The 20 Hamburgers You Must Eat Before You Die

[karyn]

from gq

The 20 Hamburgers You Must Eat Before You Die
Alan Richman traveled 23,750 miles and consumed more than 150,000 calories while taking the measure of 162 burgers across the country—with one goal: to find you the best damned assemblage of ground beef and buns this country serves up

The hamburger is a symbol of everything that makes America great. Straightforward, egalitarian, substantial, and good-natured, it is also a little bloody at times.

It may come big and ungarnished, the East Coast ideal, tender and untroubled by bones or gristle, everything you look for in a filet mignon but seldom find. It may be the West Coast model, swelling with vegetation, brimming with health and well-being, piled high with all that a seed catalog can provide. A great burger, regardless of regional differences, instills a sense of optimism and fulfillment, that all is right at the table or the counter or the woodgrain, screwed-to-the-floor, fast-food booth.

At its best, it eliminates the need for conversation or the urge to glance up at the TV over the bar. If you find yourself eating silently, eyes closed, ignoring everything around you, even the unavoidable burger-joint din, you have come upon a burger that can be pronounced a success.

Here are the 20 best burgers in America

20. Hamburger Sandwich
Louis' Lunch
New Haven, CT

19. Our Famous Burger
Sidetrack Bar and Grill
Ypsilanti, MI

18. Hamburger
Poag Mahone's Carvery and Ale House
Chicago

17. Double Bacon Deluxe with Cheese
Red Mill Burgers
Seattle

16. Hamburger & Fries
Burger Joint
San Francisco

15. Build Your Own Burger
The Counter
Santa Monica

14. Hamburger
J. G. Melon
New York City

13. Cheeseburger
White Manna
Hackensack, NJ

12. Hamburger
Bobcat Bite
Sante Fe

11. Grilled Bistro Burger
Bistro Don Giovanni
Napa, CA

10. Number Five
Keller's Drive-in
Dallas

9. Cheeseburger
Burger Joint, le Parker Meridien Hotel
New York City

8. Hamburger
Miller's Bar
Dearborn, MI

7. Buckhorn Burger
Buckhorn
San Antonio, NM

6. California Burger
Houston's
Santa Monica

5. Kobe Sliders
Barclay Prime
Philadelphia

4. Rouge Burger
Rouge
Philadelphia

3. Not Just a Burger
Spiced Pear Restaurant at the Chanler Hotel
Newport, RI

2. Luger Burger
Peter Luger Steak House
Brooklyn

1. Sirloin Burger
Le Tub
Hollywood, FL

Vote for your favorite burger in America

[Wickedanima]

Oh please, It can't be the best list, its missing two of the best burgers in the U.S.

In and Out double burger, animal style.

And Gillie's cheese burger, New Hampshire.

[killerkat]

i've been a vegiterian my whole life.....



for some reason i think most of those could cause instint heart attack...

[Cafe_Post_Mortem]

It may be the West Coast model, swelling with vegetation, brimming with health and well-being, piled high with all that a seed catalog can provide

As a connoisseur of california burgers let me be the first to say this line cost the writer any credibility they may have had. While Tommy Burgers are known for backing in the well-being, and Fatburger is known for the health, vegies are hardly the halmark of a great California burger.

Seriously, is the rest of the country eating so crappy that The Hat's Pastrami burger looks healthy because we throw a tomato on it, or do people just have know idea of how filthy LA actually is?

[ForrestBlack]

I'm all about the Fatburger. I like them with eggs and cheese and chili.

[grebo]

there once was a shop in sydney that sold "skurvy burgers" all meat, no vegies. thats my kinda burger, not even toppings, just meat & a bun

[Evilbink]

from gq

Here are the 20 best burgers in America

19. Our Famous Burger
Sidetrack Bar and Grill
Ypsilanti, MI

8. Hamburger
Miller's Bar
Dearborn, MI

Vote for your favorite burger in America

Here's my local point of view (like you give a shit)
19. Not much better that any other Bar&Grill burger, suprised it made the list at all.
8. Now this one is right on the mark. Miller's is a hidden treasure that once you find it, you consider yourself to be one of the lucky ones. Definetly a fantastic burger from start to finish.

[Toe Cutter]

What a noble pursuit, he is a truely a 'King among Men'. Not only does his sojourn from burger to burger sound murderlicious, I also think about what kind of positive impact he has had on the community.

You'll have to excuse me now, I'm getting misty.

[KilLAtomiK]

i like the burgers at fudruckers 1lb of meat yummm