Is this like a magic thing, in which when we decide we want the burger, it magically appears … or do we actually have to go get it the normal way? That could impact my decision.
Logistics aside, it’s still a difficult choice. Right now, my front-runner is a cheeseburger from Duff’s. It’s a local chain that is famous for their chicken wings, but seriously the burger is my favorite thing there. It’s served on a butter bun.
Roy Rogers bacon cheeseburger. At one point I ate one every day. I still would if there were a Roy’s nearby.
Sure, let’s go with that. I’m about a thousand miles from the burger I chose, so I was basing my decision on the idea that it would be available whenever you wanted it and did not have to go through logistical hoops to get it (like waiting in line for hours at Kuma’s [a popular local burger place], for instance.)
The Kobe Burger at Bamboo Sushi. Seriously.
Carl’s Jr. Jalapeno “Six Dollar” burger. That’s a good fucking burger, pardon my French.
If I was okay with only living another six months, I’d go this way though: http://slaters5050.com/
I usually eat hamburgers I make at home from ground beef patties and buns sold at the store, no particular brands (some salt and a lot of pepper added), but I’ll also eat White Castles with ketchup on them (no idea why they are infamous for gastrointestinal issues, unless they eat an entire box or two at a time, a single package is small enough to allow for plenty of other food and make a reasonable meal, calorie-wise). Don’t remember the last time I actually ate one (any kind of hamburger) from a restaurant though.
Easy one: the Triplet Burger in the Opal Country Cafe & Gift Shop in Spencer, Idaho just off I-15. The town has a couple of opal shops and a gas station, and a 2010 population of 37. The cafe had the best goddamn burger I’ve had in some 55 years of eating burgers. I don’t know what they did to it, but it was an explosion of perfect flavors.
Red Robin Royal - bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayo and that all important fried egg. Yuuuuum!
Small chain around Columbia, SC, called Rush’s.
Sonic is the closest I can get anywhere else, and it’s a pale imitation.
Yeah, the fried egg aspect of it briefly caused me to reconsider my choice. Warm, runny egg yolk + a medium rare patty is one of my favorite flavor combinations. The yolk + meat juices have some sort of synergistic properties that amplify each other’s goodness. The In N Out burger actually violates a lot of my normal burger rules: no mayo-based sauces, no lettuce, no tomato (I’ll do it on my own burgers, when I have access to good lettuce and good tomatoes, but normally, the lettuce and tomatoes burger places use are awful, tomatoes especially. So I skip 'em.)
Next time I’m in town (I’m assuming you’re talking about Buffalo), I’ll have to pop into Duff’s again to try it. I didn’t even realize they had burgers. But when I’m in Buffalo, I’m usually stalking the beef-on-weck, and last trip around I finally discovered Ted’s. (love!)
I generally love the standard beef burger, medium rare, with monterey jack from Ted’s Montana Grill. My ex loved this place so much that I was burnt out for almost a year after we broke up.
I have to admit that I also really like the regular burger, medium rare, with white cheddar from Grange Hall Burgers on Randolph in Chicago. That place is pretty pricey for a normal burger, though. They nickel and dime you on every topping.
Steakburger with cheese at The Apple Pan
They’ve been making 'em the same way for 65 years. I think they know what they’re doing … .
We don’t have that many burger chains, and certainly none qualify as the one burger I’d take for the rest of my life.
That honour would fall down to the generic fish and chip shop burger with the lot which you can get from almost any suburban or country town fish and chip shop.
Standard recipe is
Single thick beef pattie
Toasted Bun
Lettuce
Tomato
Beetroot
Fried Onion
Fried Egg
Fried Bacon
Kraft cheese single
Tomato Sauce (ketchup)
In-N-Out single, Animal Style, no lettuce. With Animal Style Fries, if allowed.
King Street Blues’ Blues Burger (blue cheese crumbles, bacon, lettuce, and Cajun spices) done medium.
Is this the one I always hear advertised on KNBR in SF?
Five Guys. Provided it’s the one near me, not the crappy ones other people complain about. Oh, and with sharp cheddar, 'shrooms, ketchup, tomato, and grilled onions. And lots of fries.
I don’t have anything particular in mine. I like a good dinner style burger cooked medium rare with standard toppings. I just don’t knjow of any specific resteraunt that makes one right now. If I had to pick, it would probably be the 1/2 cheeseburger at Fudruckers. That’s as close as I can get to a good burger. Otherwise, I can make it myself. I can make a damned good burger. It is certainly better than any resteraunt I can name.
Yeah, it is an amazing burger, although it is expensive as all get out and there is only one I know of in Chicago. Fuddruckers is a close second, although the only one I knew of was in Kansas City and closed when they went bankrupt.
