July 29, 2005

The best burger is the In-N-Out Double Double, only
available in CA, NV, and AZ. Not a franchise, each store is company owned with quality and cleanliness
being the priority.

What really pisses me of is to order a hamburgher and they ask if I want pickles, onion, lettuce, and tomato. You gotdamn right I do. Then they bring the damn thing out with condiments in a little package that ain't big enough to smear a hot dog let alone a hamburgher. damyankees anyway.

Don't forget the Joe's Twin Park in Savannah and the Joe's Drive In on 21 or the Wigwam on DeRenne Ave, they were all owned by Joe.

How about the Triple XXX deluxe, Cat? That was a damn good burger, too.

Best one around here is the Browns drive thru. Family owned and operated. They had a place here in the 70-80's but their daughter had health problems and with the hospital bills they had to shut down. Their grandson has re-opened it and it is exctly as I remember it.The best part is their "Browns bag special" hamburger with all the fixins,onion rings or fries and a coke for 3.25 can't beat it with a stick.

Have to disagree with Walt about the INn-N-Out Double Double. I wasn't too imipressed with it. Now there's a place called Fudrucker's, they have locations across the US. Now they make one of the best damn burgers around , from the sissy 1/4 pounder to beautiful 1 pounder. And cooked the way you want it. They don't have any in Savannah, but they do have them else where. 2 in Atlanta, 1 in Alpharetta, Dalton, Duluth, Macon and Rome. Go try one and blog about it.

There will never, ever, ever be a good cheeseburger available from a resturaunt in North Carolina. Why? Because the boot licking communist pussies in Raleigh decreed that all 'ground meat products' needed to be served WELL DONE. You can't even order a burger 'medium'. If it's not red and bleeding, it's not a hamburger. Well done beef is a crime against Gawd and nature. You might as well eat sawdust soaked in beef OXO cubes.

It is the same here, you can't get anything but well done anymore. They say when they grind the beef up the bacteria that are usually only on the outside get ground into the meat.
So they have to cook it well. Bullshit I eat raw hamburger every once in a while(a little seasoned salt on it....and down the hatch) and I have yet to get sick.

I like mine with lettuce and tomato,heinz 57 and french fried potatoes. Big kosher pickle and cold draft beer, good golly Miss Molly which way do I steer?

"Cheeseburger in Paradise".... I love that song.

Okay, I know that this is a subjective thing, but the best burger I've ever tasted was cooked 5 feet from my back door on my own charcoal grill. (I'm a good griller, but my wife beats me hands down.)

The best restaurant burger I've ever had would be hard to choose because I've had so many good ones over the years. They serve a really good one at a little hole-in-the-wall place called "Granny's Country Cookin" located just down the street from the railway museum in New Haven, KY.

Roy

For my fellow damnyankees....

Krystals = White Castles [sliders]

1. Best burger I've ever had was at the "Belmont Grill" in Memphis, TN.

2. I order burgers cooked medium all the time in eastern NC. I live in a backwater pretty far from the state capital, though.

Being a Southern transplanted elsewhere, thanks for the Krystal reminder. Nothing better when hot.

One of the best hamburgers I used to eat was Rose's in Dallas (close to SMU). It was in a house near office buildings. You walked in through the back fence, into the house, told one of the old ladies in the kitchen if you wanted a hamburger or cheeseburger, then sat at one of the tables scattered around the house (a couple having framed pictures of dogs playing poker above them). The place smelled of grease and patties on the grill. Those ladies probably aren't alive now, but eating there once a week was one of my few work highlights.

I've had a lot of those Bison Burgers in Montana, in little diners along Flathead Lake. They are huge and tough.

Walk out of there, you'll pop a collar-button, and fur grows on your chest.

Bonita, I got a hard-on after I ate mine. I almost popped my ZIPPER, but I already have fur on my chest, so I didn't notice that effect.

... sure, Krystal's rock... but stay away from the chili cheese pups...

Rob, If you ever come to Texas and visit Houston read this guys reviews of Texas Burger joints.
http://texasburgerguy.blogspot.com/

Walt - when my oldest son was in college, he discovered In 'N Out Burgers....he actually managed to put down a "4 by" one night.

For those who don't know, if you want a bigger burger than the Double Double shown on the menu, you can ask for a Triple Triple....and if you are really adventurous, you'll go for the "4 by", which is four layers of everything.

Where my son put it all is a mystery - he's 6'1" but at the time was lucky if he weighed 155 lbs. I believe that he weighed more after that burger, though.

If you can stand going to the southern part of People's Republik of Kalifornia, not only can you get the In'n'Out double-double (not one of my favorites, but not bad either), you can also get the World Famous Original Tommy Burger. Those babies come in single, double, and triple, with enough chili slathered on top to harden your arteries on the spot.

I'll throw in a vote for Fuddruckers, but they seem a little uneven across the chain. The best Fudd burgers I ever had were at the Fuddrucker's in Riyadh, KSA (directions available if you like :-) ). Must have been that imported Irish beef they used....

Sure do miss those Krystals, too.

Jane is correct...

Krystal totally ripped off White Castle's idea and sliders still beat the pants off of them. I know because I was a griller there and I STILL eat them every chance I get.

Although when I'm in the south I admittedly eat Krystals

2. Luger Burger
Peter Luger Steak House
Brooklyn

That's number one. Hands down. No contest. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong. Peter Luger also has the best steak on the planet. Anyone who says otherwise is also wrong.

Number two is the "21 burger" at Manhattan's 21 club.

I've had burgers from Arizona, to Seattle, to Boston to Florida (and many places in between), and nothing is better. Although a barbecue place, the name of which slips my mind, about 50 miles west of Houston, offers a solid #3.

... but the best burger I ever had was some enormous monstrosity (at least a pound of beef) on fry bread with all the fixins at a little teeny side of the road hamburger joint run by a Navajo family in Medicine Hat New Mexico.

Walt said:

"The best burger is the In-N-Out Double Double, only available in CA, NV, and AZ. Not a franchise, each store is company owned (and the company is family owned) with quality and cleanliness
being the priority."

+1
In & Out is an aquired taste, but those who love them (like myself) would go to the end of the earth for one. Also, here in Hawaii we have Kua'aina Burger, best in the state.

Ok, I've now added all of the Savana locations to my next trip to SC to see the in-laws. Bluffton, SC to Savanna is only a short hop, and I've still got tickets to a ghost tour in town.

Count me in with the In-N-Out crowd. As far as chains go they ROCK! (Although, in addition to their secret menu they must have a secret compound in Neveda where loved ones of employees are held for torture in the event any of them gives less than exemplary and cheerful service...) Fuddruckers is great except for those crappy buns - won't somebody tell them?

JohnW

Lion,

We ate at Luger's once, and were completely underwhelmed. Overpriced, mediocre fare, with the usual snarling NY "service" (which demands a tip of Brobdingnagian proportions, withal).

Ugh.

I'll take In-N-Out burgers anyday... and I HATE most things Californian.

Incidentally, Acid, The Mrs. makes the best burgers in Christendom -- which you'd find out if you only ever came to visit.

Kim,

As with In-N-Out, you need to be a native (or at least with someone in the know) to get the "special" service and off-menu items at Luger's.

I've yet to be disappointed there, and I've eaten enough beef to make a PETA nut have a heart attack.

When you're in nashville, drop into Browns Diner on 21st. Been there since the 40's at least and I think that's the last time they cleaned the grill. Maybe that's why they taste so good...AND, you can get beer to go with it. If you're inclined toward the surley side, Terry will pat you on the back, take your money, and throw your ass out. Good ol' fashion burgers, suds, and world class cussing.

Hey, PDB, I've found two places that make great burgers in NC and you don't have to get them burnt to a crisp. Go to the Varsity Ale House in Durham and order the Vasity Burger and say you want it as rare as you can legally cook it. They always manage to hit it just right for me. Also, hate to say it but a damn fine burger is the bison burger at Ted's Montana Grill in Durham. I hate Ted Turner, but his bison burgers are fantastic. And they don't seem hung to have a problem with a rare or medium rare order.

Peter Luger's is a complete dump. The steak is fantastic, but so is the steak at a million other steakhouses. Prime beef + high heat + salt = great steak. Not rocket science.