From our traveling Brooklyn contributor: This mess is from Phil’s BBQ in San Diego. It swam through a pool of sauce to our table and gingerly toweled off before settling into bun. Was there lettuce? I don’t know. The tomatos were good. The onion ring was hewn from an onion tree which was felled, cut up into slices, center rings removed and fried deep leaving a giant halo of onion bark. The burger itself; sure, it was in there and it was good. I believe the story here is the pool this thing was dipped in. God must bleed this …
Thanks to Nate Henderson for sending in this delicious looking burger. Worth a trip to texas if I do say so myself! Denton County Independent Hamburger Co. is a classic, college town burger joint right on the square in Denton, Texas. Their very limited menu focuses your attention on the key varieties of a burger: bacon, (shredded) cheese, hickory sauce. All-you-want fries and beans come with the combo. The prime location and atmosphere give it a boost as well.
And now we give you the winner of the 2011 WLB Great Green Chile Cheeseburgers of the American Southwest Tour- or something like that. We’ll try to shorten this for next year as it’s a bit hard to remember. Bobcat Bite nearly took the prize. But while there, I got to talking to a nice gent who said that if I was heading to Taos, I should find some time to fill my belly at 5 Star Burgers. He happened to be in the cattle trade- one of the good guys who values good meat. With that strong rec. BW …
Thanks for the submission…looks delicious. We’ll have to check it out! -WLB this is the double double. i had it with extra meat. 3 stack! best burger i ever had. it was just good. no special sause or anything gimmicky. it was just plain good. i really like this place.
WLB recently joined with a great group of people for a monthly burger club meeting. We encourage you all to start your own club as it was a lot of fun. Our fist time to visit was a Monday night at the Sunburnt Cow in alphabet city. Thanks Taya Mueller for this great review: Sometimes a burger is more than just a burger. Sometimes “having burgers” is really just the centerpiece for a casual gathering of friends that come-as-you-are and probably have one too many beers. Sunburnt Cow is Burger Club’s pick for that kind of burger. The cozy (ie …
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