# Fast food (burgers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813 "2008-03-26T17:45:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/21 "2008-03-27T00:52:49Z")
From the land of Whataburger. They rule. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/22 "2008-03-27T01:25:54Z")
Not that any of you have any reason to visit Akron, OH., but you can taste the best hamburger at Swenson’s. Been around sine 1934. There’s a reason. [sub]Hi, Uke![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/23 "2008-03-27T01:25:57Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] I thought Culver’s butter burger was decent, but a colleague eating with me thought it was overly greasy. [/QUOTE] Not greasy, buttery. Mmmmm…butter. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/24 "2008-03-27T02:05:18Z")
[QUOTE=Askance] Home, I do. [/QUOTE] I hear ya. On the grill, pan fried or broiled? Seasoned or unseasoned? Fixins? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/25 "2008-03-27T02:11:54Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] I thought Culver’s butter burger was decent, but a colleague eating with me thought it was overly greasy. I love the California/West Coast chain **In n Out** burger, which almost has to be the freshest fast food ever. Simple menu, extremely fresh, very, very good. [/QUOTE] You can ask them not to butter the bun. This is a fast food place that will sometimes have Walleye on the menu. They serve stuff like onion melts too. They are one of the better fast food places. They do not use heat lamps or microwave the food either. They have flavor of the day frozen custard. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/26 "2008-03-27T02:47:36Z")
In & Out. Tommys. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/27 "2008-03-27T02:53:14Z")
[QUOTE=peekercpa] From the land of Whataburger. They rule. [/QUOTE] Whataburger is okay, but Texas fast food is generally overrated. The Sonic near us went out of business, and another nearby is teetering. ---
**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/28 "2008-03-27T02:55:47Z")
In Seattle, I always go to [Dick’s.](http://www.ddir.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/29 "2008-03-27T04:54:41Z")
In Seattle I thought it was [Kidd valley](http://www.kiddvalley.com/) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/30 "2008-03-27T05:05:24Z")
The Other Half swears by Whataburger as the only place to buy the best there is. I, on the other hand, like it homemade if I’m gonna eat it at all. Although, Burger King can keep my attention. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/31 "2008-03-27T05:44:59Z")
Seattle has both Dicks, and Kid valley for local fast food chains, we do have 1 Carls Jr. in the greater Seattle area (I am being generous here, its on Covington of all places) that has the incredible 6$ bacon/avocado burger. Dicks is great with real made in the store fries from these weird things called potatoes and their shakes have ice cream in them of all things Kid Valley has Garlic fries for the win. best burger in town in my book for a real burger is probably the Ram in Kent (Kent station) you can get one made with Kobe style beef if you want and they will even serve it to you rare. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/32 "2008-03-27T05:50:32Z")
[We did this not too long ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=429441&highlight=burgers+chain). ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/33 "2008-03-27T12:18:30Z")
Man, you guys are making me hungry!! Fast-n-cheap: Wendy’s or a double Whopper with cheese from BK Full Service: Red Robin (extra bonus for their unlimited fries!) or Tumbleweed ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/34 "2008-03-27T12:30:40Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] [We did this not too long ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=429441&highlight=burgers+chain). [/QUOTE] I was on sabattical last June & July and missed that one. ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/35 "2008-03-27T12:37:12Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] [Culver’s](http://www.culvers.com/) [/QUOTE] Culvers is good. Out here, [Good Times](http://www.goodtimesburgers.com/) has good food. They’re pretty much just in Colorado, though. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/36 "2008-03-27T12:41:21Z")
A lot of these burger joints don’t have chains here in the Boston area, or if they do I haven’t seen them. In n Out, Whataburger, Sonic, Red Robin’s, Dick’s, White Castle, the list goes on and on. I swear sometimes I hate living here in New England. It’s like living in a different country, sometimes. There’s a decent place here in town called “Sweeney’s Retreat”. It’s an Irish pub. They serve really good burgers, but the buns are invariably stale, and the place is kind of dirty. Who knows - maybe if they cleaned up a little the burgers wouldn’t be as good, but a nice fresh bun would put this place in the burger heaven category. Likewise, there was a little hole-in-the-wall bar in another town I lived in in another life that was utterly filthy, but served the greasiest, tastiest burgers around. Both, though, are independent places (not chains). ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/37 "2008-03-27T13:01:26Z")
Seriously, once in your life you need to have a burger from Chris Madrid’s. If anyone is ever in San Antonio let me know and I’ll take you. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/38 "2008-03-27T13:05:36Z")
Culver’s started up about an hour’s ride from where I live. It’s spreading out from there. Wisconsin is saturated with them, and the nearby states have quite a few. Give them a decade to cover the country. I like other places, but don’t consider them fast food. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/39 "2008-03-27T13:17:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Not that any of you have any reason to visit Akron, OH., but you can taste the best hamburger at Swenson’s. Been around since 1934. There’s a reason. Swenson’s IS a reason to visit Akron. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813/40 "2008-03-27T13:51:13Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Have you ever had a Johnny Rocket’s burger? If so, I’d like to know how you think they compare to Fuddruckers (I think Fudd’s is OK, but not great). [/QUOTE] I’ve never had one. In fact I’d never even heard of Johnny Rockets until now. It seems that there are no locations in my area (closest locations are in Seattle and Reno according to their website). I forgot to mention Red Robin as another chain favorite. That, and Good Wood Barbecue is another one that I like and haven’t seen mentioned yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/442813.md?page=3)