OT - Best Burger In Each State
Came across this list on Yahoo today. No big surprise as Blimpy Burger was the vote for Michigan. As a Chicago resident, I was happy to see Au Cheval make the list for Illinois as that burger is to die for. And lastly, the best burger I ever had made the cut, at Parlour in Minneapolis. So board, did the list do your state justice?
My favorite burger is probably this hole in the wall place in Detroit by Eastern Market called Cutters Bar and Grill. My burger is always medium rare, nice thick bacon, good seasoning and a nice soft bun. You can get your burger anywhere from a half pound up to two pounds. They also have stuffed burgers.
One time I ordered chilli cheese frys with my burger and when it came out, I didn't see the cheese becasue it was under the chili. I asked the waitress if there was cheese on there and it turned out it was shredded cheddar cheese, and the chili was put on top just to melt it. The cook sticks his head out of the kitchen and shouts "We ain't got none of that squeezed cheese (Chefmates canned cheese for example) bullshit up in here! We get the freshest ingredients." To their credit they do becasue they get everything from Eastern Market basically.
This place sounds awesome. I love hole-in-the-wall bars with food.
Two pound burger? Holy smokes ... in my earlier days, maybe. Now? Ugh.
Motz's in Detroit.
I just moved to Omaha not too long ago.. It gave the honor to Dinker's, although it mentions Stella's as being good in the discussion. I've yet to make my way to Dinker's, but it'll be very difficult to top the burger at Stella's. Stella's could make a case for the best burger I've ever had. My coworker says Stella's is the best. Going to have to make my way to Dinker's soon and see if this list got it right or not.
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in Northville at Poole's Tavern. 1/2 pound of Angus Beef and always cooked to perfection.
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.....along with a fine selection of beers and cocktails
My favorite burger place on the other side of the state is Charlie's in Grand Rapids. The filthy pig is a half pound burger with a half pound of bacon on it. They also have a bacon burger topped with peanut butter , jelly and a fried egg. The Charlie's burger is a 1.5 pound patty topped with ham.
Clyde's Big C is the best burger in the state of Michigan! Worth the drive to St. Ignace or the Soo. And by worth the drive, I mean worth the drive from New York.
In Virginia it's Ray's Hell Burger.
In Virginia it's Ray's Hell Burger.
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None.
I have never eaten a burger at a hyped location that measured up to what I can get at home. And its never been close.
The only places I find that have eye-opening burgers are typically medium/high-end restaurants that do something unusual (exceptionally sturdy, flavorful buns, organic toppings, understand what medium-rare really means, or pre-season the meat before cooking).
The bun and the meat are 95 percent of it. If you fail either one even a little, just forget it. After that, you MUST NOT have soggy tomato and it cannot be the typical bioengineered tastless tomato you get at supermarkets. Don't skimp on the ketchup. Every restaurant in America needs to double what it thinks is an appropriate ketchup dose.
The best burger I've ever eaten is prepared by my wife (with unfortunate rarity).
If I could find a great burger place in Orlando, I'd be really happy. But, I've been to all the upscale burger bars and left shaking my head.
I probably take burgers a bit too seriously.
I don't think you take them seriously enough, but that could be based on your location. I'm assuming that like pretty much everything else in Orlando, the food is pretty bland and made to conform to a base norm to please the tourists.
If you get a chance to travel to Chicago, check out any of the places mentioned in this thread. But please, eat it the way it comes from the kitchen and don't add ketchup.
You had me with the "medium rare" comment. You hooked me in with the point about needing a perfect tomato. And then you lost me. Ketchup?
The only reason to put ketchup on a burger is to cover up the fact that the meat is low quality or underseasoned. And if it's either, you shouldn't be eating the burger in the first place.
Whoa whoa whoa. You can put your own damn ketchup on your own damn burgers. That's why they got bottles at the tables, or ketchup packets, or what have you. Ketchup isn't exactly universally adored.
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Ate there this past Saturday. Hole in the wall bar with about 10 tables, waitressess that remember you no matter how infrequently you eat there, hand cut french fries, VERY cold beer and these....
Plain burger
Mile High Burger
If they are serving their Guiness "VERY cold" then their liquor license should be revoked. Super cold Guiness is a crime against humanity.
Drinking Guiness is a crime against humanity.
And anyone who drinks any type of beer that isn't extremely cold is committing a crime against humanity.
I couldnt tell ya cause to me ordering a freaking Guiness with a burger is a crime against humanity. I want a beer, not Irish motor oil.
Why am I not at all surprised that you are a fan of ice cold domestic beer?
I mentioned Guiness because it and Bass are the only good beers on tap, according to their menu.
But at any rate, those two are the best put together in a Black & Tan.
I generally detest domestic beer tother than IPAs hank you very much so I usally get the bottled beer. But if I'm going draft there it's Killian's Red.
But if you're in Toledo, go to Gradkowski's and have the Pat Lafreida Ultimate Burger - Oh my dear lord is that thing good.
In Michigan, shoot... you can get a damn good burger at Fudruckers. That's my vote.
Knight's blows away Blimpy's and also provides the beef for most of the top burgers in other restaurants in A2.
Not only do I think state is too large of a area for declaring a best burger (I live in NYC, good luck deciding on the best burger here, let alone accounting for the rest of the state), but I feel categories or type of burger needs to be taken into consideration.
Blimpy is greasy and delicious in it's own right, and the experience is unique, but sometimes I might want something like a bison burger with unique toppings, which in my mind is a whole different beast of a sandwich. Local greasy burger joint... or a classic bacon cheeseburger with a nice beer at the local bar... or maybe a nicer sit down restaurant burger. Depends what I'm in the mood for.
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Au Cheval isn't the best burger in the Chi, come on now. Kuma's Corner all the way! (I kid, I kid- it's highly subjective, obviously; you can't go wrong at either place).
Couldn't agree more with Company Burger in NOLA. Was just there last week for the first time. Great burger.
Of course, no one goes to New Orleans for burgers. They go to Pascal's Manale for the best damn BBQ shrimp you will find anywhere.
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i used to love casey's tavern for burgers when i was in med school in ann arbor. don't see anyone mentioning them--have their burgers gone downhill?
Still fantastic. I'm more of a lurker around here but had to sign in and represent for the good folks and burgers over at 5th and Depot. Long live Casey's.
Cooked properly and made to order. It's kind of how you make it. I don't think there's anything exceptional about it.. Recommendation? Very solid and a place I'll go if I just want a burger in the area. I prefer the beer at Grizzly Peak and think it's comparable.
Casey's opened the year I moved to A2. For many years, I would put their burgers up against anyone's anywhere. For me, it was about the high-quality beef, which I wasn't afraid to order how I really like it... bloody rare.
After moving to another part of the area, I didn't get back there very much. I finally went back... I'm gonna say this is about 5 or 6 years or so ago now... and the beef on their burgers tasted like they had added a filler. Just tasted like some sort of grain. I gave 'em the benefit of the doubt and went back a second time not too long (maybe a month or so?) after that.... same, grainy taste. Haven't been back since.
Surprised nobody's brought up Sidetrack in Ypsi yet. Their burger's the best I've had in the area.
Not a bad selection of beers either
Holy shit, I totally forgot about that place. They did have a very good burger. I was Eastern for a teaching cert, and we used to get one or two of the professors to hang out with us there after class back in the day. Good times.
Haven't tried the place on the list in Charleston, but BGR in Clemson would be hard to beat, and the sweet potato fries are the best.