sauce too. Fuck, you know it's good when Worcestershire sauce is involved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxIYUMxiraE

i used to use ketchup as a binding agent

/confessionvoice