What happened to the cheeseburger?

These guys REALLY like Hot 'N Now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXXPXyrorpI

Some quotes:

"This is probably the greatest moment of the year, and I attended Wrestlemania."

"It's gonna be hot. It's gonna be now."

your gf ate them

My wife likes Chilis. I, however, do not. BUT, the new Southern Smokehouse Bacon Cheeseburger is great.

cheeseburger = old and busted

pljeskavica = the new hotness

I think what is needed here is a list of CHAIN places to get great cheeseburgers.

1) In-N-Out -- has to be the best. Double Double is great.

2) Kewpee -- used to have 150+ locations. Now down to just 5; three in Lima, OH; one in Lansing, MI; one in Racine, WI. GREAT -- at least they were when I had them in the 80s while still in college (ate them in Kenton, OH).

3) 5 Guys Burgers -- Never had them, but everyone says they are great, so I'll put them at #3.

4) Jack In The Box -- Ultimate Cheeseburger is very good.

5) Ruby Tuesday -- great burgers.

Not a fan of Hardees or Carls' Jr.

regular joe wrote:

Ch wrote:

Fairfield county, Ct via Philly(where there were some great burger spots)...

No good burgers, wings, or pizza in CT. You have to go into NYC. I'm dying

Yeah, head to New Haven for the best pizza in CT. Closer to you, my family used to go to John's Best in Westport/Norwalk for pizza. It was good.

Yeah dude saying that CT has no good Pizza is just false. New Haven is the pizza capitol of the US. Pepe's has a location in Fairfield now so hit that up.

I find it hard to believe that a restaurant can be #2 when 97% of there locations closed down, but I guess it can happen....

Flagpole wrote:

I think what is needed here is a list of CHAIN places to get great cheeseburgers.

1) In-N-Out -- has to be the best. Double Double is great.

2) Kewpee -- used to have 150+ locations. Now down to just 5; three in Lima, OH; one in Lansing, MI; one in Racine, WI. GREAT -- at least they were when I had them in the 80s while still in college (ate them in Kenton, OH).

3) 5 Guys Burgers -- Never had them, but everyone says they are great, so I'll put them at #3.

4) Jack In The Box -- Ultimate Cheeseburger is very good.

5) Ruby Tuesday -- great burgers.

Not a fan of Hardees or Carls' Jr.

Successful business goes not always go arm in arm with a good product and viceversa.

rfxc wrote:

I find it hard to believe that a restaurant can be #2 when 97% of there locations closed down, but I guess it can happen....

Well those Kewpee burgers were GREAT when I used to eat them. Don't know why most of them closed. Maybe they went down in quality. Maybe they didn't price things appropriately. Lots of reasons for a bad ending to a business.

Ch wrote: I can't find a good one anymore.

Well then here's some great news for you: making a cheeseburger at home is within reach of anyone able to operate a keyboard and post here, and in possession of a grill, stove, broiler, campfire, Bunsen burner, burning bush, hot plate, curling iron, or other heating device.

It ain't like making a forty ingredient mole which requires some real skills, equipment, time, patience, shopping... it's meat. Meat and cheese. And most likely a bun, roll, or bread unless you're on the Fatkins plan.

If you apply yourself with a little experimentation and/or research I bet by your third or fourth burger you'll be pretty happy, and in short time you'll have become the big cheeseburgermeister of your little hamlet, respected and revered by everyone in the land. Except the vegetarians, but eff 'em.

Two tips; you can discover the rest.

(a) Start with good ground chuck. Ideally from a butcher and not the supermarket.

(b) A fellow l-runner (though she's really not much of a fellow, come to think of it) once gave me this trick: add chopped chipotle en adobo to the beef. It works nicely.

Zeeba Neighba wrote:

Jules Winfield wrote:

Try Big Kahuna Burger. That's a tasty burger.

Someone else's Sprite goes great with it.

Oh yeah, and my partner Vincent told me that in Europe, the McDonalds sell a Royale With Cheese burger, because they use the metric system and wouldn't know what the (*&^ a quarter-pound is.

Watch out though because in Amsterdam they put mayonnaise on their fries. They slather them in it!

Thought you guys were all having nervous breakdowns because AOC banned all the cheeseburgers?

Maybe that's why you can't find a good one, you're eating fake meat cheeseburgers because scary congress lady stole all the real meat.

Ch wrote:

I can't find a good one anymore.

Sparky"s in Hatch, NM

The Happy Gnome in St, Paul, MN

They also have a duck burger, and one of bison, elk, and bacon.

But the basic burger is ground chuck, topped with some pulled rib stuff.

OMFG when I go there I eat like a dog!

Braised rib , that is.

Yessssssss

Shake Shack is good.

But honestly, the McDonalds cheeseburger isn't bad and you can find it anywhere.

Flagpole wrote:

I think what is needed here is a list of CHAIN places to get great cheeseburgers.

1) In-N-Out -- has to be the best. Double Double is great.

2) Kewpee -- used to have 150+ locations. Now down to just 5; three in Lima, OH; one in Lansing, MI; one in Racine, WI. GREAT -- at least they were when I had them in the 80s while still in college (ate them in Kenton, OH).

3) 5 Guys Burgers -- Never had them, but everyone says they are great, so I'll put them at #3.

4) Jack In The Box -- Ultimate Cheeseburger is very good.

5) Ruby Tuesday -- great burgers.

Not a fan of Hardees or Carls' Jr.

As someone who has been to both, In-N-Out is not near the level of Five Guys. Five Guys are the best burger chain there is.